Book Review: Following Atticus by Tom Ryan

     Don’t miss this one.— In Following Atticus, Tom Ryan is leading a good enough life in a city he loves, Newburyport, Massachusetts.  He is owner and staff of the “Undertoad, a whistle blowing, truth telling newspaper.  Then Maxwell Garrison Gillis opens up Tom’s life and Atticus Maxwell Finch carries it upward.  Both change his [...]

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New Book Displays Up in the Teen Zone

Ah…February is fast approaching. Love is in the air! We’ve a whole display of those ooey-gooey romances up in the Teen Zone and, if ooey-gooey isn’t your thing, check out our Sports Fiction display instead. Whether you’re on “Team Love” or on “Team Love of the Game” – we’ve got a book for you!

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Book Review: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

“The world would not love them; the world would not be kind.” ~ Ayana Mathis, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie   Ayana Mathis’ debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, penetrates the reader with its powerful story and poetic prose.   During the Great Migration, the Shepherd family moved from Georgia to Philadelphia to start a [...]

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Book Review: Where’d You Go Bernadette? By Maria Semple

This is a clever, fast paced book about award winning architect Bernadette, her daughter Bee who is wise beyond her years and husband Elgin. They are living in Seattle and the family is making plans to embark on a vacation to Antarctica, a dream trip that Bee has longed for. All sounds perfect except for [...]

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Book Review : “More Than Human”

The first time I opened the book “More Than Human” by renowned photographer Tim Flash and author Lewis Blackwell, I got hooked right away.  The first picture I came across was of bats, and my reaction was “I never saw bats looking that beautiful”.  They looked like they were in a photography studio posing for [...]

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