The Reader’s Corner

The Billerica Public Library’s Reading Blog

Audio Book Awards

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced their Audie Award winners Friday night in New York. 28 titles in 31 categories were chosen. Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (read by the author himself) picked up two awards - Audiobook of the Year and Children’s Title for Ages 8-10. L.A. Meyer’s Curse of the Blue Tattoo took [...]

The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Mary Ann Shaffer’s first and only novel, takes place in London in 1946 just after the end of WWII. She wrote it with her niece, children’s author, Annie Barrows, when Shaffer’s health became too poor to complete it herself. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a charming and touching novel. The book [...]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next great book inspiration. Who would have thought it would come in the form of a letter from a stranger who lives on the island of Guernsey.
Juliet begins a correspondence with this stranger and other members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. This [...]