Gina's staff pick is I've Got Your Number, by Sophie Kinsella
"Losing that third-generation engagement ring was bad enough, but losing
it on the day your parents are coming to town makes it downright
catastrophic. And just when Poppy Wyatt is convinced that things can't
get any worse, they do: She loses her phone. Her prospects brighten
slightly when she finds a cell-phone discarded in a nearby trashcan, but
she soon discovers that its businessman owner refuses to quietly accede
to her good fortune. As the day develops, Poppy learns that the
best-laid plans of mice and brides-to-be sometimes seem less propitious
than mistakes, mishaps, and misfortune. An outlandishly eventful
relationship novel by Confessions of a Shopaholic author Sophie
Kinsella. Why wait for the movie?"
--Barnes and Noble
Gina says: Cute, funny romance. A good read and a good audiobook.
Melanie's pick is The Sting (DVD).
Synopsis: When he receives word that somebody has confessed to the 1995 homicide of Marie Gesto, Detective Harry Bosch is surprised and relieved. For more than a decade, details of this savage murder had eaten away at the sensitive investigator. His emotions heighten, though when he hears the murderer speak and learns that police missed a clue that could have led them to Gesto's killer and thus prevented nine subsequent murders. the realization leaves Bosch reeling with uncertainty about his colleagues and his own commitments. (Barnes & Noble)
Synopsis: From 1939 to 1942, more than 400 Jewish children were kept safe from
Nazis in the small French village of Chabannes. This powerful
documentary follows two of the now fully grown youths who were rescued
from the Holocaust as they return to the town. Reflecting upon their
experiences there, they analyze how the members of the community opened
their hearts to them--despite the considerable risk.