Monthly Archives: July 2016

In a history making week, the Nichols Library made a little history of its own.  We received 19 inter-library loans this week, an all time high for your  use of this service.  The haul  surpassed the record of 16 materials delivered … Continue reading →

  Brandon Sanderson’s “Bands of Mourning”  concludes  the trilogy begun with “The Alloy of Law” and “Shadows of Self” .  Set in a period similar to our  19th century, Scadrial is going through the early stages of industrialization.But in the frontier lands known … Continue reading →

There’s more than good reading going on this summer  at the Nichols Library in Center Harbor.  We have a story time for kids that incorporates stories and songs for a fun hour.  Call the library (253-6950) for details. We have … Continue reading →

“Everybody Behaves Badly” by Lesley Blume follows Hemingway and his fellow carousers on a trip to Pamplona for the running of the bulls, a trip that birthed “The Sun Also Rises.”   Blume reveals how Hemingway co-opted the personal drama swirling around … Continue reading →

“Bush” by Jean Edward Smith presents “a shrewd, nuanced” life of our 43rd president.   The author contends that Bush, rather than key advisers Cheney and Rumsfeld, made his own decisions in international relations.  Smith shows how he was guided in his decision … Continue reading →

No summer reading list would be complete without a “pack-in-the-career-for the-sticks” plot. We have two.  In “Falling” by Jane Green, a refugee from the NY banking world takes up with a Westport bartender.  In “What We Find” by Robyn Carr, … Continue reading →

In“Among the Wicked” by Linda Castillo, Sherriff Kate Burkholder goes undercover to investigate the death of a 15-year-old Amish girl, found frozen in the woods with evidence of OxyContin in her bloodstream.   She soon hears rumors about “bad goings-on” in … Continue reading →

Coming to the swap shop at the CH exchange station today:  old books and films on VHS.withdrawn from the Library’s collection.

The plots of these new novels may sound like beach fare but they come with extra sauce. ”The House at the Edge of Night” a knockout” debut by Catherine about a family-run bar on a tiny island off the coast of Sicily. … Continue reading →

The most critically praised new story is “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi, a “page-turning” saga about the intertwined fates of two half-sisters,  Effia, who is married off to a British colonist, and Esi, who is sold into slavery. The story follows … Continue reading →