Tasteless, yes. But it got your attention. I just finished a new mystery/thriller called The Yard and, to borrow freely from one of the esteemed writer and critic James Agee’s most incisive movie reviews, “I liked it alright.” I know it’s rooted in the literary snob in me, but I tend to regard mysteries in …
A year ago I did my first blog. The nephew who inspired it has since healed, grown a foot taller than I am and still plays baseball, video games and reads. His brothers also enjoy a good book now and again (much to the glee of their book-indulging aunt). So in their honor a few …
Otherwise, we strongly suggest the following: this weekend’s events (including updated info about the Rachel Maddow event), bookseller Bill Lewis talking to WAMC’s Joe Donahue about a great list of history titles, and events in March. View full post on Northshire Bookstore’s Blog
Sarah Pinneo will appear at the Northshire Bookstore on Friday, February 17 at 7 pm. Julia’s Child is a comedy about the foibles of a mom who underestimates the difficulty of pushing her scrupulously organic children’s products into the world. As a journalist and a cookbook author, I’ve always written about food. A saner girl …
This coming Saturday the 18th at 1:00 PM marks the long anticipated arrival of the Pitchapalooza world tour to the Northshire Bookstore. Is it possible you haven’t heard of Pitchapalooza? Outrageous! Unthinkable! I’m joking, of course, but it has become a fairly big deal around here and it becomes harder and harder to imagine not …
The jacket for the book Envy by Gregg Olsen has the phrase: Murder is such a dirty word. It is also messy: the planning; the execution; the cleaning up; the cover-up. I have always loved a good mystery. The suspense, the drama, the wondering who-done-it. Two delightfully harrowing cases are, of course, Envy and Silence …
We have a saying we frequently use here at Northshire Bookstore; “the book is better”. The implication, of course, being that cinematic adaptions of classic and/or popular books, both fiction and non-fiction, usually pale by comparison in overall quality versus their source material books. There are exceptions, of course, and we all might debate on …
We received the following note from a customer yesterday. (Dear Customer, One for the ages. Thank you!) Dear Awesomest Bookstore in the World, Do you know how awesome you really are? If you were a dog, I would let you sleep on my bed and I would sleep on the floor. I would have you …
In this, the centennial year of the most celebrated — and romanticized — shipwreck in history, brace yourself for more books about the fateful night of April 14, 1912 and the largest vessel in the world’s chance encounter with an iceberg. Who knew, on that deathly cold and calm night in the North Atlantic, that …
The winter weather: cold, gray, slushy. The winter food: warm, comfy, slurpy. The books: fulfilling, delicious, an eyeful. A pinch of this; a dash of that and you have soup in Pinch and Dash Make Soup by Michael J. Daley. Pinch is hungry. His soup pot empty. All he has in his refrigerator is a …
Events for all ages; each day celebrates a different decade in Stratton’s history. Bonfire, snow sculpture contest, live music and more! For more information: (800) STRATTON or stratton.com
10–11:30 am. Peggy Brenner will teach proper alignment for feathers when tying streamer patterns. Advanced tyers only. For more information: Kim Murphy, kmurphy@amff.com
Open to amateur skiers and riders. Contests held under the lights of Tyrolienne. Compete for respect, recognition, prizes and cash. For more information: (800) STRATTON or stratton.com
Watch some of the best tele skiers in the East. Great tele events, games and fun for the entire family. For more information: (802) 824-5522 or bromley.com
