Staff Recommendations - Our Scariest Movies!

We asked the staff and the results are in. Here are our votes on the scariest movies to squeeze in to your binge-watching this October!

The Silence of the Lambs "During parts of this movie, I was so scared I couldn't breathe!"
The Exorcist "So scary!"
Funny Games "Couldn't watch the whole thing WAY too creepy!"
Cujo "Rabid Saint Bernard...need I say more?"
Annabelle "Creepy dolls!"
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre "Goes to show you don't stop for hitchhikers!"
Freaks "Not a gore film, but the creeps stay with you look after the movie."

National Book Award Finalists Announced!

Below is the list of finalists for the National Book Award - have you read any of them? Well, here's your chance!

Fiction Finalists:

Refund by Karen E. Bender

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Non-Fiction Finalists:

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates*
Hold Still by Sally Mann
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran by Carla Power
Ordinary Light by Tracy K. Smith

Poetry Finalists:

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
How to Be Drawn by Terrence Hayes
Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón 
Elegy for a Broken Machine by Patrick Phillips

Young Adult Finalists

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby*
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsburg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman*
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson*

*Means item is owned by William Hall

October Day Trips

Looking to make your October a little spookier? Check out these tours, trips, and attractions!

Weekends to October 30th Scary Acres: Part wagon ride, part corn maze, all terrifying! Explore the acres between the hours of 7PM and 10PM - look out for zombies, vampires, and dummies. $20.00 per standard ticket.

Weekends to October 31st The Haunted Labyrinth: The Labyrinth is open from 7PM - 10PM - but will you escape from the "camp of no return"? Tickets are $12 cash and $13 card.

Weekends to November 1st The Factory of Terror: Have you ever thought, 'Wow, this haunted house is great, but it needs more LASERS?' Fear not (okay, fear a little), the Factory of Terror has you covered - the Factory is offering laser tag amid its myriad terrors. It's open from 7PM - 11PM, tickets are $20.00 for adults and $14.00 for children 10 and under.

Saturday, October 24th and Sunday October 25th Rhode Island Historical Society Walking Tour - HP Lovecraft: A Literary Life: "Learn Lovecraft's beloved spots as visitors embark on an insightful and intriguing tour of Providence." Tour runs from 12PM - 1:30PM, Adult tickets are $15, Senior tickets are $12, Student and Member tickets are $10, Children 8 and under are free.

Saturday, October 31st Newport Historical Society - Photographing Stones and Souls in the Common Burial Ground: Learn about the history of one of Rhode Island's oldest burying grounds, while also picking up photographic skills (photography is the best way to capture the stones, grave rubbings are forbidden). Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for members, the tour begins at 11AM.

Reading in the Hall - October 2015

Who said that all love stories had to be about first love? Kent Haruf breaks the mold with his story of two people who come together later in life, in this poignant story, Our Souls at Night, which will be discussed at this month's book club. The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM.

Pick up a copy today!