SELCO staff along with librarians around the region are reviewing all 36 of the titles up for this year’s Minnesota Book Awards. You can see what they’re saying about each of them on SELCO’s page for these awards. These reviews are not all posted at once, so come back and take a listen to their […]
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HRCN: Reader’s Choice
I have been having a great time finding and reading books to fill up my Hot Reads Bingo Card. The one I’m reviewing for you today is for my Reader’s Choice box. I read The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory: 400 Warp-Faced Weaves by Anne Dixon. As a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, I […]
HRCN: Tropical Setting
I just finished the audiobook Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton for my tropical setting book. I’d listened to this book a couple of years ago, but didn’t remember it very well. I have the feeling that I could do the same in a couple more years and still not remember it clearly. I enjoyed it, but unlike […]
HRCN: Book with a Pretty Cover
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland is the book with a pretty cover that I chose for this year’s Hot Reads for Cold Nights entry. I’ve loved stained glass and reading books (both fiction and nonfiction) about art for a long time, so I was happy to put these two together! The beautiful window […]
HRCN: Something Recommended
Yesterday I started and finished the audiobook of Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve and I enjoyed almost every one of the 125 minutes of it! The version I listened to was preformed by Betty Buckley, Mandy Patinkin with an introduction and conclusion by Walter Cronkite. This short book is actually two of Twain’s […]