Author Archives: Suzanne
Fiction’s Feisty Girls
After seeing the luminous new musical “Anne of Green Gables” based on the Lucy Maude Montgomery novels and being impressed by its accurate portrayal of Anne, I started to think of other girls and young women in literature that are … Continue reading
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A Dog May Be Man’s Best Friend, But the Horse Wrote History
For those of us who love horses, the close finish in November’s Breeders’ Cup Classic was heart stopping when Zenyatta missed winning by a nose. She is the latest in a long line of horses, real and fiction, who have thrilled … Continue reading
Filed under Children's Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
Let us read cake, cookies and other sweet things (with apologies to Marie Antoinette)
I’m not sure what it means, but every time I‘ve opened a book during the past two months, it seems to have something to do with food. First, I read the memoir Cakewalk by Kate Moses. The photo on the cover should … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Book Review, Fiction, General Fiction, Romance
Make a Splash – Read this Summer!
Everett Public Library has a great Summer Reading Program for kids. To promote summer reading, librarians visit the surrounding elementary and middle schools. Prior to these school visits, we read stacks of new fiction, picture books and nonfiction to select titles that we think … Continue reading
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The Beautiful Game
Every four years the world comes together to watch a spectacular sporting event that is not the Olympic Games. Simply known as “The Beautiful Game,” or football (please don’t call it soccer), play consists of two periods of 45 minutes … Continue reading
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Filed under Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation
To Grow or Not to Grow
Spring has finally arrived. After perusing the seed catalogs in January, attending flower and garden shows in February, and watching the days get longer in March, it’s time to think about what and where to plant. Whether you have acreage … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Gardening, Nonfiction
Citius, Altius, Fortius
This February there’s anticipation building up the road from us because, on the night of February 12, 2010, the 21st Winter Olympic Games will commence in Vancouver, British Columbia. The lighting of the Olympic cauldron will signify the start of two … Continue reading
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Marhaba and Salaam (Welcome & Peace)
This past November, I spent several incredible weeks in Egypt and Jordan. Of course, being a librarian, I had to visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria. It’s a stunning building surrounded by water to give the effect of floating. The building’s curve … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Nonfiction, Travel
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