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New items to start the new year

madisonlibrary — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:22:34 +0000

If you’ve been patiently waiting for our new budget year, we’ve just added some new books and videos. See new books listed at Library Thing.

New movies:

Fireman Sam: Ready for Action – for the little ones who might sit still to watch it
Here Comes Science – actually a music CD and a DVD for children with Grammy-winning band They Might Be Giants
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole – animated fantasy based on children’s book series
The Hangover - slapstick buddy comedy
Salt – spy thriller with Angelina Jolie
The Social Network – fictionalized story of Facebook founders
The Sound of Music - a replacement copy, this edition has it on both DVD and Blu-ray disc
The Town – Boston crime drama, almost its own film genre now, thanks to Ben Affleck
Wall Street – the original “greed is good” version from the 1980s
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – financial crisis “greed gets you in trouble” version from 2010
The Wizard of Oz – another necessary replacement, treat our DVDs kindly, please!

Prescriptive reading from Newsweek

madisonlibrary — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:45:00 +0000

A list of 50 books to “open a window on the times we live in.”

For romance readers, books are necessities

madisonlibrary — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:18:00 +0000

Here’s a refreshing article about readers and reading from the NYT. Paperback romance is one genre we don’t add to the collection too often, but if there’s demand, we can try to meet it. If you’re an avid romance reader, let us know if you’d like the option of borrowing the books from the library, and let us know which authors are your favorites.

Need a new author?

madisonlibrary — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000

“I need to find a new author” is a phrase we’ve been hearing a lot at the library (and I’m sure a lot of public libraries) lately. Thriller readers, in particular, have their favorite authors, and are regularly rewarded with new books by these popular authors as publishers push out titles from their top-sellers at an increasingly frequent pace. But, sometimes, you’re just ready for a new character and a new setting, but still want the escape of reading a good thriller. Here’s a few recommendations, all books that we have at the Madison Library:

The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
The Accident Man by Tom Cain
The Redbreas t and Nemesis by Jo Nesbo
Exit Music by Ian Rankin (Starting at the end of a long series may seem a little odd, but finding out if you like where the character ends up makes the idea of going back and reading from the beginning all the more intriguing.)

Lots of year-end top ten lists

madisonlibrary — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:15:00 +0000

It must be December, there’s a new list every day. For list lovers, see this Reader’s Advisor Online Blog post, scroll to end of post for a long list of “Best Books of 2008″ lists.

Here’s a good list: Stephen King’s Ten Best Books of 2008. For some weird reason, we have the even numbered selections at the Madison Library, but that Robert Goddard book (#1) and Nixonland (#5) look like they may just have to be considered for purchase. Let us know what you think.

Favorite holiday-themed books

madisonlibrary — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000

The Madison Library Book Group doesn’t meet in December, so here’s a list for those who like reading recommendations (and who doesn’t?) These are all in the Madison Library’s adult collection, except for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, which is probably the funniest holiday book ever for all ages. We have lots of children’s titles, too. Please add your favorites in the comments.

The best of the best:

Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
Three Wishes by Barbara Delinsky
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (great family read-aloud)

And more:

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (mystery)
A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
This Year It Will be Different by Maeve Binchy
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon

We have that!

madisonlibrary — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Today’s Conway Daily Sun’s “Weekenders” page has two feature stories, one about a new NH hiking book, Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire by Marianne O’Connor (complete with glow-in-the-dark cover), and one about Taj Mahal’s new CD, Maestro. Both of these are available at the libary to borrow.

new Erdrich book

madisonlibrary — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:17:00 +0000

NHPR’s The Exchange program features a talk by Louise Erdrich, whose newest novel is Plague of Doves. Listen to the broadcast here, and contact us if you’d like to borrow the book.