Monthly Archives: April 2017

 UPS was by Monday with two, count ’em, two boxes of new stuff. Among the goodies? Oscar winning DVDs Moonlight and Hidden Figures, and new stories from Dave Baldacci, Jeffrey Deaver and CJ Box.  Stay tuned for details.

  Drop by with your pre-schooler at 10:30 for a story and a song, play with the toys or take out some books.

The Nichols Library has reading glasses available for patrons to use. Leave your specs at home or misplace them? No problem, we have you covered. The glasses were donated by the Meredith Lions Club.

  The bio pic Jackie  (best actress nominee Natalie Portman) offers an intimate portrait of Mrs Kennedy in the days following her husband’s assassination.  The Light between Oceans features Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander as a couple who withdraw from the world to an … Continue reading →

   In the sci-fi adventure Passengers (Jennifer Lawrence), travelers on a 120-year journey to another planet find themselves in a bind when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early.   Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them  is a Harry Potter spinoff … Continue reading →

In The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte,  a master swordsman becomes involved in  intrigue when an aristocrat is stabbed by the master’s signature thrust. It is a move he has shown only to a select few, including the mysterious madame Adela … Continue reading →

Casey Affleck (best actor) gives a “master class in submerged feeling” in Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler, a handyman trying to comfort his teenage nephew while coping with grief over his brother’s death and an unresolved tragedy from his … Continue reading →

This year’s best picture award was won by Moonlight (on order), a “humane” coming-of-age drama about a young man’s struggles with bullying, sexual identity and race. It is one of the lowest-grossing films to win the BP.   Fences (Denzel Washington) is … Continue reading →

Here are three book club favorites recently added to our collection.   The Life We Bury (Allen Eskens), is a clever puzzler set against the backdrop of a Minnesota winter, The Paris Architect (Charles Belfoure), an elegant tale of unlikely heroism … Continue reading →

For readers seeking a story on the cutting edge, Universal Harvester (John Darnielle) spins a tale about a small Iowan town that is turned upside down when mysterious footage begins appearing on rental tapes at the local Video Hut. Author … Continue reading →