Stratton Magazine – Southern Vermont's Journal of Living

Stratton Magazine – Southern Vermont's Journal of Living

Celebrating Southern Vermont for 45 Years… In Every Season

Book Corner

Cold but Plucky! »

It’s cold outside. But I’m a plucky Vermont girl and I know the cure to cold days: curl up under a blanket and read about plucky girls! The first plucky girl is Clara Dooley in The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell. Twelve years old and smack dab in the middle of a mystery! The exotic birds …

Out of Commission? »

Take one nephew and one icy rock wall and what do you get? A broken foot in three places and a red cast. This nephew of mine “decided” to be a boy and now has to find activities other than his usual running around. But, unlike an older brother, he isn’tthe “reader” of the bunch. …

Back on the Case »

Dan Shamble, Zombie PI is back on the case in Unnatural Acts by Kevin J. Anderson. Once alive and kicking, Dan (killed during a case) came back during the “Big Uneasy” (the spell allowing the monsters to come to life—so to speak). Now, as a well preserved zombie, Dan is still kicking (if a little more stiffly) by …

A Hate Crime in Shirley Falls »

Elizabeth Strout returns to Maine for her thematically complex — and thoroughly spellbinding — new novel, The Burgess Boys. When I think about Maine, which admittedly isn’t all that often, I picture quiet havens of picturesque little houses nestled on slopes overlooking the gently rolling waters of the Atlantic. Like most things culled from the …

Time to Bury the Nightstand »

The winter weather has made me realize it is time to get the warm blanket to snuggle under and stacks of books out by the bed. It is time to get ready for the long winter hall.  And one of those books that should be on your reading list should be The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff. Living in …

Make Your New Year’s Resolution Early! »

Most New Year’s we make resolutions. This year take a novel approach by making it early and easy to keep?  Come to the Northshire Bookstore and buy books! Or easier still, buy them here on our web site! You can even keep it throughout the year because you will have a number of fantastic titles to look forward to! Start …

Joy to the Reading Treats »

Joy to the world, the books have come! Christmas will be merry and bright as I snuggle under blankets and read one of these great books: A sure fire title that will become a classic is The Birds of Bethlehem by Tomie dePaola.  This telling of how the “spectacular event” occurs (through the eyes of multi-colored birds) is a …

A Bleak Wind Off the Prairie »

There are moments in Thomas Maltman’s novel, Little Wolves, when you can feel a chill passing through you. It isn’t solely the author’s literary evocation of the brutal winter climate in Minnesota, where the temperature gets so low that trees crack like rifle fire and the wind joins its voice with the howling of coyotes, …

It’s Beginning to Look Like “Holiday” Reading! »

It’s beginning to look a lot like the holidays. From various Children’s staff (and me) these recommendations were given with care for you! The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde  Jennifer runs one of the last Magic-for-Hire companies. Magicians who had ears of kings are “magical plumbers” or use magic rugs to deliver take-out and transplant organs (with few mix-ups). But the …

Maybe Tomorrow »

Thomas Jefferson was the most overrated person in American history. — Pauline Maier Who was Thomas Jefferson? That is the question that keeps recurring throughout Henry Weincek’s recent book, Master of the Mountain, which is tellingly subtitled Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves. Jefferson died in 1826 and, throughout most of the nearly two centuries that …

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