Not easy being green?

If the recent warning about toxic substances given off by vinyl shower curtain liners has you reconsidering how green you are (or would like to be), you’re not alone. Here’s a list of books on the topic you may find helpful: 

Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko

Green This: greening your cleaning and Growing Up Green: baby and child care both by Dierdre Imus

Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-friendly Life of Ed Begley, Jr. by Ed Begley, Jr. (of course)

Simply Green Giving: create beautiful gift wrapping, tags, and handmade treasures from everyday materials by Danny Seo

50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth by the Earth Works Group

The Recycler’s Handbook by the Earth Works Group

The Complete Guide to Recycling at Home: how to take responsibility, save money, and protect the environment by Gary D. Branson

Recycle: the essential guide by Duncan McCorquodale and Cigalle Hanaor, eds.

Home ecology : simple and practical ways to green your home by Karen Christensen

The green book : the everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time by Elizabeth Rogers
 

Fiction for Father’s Day

If Father’s Day this weekend has you thinking about dad, here are a couple of ideas from the stacks for easy weekend reading:

Responsible Men by Edward Schwarzchild
Three generations of men feel the effects when a con man decides it might just be time to go straight.

The Mist by Stephen King
Along with a crowd of others, a man and his son try to wait out a creepy mist that seems to have taken over their town.

Infidelity for First-time Fathers by Mark Barrowcliffe
Feeling unprepared to become a dad, Dag cheats on his pregnant fiancee with another woman, who shortly after announces she’s pregnant, too.

Belmondo Style by Adam Berlin
Small time criminal Jared and his son Ben head to Key West after an armored car robbery, trying to keep ahead of the law.

Donor Boy by Brendan Halpin
When the couple that Sean Cassidy helped conceive a child are killed in a car accident, he’s called upon to be the stand-in dad to fourteen-year-old Rosalind.

Little Children by Tom Perotta
Moms and dads caught up in suburbia, wondering if this is really all there is.

The Risk Pool by Richard Russo
Twelve-year old Ned goes to live with his dad and gets an education he’ll never forget.

A Father’s Affair by Karel Glastra van Loon
A widower with a teenage son learns he’s been infertile all his life.

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
Edward Bloom always wanted to be a great man, making up for his absences from his son’s childhood with tall tales, but it’s only upon his father’s deathbed that William realizes how good a dad he really has.

Ready for the Sex and the City movie?

The reviews have started rolling in for the Sex and the City film, due out May 30. The Daily News has a nice, spoiler-free review: “‘Sex And The City: The Movie’ proves that a great reunion is possible.” If you can’t wait until then, there are always the “Sex and the City” tv series dvds to borrow, and a short list of fiction that echoes the adventures of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda to get you in the mood.

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

4 Blondes by Candace Bushnell (ROM BUS)

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club by Maggie Marr (FIC MAR)

South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man by Caridad Pineiro (ROM SCO)

Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (ROM WIC)

Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nichols (ROM NIC)

He’s Got to Go by Sheila O’Flanagan (ROM O’FL)

Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (ROM ACO)

Wanderlust by Chris Dyer (FIC DYE)

The Friendship Test by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)

The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble (FIC NOB)