Library organizes group for movie buffs

Book dis­cus­sion groups have long been a sta­ple of the Delaware County Dis­trict Library, with mul­ti­ple dis­cus­sion sched­uled each month at Library loca­tions. The staff at the Orange Branch Library, 7171 Good­ing Blvd. is mak­ing a leap in another direction—a com­mu­nity film discussion!

Called the “DCDL Cin­e­math­eque,” the group will meet twice monthly to view and dis­cuss clas­sic and influ­en­tial cin­ema in an infor­mal group set­ting. A pub­lic screen­ing of each film will be held in the meet­ing room, with a group dis­cus­sion to take place two weeks fol­low­ing. Copies of each film will be avail­able for check­out on a first come, first served basis.

On Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m., the group will meet to dis­cuss “In Bruges,” a 2008 movie directed by Mar­tin McDon­agh (the film was screened on Aug. 24, but you could still check it out and watch it on your own). “The Shin­ing,” (1980; directed by Stan­ley Kubrick) will be shown on Sept. 21 with the dis­cus­sion on Oct. 6. On Oct. 19, you can watch “Ace in the Hole,” (1951; directed by Billy Wilder) and join in the dis­cus­sion on Nov. 3. Finally, the film to be dis­cussed on Dec. 1 is “Mul­hol­land Drive” (2001; directed by David Lynch) that will be screened on Nov. 16. All screen­ings begin at 6:30 p.m. and all dis­cus­sions begin at 7:30 p.m.

If you like movies, and if you like dis­cussing them with other movie buffs, plan to join the “DCDL Cin­e­math­eque Com­mu­nity Film Dis­cus­sion Group” at the Orange Branch in the com­ing months. And the pop­corn is on us!

If you’re look­ing for a good book to read (let’s face it — watch­ing movies and read­ing books aren’t mutu­ally exclu­sive!), look for these titles on the New Book Shelves at all loca­tions in September.

After the Fall: New York­ers Remem­ber Sep­tem­ber 2001 and the Years That Fol­lowed. Pub­lished to mark the tenth anniver­sary of the Sep­tem­ber 11, 2001, ter­ror­ist attacks, this is a land­mark oral his­tory drawn from the cel­e­brated col­lec­tion of 9/11 inter­views at Colum­bia University.

All My Patients Kick and Bite: More Favorite Sto­ries from a Vet’s Prac­tice by Jeff Wells. The vet­eri­nar­ian author relates sto­ries reveal­ing that lla­mas do not enjoy hav­ing their toe­nails trimmed, Scot­tish High­land cat­tle pre­fer each other to their med­ical care­givers, and amorous bur­ros need to be neutered expediently.

Chango’s Beads and Two-tone Shoes by William Kennedy. His life rad­i­cally changed by an encounter with Ernest Hem­ing­way in Cuba, jour­nal­ist Daniel Quinn embarks on a tur­bu­lent jour­ney marked by such his­tor­i­cal events as the Albany race riots, the rise of Fidel Cas­tro, and the assas­si­na­tion of Robert Kennedy.

Chas­ing the Devil: A Jour­ney through Sub-Saharan Africa in the Foot­steps of Gra­ham Greene by Tim Butcher. Using the 75-year-old travel clas­sic Jour­ney With­out Maps as a guide, an award-winning jour­nal­ist and best-selling author vis­its Liberia and encoun­ters masked sor­cer­ers who get their pow­ers from can­ni­bal­ism and long-forgotten missionaries.

Coup d’Etat by Ben Coes. While Dewey Andreas fights for his life against a group of highly trained assas­sins, Jes­sica Tanzer is dis­patched by the pres­i­dent to pre­vent a nuclear war between India and the fac­tions of a rad­i­cal Pak­istani president.

Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan. Inves­ti­gat­ing a rumor about new paint­ings by a famous con­tem­po­rary Chi­nese artist who has been dead for twenty years, pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tor Lydia Chin and her part­ner, Bill Smith, dis­cover that a new client is not who he claims to be.

Killing Lin­coln: The Shock­ing Assas­si­na­tion That Changed Amer­ica For­ever by Bill O’Reilly. In a first work of his­tory by best-selling con­ser­v­a­tive author and talk-show host, a riv­et­ing nar­ra­tive describes the events sur­round­ing the assas­si­na­tion of Abra­ham Lincoln.

Mur­der in the 11th House: A Starlight Detec­tive Agency Mys­tery by Mitchell Scott Lewis. Astro­log­i­cal detec­tive David Low­ell must use his astrologer’s charts and knowl­edge to solve the mur­der of a state judge in a New York City park­ing garage.

Night­woods: A Novel by Charles Fra­zier. Named the guardian of her mur­dered sister’s trou­bled twins, Luce strug­gles to build a fam­ily with the chil­dren before being tar­geted by the twins’ father—her sister’s killer—who believes that the chil­dren are in pos­ses­sion of a stolen cache of money.

The Rogue: Search­ing for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGin­niss. An inves­tiga­tive report on the for­mer Alaska gov­er­nor and vice pres­i­den­tial can­di­date offers insight into her roles as a politi­cian, fam­ily woman, and pub­lic fig­ure, explain­ing the role of Alaska cul­ture in shap­ing Palin’s persona.

The Schoolmaster’s Daugh­ter by John Smolens. Against her loy­al­ist school­mas­ter father’s wishes, Abi­gail per­forms secret courier ser­vices for a patriot spy ring in rev­o­lu­tion­ary Amer­ica, a sit­u­a­tion that erupts when Abi­gail is accused of mur­der­ing a British sergeant.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call us at 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing the library’s web site at www.delawarelibrary.org. or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org . No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!