A week on Saturday sees the annual Christmas Book Sale at Ventnor Library – Saturday 9th – 9.30-4.00pm.
There’s always something new at Ventnor Library — we get new books, DVDs and story tapes every month and we’re happy to hear your comments and recommendations. Here’s a selection, received during November, to cater for all tastes…
Ben Elton The first casualty — “..riveting action scenes…disgustingly realistic..â€?
Katherine Neville The eight — “..readers thrilled by the Da Vinci Code will relish it..â€?
Derek Wilson Unquiet spirit — featuring Nathaniel Gye, paranormal investigator
Valerie Frankel Hex and the single girl
David Baldacci The collectors — “..plotting, as ever ..formidably accomplished..â€?
Sue Townsend Queen Camilla — “..a great comic novel..â€?
Chris Hughes Road trip to hell — tabloid tales of Saddam’s Iraq and a bloody war
Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders The madness of modern families
Neil McNab Go snow-boarding — with live-action DVD coaching
Andy Summers One train later — a memoirs by the Police guitarist
Paul Auster The Brooklyn follies — story tape
John Grogan Marley and me — “..life and love with the world’s worst dog..â€? — story tape
Constance Briscoe Ugly — a true story of a loveless childhood — story tape
Stormbreaker — Alex Ryder, junior 007 — DVD
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 — Johnny Depp — DVD
Mission Impossible 3 — DVD
Breakfast on Pluto — from the director of The Crying Game and Interview with the Vampire – DVD
Books are free for three weeks, story tapes are 75p for a week and DVDs are £2.75 for a week — so you can watch it over and over if it is really good! Why buy?
