Vicious Villains

Three strikes you're out- and that's what Becky (librarian and moderator of the program) heard when she walked in to this months Books and Snacks meeting ready to talk about baseball novels. We agreed to share our thoughts on our favorite game day snacks instead and they are: Pop corn, cotton candy, hot dogs, chili fries, nachos, and chili dogs. As a group we do enjoy a sports novel here and there but we did not want to talk about sports novels for the whole program so instead our conversation moved to villains.

In many of the novels we read, we see the fantastic deeds that the heroes of the book perform. What we fail to realize is that a great hero always has a great villain to counter them. So what exactly makes a good villain?

Qualities of Great Villains:

Respects and sometimes manipulates their heroes
Deceitful/Sneaky

Big

Strong

Powerful

Huge

Intelligent

Fiery temper

Mercurial (vocab word: credit to Yoo Ra; having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness)

Malicious

Nefarious.(bloodthirsty)

Famous Villains:

Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)

The Joker (Batman)

Captain James Hook (Peter Pan)

The Witch from Hansel and Gretel

Saint Dane (Pendragon)

IT (A Wrinkle In Time)

The Heffa lumps and Woozels (Winne the Pooh)

Our Favorite Villains:

James (Twilight)

Massie (Clique)
Steve Leopard (Cirque Du Freak)

Kronos (Percy Jackson)

Skeleton Man (Skeleton Man)

Mr. Curtain (Mysterious Benedict Society)

King Galbatorix (Eragon)

All villains have something in them that makes us love to hate them. Come to Books and Snacks next month, and share with us the villains you would love to hate. Stay tuned for more blogs about famous heroes, famous love stories, and sidekicks/cronies.

If you are a baseball fan and would like to hear more about the books Becky presented to us this month stop by the library and grab on of our monthly bookmarks or check out these titles: Mudville by Scalletta, Heat by Lupica and Rivals by Green. Hope to see you at next month's meeting on June 16th at 7:30pm.