Haverhill Public Library » review http://www.haverhillpl.org Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2014/03/the-rosie-project-graeme-simsion/ http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2014/03/the-rosie-project-graeme-simsion/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:00:30 +0000 http://www.haverhillpl.org/?p=8580 rosie

The Rosie Project tells the story of Don Tillman, a handsome genetics professor with Asperger’s, who is looking for the perfect wife.  In order to do so, he launches The Wife Project, for which he develops a very interesting and funny questionnaire in order to weed out imperfect candidates.  Don meets Rosie, a beautiful but disorganized bartender who’s looking for her biological father, which becomes The Father Project.  Rosie is the total opposite of the perfect wife and is disqualified right away as a potential candidate for The Wife Project.  But soon enough The Father Project becomes more important to Don than his own projects and rules.  Is it possible that Rosie is so wrong for Don that she is perfect?  Although a little predictable, I thought this book was brilliant and cleverly written, and most important it kept me laughing out loud the whole time. 

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“Songs of Willow Frost” by Jamie Ford http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/12/songs-of-willow-frost-by-jamie-ford/ http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/12/songs-of-willow-frost-by-jamie-ford/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:00:07 +0000 http://www.haverhillpl.org/?p=8247 songs

Among all the great books I read this month, “Songs of Willow Frost” by Jamie Ford (“Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet“) was my favorite.   If you like books by Amy Tan and Lisa See, you will definitely love this story of a young Chinese-American orphan boy in search of his mother.

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Database of the Month: Secrets of the Sequence http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/08/database-of-the-month-secrets-of-the-sequence/ http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/08/database-of-the-month-secrets-of-the-sequence/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:08:55 +0000 http://www.haverhillpl.org/?p=7313 Secrets of the SequenceJust ’cause it is summer doesn’t mean you have to turn your brain off. Well, at least not all the way off. If you’re interested in keeping up on the latest biological weapons, want to learn more about toxicogenomics, or have a deep and unabiding love for Forensic Science, we’ve got just the thing for you.

Apparently, VCU Center for Integrative Life Sciences Education is trying to get us to know about the latest and greatest in science and technology innovation. They’ve put up clips of all sorts of interesting and awesome science things – brought to you directly from the top scientists themselves.

So, plug into a computer for a bit and learn something awesome and new. You won’t regret it!

You can link to the Secrets of the Sequence from the Youth Electronic Resources page or get there directly by going to http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/videos.aspx

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The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/02/the-end-of-your-life-book-club-will-schwalbe/ http://www.haverhillpl.org/blog/staff-picks/2013/02/the-end-of-your-life-book-club-will-schwalbe/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:38 +0000 http://www.haverhillpl.org/?p=6153 I rarely pick books about books, or books about dying.  But right after my mother-in-law was diagnosed with a terminal disease, I came across this one, and it said to me “Read me now!” I am one of those that think that books choose you as much as you choose them.  This one came into my life just at the right time.

The background story is about Mary Anne Schwalbe who has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.  Will, her son, vows to be as supportive to his mom as he can. Will realizes that the best way he can help his mom, engage her, and open up the lines of communication is to talk about their shared passion: books.

So he and Mary begin sharing books, and every time the two see each other, they discuss the books they read. In the process, Mary begins to reveal more and more about not only her vast experiences, but also her emotions and her fears.

So while “The End of Your Life Book Club” is about books, it’s really the story of an amazing woman (and amazing she is, as you will discover), and also the story of a mother and son recommitting to their relationship through a shared passion.

I had read only a few of the books that Will and Mary discussed, but that did not detract me from the pleasure of reading this book.  If anything, it has caused me to add a few more titles to my ever-growing list. 

This book is available in multiple formats.  Look it up in our catalog!

Regular print, large print, and audiobook:

http://haverhill.mvlc.org/eg/opac/results?fi%3Aitem_type=&query=the+end+of+your+life+book+club&qtype=title&locg=1&sort=

eBook:

http://mvlc.lib.overdrive.com/08A09FAB-8389-457F-9627-7773AF077BC2/10/405/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=AC77496F-14E1-4933-BEB2-D06F164E5FC4

 

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