32 MARCH 2018 Employees Club of California • Alive!
Los Angeles Public Library GENERAL SERVICES Library’s TOP 32 Here’s what LA was reading, watching and listening to in January. MVP Lists are courtesy Los Angeles Public Library, Central library downtown and 72 branches combined. 10 homas Melendrez, Storekeeper, General Services/Warehouse, was Tnamed the Warehouse MVP of the Quarter recently. Congratulations, Thomas! Top 10 Books Top 10 E-Books And thanks to Karl Guder, Stores Supervisor, for sending this in! 1. Two Kinds of Truth, 1. Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff Michael Connelly 2. Origin, Dan Brown 2. The Late Show, Michael Connelly 3. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng 3. Y Is for Yesterday, Sue Grafton 4. Artemis, Andy Weir 4. The Midnight Line: 5. The Handmaid’s Tale, A Jack Reacher Novel, Lee Child Margaret Atwood 5. What Happened, 6. The Midnight Line, Lee Child Hillary Rodham Clinton 7. Two Kinds of Truth, 6. Turtles All the Way Down, Michael Connelly John Green 8. The Rooster Bar, John Grisham 7. The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas 9. Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan 8. Deep Freeze, John Sandford 10. Turtles All the Way Down, 9. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family John Green and Culture in Crisis, J.D. Vance 10. The Wanted, Robert Crais Top 10 Songs Downloaded via Freegal* Top 10 DVDs 1. “Filthy,” Justin Timberlake 1. Atomic Blonde 2. “She Loves Control,” Camila Cabello 2. The Hitman’s Bodyguard 3. “All these Years,” Camila Cabello 3. Spider-Man: Homecoming 4. “Never Be the Same,” Camila Cabello 4. War for Planet of the Apes 5. “Havana,” Camila Cabello feat. 5. The Dark Tower Young Thug 6. Wonder Woman 6. “Him & I,” G-Eazy & Halsey 7. Kingsman: The Golden Circle 7. “Inside Out,” Camila Cabello 8. Dunkirk 8. “Consequences,” Camila Cabello 9. The Mummy 9. “Something’s Gotta Give,” 10. Guardians of the Galaxy Camila Cabello 10.“Havana,” Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug
* “Freegal” music via the Library lets users download and keep up to five songs a month – it’s seriously free and legal! Check it out at http://lapl.freegalmusic.com
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LAABP Food and Culture
Black Personnel Association hosts festival for Black History Month. Club is there.
n Feb. 15, the Los Angeles Association of Black Personnel (LAABP) hosted Oa Black History Month Food and Music Festival during the lunch hour Feb. 15 at Grand Park. The Club was present – the Mobile Team was busy answering questions and showing off the Club’s awesome merchandise, and Club Counselors were on hand providing great customer service. Thanks to Niesha C. Louis, Sr. Management Analyst I, Public Works/ Sanitation, for her invitation and assistance.