Staff Picks
Rory Gilmore's Reading Challenge (List #4 - Starting with 'Carrie')
- Ariel H.
- Monday, December 13, 2021
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☕ Take a deep dive into all the books seen and referenced on the Gilmore Girls from Season 1 to A Year in the Life.
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Since there are 408 titles, there will be multiple lists sent out over the next few months. Enjoy!
Carrie
Published in 2013
Carrie White, a sheltered high school girl and outcast, unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers at the senior prom when they decide to pull a prank on her.
Carrie.
Published in 2014
Carrie White, a sheltered high school girl and outcast, unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers at the senior prom when they decide to pull a prank on her.
Carrie
Published in 2014
Classic Stephen King thriller about a rejected high school girl. When she is humiliated at the prom, she takes revenge on the entire class.
Catch-22.
Published in 2019
Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II.
Charlotte's Web.
Published in 2017
Fern is one of only two living beings who sees that Wilbur is a special animal as she raises him, the runt of the litter, into a terrific and radiant pig. As Wilbur moves into a new barn, he begins a second profound friendship with the most unlikely of creatures, a spider named Charlotte, and their bond inspires the animals around them to come together as a family.
Charlotte's Web.
E.B. White's classic children's story about a friendship between a spider and a pig.
Charlotte's Web 2. Wilbur's Great Adventure.
The timeless classic continues its journey, exploring selflessness and sacrifice and what it means to be different through the adventures of a pig, a lamb, Charlotte's three daughters, and their barnyard friends.
Charlotte's Web
Published in 2011
A young pig depends on a rat, a spider, and a little girl to prove that, even as a runt, he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life. Special features include: additional scenes, bloopers, commentary, music videos, and more.
The Children's Hour
Published in 2014
Two teachers' lives are ruined after students begin to spread false accusations and rumors of lesbianism.
The Children's Hour
Published in 2014
Two teachers' lives are ruined after students begin to spread false accusations and rumors of lesbianism.
Christine.
Published in 2004
An unassuming teen gains possession of a classic auto equipped with a murderous will. The car more than returns the care and consideration its owner provides it. Special features include: deleted scenes; commentary; and three featurettes.
Christine
Published in 2004
An unassuming teen gains possession of a classic auto equipped with a murderous will. The car more than returns the care and consideration its owner provides it.
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2012
The classic Dickens story about a bitter old man who's given a chance for redemption when three ghosts come to visit him on Christmas Eve. Bonus features include: Introduction by Leonard Maltin, Dead to Begin With documentary, Scrooge By Another Name featurette, The Human Blarney Stone documentary, A Scholar's View video narrative, collection of early silent Dickens films, commentary tracks, and more!
A Christmas Carol.
Published in 2010
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes, deleted scenes, and more.
A Christmas Carol.
Published in 2010
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes and deleted scenes.
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2011
The classic Dickens story about a bitter old man who's given a chance for redemption when three ghosts come to visit him on Christmas Eve. Bonus features include: Introduction by Leonard Maltin, 'Dead to Begin With' documentary, 'Scrooge By Another Name' featurette, 'The Human Blarney Stone' documentary, 'A Scholar's View' video narrative, collection of early silent Dickens films, commentary tracks, and more!
A Christmas Carol
Published in 1999
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
A Clockwork Orange.
Published in 2007
A vicious criminal undergoes treatment that will make him develop an aversion toward violence. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Includes a commentary by Malcolm McDowell and Nick Redman, a documentary, and an all-new featurette.
A Clockwork Orange.
Published in 2007
A vicious criminal undergoes treatment that will make him develop an aversion toward violence. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Includes a commentary by Malcolm McDowell and Nick Redman, a documentary, and an all-new featurette.
The Muppets Christmas Carol
Published in 2005
A Clockwork Orange
Published in 2007
A vicious fifteen-year-old droog is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. And when the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?" This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."
A Clockwork Orange
Published in 2008
Shocking, radical, and undeniably thought-provoking, A Clockwork Orange remains the most enduring novel by Anthony Burgess--a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society of Literature. With the tone of a nightmarish comedy, Burgess satirically envisions a warped future in which gangs of sadistic youths rule the streets after dark. Meet Alex, a 15-year-old boy who enjoys rape, ultraviolence, and Beethoven.
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2007
Scrooge, the miser, is reformed when visited on Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2009
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2004
A Christmas carol is the best-known and best-loved of Dickens' 'Christmas Books', and the story of the miser Scrooge's redemption has become as much part of the Christmas tradition as plum pudding and carols themselves. Will Tiny Tim live to see another Christmas? Can Scrooge recover his humanity and learn to love the fellow men he seems to despise? Dickens will make you laugh and make you cry as you follow Scrooge's supernatural adventures on Christmas Eve ...
A Christmas Carol
Published in 2003
"Bah Humbug!" That's how Ebenezer Scrooge feels about Christmas, until the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is reminded of what it means to have love in his heart, and what the true spirit of Christmas is all about. A timeless story the whole family will enjoy!
