Trifecta of talent coming to Gibson’s Bookstore
Listen up, book fans: Gibson’s Bookstore has an author event this week featuring not one, not two, but three great wordsmiths all in the same place at the same time. It’s really a rare occasion.Poet Shelley Girdner will present an evening of verse as she shares her new book, You Were That White Bird. Her first full-length poetry collection looks at the way relationships change over the course of a life, and how different they can look...
Try It: Books & Brew
We heard about Books & Brew a little while ago – Concord Public Library started the program in September. It’s a very low-key, alternative kind of book club that meets at True Brew Barista. The problem was, going to a book club would likely require reading some kind of book, which there isn’t exactly a ton of time for in the Insiders’ households these days. But I happened to get a few books for Christmas, and slowly but surely I...
Book of the Week: Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe
The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe Alexander McCall Smith 2014, 227 pages Fiction Business is very slow at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors and Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni is forced to let one of his apprentices go. Charlie tries to keep his job by professing to be a new Charlie who will be more mature and will keep his mind on his work. Mma Ramotswe at the detective agency believes that young men like Charlie will settle down when they find...
If talking about books is your thing, you should join a book club
Have you ever finished a really good book and just wanted to talk with someone about it? And then when you try to strike up a conversation at the office water cooler, nobody has a clue what you’re talking about and uncomfortably walks away as you’re explaining the plot. We feel your pain. If we can offer a little advice, we recommend connecting with one of the many local book clubs. There’s ones offered by libraries and book stores,...
Concord Public Library Book of the Week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. The eBook reviewed is available for free to Concord Public Library cardholders through our subscription to the New Hampshire Downloadable Books Consortium at nh.lib.overdrive.com.A Beautiful TruthColin McAdam2013, 292 pagesFictionSet in the 1970s, one half of this tale follows Walt and Judy, an infertile Vermont couple who adopt a baby chimpanzee....
