I have a long standing interest in history and women’s history, so when I had the opportunity to go to the Maltz Museum of Jewish […]
Johan Theorin’s The Darkest Room: great Swedish mystery
The Darkest Room is set on the island of Oland in Sweden, and the setting is half the delight of this intriguing mystery. Like many […]
A Little Knowledge Won’t Hurt You
Are you ready to appear on Jeopardy? Do you want to brush up on your history facts? Does your know-it-all brother-in-law spout out all sorts […]
Book Discussion Series: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
 Reserve a copy of this book ***JUST SO YOU KNOW*** All of the posts in our book discussion series contain questions and reviews that could possibly […]
Great Summer Reading-Murder, Madness, Obsession
I have a crush on David Grann. There, I’ve said it. Even though it’s just a literary crush, please don’t tell my husband. If you pick […]
Let the Great World Spin from Colum McCann
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel is a delight to read — the language, the imagery, the characters are all extraordinary. Beginning with a […]
Flying horses and dragons and lions. And hot dogs
It’s intriguing to me when a big batch of new books comes in and several books center on the same, sometimes obscure, subject. I personally […]
Orange is the New Black
Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison graduated from Smith College in the early 1990s. Always a free […]
Book Discussion Series: Maniac Magee
***JUST SO YOU KNOW*** All of the posts in our book discussion series contain questions and reviews that could possibly reveal parts of the plot […]
