And while we’re on the subject of mental health and keeping sane during this time of year, let’s have a quick chat about laughter, shall we? Like cat’s purring, laughter itself is the manifestation of a physical state of being, is the body’s release valve, allowing for the pressure within the body, both good and bad. … Continue reading And laughter is best medicine of all….
As the days draw ever darker, and the time ever nearer to All Hallows Read, we thought we’d offer you some interesting facts about fright itself…and some interesting books inspire it! 1) Many fears tend to be common in people regardless of their culture or nationality. An estimated 4% of the world’s population suffers from arachnophobia; … Continue reading A Frightening Five Book Friday
Last weekend’s Primetime Emmy’s ushered in Awards Season for the television and film industries…or that period of time when many of us begin making lists of all the shows and movies we missed over the past year (and will now be checking out on DVD from the library,….right?). But Award Season can be great for bibliophiles, … Continue reading It’s not funny anymore…The end of the Roald Dahl Prize
I hope loyal readers of this blog have figured out by now that we here at the Peabody Library love books. We love reading, pairing great books with the right reader, defending the reader’s right to read and talking about cool things in the book world. We also love movies (bonus if they’re literary adaptations) … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: The Readers’ Advisory will be televised…
So because my birthday was last week, Stephen King made an appearance in Cambridge to moderate a discussion with Lee Child, author of the much-beloved Jack Reacher novels (at least, that’s what my dad told me–not because Lee Child just released a new book). The event was a wonderful one for fans of Child and King … Continue reading “Tom Cruise isn’t coming to steal your books”: A word about adaptations
Whenever someone discusses Fairy Tales, this is the quote that always jumps to my mind. Last weekend, I read an interesting post on Book Riot that got me thinking about it again. In the post, Morgan Jerkins talked about sanitizing fairy tales and how vehicles like Disney and publishers often “clean up” a story to make … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: On Reading Fairy Tales
It seems nearly everyone has an opinion about the state of books and whether or not the book is dead. It also seemsthat very few people agree on what that state is. As some insist that the book is going the way of the dodo, others consider the book is as vibrant, lively and worthy of … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: The Book is Dead; Long Live the Book!