Blog Category: Book Sketches
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Sep 20
The New York Times Best Seller List, published in The New York Times Book Review magazine,is by and large considered to be the principal list of best-selling books in the United States.
The list, first created in 1942, is generated by the editors of The Times’ “News Surveys” department and not by The New York Times Book Review department. The News Surveys department is responsible for gathering public opinion...
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Sep 16
The Barrington Public Library is sponsoring a Flu Clinic on October 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (ages 6 months and older)
Cost: No charge for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare Part B,
Neighborhood Health, or Tufts.
$20.00 for different insurance
$30.00 no insurance
Register online at: www.thewellcomp.com
Walk-ins welcome
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Sep 13
Library Director’s Notebook
September, 2010
Lots of people make resolutions in January, the beginning of the calendar year. But all my years of going to school each September, followed by my son’s school years have made me feel that September is the true “beginning” of the year and a good time to make resolutions and form new habits.
With a focus on self improvement each Fall, I often read self help books in September. One of the very best I’ve come across recently...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Aug 30
The Barrington Library will be closed September 6 in observance of Labor Day. On Wednesday, September 1 regular evening hours resume: closing will be 9:00 Monday through Thursday. Also, Sunday hours (1 o'clock until 5 o'clock) will resume on September 19th, and continue throughout the school year.
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Aug 27
How does a novel with history, intrigue, romance, mystery, or exotic adventure sound? Barrington Public Library has just the literature with all the above genres in our newest booklist! Stop by and pick up our “Historical Novels of China” booklist that ranges from tales of the role of women in the 7th century to periods of war in the 19th century up through Mao’s Cultural Revolution in the 20th century. Bartle Bull, Anchee Min, and Lisa See are just a few of the featured authors who...
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jul 29
Director’s Notebook
August, 2010
With yoga classes, studios, and instruction popping up by the thousands in playgrounds, private clubs, gyms, libraries, and even church basements, it’s hard to realize that there was a time in America, just a mere generation or two back, when yoga and anything associated with Indian ritual or culture was regarded with deep suspicion and often with outright hostility.
The Great Oom by Robert Love is a fascinating and well...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Jul 23
Help yourself to some scintillating spy thrillers at the Library:
The Bourne Series by Robert Ludlum
Public Enemy by Will Staeger
No Way Back by Michael Crow
Spy: a Thriller by Ted Bell
An Ordinary Spy by Joseph Weisberg
The Silent Man by Alex Berenson
The Lisbon Crossing by Tom Gabbay
The James Bond Series by Ian Flemming
Comrades in...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Jul 19
In order to better serve you, the library will begin moving books in the “Fiction wing” starting the week of July 19th. Library staff will be rearranging the large print, fiction, mystery and paperback collections in this part of the building.
This is a massive undertaking, as it means physically moving almost every book housed in that wing to a new location. This project may take several weeks to complete, so you may have some trouble finding books during that time, as things will be in a...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Jul 13
If you belong to a Book Club, we’d love to hear from you about some of your favorite discussion titles. We’d like to share your successes with other local book groups and with other readers as well. Write us an email listing books you’d recommend to this address: barrington.library@yahoo.com.
Thanks, in advance, for your help!
Titles that have already been suggested include:
Fiction:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the...
Posted by JDavanza on Sat, Jul 03
The New Yorker declared her “America’s most popular novelist” and rightfully so. With over 180 books under her belt and an imagination that never ceases to entertain us, Nora Roberts is still going full steam ahead, publishing on average 5 books per year. Her newest , The Search, will debut on July 6th.
Currently, I’m in the middle of reading Homeport by Roberts which has developed into a detailed and captivating story set in a sleepy sea-side town in Maine. In this novel we follow art...
