Sneak Peek at 2020

For 2020, we’ll still be bringing you weekly book, movie, and TV reviews but adding some fun new features as well.

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from the Berryville Public Library and the Berryville Book Buzz! 🙂 We really appreciate all of you who read, comment, like, and follow the blog and support the library in any way!

Movie Review: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)

Had your fill of holiday cheer? This movie might be for you. . . .

Jojo Moyes’s The Giver of Stars

Alice seems to have jumped from the proverbial frying pan into the fire. In her native England during the Great Depression, she is bored and unhappy, and when she meets a handsome American man named Bennett, she quickly marries him to escape. When they relocate to his home state of Kentucky, she expects a well-to-do urban life, centered perhaps in Lexington. Instead, she finds herself in remote Eastern Kentucky, in impoverished coal country, trapped in an unhappy marriage. When the local pack horse library needs volunteers, Alice signs up, mainly as an excuse to get out of her house and away from her husband and father-in-law. At first, Alice is horrified by the rough people she encounters on her route, but she soon falls in love with her work, the people, and the mountains. Still, the solace she finds in work does nothing to ease her troubles at home. Complications ensue. . . .

Book Buzz: 19th Century Maine, Christmas Miracles, and the Joys of Being Crafty

Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For December, we’re looking at a re-released historical novel about the lives of 3 women in Maine in the 1800s, the latest book in a popular holiday series, and a celebration of folks who work with their hands.