Reviews

Staff Review Oct 2, 2012

Stuck on Nothing is the debut album by Philadelphia-based rock band, Free Energy. Free Energy is Scott Wells, Paul Sprangers, Evan Wells, Nicholas Shuminsky, and Sheridan Fox. According to Wikipedia, Free Energy falls into the category of power pop.

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The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

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Rated by Becky C.
Oct 1, 2012

When I finally meet Laura Moriarty, I’m going to complain to her about my elbow.  Ever since reading her latest novel, The Chaperone, I’ve got an acute case of reader’s elbow—pain and numbness in an elbow that has been bent holding a book in the same position all night when it’s too g

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Defending Jacob by William Landay


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Sep 29, 2012

I’m not a usual reader of mystery thrillers, but when a patron raved about Defending Jacob I gave it a try.  A start is all you need to get hooked.   The writing is fast-paced in that hard-boiled detective style.  But Andy Barber isn’t a detective, he’s the d

Staff Review Sep 28, 2012

What do a cryptologist, patent lawyer, artist, writer, chemist, math teacher, and their waiter do when they get together? Why solve mysteries of course! At least, that is what they do in the mind and imagination of Isaac Asimov in his Black Widowers short stories. Each month this group gets together for dinner.

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Fire Proof by Alex Kava


Rated by Lisa J.
Sep 26, 2012

Fireproof picks up with Maggie O’Dell where we left off in Hotwire, the last Maggie O’Dell novel by Kava.  Maggie is recovering from her ordeal and the injuries from her last case in the Nebraska Sandhills as well as from her unreasonable and politically motivated boss.  Now a serial arsonist is burning warehouses in Washington D.C.

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Storm Front by Jim Butcher


Rated by Diane H.
Sep 25, 2012

It’s been awhile since I first started reading Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files series, at least ten years and thirteen books ago. I recently came across the first book in the series, Storm Front, and decided to reread it. I’m glad I did.

Staff Review Sep 23, 2012

I saw the Gary Oldman film adaptation of this classic John Le Carré novel last winter, which made me curious about this BBC series of produced in 1979.  Even though I knew “the story” from the film, I found this series riveting.  The basic set-up of

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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Sep 22, 2012

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach weaves a story of youth, identity and belonging against the backdrop of the perfect sport—baseball.  The president of a small midwestern college, Guert Affenlight, returns to his alma mater as a Herman Melville authority after