Fifty Shades of Grey – The Movie

September 4, 2013May 1, 2015 / Linda / Leave a comment

The casting decisions have been made and production will begin soon for the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Charlie Hunnam

Thirty-three year old Charlie Hunnam has been cast as Christian Grey. He recently starred in the movie “Pacific Rim” and appeared in the FX series “Sons of Anarchy”.

Dakota Johnson

Twenty-three year old Dakota Johnson has been cast as Anastasia Steele. She is the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. She recently appeared in the short-lived Fox sit-com “Ben and Kate” and had roles in “The Social Network” and “The Five-Year Engagement”.

Focus Features will release the film on August 1, 2014. Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing the project. It will be interesting to see if they can keep it ‘R’ rated or will they have to go to NC17?

Alexis Bledel

Matt Bomer

UPDATE: It seems not everyone is happy with the above choices. Angry fans of the book are petitioning to have Alexis Bledel and Matt Bomer cast as the leads. The petition has 20,000 signatures so far.

For the Kings, writing is all in the family

September 3, 2013July 25, 2014 / Louise / Leave a comment

The New York Times recently published an article about Stephen King and his rather literary family. King, of course, is the best-selling author of over 50 novels and dozens of short stories. His wife Tabitha is also an author with 8 published novels to her name. Perhaps it was inevitable, with writers for parents, that 2 out of the 3 King children would also pursue a career in fiction.

Eldest son Joseph Hillstrom King, writing under the pen name Joe Hill, published an anthology of his short stories in 2005, and his first novel Heart-Shaped Box in 2007. His second novel Horns is being make into a feature film starring Daniel Radcliffe. Younger son Owen King (whose wife, Kelly Braffet, is also a writer) joined the family business this year with his debut novel Double Feature. No one can doubt that talent runs in the King family!

Next time you’re in the library, check out some of the books by the prolific Kings:

Stephen King:

http://ibistro.libraryconnection.info/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5?user_id=CHESHIREPUB&password=PUBLIC&searchdata1=9781476727653

Dr. Sleep (coming Sept. 24)

Under the Dome (2009)

Joyland (2013)

Tabitha King:

The Book of Reuben (1995)

Survivor (1998)

Candles Burning (2006)

Joe Hill:

Heart-Shaped Box (2007)

NOS4A2 (2013)

Horns (2010)

Owen King:

Double Feature (2013)

Books we’re looking forward to in September

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 / Louise / Leave a comment

LibraryReads.org is a new online endeavor designed to let librarians spread the word about books they’re most excited about.

One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. So click through to read more about what upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy…

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Help for the Haunted by John Searles

The Returned by Jason Mott

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Margot by Jillian Cantor

Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett

TODAY Book Club picks ‘The Bone Season’ as its first selection.

August 23, 2013August 22, 2013 / Louise / Leave a comment

Following in Oprah’s footsteps, “The Today Show” is starting a new monthly book club.

The “Today” selections, chosen every four to five weeks, will have stickers on their covers indicating their inclusion in the club. The books, chosen by a team of producers and the show’s co-hosts, will include both fiction and nonfiction, newly released titles and classics. Discussion groups and excerpts will be featured online.

The first book, announced August 20, is The Bone Season, a futuristic novel about a 19-year-old clairvoyant by first-time novelist Samantha Shannon.

Shannon will chat about The Bone Season in a Google Hangout on September 16, which doesn’t give readers too much time to get on board. The book was just released on August 20, and may not be on many library shelves yet. Cheshire Library patrons can place a hold on the book through our online catalog.

Author Profile: Bella Andre

August 22, 2013June 5, 2014 / Linda / Leave a comment

Bella Andre

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Bella Andre is one of the rare self-published phenomenons who has become an ebook millionaire. She recently signed a groundbreaking 7-figure print-only deal with Harlequin MIRA for her Sullivan series. They will be released in mass market paperback in a global launch with continuous back-to-back releases from June 2013 to April 2014.

She started out writing songs, then non-fiction books. When she wrote her first Romance novel, she knew she’d found her perfect career. She’s a savvy marketer who works non-stop to improve the sales of her titles. When she released her first original self-published story in July 2010, she wrote a personal email to everyone who had ever written to her in the last five years to get the word out. She is known for her sensual stories with sizzling alpha heroes and strong women.

Besides writing, her favorite things to do are reading her favorite authors, hiking, and swimming. She is married with two children and splits her time between Northern California and a 100 year old cabin in the Adirondacks.

Available (or soon to be) at our library: