Quincy Library Book Notes...

Join us as we explore the good, the bad, and the downright ugly in the new book review show on WGEM News/Talk Radio 105 called QUINCY LIBRARY BOOK NOTES. Books from the Quincy Public Library will be featured every week and Library patrons can follow along by picking up their very own copy of the upcoming book. To place a hold on any ofthe following titles- please visit the online catalog.

Quincy Library’s Book Notes is hosted by Quincy Public Library book club coordinator Katie Kraushaar with the support of Library staff members.  Every week, a book club book or alternative library book will be reviewed on WGEM radio by Katie, Rich Cain and Sydne Holder.  Tune in Tuesdays at 8:35 a.m. to hear the show!

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Upcoming Book Reviews...

2010 

March

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard by Erin McGraw 3-9-10

WGEM--Book Notes-The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti 3-2-10 (Audio currently unavailable)

February

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss 2-23-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by M.A. Shaffer and A. Barrows 2-16-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 2-9-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie 2-2-10

January

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes- Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway 1-26-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 1-19-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 1-12-10

WGEM-FM QPL Book Notes-As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto 1-5-10

2009

WGEM--Book Notes-The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 12-29-09 (No audio available)

WGEM-Book Notes-The Christmas Train by David Baldacci 12-22-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Doris Day- her own story 12-15-09

WGEM-Book Notes-House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 12-8-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Dewey-the small town library cat by Vicki Myron

WGEM-Book Notes-Winter of the World by Carol Ann Lee 11-24-09

WGEM-Book Notes-The Known World by Edward P. Jones 11-17-09

WGEM-Book Notes-The Giants House by Elizabeth McCracken 11-10-09

WGEM-Book Notes-The Maytrees by Annie Dillard 11-3-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Raising the Perfect Child by E.Beckwith 10-27-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg 10-20-09

THE BIG READ 2009

WGEM-Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10-13-09

WGEM-Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10-6-09

WGEM-Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 9-29-09

WGEM-Book Notes-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 9-22-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Old School by Tobias Wolff 9-15-09

WGEM-FM Book Notes-Arsonists Guide to Writers Homes in New England by B. Clarke 9-8-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel 9-1-09

WGEM-Book Notes-When a Man Loves a Weapon by T.M.Causey 8-25-09

WGEM-Book Notes-with Kayla Utters-Teen Advisory Board 8-18-09

WGEM-Book Notes-I Like You by Amy Sedaris 8-4-09

WGEM-Book Notes-In the Bleak Midwinter by J. Spencer-Fleming 7-28-09

WGEM-Book Notes-The River of Doubt by Candace Millard 7-14-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne W. Houston 7-7-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Wait Till Next Year by D.K. Goodwin 6-30-09

WGEM-Book Notes-When Things Bite Back by E. Tenner 6-23-09

WGEM-Book Notes-Big Money by Jack Getze 6-16-09

Book Notes-Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal 6-9-09

Book Notes-Aqua Blue-Michelle Tournear 6-2-09

Book Notes-Heart in the Right Place-Carolyn Jourdan 5-26-09

Book Notes-Fanny Brice-The Original Funny Girl by H. Goldman 5-18-09

Book Notes-In Defense of Food-Michael Pollan 5-12-09

Book Notes-Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner 5-5-09

Book Notes-A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter 4-28-09

Book Notes-The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 4-21-09

Book Notes-Beasts of No Nation- Uzodinma Iweala 4-14-09

Book Notes-talking about poetry 4-7-09

Book Notes-Same Kind of Different as Me-Ron Hall Denver Moore

Book Notes-Catch Me If You Can-Frank Abagnale 3-17-09

Book Notes-The Painted Veil-by W. Somerset Maugham 3-10-09

Book Notes-Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3-3-09

Book Notes-Tallgrass-Sandra Dallas 2-24-09

Book Notes-Nights of Rain Stars by Maeve Binchy 2-17-09

Book Notes-Literacy & Longing in LA-Karen Mack & Jennifer Kaufmann 2-3-09

Book Notes-The Widow's War-Sally Gunning 1-27-09

Book Notes-Loving Frank-Nancy Horan 1-13-09

Book Notes-The Other Boleyn Girl-Philippa Gregory 1-6-09

2008

Book Notes-Picturing America w book clubs 12-23-08

Book Notes-The Redbird Christmas-Fannie Flagg 12-16-08

Book Notes-Holidays on Ice-David Sedaris 12-9-08

Book Notes-Various Holiday Picture Books 12-2-08

Book Notes-Goodbye to the Mermaids-Karin Finell 11-25-08

Book Notes-The Soloist-Steve Lopez 11-18-08

Book Notes-The Good Earth-Pearl S Buck 11-11-08

Nora's Book Notes-Words Gone Wild-Saadia Aschemann 11-4-08

Nora's Book Notes-The Women-Clare Booth Luce 10-28-08

Nora's Book Notes-99 Sycamore Place-Norman Bogner 10-7-08

The Big Read 2008--Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Nora's Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk1 9-2-08

Nora's Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk2 9-9-08

Nora's Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk3 9-16-08

Nora's Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk4 9-23-08

Nora's Book Notes-Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury-wk5 9-30-08

Nora's Book Notes-Mexican Bowl Fishing-W.D. Little 8-12-08

Nora's Book Notes-Katherine Beckett-QPL Teen Top Reader 8-12-08

Nora's Book Notes-Best American Travel Writing 2006-Cahill & Wilson 8-5-08

Nora's Book Notes-Sometimes Grandma Forgets-Kathy Huls 7-29-08

Nora's Book Notes-A Moment in Time-William Smith 7-22-08

Nora's Book Notes-The Last Oracle James Rollins 7-15-08

NORA'S BOOK NOTES-Queen of Babble Gets Hitched-Meg Cabot 7-8-08

Nora's Book Notes-Professor & The Madman-Simon Winchester 7-1-08

Nora's Book Notes-Eat Pray Love-Elizabeth Gilbert 6-24-08

Nora's Book Notes-The Mistress of the Art of Death-Ariana Franklin 6-3-08

Nora's Book Notes-Day Omega-Craig Harms 5-27-08

Nora's Book Notes-Plum Lucky-Janet Evanovich 5-13-08

Nora's Book Notes-For One More Day-Mitch Albom 4-29-08

Michelle Tournear: Promise of the Heart 2-26-08 (No audio available)

Nona Kilgore Bauer: Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America’s Search and Rescue Dogs 2-19-08

Leisha Kelly: Emma’s Gift - February 12, 2008 (No audio available)

Dee Henderson: The Negotiator 2-5-08

Diane Ackerman: The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story 1-29-08

Betty Smith: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) 1-22-08

Scott Westerfeld: Specials (Uglies) 1-15-08

Kathy Reichs: Bones to Ashes: A Novel 1-8-08

2007

Robert Lee Wilson: Buster’s Christmas Letter: Lessons from a Dog’s Tale of Survival 12-18-07

Holiday Entertaining (Williams Sonoma Kitchen Library) 12-11-07

Conn Iggulden: The Dangerous Book for Boys 11-27-07

nbn100207-I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe 10-2-07

Dates unknown: 

Jason Emerson: The Madness of Mary Lincoln

Nora's Book Notes-The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted-Elizabeth Berg

Nora's Book Notes-The Road-Cormac McCarthy