Picks of the Month
Staff recommendations
April recommends: Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Michele recommends: Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante (YA)
Nanette recommends: The Blood Confession by Alisa Libby
Sherry recommends: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Karen W. recommends Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
Karen R. recommends: Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Ella recommends: The Gold Coast by Nelson Demille
Beth recommends: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Read Local Authors' Works:
 | Claire Cook (Duxbury) |
Must Love Dogs, Ready To Fall, Multiple Choice
| Andre Dubus III (Newburyport) |
House of Sand and Fog, The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, Separate Flights, Bluesman
| Bob Flaherty (Western MA) |
Puff
| Maria Flook (Truro) |
Invisible Eden, My Sister Life, Family Night, You Have the Wrong Man
| Michael Fredrickson (Boston) |
Witness for the Dead, A Cinderella Affidavit
| Dennis Lehane (Dorchester) |
Shutter Island, Mystic River, Darkness, Take My Hand, Prayers For Rain, Gone, Baby, Gone, Sacred, A Drink Before the War
| Edward Lodi (Middleboro) |
Ghost in the Gazebo, The Haunted Pram, Deep Meadow Bog, Cranberry Gothic
| Brian McGrory (Boston) |
Dead Line, The Incumbent, The Nominee
| Patrick MacDonald (Boston) |
All Souls
| Mameve Medwed (Cambridge) |
The End of An Error, Host Family, Mail
| Roland Merullo (Revere) |
In Revere, In Those Days, Revere Beach Elegy, Revere Beach Boulevard
| Robert B. Parker (Boston) |
Spenser series
| Katherine Hall Page (Lexington) |
Book Series: Christy, Vicky and Maggie Book Series: Faith Fairchild
| Tom Perrotta (Watertown) |
Little Children, Joe College, Election, The Wishbones, Bad Haircut
| Nathaniel Philbrick (Nantucket) |
Mayflower, Sea of Glory, In the Heart of the Sea
| Chet Raymo (South Easton) |
| James Michael Rice |
Rebel Angels
| Dawn Clifton Tripp (Cape Cod) |
Moon Tide
| William F. Weld (former MA Governor) |
Big Ugly, Mackerel by Moonlight
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Concord Writers on the Web from: http://www.concordma.com/arts.html
| 
A. Bronson Alcott
was a philosopher, educator, and
Transcendentalist.
Read articles about him from the Concord Magazine. Father to Louisa May
Alcott. |
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Louisa May Alcott.
Read articles
about her from the Concord Magazine. Reading list of
Louisa May Alcott's
large body of work is available on line. A writer and Louisa May Alcott buff
has a really wonderful, passionate and personal site devoted to her called the
Alcott Web. Definitely
not ordinary! |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Read articles
on Emerson from the Concord Magazine. Here are the
Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
View a
reading list of
his books. Download the
Emerson Concordance here.
Emerson: A Visionary Life has a great deal of info to choose from
including some non-traditional resources. Here is a nice
list of
Emerson quotes. Lots of good info and sources on
Emerson's
Transcendentalist Webpage.
Read and
download some of his works. Join the
Emerson Quotes
Email List and find Waldo arrive at your inbox regularly.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
and his family lived in Concord for a time:
view a
reading list of
his work. Here is an
essay on his early work. There is also very good page with many
Hawthorne links.
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Henry David Thoreau.
Read articles about Thoreau from the Concord Magazine. View a
reading list of his
works and
The Thoreau
Reader. Here is an
extensive
compilation of the text of his works, quotations, critical analyses, and
many other sites. Northern Illinois University's
Thoreau Edition
site is devoted to collecting and "translating" the lost or nearly-lost work
of this author. Don't miss the fascinating discussion on
Thoreau's handwriting and the set of
excellent links.
The Literary Traveler includes a
short essay on Walden and
rivers in Concord.
Read some of his works online. A modern rendition of
Thoreau's cabin | |
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| What Do I Read Next?- try these sites for book lovers: |
| www.ala.org/booklist | www.amazon.com |
| www.allreaders.com | www.barnesandnoble.com |
| www.bibliofind.com | www.borders.com |
| www.bookbrowse.com | www.booksontape.com |
| www.bookpage.com | www.bookreporter.com |
| www.booksindepth.com | www.bookspot.com |
| www.curledup.com | www.literature-awards.com |
| www.overbooked.org | www.readinggroupguides.com |
| www.booksandauthors.com | www.kidsread.com |
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Getting Started– Readers’ Advisory |
· Websites for Book Lovers from Morton Grove Library
http://www.webrary.org
· Dear Reader get hooked on the newest titles, with a chapter-a-day email
http://dearreader.com
· Readers’ Club a website from the Public Library of Charlotte & Meckleburg