The Spies of Warsaw
By: Alan Furst
Reviewed by: Paul McMahon
Steve Forbes of Forbes Magazine reviews an occasional book that he thinks is exceptional. This is one of them and he is right.
It is 1937 and we meet a French military attache who is posted to Warsaw. He finds out that the Germans are planning to attach [...]
The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
Read by: Ron Silver
Book on CD
Reviewed by Paul McMahon
I was born in 1935 and so was a contemporary of the children in this book.
I recall what a hero Charles (Lucky Lindy) Lindberg was. I did not hear much about his admiration of Hitler while it was happening, [...]
Christmas Week
December 22-24: 8am-4pm
December 25-28: Closed
New Year’s Week
December 29-31: 8am-4pm
January 1-4: Closed
January Break (January 5-23)
Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm
Friday 8am-4pm
January 16th: Closed (Professional Development Workshop)
January 19th: Closed (MLK Day)
Naughty Neighbor
By: Janet Evanovich
Read by: C.J. Critt
Book on CD
Reviewed by: Paul McMahon
This is a fun mystery. No one gets murdered except maybe a prize pig who seems to vanished without a trace, possibly into the pig farmer’s freezer.
Louisa is downstairs under a neighbor who keeps getting phone calls at 3 AM. Due to the heating [...]
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham?
A Book on CD
By: Phyllis Richman
Read by: Susan O’Malley
OK, here is a fun book with a little bit of everything. The book is written by a food critic who cannot resist inserting little discussions about inside the restaurant business like what the typical expenses that a restaurant has [...]
The Anatomy of Deception
A novel of suspense
By: Lawrence Goldstone
Reviewed by: Paul McMahon
How would you like some medical history from the late 1800s mixed in with scheming, dishonesty, accidental death, a murder, a scheming detective and a nosey doctor who just won’t give up regardless of the consequences. This is it!
Threaded through the story is the [...]
Here’s a list from the New York Times of their picks of books they’ve reviewed in the last year.
