World Without End
By: Ken Follett
1014 Great Pages
Reviewed by: Paul McMahon
Best seller is not enough to describe some books, This is one of them.
The book starts in 1327 on halloween with four children and with a little murder.
The story traces the lives of these four children as they grow up together.
Follett has put together a story you [...]
Archive for October, 2008
World Without End – Book Review
October 30, 2008Tony Hillerman
October 29, 2008Here’s the New York Times obituary for the Navajo Tribal Police mystery novelist.
Here is a link to Tunxis Library’s holdings of Tony Hillerman items.
Time to Fall Behind
October 29, 2008Just a friendly reminder: Turn your clocks BACK one hour before bed Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time officially ends Sunday morning November 2nd at 2:00 am.
100 Best Novels
October 29, 2008Check out this list of the 100 Best Novels. See if you agree. How many have you read?
Angels Fall – Audio CD Review
October 28, 2008Angels Fall
By Nora Roberts
Read By Joyce Bean
Book on CD 13 disks 15 hours
Reviewed by Paul McMahon
An entrancing mystery with a surprise ending.
Reese is a chef from Boston who has run away from an horrible crime scene where her friends and family are murdered and she was left for dead.
She ends up in Angels Fist, Wyoming [...]
Sea of Thunder – Audio CD Review
October 28, 2008Sea of Thunder
By Evan Thomas
Book on CD
Reviewed by Paul McMahon
As I listened to the book, I thought that it would be easier to follow with a map. I looked at the hard copy book and could find only one map and that illustrated a small part of one battle. You might take a [...]
In-Person Voter Registration Deadline
October 27, 2008The deadline to register in-person at your town hall is Tuesday, October 28th by close of business.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House – Audio CD Review
October 23, 2008A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House
By Charles Osgood
Read by Norman Dietz
Yes there are some funny one liners.
No you won’t drive off the road hysterical with laughter.
Osgood starts by having some fun with Tom Dewey and the election he won when he went to bed on election night and still won [...]
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
October 20, 2008Here is a bio-bibliography of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.
Voting Information for CT Residents
October 20, 2008October 21st is the deadline for mail-in voter registration to be postmarked in order to vote in the November 4th election. For further information check out the following website from Connecticut’s Secretary of the State’s office.
http://www.vote-ez-ct.com/
