This fall, Hollywood is drawing its inspiration from the written word.  Check out some of the latest books to hit the big screen.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (September)

The Informant! (September)

Jennifer's Body (September)

Horse Boy (September)

Shutter Island (October)

Whip It! (October)

The Road (October)

Where the Wild Things Are (October)

Amelia (October)

Astro Boy (October)

Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (October)

Disney's A Christmas Carol (November)

New Moon (November)

The Fantastic Mr. Fox (November)

Princess and the Frog (December)

Sherlock Holmes (December)

Lovely Bones (2010)

My first memory with the Clermont County Public Library is of the bookmobile. My parents did not take us to the library when we were children so I looked forward to the bookmobile coming to our school once a month. I just wished it had come more often since we were only allowed to get one book. Later, as a teenager, I visited the Doris Wood Branch with my boyfriend (now my husband) to do research for school. He was older than me and had a car. They were pretty strict about talking back then so we wrote love notes to each other on index cards. We still got in trouble for laughing. Now I work for the system and I don't mind teeage laughter at all, as long as it doesn't get too loud.

Kim from the Owensville Branch

I grew up in northern Kentucky, so my first library memories are not of CCPL.  But... We were regular bookmobile patrons in our family every summer.  Mom couldn't wait the two or three weeks between visits.  Not only did she enjoy her own reading, but I'm sure, looking back, that she relished the quiet our reading brought to a house with five kids.  We would all trudge several blocks to the big parking lot where the bookmobile stopped; no second car back then. It didn't matter how hot it was, only rain would keep us away. Sometimes we had to wait in a line to get in.  The bookmobile was newer and smelled of blond wood and formica.   If you missed a bookmobile visit you had to return your books to the real library. Then, the library in Covington was an old Carnegie building.  It seemed old even then.  The interior was dark with rich-looking wooden desks and shelving.  I remember bringing in my handful of overdue picture books.  (It had rained!) Mom sent me in  by myself with a quarter while she waited in the car.  I handed my books to the young man behind the tall circular desk. "That will be 25 cents each." he said.  Oh my God!  I only had one quarter!  What was I going to do?!  "Just kidding! 25 cents all together." he said.  What a relief. That's when I learned that librarians can have sense of humor.  That pretty much sealed my fate.

 ~~Joann from the Milford Branch