Detroit: an American Autopsy
Detroit: an American Autopsy, award-winning journalist and Detroit native, Charlie LeDuff, returns home in 2008 to work for the Detroit News, a struggling old newspaper. LeDuff is searching for the story...
Posted by on May 28, 2014
We’ve got a Ticket to Ride
In 1872, on a wager of £20,000, Phileas Fogg travels around the world in 80 days. Now, in that same tradition a group of friends has gathered to make a...
Posted by Book Rex on May 26, 2014
I “Relished” Every Minute
I have a love/hate relationship with graphic novels. On the one hand, they are fun to read and I can usually finish one off in about an hour. On the...
Posted by on May 16, 2014
Looking for a Green Thumb
Even though the calendar says it is May and time to plant my garden, I had hesitated (like many of us) due to the chilly weather! In the meantime, all...
Posted by Adult Services on May 5, 2014
Andrew’s Brain
Andrew’s Brain for our March selection, I bit the bullet and dove in. Andrew is a troubled cognitive scientist whose story unravels through brief glimpses into his past, which happens...
Posted by on April 30, 2014
All Joy and No Fun
by Jennifer Senior, parents reveal their struggles, daily lives, and hopes and regrets to the author as she visits their homes and watches them interact with their children and each...
Posted by on April 9, 2014
Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars, based on the books by Sara Shepard, is a great series for binge watching and that’s just what I’ve been doing. Four high school friends are shattered by...
Posted by on March 28, 2014
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
This is Where I Leave You might be the best book I read all year. I could not put down this hilarious yet heartfelt glimpse of one week in the...
Posted by on March 21, 2014
Delicious Gluten Free Food
There seems to be a theme in all of my posts: I go to the library to find books on subjects that I have no previous or current knowledge on....
Posted by Adult Services on March 19, 2014
Unexpected Gifts
I’m no gourmet, but this past Christmas I received a very nice enameled cast iron pot as one of my presents. While I confess to admiring them in the stores,...
Posted by on March 14, 2014
Drift by Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow’s Drift. I am fan of her show on MSNBC and generally like everything about her. I have to also admit that I do not know much about military...
Posted by Adult Services on March 3, 2014
David and Goliath
David and Goliath continues his effort to reframe how we see the world. For example, who really had the advantage? Was it David or Goliath, the Catholics in Northern Ireland...
Posted by on February 28, 2014
The Answer to the Riddle Is Me
The Answer to the Riddle Is Me, MacLean relates his long journey back from the brink. Interspersed are chapters about the history and treatment of malaria, as well as the...
Posted by on February 26, 2014
Discovering Divergent
Divergent? I don’t know what took me so long. I generally have a rule about reading a book before seeing the movie so I had to pick up Divergent before...
Posted by on February 21, 2014
Creepy in a Good Way
As I was helping move the library DVD collection to its new, bigger location near the study rooms, I noticed a lot of titles that I have never watched. The...
Posted by on February 19, 2014