Library Love Fest

The Great Gatsby!

Have you guys seen the movie?? It looks like quite the spectacle (in a good way), and I definitely plan on checking it out.  Tell me what you thought!

Some fun Gatsby facts that I didn't know:

1. The Modern Library named The Great Gatsby the second best English-language novel of the 20th century (the first was Ulysses by James Joyce).

2. One alternate title for the book was, Under the Red, White, and Blue

3. The four line poem at the beginning of the book entitled Then Wear the Gold Hat was credited to Thomas Parke D’Invilliers. He never actually existed and was a character from Fitzgerald’s first novel, This Side of Paradise.

4. Hunter S Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, retyped The Great Gatsby just to get the feel of writing styles and how writing a novel was like.

- Annie

Review A Lonely Death by Charles Todd!

Here at Library Love Fest, we really enjoy exchanging galleys for reviews of our books.  But in this case, there's a little more incentive than an ARE--review Charles Todd's A Lonely Death and enter for your chance to win a $250 gift card! A Lonely Death is the latest in the Ian Rutledge mystery series, which has won the Barry Award and was nominated for the Independent Booksellers Dilys Award, the Edgar and Anthony awards and the UK’s John Creasey Award. Novels in the series have garnered other honors, including a selection as one of the century’s 100 favorite mysteries by the IMBA; as a New York Times Notable Book; as one of PW’s Best Mysteries of the Year, and as an Indie Next pick and an Indie Next notable book.  Check it out now for your chance to win.  Happy reading!