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Monday, February 27, 2017

Hot This Week: February 27

We bid adieu to the month of February with four new movies, led by the acclaimed Arrival and followed by the adaptation of Paula Hawkins's incredibly popular novel. In music, the soundtrack to the second Fifty Shades movie lands at #1. George Saunders's historical novel focusing on President Lincoln's deceased son climbs to the top of the fiction list, while country star Rory Feek's new memoir is the top non-fiction debut.

DVD
  1. Arrival
  2. The Girl on the Train
  3. The Accountant
  4. Keeping Up with the Joneses
  5. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
  6. Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
  7. The Secret Life of Pets
  8. Inferno
  9. Deepwater Horizon
  10. Ouija: Origin of Evil
CD
  1. Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack
  2. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
  3. Big Sean, I Decided
  4. The Weeknd, Starboy
  5. Adele, 25
  6. Trolls Soundtrack
  7. Lady Gaga, Joanne
  8. Beyonce, Lemonade
  9. La La Land Soundtrack
  10. Post Malone, Stoney
Fiction
  1. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
  2. Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
  3. Echoes in Death, J.D. Robb
  4. Heartbreak Hotel, Jonathan Kellerman
  5. Never Never, James Patterson and Candice Fox
  6. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
  7. The Whistler, John Grisham
  8. The Girl Before, JP Delaney
  9. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  10. Right Behind You, Lisa Gardner
Non-Fiction
  1. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  2. This Life I Live, Rory Feek
  3. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  4. The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna Gaines
  5. Big Agenda, David Horowitz
  6. The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
  7. Three Days in January, Bret Baier and Catherine Whitney
  8. Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
  9. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
  10. You Are the Universe, Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Hot This Week: February 20

Happy Presidents' Day! Ben Affleck's The Accountant leads four new titles onto this week's movie listing. There's a lot of hot new music, and Lady Gaga's recent Super Bowl and Grammy performances have propelled two of her albums back onto the chart as well. Four new novels break onto the fiction list, headlined by Neil Gaiman and J.D. Robb. Two new titles in non-fiction include an overview of Donald Trump's plan for his presidency.

DVD
  1. The Accountant
  2. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
  3. Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
  4. Deepwater Horizon
  5. Kevin Hart: What Now?
  6. Inferno
  7. The Secret Life of Pets
  8. Life on the Line
  9. The Take
  10. Storks
CD
  1. Big Sean, I Decided
  2. Lady Gaga, Joanne
  3. Reba McEntire, Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope
  4. The Weeknd, Starboy
  5. Lady Gaga, The Fame
  6. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
  7. Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording
  8. Post Malone, Stoney
  9. La La Land Soundtrack
  10. Brantley Gilbert, The Devil Don't Sleep
Fiction
  1. Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
  2. Echoes in Death, J.D. Robb
  3. Never Never, James Patterson and Candice Fox
  4. The Whistler, John Grisham
  5. Right Behind You, Lisa Gardner
  6. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  7. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
  8. The Girl Before, JP Delaney
  9. My Not So Perfect Life, Sophie Kinsella 
  10. Universal Harvester, John Darnielle
Non-Fiction
  1. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  2. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  3. The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna Gaines
  4. Three Days in January, Bret Baier and Catherine Whitney
  5. The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
  6. Big Agenda, David Horowitz
  7. You Are the Universe, Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos
  8. Tears We Cannot Stop, Michael Eric Dyson
  9. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
  10. The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis

Monday, February 13, 2017

Hot This Week: February 13

This Valentine's week, here are the titles your patrons are loving. Some heavy hitters join the movie list: Tom Cruise, Tyler Perry, and Tom Hanks. Country singer Brantley Gilbert and R&B star Kehlani take over the top two spots on the music chart with their respective new releases. And new thrillers from Lisa Gardner and Alex Berenson are sure to get everyone's hearts racing.

DVD
  1. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
  2. Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
  3. Deepwater Horizon
  4. Inferno
  5. Snowden
  6. The Secret Life of Pets
  7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  8. Storks
  9. The Magnificent Seven
  10. Jason Bourne
CD
  1. Brantley Gilbert, The Devil Don't Sleep
  2. Kehlani, SweetSexySavage
  3. The Weeknd, Starboy
  4. NOW That's What I Call Music 61
  5. La La Land Soundtrack
  6. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
  7. Train, A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat
  8. Post Malone, Stoney
  9. Moana Soundtrack
  10. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
Fiction
  1. Right Behind You, Lisa Gardner
  2. Never Never, James Patterson and Candice Fox
  3. The Girl Before, JP Delaney
  4. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  5. The Whistler, John Grisham
  6. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
  7. Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult
  8. The Prisoner, Alex Berenson
  9. The Mistress, Danielle Steel
  10. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
Non-Fiction
  1. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  2. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  3. Three Days in January, Bret Baier and Catherine Whitney
  4. The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna Gaines
  5. The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
  6. Tears We Cannot Stop, Michael Eric Dyson
  7. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
  8. The Lost City of the Monkey God, Douglas Preston
  9. Thank You for Being Late, Thomas L. Friedman
  10. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi

Monday, February 6, 2017

Hot This Week: February 6

True-to-life depictions win the week, with Deepwater Horizon holding the top spot and Snowden coming in just behind. A couple of rock acts, AFI and Starset, bring new discs to the music chart. The fiction list includes new novels from JP Delaney, Christine Feehan, and Terry Goodkind, while a couple of favorites return to the non-fiction list.

DVD
  1. Deepwater Horizon
  2. Snowden
  3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  4. The Secret Life of Pets
  5. Jason Bourne
  6. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
  7. The Magnificent Seven
  8. Storks
  9. Sully
  10. War Dogs
CD
  1. The Weeknd, Starboy
  2. La La Land Soundtrack
  3. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
  4. AFI, AFI (The Blood Album)
  5. Moana Soundtrack
  6. Post Malone, Stoney
  7. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
  8. Drake, Views
  9. J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only
  10. Starset, Vessels
Fiction
  1. Never Never, James Patterson and Candice Fox
  2. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
  3. The Whistler, John Grisham
  4. Two by Two, Nicholas Sparks
  5. The Girl Before, JP Delaney
  6. The Mistress, Danielle Steel
  7. The Chemist, Stephenie Meyer
  8. Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult
  9. Power Game, Christine Feehan
  10. Death's Mistress, Terry Goodkind
Non-Fiction
  1. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
  2. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  3. Three Days in January, Bret Baier and Catherine Whitney
  4. The Magnolia Story, Chip and Joanna Gaines
  5. The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
  6. The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
  7. The Lost City of the Monkey God, Douglas Preston
  8. Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
  9. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi 
  10. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates