Keep Calm and Read the Book Before the Movie

City Park Campus Library has the book version of my of today's popular movies.  Ask one of our librarians about some of these exciting books. Below are just a few of the many titles we carry.

Ender's Game

Author: Orson Scott Card

Location: City Park Campus Library

Call No: 813.54 C26eg

Set in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the "Buggers", in insectoid alien species. the film (released in 2013) received mixed reviews, but the book was a best seller. 

Gone Girl: a novel

Author: Gillian Flynn 

Location: City Park Campus Library

Call No: FLY 2012 

This tightly woven novel is told from two perspectives: that of a husband whose wife suddenly goes missing and from the the missing wife herself. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star in the film, released October 3, 2013. 

The Hobbit, or, There And Back Again

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Location: City Park Campus Library

Call No: 823.912 T64hob 

The prequel to the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins's journey - and adventures along the way - through Middle Earth. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, and Orlando Bloom will reprise their Hobbit roles in the third film, titled The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies release date December 17, 2014.

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