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HRCN: Published the Year You Were Born

Pine Island Public Library Posted on February 7, 2017 by rgrayFebruary 1, 2017

I was born in 1974. I was happy to search the catalog for this publication year and find a Nancy Drew book in our collection – The Strange Message in the Parchment by Carolyn Keene. I was a bit disappointed … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Cold Setting

Pine Island Public Library Posted on February 3, 2017 by rgrayFebruary 1, 2017

Last week, my 7 year old and I read How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell together and we enjoyed just about every page! This is the book that inspired the movie franchise of the same name, although the book and … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Rural Setting

Pine Island Public Library Posted on February 2, 2017 by rgrayFebruary 1, 2017

How could I not pick The Barn by Avi for the Rural Setting box for Hot Reads Bingo? The Barn by Avi is our One Town, One Title selection for 2017. It is the story of a boy who is summoned … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Reader’s Choice

Pine Island Public Library Posted on February 1, 2017 by rgrayFebruary 1, 2017

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 … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Tropical Setting

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 26, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 26, 2017

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 … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Book with a Pretty Cover

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 23, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 23, 2017

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 … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Something Recommended

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 21, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 21, 2017

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 … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Graphic Novel

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 12, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 12, 2017

I just checked off my Graphic Novel box with Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, adapted by Nancy Butler & Hugo Petrus for Marvel comics. I am not sure I should have done so, as I know the story so … Continue reading →

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HRCN: Any Nonfiction

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 11, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 9, 2017

Review #3 is inspired by my love of the Middle Ages. I pulled Medieval Life and Leisure in the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries by Linda Wooley off a shelf in my personal library. I have been meaning to read it for over … Continue reading →

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HRCN: VHPL Book Club Book

Pine Island Public Library Posted on January 9, 2017 by rgrayJanuary 9, 2017

I’ve read a handful of selections for our local book club now, & I want to tell you a bit about The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. (Incidently, this is the book for Wednesday’s meeting at Better Brew Coffeeshop – we’d … Continue reading →

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