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Author, poet and JP resident Pablo Medina will continue the monthly Jamaica Plain Branch Library event a week from today.
Daynard's new novel, "The Midwife's Revolt," follows midwife Lizzie Boylston from her grieving days of widowhood after Bunker Hill, to her deepening friendship with Abigail Adams and finally to her dangerous work as a spy for the Cause.
The award-winning short story and novel writer is taking part in the Jamaica Plain branch library's Writes & Invites series tonight.
American short story and novel writer Jennifer Haigh is the featured presenter at tonight's installment of JP Writes and Invites. Below is Jamaica Plain Branch Library's description of Haigh: The New York Times called Jennifer Haigh "an expert natural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity.” She is releasing a new book of short stories in January, "News From Heaven." Previously published are four critically acclaimed novels: "Faith," "The Condition," "Baker Towers" and "Mrs. Kimble." She currently lives in the Boston area. Haigh will appear tonight, Feb. 28 from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, 12 Sedgwick St. JP Writes and Invites is sponsored by the Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library.
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Here are some of the hottest books flying off bookstore shelves this month.
What's on your "must read" list? For all you voracious readers out there, here's a look at some of the hottest books of February, according Barnes & Noble. "Inferno," by Dan Brown: This book doesn't even hit the shelves for three more months, but pre-orders make it one of the hottest books right now. Brown, of "Da Vinci Code" fame, will likely have another movie deal on his hands: About the book: In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces…Dante’s Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, …
8:14 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013
We have a wonderful independent bookstore right here in JP as well as several library branches, yet the "best sellers" list you use is taken from Barnes & Noble. Please, promote our local bookstores and libraries and reflect the reading habits of JP residents and not the mass market. Ask Phil at Tres Gatos or one of our wonderful librarians to give you a much meatier and more interesting list … more ›
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11:24 am on Sunday, April 7, 2013
Well my recommendation is not particularly intellectual , but Harlan Coben's whodunits are riveting. I stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning reading often! To quote Tom Brown, " the master of hook & twist" more ›