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Below are the 2018 goodreads readers' choice awards. Have you read any of the winners? If you haven't come check one or three out from the library. [caption id="attachment_25897" align="alignnone" width="160"] Fiction[/caption] [caption id="attachment_25898" align="alignnone" width="160"] Mystery & Thriller[/caption] [caption id="attachment_25901" align="alignnone" width="160"] Historical Fiction[/caption] [caption id="attachment_25902" align="alignnone" width="160"] Fantasy[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_25933" align="alignnone" width="160"]… [...]

The following picture books were featured on the Best of 2018 lists by the New York Times Book Review and Publisher's Weekly. Click on the cover to see if a book is available at our library or to place a copy on hold.   [...]

Today we visit the Young Adult realm where we witness the convergence of young love and music. First up is Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (DVD COMEDY NIC). Nick is reeling from a breakup with his girlfriend when he sees her at a club with a new guy. That same night he meets Norah, a… [...]

Now for something lighter! Trainwreck (DVD COMEDY TRA) is a 2015 romantic-comedy about a 23 year old hard-drinking party girl who is living by the words of her father: “monogamy is not realistic.” She does not want to be pinned down to just one man, but when she interviews a sports doctor for the men’s… [...]

After an exhaustive list of releases in November, December is short on new books. Nonetheless, here are some of the popular titles to look forward to in December. Click on the title to place a book on hold and be notified when it is available for you to checkout. The Boy by Tami Hoag “When… [...]

The 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave (DVD DRAMA TWE) is the true story of Solomon Northup, based on his 1853 memoir. Northup, a free African American man living in Saratoga Springs, New York, works as a farmer and a violinist. When two white men offer him work playing the violin, he travels with them… [...]

As we get close to Halloween, here are a couple of classics to scare and entertain you. For the movie we go to the 1931 Tod Browning film Dracula (DVD HORROR DRA), starring Bela Lugosi in the titular role. Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to London with a man named Renfield, who has been put… [...]

Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give is in the spotlight again with the release of the motion picture adaptation on October 6th, starring Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter. The award-winning book is about Starr as she witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend, Khalil, a sixteen-year-old African American boy, and how this leads her to… [...]

Read books nominated for the National Book Awards before winners are announced on November 14th. The following list includes fiction and nonfiction books in our collection at the Villa Park Public Library. You can visit the National Book Foundation's website for a complete listing of books selected for the longlist and finalists for the 2018 awards.… [...]

This week’s movie suggestion is 28 Days Later (DVD HORROR TWE), a 2002 film directed by Danny Boyle. It follows Jim, who awakens from a coma in a London hospital to find the hospital and the city deserted. He meets up with a few survivors who explained that a virus has spread amongst the majority… [...]