In Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, Nina Sankovitch recounts the year she took on the task of reading, and reviewing, a book a day for the entire year. This was not some stunt she took on in order to publish a book about it, or to become a famous blogger whose life story would be [...]
This time of year is so exciting! The changing weather and all the fantastic new releases create an excited hum in the air you can almost feel. Or is that just me? Anyways, here are a few of the newest releases to grace our library:
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. If you were impressed by [...]
Wow, where has the time gone?! This summer has been incredibly busy! I know this is my first post in about a month, and I apologize for the lapse. But here’s some great new titles from this week and last to get us back into the swing of things (click on an image for more [...]
Digging Up The Dead by Michael Kammen
I wanted to like this book, in fact I expected to like this book. I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear bizarre stories of people being dug up and reburied for various reasons? I love sort-of “weird history” books, and this one definitely fit that category. And the actual [...]
I came across this Library Journal article and thought I’d share it to let you know of these great new memoirs:
Down with Summer Reading!: 19 Memoirs for the Recovery Crowd.
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston - Preston and Child up the emotional ante considerably in their 10th thriller featuring brilliant and eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast. Special Agent Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife’s murder, but as he probes the circumstances of her death, he is [...]
Being home sick has its advantages. When I wasn’t passed out in a fever-induced coma this past week, I actually got some recreational reading done. Not much, but I managed to finish a couple of books.
Making Toast - this short memoir-of-sorts is sad and tragic. It doesn’t move quickly, it’s not a story with a [...]
The Spring is heating up with new releases. Among those releasing March 2nd were:
House Rules by Jodi Picoult. Eighteen-year old Jacob Hunt has Asperger’s syndrome, and his devoted single mother, Emma, has built their family’s life around Jacob’s needs, sacrificing her career to act as his caregiver and all but ignoring a younger son, Theo. [...]
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. This one sounds like a real tear-jerker. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved [...]
RSS Feed