Quincy Library Book Notes...
Join us as we explore the
good, the bad, and the downright ugly in the new book review show on WGEM News/Talk Radio 105 called QUINCY LIBRARY BOOK NOTES. Books from
the Quincy Public Library will be
featured every week and Library patrons can follow along by picking up their very own copy of the upcoming book. To place a hold on any of the following titles- please visit the online catalog.
Quincy Library’s Book Notes is hosted by Quincy Public Library book club coordinator Katie Kraushaar with the support of Library staff members. Every week, a book club book or alternative library book will be reviewed on WGEM radio by Katie, Rich Cain and Greg Haubrich. Tune in Tuesdays at 8:35 a.m. to hear the show!
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Upcoming Book Reviews...
January
Book Notes--Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker 01-03-12
Book Notes--The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlet 01-10-12
Book Notes--The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht 01-17-12
Book Notes--21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John Maxwell 01-24-12
Book Notes--Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin 01-31-12
2011
December
Book Notes--Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie 12-06-11
Book Notes--Skippyjon Jones books by Judith Schachner 12-13-11
Book Notes--The Flyers by Noah Adams 12-20-11
Book Notes--The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 12-27-11
November
Book Notes--Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, w/Donna Haire 11-01-11
Book Notes--Peony in Love by Lisa See 11-08-11
Book Notes--Pioneer Woman by Ree Drummond 11-15-11
Book Notes--Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders by Rajeev Peshawaria 11-22-11
Book Notes--Whistling Season by Ivan Doig 11-29-11
October
Book Notes--The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson 10-04-11
Book Notes--Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 10-11-11
Book Notes--Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 10-18-11
Book Notes--Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, w/Val Hernandez 10-25-11
September
Book Notes--Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times 09-06-11
Book Notes--Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 09-13-11
Book Notes--Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 09-20-11
Book Notes--George RR Martin, "Song of Ice & Fire/Game of Thrones" series, with Heather Kath 09-27-11
August
Book Notes--Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart 08-02-11
Book Notes--Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhonda Janzen 08-09-11
Book Notes--Stuffed by Patricia Volk 08-16-11
Book Notes--Fifth Avenue, 5:00 AM by Sam Wasson 08-23-11
Book Notes--The Coach and the Kid by Ivan Paul 08-30-11
July
Book Notes--Forever by Pete Hamill 07-05-11
Book Notes--Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey 07-12-11
Book Notes--Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman 07-19-11
Book Notes--Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields, Jane R, guest host 07-26-11
June
Book Notes--I thought my Father was God edited by Paul Auster 06-7-11
Book Notes--Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 06-14-11
Book Notes--The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, based on Sir Thomas Malory's works 06-21-11
Book Notes--Guinevere by Sharan Newman 06-28-11
May
Book Notes--Tangled Webs by James B Stewart 05-03-11
Book Notes--Wild Birds by Wendell Berry 05-10-11
Book Notes--Secret River vy Kate Grenville 05-17-11
Book Notes--If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle 05-24-11
Book Notes--Educating Esme by esme Roji Codell 05-31-11
April
Book Notes--Little Money Street by Fernanda Eberstadt 04-26-11
Book Notes--Down and Derby by Alex Cohen and Jennifer Barbee 04-19-11
Book Notes--Sarahs Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 04-12-11
Book Notes--Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock Prado 040511
March
Book Notes--Major Pettigrews Last Stand by Helen Simonson 032911
Book Notes--No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 032211
Book Notes--Whale Done by Ken Blanchard 03-15-11 (no audio available)
Book Notes--Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck 03-08-11
Book Notes--Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon 03-01-11
February
Book Notes--Charlottes Web by E B White 02-22-11
Book Notes--Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell 02-15-11
Book Notes--Olivia and Jai by Rebecca Ryman 02-08-11
Book Notes--Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon 02-01-11 (no audio available)
January
Book Notes--Life is So Good by George Dawson 01-25-11
Book Notes--Irresistable Henry House by Lisa Grunwald 01-18-11
Book Notes-Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender 01-11-11
Book Notes-Supremes Greatest Hits by Michael G. Trachtman 01-4-11
2010
December
Book Notes Packing for Mars by Mary Roach and Library Services 12-28-10
Book Notes-Cherries in Winter by Suzan Colon and Scared of Santa 12-21-10
Book Notes-700 Sundays by Billy Crystal 12-14-10
Book Notes-Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani 12-7-10
November
Book Notes-The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 11-30-10
Book Notes Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 11-23-10
Book Notes Connecticut Yankee by Mark Twain 11-16-10
Book Notes-Fool by Christopher Moore 11-09-10
Book Notes-Vanished Smile by R A Scotti 11-02-10
October
Book Notes-Chopin Manuscript by Jeffrey Deaver 10-26-10
Book Notes-Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne 10-19-10
Book Notes-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 10-12-10
Book Notes-The Big Read Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 10-5-10
September
Book Notes-The Big Read Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9-28-10
Book Notes-The Big Read Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9-21-10
Book Notes-The Big Read Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9-14-10
Book Notes The Last Furlough by Jack R. Meister and Erika Wolfe 9-7-10 (No Audio Available)
August
Book Notes-Oh MyStars by Lorna Landvik 8-31-10
Book Notes-Promise of the Heart by Michelle Tournear 8-24-10
Book Notes Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 8-17-10
Book Notes-In God We Trust by Jean Shepard 8-3-10
July
Book Notes-Ride with Me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig 7-27-10 (No Audio Available)
Book Notes- The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow 7-20-10 (No Audio Available)
Book Notes-Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell 7-13-10
Book Notes-Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 7-6-10
June
Book Notes-Harry Potter - TAB 6-29-10
Book Notes-Plain Language by Barbara Wright 6-22-10
Book Notes-Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte 6-15-10
Book Notes-In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 6-8-10
Book Notes-Snickers, the Preacher Cat by Pollee Freier 6-1-10 (No audio available)
May
Book Notes-Wildflower by Mark Seal 5-25-10
Book Notes-Mr.and Mrs. Prince by Gretchen Grezina 5-18-10
Book Notes-Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray 5-11-10
Book Notes-Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling 5-4-10 (No audio available)
April
Book Notes-The Book of the Lost Things by John Connelly 4-27-10
Book Notes-A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 4-20-10
Book Notes-The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester 4-13-10
Book Notes-This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson 4-6-10
March
Book Notes-The Poets Corner by John Lithgow 3-30-10
Book Notes-The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 3/23/10 (No audio available)
Book Notes-The Great Influenza by John Barry 3-16-10
Book Notes-The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard by Erin McGraw 3-9-10
Book Notes-The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti 3-2-10 (No audio available)
February
Book Notes-Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss 2-23-10
Book Notes-Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by M.A. Shaffer and A. Barrows 2-16-10
Book Notes-Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 2-9-10
Book Notes-Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie 2-2-10
January
Book Notes- Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway 1-26-10
Book Notes-Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 1-19-10
Book Notes-Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 1-12-10
Book Notes-As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto 1-5-10
2009
December
Book Notes-The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 12-29-09 (No audio available)
Book Notes-The Christmas Train by David Baldacci 12-22-09
Book Notes-Doris Day- her own story 12-15-09
Book Notes-House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 12-8-09
Book Notes-Dewey-the small town library cat by Vicki Myron
November
Book Notes-Winter of the World by Carol Ann Lee 11-24-09
Book Notes-The Known World by Edward P. Jones 11-17-09
Book Notes-The Giants House by Elizabeth McCracken 11-10-09
Book Notes-The Maytrees by Annie Dillard 11-3-09
October
Book Notes-Raising the Perfect Child by E.Beckwith 10-27-09
Book Notes-Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg 10-20-09
THE BIG READ 2009
Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10-13-09
Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10-6-09
Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 9-29-09
Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 9-22-09
September (not including Big Read segments)
Book Notes-Old School by Tobias Wolff 9-15-09
Book Notes-Arsonists Guide to Writers Homes in New England by B. Clarke 9-8-09
Book Notes-Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel 9-1-09
August
Book Notes-When a Man Loves a Weapon by T.M.Causey 8-25-09
Book Notes-with Kayla Utters-Teen Advisory Board 8-18-09
Book Notes-I Like You by Amy Sedaris 8-4-09
July
Book Notes-In the Bleak Midwinter by J. Spencer-Fleming 7-28-09
Book Notes-The River of Doubt by Candace Millard 7-14-09
Book Notes-Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne W. Houston 7-7-09
June
Book Notes-Wait Till Next Year by D.K. Goodwin 6-30-09
Book Notes-When Things Bite Back by E. Tenner 6-23-09
Book Notes-Big Money by Jack Getze 6-16-09
Book Notes-Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal 6-9-09
Book Notes-Aqua Blue-Michelle Tournear 6-2-09
May
Book Notes-Heart in the Right Place-Carolyn Jourdan 5-26-09
Book Notes-Fanny Brice-The Original Funny Girl by H. Goldman 5-18-09
Book Notes-In Defense of Food-Michael Pollan 5-12-09
Book Notes-Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner 5-5-09
April
Book Notes-A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter 4-28-09
Book Notes-The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 4-21-09
Book Notes-Beasts of No Nation- Uzodinma Iweala 4-14-09
Book Notes-talking about poetry 4-7-09
March
Book Notes-Same Kind of Different as Me-Ron Hall Denver Moore
Book Notes-Catch Me If You Can-Frank Abagnale 3-17-09
Book Notes-The Painted Veil-by W. Somerset Maugham 3-10-09
Book Notes-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3-3-09
February
Book Notes-Tallgrass-Sandra Dallas 2-24-09
Book Notes-Nights of Rain Stars by Maeve Binchy 2-17-09
Book Notes-Literacy & Longing in LA-Karen Mack & Jennifer Kaufmann 2-3-09
January
Book Notes-The Widow's War-Sally Gunning 1-27-09
Book Notes-Loving Frank-Nancy Horan 1-13-09
Book Notes-The Other Boleyn Girl-Philippa Gregory 1-6-09
2008
December
Book Notes-Picturing America w book clubs 12-23-08
Book Notes-The Redbird Christmas-Fannie Flagg 12-16-08
Book Notes-Holidays on Ice-David Sedaris 12-9-08
Book Notes-Various Holiday Picture Books 12-2-08
November
Book Notes-Goodbye to the Mermaids-Karin Finell 11-25-08
Book Notes-The Soloist-Steve Lopez 11-18-08
Book Notes-The Good Earth-Pearl S Buck 11-11-08
Book Notes-Words Gone Wild-Saadia Aschemann 11-4-08
October
Book Notes-The Women-Clare Booth Luce 10-28-08
Book Notes-99 Sycamore Place-Norman Bogner 10-7-08
September --The Big Read 2008--Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk1 9-2-08
Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk2 9-9-08
Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk3 9-16-08
Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk4 9-23-08
Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk5 9-30-08
August
Book Notes-Mexican Bowl Fishing-W.D. Little 8-12-08
Book Notes-Katherine Beckett-QPL Teen Top Reader 8-12-08
Book Notes-Best American Travel Writing 2006-Cahill & Wilson 8-5-08
July
Book Notes-Sometimes Grandma Forgets-Kathy Huls 7-29-08
Book Notes-A Moment in Time-William Smith 7-22-08
Book Notes-The Last Oracle James Rollins 7-15-08
Book Notes-Queen of Babble Gets Hitched-Meg Cabot 7-8-08
Book Notes-Professor & The Madman-Simon Winchester 7-1-08
June
Book Notes-Eat Pray Love-Elizabeth Gilbert 6-24-08
Book Notes-The Mistress of the Art of Death-Ariana Franklin 6-3-08
May
Book Notes-Day Omega-Craig Harms 5-27-08
Book Notes-Plum Lucky-Janet Evanovich 5-13-08
April
Book Notes-For One More Day-Mitch Albom 4-29-08
February
Book Notes-Michelle Tournear: Promise of the Heart 2-26-08 (No audio available)
Book Notes-Nona Kilgore Bauer: Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America’s Search and Rescue Dogs 2-19-08
Book Notes-Leisha Kelly: Emma’s Gift - February 12, 2008 (No audio available)
Book Notes-Dee Henderson: The Negotiator 2-5-08
January
Book Notes-Diane Ackerman: The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story 1-29-08
Book Notes-Betty Smith: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) 1-22-08
Book Notes-Scott Westerfeld: Specials (Uglies) 1-15-08
Book Notes-Kathy Reichs: Bones to Ashes: A Novel 1-8-08
2007
Book Notes-Robert Lee Wilson: Buster’s Christmas Letter: Lessons from a Dog’s Tale of Survival 12-18-07
Book Notes-Holiday Entertaining (Williams Sonoma Kitchen Library) 12-11-07
Book Notes-Conn Iggulden: The Dangerous Book for Boys 11-27-07
Book Notes-I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe 10-2-07
Dates unknown:
Book Notes-Jason Emerson: The Madness of Mary Lincoln
Book Notes-The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted-Elizabeth Berg
Book Notes-The Road-Cormac McCarthy |
