There are many novels we enjoy because they are fast reads or present mysteries to solve. In those books, we get caught up in the story arc and we can’t wait to see how they turn out. But there are also novels that I as a librarian like to call the quiet reads, the ones that have passages to savor and ideas to wrestle with long after you finish the last page. They are the ones that some of our patrons tell me are reads that “stay with you.”
Historical fiction is a unique way of looking at our, and other people’s, pasts. Novelists take historical events or people and recreate them with a mix of fact and fiction. While popular with adults, there are numerous historical fiction books for teens and young adults.
Dystopia: A modern term invented as the opposite of utopia and applied to any alarmingly unpleasant imaginary world, usually of the projected future (Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms, pg. 74).
If you're looking for something a little bit darker, a little bit scarier and not quite like our own world, look no further.
Zombies invading a Jane Austen classic? Sea monsters churning the waters of a beloved tome? Abraham Lincoln, a vampire hunter? Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina the subject of an upcoming mash-up? What’s a reader to do? What’s a librarian to do?
Have some fun as the classics are re-imagined in today’s mash-ups, and encourage readers to sample the original works.
Page 15 of 23
2012 Tax Forms. The Library has many of the federal paper tax forms for 2012, including the 1040 instruction booklets. All federal forms are online at www.irs.gov/forms-&-pubs. The Library also has many of the Michigan paper tax forms. They can be found online at www.michigan.gov/taxes.
2013 Preschool Information Directory. Download the 2013 Royal Oak Area Preschool and Child Care Directory which gives information on nearly 50 area facilities that provide services for children ages six and under.
Public Fax Machine Available. Voice instructions from the handset guide you through the entire transaction. Toll-free customer service is accessible directly from the FAX24.
Looking for eBooks and Audiobooks? Visit OverDrive, where Royal Oak cardholders will find not only eBooks, but audiobooks for your tablet, smartphone and eReader. The process for finding and checking out OverDrive titles has changed.
