CDC’s website on Swine Flu

Here is a good link from the Centers for Disease Control on the Swine Flu.

Down River – Audio CD Review

Down River

by John Hart
Read very well by: Scott Sowers
Reviewed by Paul McMahon
It took me a couple of CDs to get into this story, but it was worth it.  The ending is not what you expect.  The author does not try to mislead you.  However the ending is perfectly logical, but just not apparent to you.
The [...]

Blowout – Audio CD Review

Blowout

by:  Catherine Coulter
Reviewed by Paul McMahon
Coulter weaves two stories together.  One is the brutal murder of a Supreme Court Justice.  The other is the murder of a mother 30 years ago.  There is liitle connection between the stories, but both are interesting.
Back to the Supreme Court Justice.
He is murdered on a Friday night when he [...]

Hot, Flat and Crowded – Audio CD Review

Hot, Flat and Crowded

By:  Thomas L. Friedman
Read by:  Oliver Wyman who is not a great reader.
Reviewed by:  Paul McMahon
Freidman wrote The World is Flat which is an effective analysis of the world we are living in.
In this book, Friedman comes back to take another bite and it makes a lot of sense.
Think Green Collar.
Friedman thinks [...]

Little Pink House – Book Review

Little Pink House:  A True Story of Defiance and Courage

By:  Jeff Benedict
Reviewed by:  Paul McMahon
I had watched from afar as the horror story of eminent domain rage on in New London then though the courts of Connecticut and finally on to the Supreme Court.
I had a special interest since I grew up in Waterford (pronounced [...]

Pulitzer Prize winners in the Tunxis Collection

Visit this site for a full list of  winners.  Tunxis has several of them, as well as some finalists.

Olive Kitteridge

The Hemingses of Monticello:  An American Family

This Republic of Suffering:  Death and the American Civil War

The Plague of Doves

State of Play

Have you seen the new political thriller State of Play starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren?  The movie is a film adaptation of the 6 part British television serial of the same name from 2003.   I’ve seen the TV version, and it was excellent.  I’ve not seen the new movie [...]

Poems Out Loud with Robert Pinsky

Read and hear poems on this site to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Slumdog Millionaire, Twilight and other hot movies

We got ‘em.  Check availability by clicking on each cover.  It’s out?
Place a hold!

Library Closed on Friday and Saturday April 10-11

The library will be closed on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 for Good Friday and the Easter weekend.