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 […]
Girls, Games, Boys and Books
I think I was looking for videos of smart boards last night when I came across a series of video essays on the subject of […]
Snakes
Books: “Mouse Count” by Ellen Stoll Walsh “I Need a Snake” by Lynne Jonell, illustrated by Petra Mathers “Opposnakes” by Salina Yoon. This book inspired […]
Art Thieves & Forgers
March 18, 2010 marked the twentieth anniversary of the devastating art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (www.gardnermuseum.org). Thirteen masterpieces including pieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt […]