Monthly Archives: December 2011

Have some leisure around the holidays to fill with a good read?  The Nichols Library something for your the most discerning (we won’t say finicky) reader. Here are some capsule reviews: some true stories and some fiction, some cozy, some … Continue reading →

New movies, just in time for the Holidays: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2), The Help, Water for Elephants, Sarah’s Key and Crazy Stupid Love.   Also these  classics:  El Norte, Harlan Country USA, and Julie Traynor’s Tempest … Continue reading →

This year’s winner of the Man Booker prize for fiction was A Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. The   prize is given each year for best original full-length novel  written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth.   Check … Continue reading →