Dewey the Library Cat by Vicki Myron
Monday, December 3, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, December 3 through Friday, December 14, 2012. Read by Michele Good The staff of the Spencer Library in a small Iowa community saved the kitten. Everyone agrees the kitten turned into a cat who would save the community. (Grand Central; ISBN-10: 0446407429) theme: "Summer's End...
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Monday, November 5, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, November 5 through Friday, November 30, 2012. Read by Susan Sweeney Dr. Marina Singh travels to the Amazon to find the remains of a colleague. Her experiences there are extraordinary, opening opportunities for the future and reviving travails from the past. Theme: "ihu: todos os sons...
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Monday, October 22, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, October 22 through Friday, November 2, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland. A middle-aged man contends with a past he has largely forgotten until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance. (Vintage; ISBN-10: 0307947726 ISBN-13: 9780375724381) Theme: "Honey Pie" and "...
A Dog Named Boo by Lisa J. Edwards
Monday, September 24, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, September 24 through Friday, October 5, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. The subtitle tells the story: how one dog and one woman rescued each other - and the lives they transformed along the way. (Harlequin; ISBN-10: 037389256X) Theme: Gershwin: Promenade, Two Waltzes; Leonard Pennario (EMI CDC 7...
Home for Sale by Leo Litwak
Monday, September 3, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, September 3 through Friday, September 21, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. In 1950s Detroit, young Eugene leaves an orphanage hoping to go to college. First, however, he gets involved in a massive real estate boom and bust. (El Leon Literary Arts; ISBN-10: 0983391939) Theme: "Moanin"...
The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, August 6 through Friday, August 31, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt. The story of 80-year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told by her somewhat unreliable neighbor, a farmer called Sanders Roscoe. (Vintage; ISBN-10: 0375724389 ISBN-13: 978-0375724381) Theme: Shostakovich Violin...
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Monday, July 9, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 20, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. We offer selections from Thoreau's classic about living in the woods near Concord, MA as we honor the 150th anniversary of his death. (various publishers) Theme: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, "To a Wild Rose, Will o...
First Family: Abigail and John Adams by Joseph Ellis
Monday, June 18, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday June 18, through Friday, July 6, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. "The premier husband and wife team in American History" is brought to life by Joseph Ellis. It's part political history and part love story. (Vintage ISBN-10: 0307389995 / ISBN-13: 978-0307389992) Theme: Mozart: Rondo...
The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
Monday, May 28, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, May 28 through Friday, June 15, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland. An unforgettable novel about an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his memories of the people who helped him. (Random House; ISBN: 1400067189) Theme: Artie Shaw & his orchestra: Frenesi (as...
Patti LuPone: a memoir by Patti LuPone
Monday, May 7, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 25, 2012. Read by Michele Good. The Broadway legend and multiple award winner has been a huge success on stage. In this memoir she takes the reader backstage personally and professionally to explore her life. (Crown; ISBN: 0307460746) Theme: Patti Lupone Live -...
Rodin's Debutante: a novel by Ward Just
Monday, April 9, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, April 9 through Friday, May 4, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt. A coming of age story in mid 20th century Chicago. As Booklist says: "...in this mordantly funny yet profoundly mysterious novel, Just asks what divides and what unites us. What should be kept secret? Which teaches us more,...
The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
Monday, March 19, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, March 19 through Friday, April 6, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming. It's November 1958 and the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City is about to begin. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow...
Eventide by Kent Haruf
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, February 20 through Friday, March 16, 2012. Read by Karl Schmidt. The author of Plainsong returns to the people of Holt, Colorado. This time the focus is on the brothers Harold and Raymond McPheron in a story that reveals the heart of the American West. (Knopf; ISBN-10: 0375411585) Theme:...
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 12:30pm
Thursday, February 2 through Friday, February 3, 2012. Read by Analiese Dickinson Moore is known for her incisive short fiction, and her new novel takes on the disconnection so many people feel in a post 9/11 world. This is the excerpted first chapter as published in The New Yorker Magazine (Knopf...
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
Monday, January 16, 2012, 12:30pm
Monday, January 16 through Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Read by Norman Gilliland In rural Russia a tiger is killing people. Vaillant brings the tiger, the people, and the conflict to life in this true story. (Vintage ISBN-10: 0307389049) Theme: Edward MacDowell: Lamia on Albany Troy 235 - Keith...
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Monday, December 26, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, December 26 through Friday, January 13, 2012. Read by Susan Sweeney. In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death. Most extraordinary of all is the story her...
An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor
Monday, November 28, 2011, 12:30pm
Monday, November 28 through Friday, December 23, 2011. Read by Karl Schmidt. Taylor returns to Ballybucklebo, where doctors O'Reilly and Laverty are practicing country medicine. The holidays provide a different look at the eccentric village residents. (Doherty/Tom; ISBN-10: 0765366851 / ISBN...
