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Saxton Reads! & ReviewsWe invite the public to post reviews to our catalog by logging into our online catalog. Reviews will then be posted to this blog. Comments can be added to existing posts or may be added as separate reviews on our catalog FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Nutmeg Winners Announced!
I just recieved an email announcing the 2010 Nutmeg winners. Students across the state had the past year to read the 10 intermediate nominees and and 10 teen nominees. Well, the votes were tallied and here are the two winners. Drum roll please..... 2010 Intermediate Winner: Double Identity, by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2010 Teen Winner: Life as We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
James Arden Holstein 1949-2010 ~ A Reading Man
A couple of months ago one of the blogs I read faithfully asked the question if two people could live a good life together if one is a reader and the other not. I remember answering that question at the time with a resounding yes, as I've been married for 40 years to a man who reads little. There are many other interests we share but reading is not one of them.
But for some, the love of reading is one of the glues that bond them. Yesterday, I read Lesa's Critiques, another favorite blog. Lesa Holstine gave tribute to her "reading man", her husband James Arden Holstine who died February 15th of metastatic cancer. The beauty of their relationship and their shared love of reading and books is worth taking the time to read. in Lesa's non-newspaper obituary is posted here: http://lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com/2010/02/james-arden-holstine-1949-2010...
FEBRUARY 15, 2010
Author Dick Francis Dies
The beginning months of 2010 have been sad indeed for fiction fans what with the deaths of these notables. J.D. Salinger, Robert Parker, Kage Baker and yesterday, Dick Francis.
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
2009 Hammett Awards Nominees
"The International Association of Crime Writers awards THE HAMMETT PRIZE annually for literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the US and/or Canada. The winner receives a "Thin Man" trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger."
This year's nominees are as follows: Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott(Simon & Schuster) Megan Abbotthas taught literature, writing, and film at New York University and the State University of New York at Oswego. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University in 2000, and in 2002 Palgrave Macmillan published her nonfiction study,The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir.She lives in New York City. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins (Putnam) From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (Penguin) In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead) In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. The Way Home by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown) Thomas Flynn's rocky relationship with his son Chris is finally moving away from distrust and scorn, a decade after Chris served time. When a burglary break their uneasy detente, will Chris be pulled back into treachery and violence? distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. If we don't own any of these titles, we'd be happy to try interlibrary loaning your choice from an area library. Just ask, we'll try! Read any of these? Who should win in your opinion? See previous years winners at http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm
FEBRUARY 11, 2010
Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery ~ Spencer Quinn
***CarolK The second Chet and Bernie mystery, Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery, has just been released and is available at our library. Treat yourself to either. They're delightful!
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
An Every Woman Reading List from More Magazine
I love reading lists and rarely pass up the chance to browse one. One I came across recently was in More Magazine:
Top 100 Books Every Woman Should Read The first 21 books consist of classics but you've got to wonder at some of the choices. I'm not certain how Erica Jong's Fear of Flying is keeping company with Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and Little Women but all in all it's a pretty good list. Part II covers Noteworthy titles, which includes one of my favorites, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and the perennial Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Somehow, Fear of Flying shows up again. Part III Nonfiction has the superior West With the Night by Beryl Markham, The Liar's Club by Mary Karr and a favorite of one our staff and a pulitzer prize winner to boot, The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed. Part IV is probably the list that I'm the least familiar with, this one being Poetry. 100 books is a lot for one list of recommendations and a lot for most women to read in a life time. I'm certain some women will try. Looking over the list you'll probably find you've read many already. Myself, I've read several but there's a few I've never come across. I think I'd like to read this one and will add it to my GoodReads list: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston |
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Fleming, Candace. Imogene’s last stand. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. 2009. 40 p. Schwartz & Wade Books, $16.99. (978-0-3758-3607-7). Grades K-2. When her local historical society building is scheduled for demolition, Imogene takes dramatic action, mobilizing the townspeople to save the building and preserve the history of their town.
Pennypacker, Sarah. Sparrow Girl. Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka. 2009. Unpaged. Disney/Hyperion, $16.99. (978-142311187-0). Grades K-3. When Mao Tse-Tung orders Chinese farmers to kill sparrows to increase the wheat crop, Ming-Li rescues a few of the frightened birds, releasing them when the locusts come to eat the crops and saving the village from famine.
Springer, Nancy. The case of the cryptic crinoline. 2009. 162 p. Philomel, $14.99. (978-0-399-24781-1). Grades 4-6. When her landlady is kidnapped, Enola Holmes takes the case only to learn that the kidnappers have mistaken Mrs. Tuppet for one of Florence Nightingale's spy birds. Enola must enlist the help of the famous nurse/spy in order to effect a a rescue while avoiding her brother Sherlock who wishes to send her to finishing school.
Nelson, Marilyn. Sweethearts of rhythm: the story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 2009. 80 p. Dial Books, $21.99. (9780803731875). Grades 4-up. Connected through their passion for music, the all-girl African-American swing band laid down a rhythm that overcame sexism and racism to swing the hearts and tap the toes of those who heard them.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. 2009. 278 p. Viking. $17.99. (978-0-670-01110-0). Grades 9-12. Once friends, Lia and Cassie become the wintergirls, locked in a contest to see who can be skinniest, but Cassie is dead and Lia did not pick up her calls the night she died. Will Lia continue the contest or are there other choices for her?
You can read what one of our own community members had to say about Wintergirls by finding the April 22, 2009 post on our blog http://www.engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=9336&BlogID=183
You can bet we'll be adding several of The 2010 Amelia Bloomer List to our selections at Saxton B.
You can view all the Amelia Bloomer lists since 2002 at
http://libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html
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