Book Into Film

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Jackie Brown is a 1997 crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the first adaptation from Tarantino, and stars Pam Grier in the title role. The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy and Foxy Brown, both of which ...

Bram Stoker Award Horror Fest-I Hunt Killers

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

I Hunt Killers  By Barry Lyga Nominated for the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel, I Hunt Killers is the first in a thrilling trilogy for Young Adults seeking interesting, edgy characters . Seventeen year old  Jasper "Jazz" Dent is the teenage son of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers, ...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Bram Stoker Award Horror Fest Part 2  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind In this off-the-wall romantic comedy, Jim Carrey stars as a man who is informed that his ex-girlfriend has had her memories of their relationship erased from her brain via an experimental procedure.  Not to be outdone, he decides to have the same ...

Girl Genius – Steampunk Book Club

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Girl Genius: Omnibus Volume 1 Agatha Awakens by Phil and Kaja Foglio What if mad scientists ran the world during the Industrial Revolution? Award winning steampunk fantasy adventure, Girl Genius, is a "story about science or magic or possibly both". From the Publisher... The Industrial Revolution has become all-out war! Mad Scientists, gifted with the ...

Bram Stoker Award Horror Fest

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense  Award winning author and editor Al Sarrantonio gathered twenty-nine original stories from some of the masters of the macabre.  999 consists of a wide array of stories; from dark fantasy to pure suspense.  No matter the genre, these stories were written to haunt and terrify you.  Some ...

Grave Mercy – Teen Book Club

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

"Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?" Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. (robinlafevers.com)

Dead End in Norvelt – Kids Book Club

Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

"Jack lives with his Mom and Dad in Norvelt, a small town big on quirky neighbors. It's the summer of 1962, and Jack's vacation is ruined when his Mom grounds him for the entire summer. Okay, it's not entirely out of the blue. Jack's been in trouble." Shmoop.com