tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23072063695369647972024-03-05T08:18:45.751-08:00Elm Street BooksElm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-56784186485904386712019-09-16T11:50:00.001-07:002019-09-16T11:50:47.562-07:00Connie's summer reading!!!
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<strong><em>The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: or On the Segregation of the
Queen (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes # 1) by Laurie King </em></strong></div>
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<u5:p></u5:p>If you’ve read any Flavia de Luce
mysteries (Alan Bradley) featuring an extremely precocious 12 yr old (of course
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you will be well prepared for this series featuring Sherlock Holmes and equally
precocious 15 yr old Mary Russell who happens to reside next door to Sherlock
in 1915 Sussex where he has retired. Murder and mysteries ensue. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><em><span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Night Tiger</span></span> by
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Set in 1930’s British controlled Malaysia and told in
alternating voices. Ji Lin is a smart young woman who would love to go to
college which her stepfather considers ridiculous so instead she works as both
an apprentice dressmaker and a dancehall girl to pay off her mother’s Mahjong
debts. 11 yr old Ren has worked as a houseboy for a dying doctor who asks Ren
to reunite his lost finger with his body after he dies. A task he must
complete, according to tradition, within the 49 days after the old man’s death.
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<strong><em>The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker</em></strong> </div>
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In a small CA college town, students begin falling into a
comatose sleep. The condition spreads to health care workers, parents who have
come to be with their children, and town’s people until the government
quarantines the entire town. This read like a Twilight Zone episode and I was
really into it (any of you surprised by that declaration?), but the ending was
eeh and too philosophical. Now judging from the run Random did on this book,
I’m guessing they would disagree. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><em><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">We Own
the Sky</span></span> by Luke Allnutt</em></strong> </div>
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A break your heart story that is so beautifully written that
I am recommending it despite. Rob Coates has it all – a creative programming
job he loves, a great wife, and then the long waited for special little boy.
After that world has come tumbling down, he turns to photography to connect to
what he’s lost. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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triumphant story of a father and his little boy—and a love that knows no limits.</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” Absolutely
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<strong><em>Travel
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As
with her first book “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” and all but 2
thereafter, this is a memoir. In this case, of her father who died fairly
suddenly in Budapest – the city he called the poor man’s Paris. Before he died
he began telling his daughter the secret to life and Fuller has, once again,
done a stellar job of retelling of that life to us. Her father was quite the
character and there are several laugh out loud parts as well as Fuller’s own
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“Travel
light…Move fast…When you’re all the way down to the bone…tobacco, tea, and
mosquito net; that’s all you need.” Or his take on computers which he could not
believe needed to be replaced every 12 years. “Humanity’s reached a whole new
low”. Or when he nearly froze in a duck blind in Quebec and he was forced to be
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<strong><em>Big
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Ahhh,
after digressing with Life after Life and A God in Ruins, Ms. Atkinson has
brought back our policeman turned detective, Jackson Brodie. In this new case,
Jackson is thrown into the world of child slavery and sex trafficking. There
are a few lighter moments as he deals with his less than interested in the
world son and an aging Labrador. As suspenseful as before – I for one, am glad
Jackson’s back. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><strong>Leadership
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Historican
Goodwin presents us with four presidents – Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt,
Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson – and how they overcame tremendous
obstacles, calling on the qualities that gave them the strength and perseverance
to do so even in the face of strong opposition. Eventually asking the question:
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-37095818408896265992019-08-24T12:26:00.001-07:002019-08-24T12:26:54.972-07:00September Titles<strong>Great new titles for September. </strong>We'll be sharing more with you this week.<br />
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September is filled with awesome new reads.<br />
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Here are a few. <em>Call the store to pre-order any titles.</em><br />
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<strong>A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier</strong><br />
Pubs September 17th.<br />
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Malcolm Gladwell is back with another fascinating read. Pubs September 10th.<br />
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<strong>Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell</strong><br />
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-70270585348062286182019-07-12T08:46:00.001-07:002019-07-12T08:46:21.264-07:00
Our Colorado Reader, Connie is back at it again. Read her picks.<br />
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi
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This often laugh out loud book centers on the life of a
neurotic young woman who works in an LA bookstore. As she says, working there
would be perfect if it weren’t for the customers. Raised by a loving nanny who
takes the place of a father she never met and her globe trotting famous
photographer mother, Nina is happy living alone with her cat Phil. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Nina’s life is turned upside down when a lawyer notifies her
she’s been left something in her wealthy biological father’s will. And, if that
isn’t disconcerting enough, she finds that she has more family than she is able
to handle. Thrown into the mix, is her Tuesday night Trivia Contest team’s
events and her apparent attraction to one of the opposing team’s players. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Fun, fun, fun. A delightful read even if predictable. If they
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The Lost Man by Jane Harper <br />(pub 02.05.19
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the author of the best seller (and really good read) “The Dry”, Harper returns
us to her native Australia. Two brothers meet up at the fence separating their
ranches and come upon Cameron, their 3<sup>rd</sup> brother – dead. Set in a
remote area of Queensland where your closest neighbor is 3 hrs. away and the
sun can kill you in hours why then would Cameron leave his car and head out
