Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, Reading on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the time of year when many of my favorite authors are coming out with new titles. Reading a book from a favorite author is like visiting with an old friend - comfortable and delicious, and usually an update to a good story. I was happy to again be in the wise presense of Mma [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Julie's Column, Reading, tagged Beautiful Miscellaneous, Dominic Smith, Slings and Arrows on Monday, May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
This column appeared in the Journal on April 4, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“When the moon fully blocked the sun, the darkness seemed something between dusk and night…In that cindery pall, the facade of the moon cold and white, I could believe we were watching the end of the world.” From Dominic [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Reading on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This book will make you laugh, cry, and nod your head in recognition if you are a woman whose teen years included Guess jeans and Gunne Sax dresses
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Reading, tagged princess bride, love stories on Thursday, March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I watched the seasons change firsthand last week while on vacation in Arizona, throwing snowballs on Monday and hiking among desert wildflowers on Saturday. As luck would have it I brought along the perfect book, The Princess Bride, William Goldman’s novel that eventually became a movie. A fantasy featuring everything from true love to magic potions and a [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Library Programs, Reading, Uncategorized, tagged Alice Sebold, Almost Moon, Ian McEwan, Reading, Saturday on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
“When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily.” Alice Sebold follows the success of Lovely Bones, a story told from the point of view of a girl who was murdered with Almost Moon, a story told by a woman who commits a murder.
Saturday by Ian McEwan is the next book that will be discussed by the Albany Library Evening [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Library Programs, Uncategorized on Saturday, November 3, 2007 | No Comments »
After a great response to the Albany Reads series of events, people are asking “What is the next Albany Reads book?”. The answer is that the committee that works on this won’t come together until next spring, and the book will be announced in the summer.
Meanwhile, avid readers be meeting once a month, at the [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Uncategorized on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a frequently asked question at the library. Librarians usually respond with, “Where are you going?” I just returned from a trip to New York equipped with the Albany Library copy of Moon Metro New York City. Even for a former New Yorker like myself, it was handy to have a small book of [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Uncategorized on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Albany Library Board member Leah Flanagan recommends The Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum. “This is entertaining non-fiction about the main arguments inside the worlds of Shakespeare scholarship and the theater. It’s a lot of fun to discover what these scholars (and directors and actors) do, and how they think. And the insights into Shakespeare’s language make this a must read [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Reading on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Summer is almost over - one last long weekend to read something wonderful. I asked members of the Friends of the Albany Library, and some others to share their best book of the summer.
Friends’ president, Clara-Rae Genser said “the best book I have read this summer is David McCollough’s 1776. The Revolutionary War as we never [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Uncategorized on Monday, August 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Join your friends and neighbors in the second annual Albany Reads program.
The book for this year is The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. Books are now available at the Library (but being checked out at a rapid rate). We will have three programs in October: Saturday, October 20, 2-4 p.m. ”Traditional Japanese Garden Styles”; a facilitated book [...]
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