Catch-22
Published in 2007
"Catch-22" is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever even if he has to die in the attempt.).
Catch 22
Published in 2019
It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him. But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape. THIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF THE BOOK.
Catch-22
Published in 2010
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie. Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest?and most celebrated?books of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer. Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy?it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he's assigned, he'll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved. This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller's personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.
Catch-22
Published in 2011
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
Carrie
Published in 2012
In one way or another, everybody abused Carrie. This sixteen-year-old misfit was forbidden everything that was young and fun by her fanatical mother. She was teased and taunted by her classmates, misunderstood by her teachers, and given up as hopeless by almost everyone. But Carrie had a secret: She possessed terrifying telekinetic powers that could make inanimate objects move, a lighted candle fall, or a door lock. Carrie could make all kinds of startling bizarre, and malevolent things happen.
Carrie
Published in 2013
Carrie, teased by classmates and extremely limited and ridiculed by her mother, has a terrifying secret. When Carrie is pushed to the edge, she reveals her secret in a devastating finale.
The Catcher in the Rye
Published in 2019
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" ( The New Yorker ) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature?and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
The Catcher in the Rye
Published in 1951
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Published in 2014
Though known for his classic novels of adventure and coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short stories, which abound with the colorful characters and often comic antics readers have come to expect from his longer works. Included here is "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler who'd bet on anything, and an unusual frog named Daniel Webster. Originally published in the Saturday Press in 1865, the tale was immensely popular, and in 1867 an expanded version was published.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
And Other Sketches
Published in 1867
Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was an instant success, bringing him national attention. Twain spent several years in California during the Gold Rush, specifically in Angel's Camp. There, while spending time in the Angel's Camp Hotel, he heard of the legendary gambler, Jim Smiley. The story was originally published in 1865.
Charlotte's Web
Published in 2019
Brought to life by Meryl Streep and a full cast, this beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan , is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect."* Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spider web tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. Includes an appreciation written and read by Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, the cover artist of this edition and author/illustrator of Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White . Narrated by Meryl Streep featuring: January LaVoy as CHARLOTTE Kirby Heyborne as WILBUR MacLeod Andrews as TEMPLETON with additional performances by: Mark Bramhall as LURVY Scott Brick as THE MINISTER Cassandra Campbell as EDITH ZUCKERMAN Danny Campbell as HOMER ZUCKERMAN Mark Deakins as MR. ARABLE Kimberly Farr as MRS. ARABLE Tavia Gilbert as THE GOOSE Dion Graham as THE GANDER Almarie Guerra as NELLIE Johnny Heller as THE FAIR ANNOUNCER Lincoln Hoppe as AVERY Raymond Lee as THE BABY SPIDER Robin Miles as THE OLD SHEEP Adenrele Ojo as ARANEA Ray Porter as UNCLE THE PIG Emily Rankin as FERN John Rubinstein as DR. DORIAN Bahni Turpin as THE LAMB Julia Whelan as JOY * New York Times
Charlotte's Web
Published in 1970
Wilbur the pig befriends Charlotte, a spider who spins her web above his pen. When the farmer decides to send Wilbur to his fate, Charlotte must act fast to save her friend.
Charlotte's Web
Published in 2006
For decades, E.B. White's charming, bittersweet tales of friendship and adventure have enchanted audiences young and old alike. The magic of "Charlotte's web" comes to life in a delightful-and completely unabridged-recording, read by the author himself. As moving and eloquent as ever, this classic tale will captivate listeners.
Charlotte's Web
Published in 1970
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
The Code of the Woosters
Published in 2011
Who would think that an eighteenth-century silver cow creamer could cause so much trouble? Uncle Tom wants it, Sir Watkyn Bassett has it, and Aunt Dahlia is blackmailing Bertie to steal it. With relations between Bertie and Sir Watkyn being far from cordial (ever since the Boat Race night, when Sir Watkyn fined the young Wooster five pounds for pinching a policeman's helmet), the situation looks tricky. Arriving at Totleigh Towers, Sir Watkyn's country seat, matters get progressively worse. The nightmare crew includes not only that fierce old magistrate but his right-hand man, the frightful Roderick Spode. Add to that Madeline Bassett, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Stiffy Byng, and Harold 'Stinker' Pinker and there's only one thing to say: 'What ho, Jeeves!'
The Code of the Woosters
Published in 2011
"They say trouble comes in threes, and Bertie Wooster soon learns why. It all begins when his aunt Dahlia asks him to steal a silver cow creamer illegally obtained by her husband's silver rival. Then comes the telegram from Gussie Fink-Nottle begging Bertie to come to Totleigh Towers to mend the rift between him and his soppy fiancée, Madeline Bassett. To top it all off, Bertie must contend with Roderick Spode, the menacing, black shorts-wearing, amateur dictator. How will Bertie get the cow creamer, stay unengaged from Madeline, and survive Totleigh Tower?"--Page 4 of cover.