Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Happy St. Paddy’s!

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H       How to catch a leprechaun A       Anne of Green Gables P        Patrick, patron saint of Ireland P        (The) Princes of Ireland Y        You wouldn’t want to sail on an Irish famine ship! S        Shamrocks, harps, and shillelaghs T        Tim O’Toole and the wee folk P        (A) Pot o’ gold A       (The) Ancient Celts T        Tommy Makem’s secret Ireland R        Rick Steves’ Ireland I        Irish hearts C        Celtic moon K        (The) King of Ireland’s son S        (The) St. Patrick’s Day shamrock mystery D       Discover Ireland A       As for Ireland Y        Your green home

New Titles – March 2018

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FICTION: All the castles burned by Michael Nye.  The story of Owen Webb, a basketball player on scholarship at a private boys’ school, and his relationship with two enigmatic men: his father – whose secrets neither Owen nor this mother suspect – and Carson, an older teen. Daphne by Will Boast.  This turns the myth of Daphne and Apollo into a modern love story about social anxiety and physical debilitation.  It is at once tragic and enchanting. Death by chocolate cherry cheesecake by Sarah Graves.  While Jacobia Tiptree has moved on from fixing up houses, she still can’t resist the …

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Ursula K. Le Guin – A Poem From The Shelves

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As many of you may know, well-known fantasy and science fiction author, Ursula K. Le Guin died last month.  The following poem, in homage to her, uses only titles of some of her works.   Very far away from anywhere else Changing planes City of illusions Planet of exile The unreal and the real The dispossessed Always coming home   Cat dreams A ride on the red mare’s back Catwings The twins, the dream Catwings return A visit from Dr. Katz Wild angels   Incredible good fortune Gifts Voices Powers Nine lives The birthday of the world The beginning place …

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New Titles – February 2018

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FICTION: City of endless night by Douglas Preston.  One of the best in the Pendergast series – tense and tightly wound, with death relentlessly circling, stalking, lurking behind every shadow.  A New York City detective and an F.B.I. special agent track down a killer who decapitates numerous victims. Cry your way home by Damien Walters.  This collection of subversive short horror pieces focuses on the ways girls and women, particularly mothers and daughters, intentionally or inadvertently harm one another. Death below stairs by Jennifer Ashley.  Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that …

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New Titles for January 2018!

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FICTION:  Alive in shape and color edited by Lawrence Block.  17 paintings by great artists and the stories they inspired. Artemis by Andy Weir.  A small-time smuggler living in a lunar colony schemes to pay off an old debt by pulling off a challenging heist. The big book of the Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett.  All 38 stories starring the Continental Op – one of the greatest characters in detective fiction. The body in the casket by Katherine Hall Page.  A chilling New England who-dun-it, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game …

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Get Your Holiday Gifts At The Library!

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The holidays are coming, MUCH faster than I was expecting!  Time does seem to move faster each year, but the temperature outside was in the 50s only a couple of weeks ago, and now I need my ice scraper in the morning.   We all know there are many, MANY holidays in December.  Some of these holidays are simply days – Egg Nog Day, Chester Greenwood Day, Dewey Decimal Day, to name a few.  I’m not sure about you, but these are not “gift” holidays to me.  On the other hand Hanukah, Kwanzaa and Christmas are holidays that are “gift” …

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