Staff Reviews: Books, Films, Music, and More

Collections Manager Aly Wepplo recommends The Sheep Detectives on DVD. Summer is busy in the Wood River Valley. Shakespeare in the Park, The Sun Valley Music Festival, and visits with out-of-town friends fill my calendar almost every night of the week. I love it, and when I get back to my living room, I want to watch something cozy. Luckily, I found The Sheep Detectives on DVD from The Community Library. The Sheep Detectives celebrates the English countryside, small-town … [Read more...] about Film Review: The Sheep Detectives

Summer Programs Intern Alex Vallejo-Lopez recommends Ratatouille, written and directed by Brad Bird.  I’m not usually a person to look back on things and consider myself old, but growing up in the Valley, I do remember a world before streaming. I remember when there was a Blockbuster in town. I remember Redbox. But a timeless place to get movies (and even better, for free) is the Library.  By the time this review comes out, I will have completed my … [Read more...] about Film Review: Ratatouille 

Gold Mine Consign Associate Joanne Cox recommends The Boy Who Spoke To The Earth by Chris Burkard and David McCleellan. The Boy Who Spoke To The Earth is about a young child who is searching and seeking happiness. He is trying to find meaning to his life by complaining to the Earth about what he doesn't have. He doesn't have riches. He doesn't have what other children, his own age, have. And he believes that because he can't hold on to what the Earth has to offer, then it doesn't … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Boy Who Spoke to the Earth

Children's Librarian Alexandra Vallejo recommends Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. I’ll admit it: I love watching adaptations of summer romance novels. Sure, they’re often cringey-cheesy dialogue and rushed pacing, but there’s something fun about watching these stories come to life on screen. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune is no exception. I watched the series before reading the book, going against my golden rule of always reading the book first. I came across the story … [Read more...] about Book Review: Every Summer After

Processing Associate Yosef Ore Lopez recommends The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a novel about the upper class in the 1920s, showing their luxury, crazy parties, and the search for the American Dream. The story is told by Nick Carraway, who gets to know his rich and mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws huge parties at his mansion, but as the book goes on, you realize his main goal is only to get back together with Daisy Buchanan, the woman he’s been … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Great Gatsby