Ask any librarian what their favorite book is and you will probably get an answer along the lines of “Oh, there are too many for me to choose just one.” Well, you won’t hear that from me. My favorite book is “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving. I read it for the first time in college and I’ve read it at least 10 times since then. I made my husband and other family members read it and it is the first title out of my mouth when someone asks me for a good book to read. I cry at the same spots each time I read it and I find new things to laugh about as well.
At first I was excited when Hollywood decided to make a movie about the book back in 1998. Then I was nervous about whether or not the director would be able to do justice to the story line and the characters. As it turns out, I had reason to be nervous. The director strayed so far from the heart of the book that John Irving ended up pulling his name from the project and the director had to change the name of the movie to “Simon Birch”.
Well, at the Beloit Public Library you don’t have to worry about watching bad movies based on books. In the month of December the library will show three great movies based on three great books. On Saturday December 4th at 2:00 p.m. kids ages 8 to 13 can watch “A Christmas Story” based on the book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd, in the Children’s Program Room. Also on Saturday December 4th at 2:00 p.m. teens ages 13 to 18 can watch “Eclipse” based on the Twilight series of books by Stephenie Meyer, in the Public Meeting Room. And finally, on Saturday December 11th at 2:00 p.m. kids ages 6 to 12 can watch “The Borrowers” based on the book by Mary Norton, in the Children’s Program Room.
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