into the desert? Not exactly a murder mystery in the way the next review is, but
certainly suspenseful as it brings us to know this family and its history and
the brutal environment in which they live. And I will attest to the fact that
listening to it while gardening out in the summer sun will most definitely
enhance the experience. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #4d22b4;">What do you call historical
fiction plus a mystery plus a setting in England? A trifecta!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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A Test of Wills by Charles Todd – Inspector Ian Rutledge #
1 by Charles Todd<br /> (pub 08.01.96 Macmillan)<br /><u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Obviously this is not a new book. However, “The Black Ascot –
Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery #21” which was published 02.05.19 is. It always
surprises, and delights, me when I hear about a new book in a series I was
totally unaware of. And while I will probably never get to the entire series, I
do like to go back to the beginning to get introduced to the characters and
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was a successful homicide detective at Scotland Yard before he left to fight in
the Great War. Back home in 1919, he is not the man he had been – having
survived in body, but suffering from shell shock or PTSD as we now term it. For
his first case back at the Yard, his jealous boss sends Rutledge to solve the
murder of a popular retired military officer. Unfortunately, a war hero who is
a friend of the Prince of Wales is the main suspect though others in the
village or in the officer’s wealthy circle of friends may have had reason to
kill the man. If Rutledge can’t keep his own demons at bay and ends up charging
the wrong person – especially one so esteemed – it will certainly be the end of
his career which will most certainly delight his superior.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad <br />(pub 06.25.19
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Debut novel set in London during WWII. Susan and Bertie, her
grandfather, are recruited by the British government to use their carrier
pigeons to help relay messages to and from France. The American’s aren’t in the
war yet and after his British parent’s sudden deaths, Ollie, a young American
from Maine who learned to fly crop dusters on his parent’s farm, travels to
England to join the British Air Force. Before he can join up, he is sent to
help with Susan’s pigeons and the two begin to have feelings for each
other. While trying to rescue Susan’s pet pigeon Duchess, he
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-74737777776624134212019-03-06T13:49:00.000-08:002019-03-06T13:49:14.568-08:00A few Reviews from Connie.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <b><span style="color: #5e30eb; font-family: "Bradley Hand",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Two of my all-time favorite
authors, Barbara Kingsolver and Kate Morton, each published a book last October
and it was wonderful reading/listening to them simultaneously. While
generally very different story tellers, in this case, they actually share 2 important
things: 1) the story line shifts back and forth from past to present - common
with Morton but not Kingsolver and 2)a house is a central part of the plot. And
because the queue of my reads always holds a mystery, I was delighted to
read last fall’s best seller, Lethal White. All 3, not to be missed if, like
me, you are late to this party. Connie</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (pub 10.16.18
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Present: When Willa Knox’ husband takes a teaching job
nearby, Willa’s family moves into an old house she inherited, but which is in
the process of literally falling down around their ears. That family consists
of Iano, her college professor husband, Nick, Iano’s cantankerous Greek father,
Nick, Zeke, her ivy league education son who becomes a single parent to Dusty
when his gorgeous bi-polar wife commits suicide, and Tig the feisty daughter.
Can she literally save her home by proving its historical
significance?
1880’s: Thatcher Greenwood is the local science teacher who finds himself the
target of his creationist boss when he speaks about a new theory posed by
Charles Darwin. His wife and mother-in-law (in whose run down home they are
living) are more interested in status and ignore Greenwoods financial problems.
His only relief is spending time with Mary Treat, the amazing woman scientist
living next door and a rebel newspaperman who see through the fallacy of the
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In her recognizable format of past and present set in
England, Ms. Morton sends us from the present to the past beginning in 1862 and
moving through WWII with Birchwood Manor as one of the main characters and a
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<i>My real name, no one remembers.<br />
The truth about that summer, no one else knows.</i><br />
This narrator tells the story of how she came to be there, of the young artist
Edward Radcliffe who owned the home, of a missing priceless necklace, and of
murder. Today the ghost follows Elodie Winslow, a London archivist who uncovers
a satchel containing an artist’s sketchbook with a drawing of a twin-gabled
house along a river and a photo of a woman in Victorian clothing. Elodie knows
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-86705328774845895312019-01-23T12:04:00.002-08:002019-01-23T12:04:26.557-08:00Women Rowing North<br />
Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age<br />
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We have many books that address aging, either on the humorous or philosophical front, but Mary Pipher's latest book is directed primarily at women. Mary Pipher is a psychologist specializing in women, trauma and the effects of our culture on mental health. Her book "Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls" became a classic in the field of raising girls, and instilling self worth through the adolescent years.<br />
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Her latest book offers an examination of the cultural and developmental issues facing women as they age. Think of it as a "how to" for facing challenges and creating resilient responses. With this as a guide book the road forward will be less intimidating and clear.<br />
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-19909590664372300502019-01-17T09:32:00.001-08:002019-01-17T09:32:53.764-08:00Two Reviews<br />
Some reviews from our retired bookseller, Connie.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">The Perfect Couple</span> by Elin Hilderbrand
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<span style="color: #4d22b3;">Drifting away a bit from her popular summer read format,
Hilderbrand still presents her story on Nantucket, but this time throws in a
dead body. Compelling with her usual fully developed characters, this may be
moved from a beach read to possibly the mystery shelf. The Otis-Winbury wedding
was to be the highlight of the summer, but everyone becomes a suspect when the
morning of the event the maid of honor is found washed up on the estate’s
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2001 Enger gave us “Peace Like A River”. It was a huge success and continues to
be so popular that the wholesaler has more than 1000 on hand – generally
unheard of except for those lasting classics. Also set in Minnesota (the
author’s home), Virgil lives above the struggling cinema he owns in Greenstone
– a failing ex-mining town on Lake Superior. When he nearly dies after his car
plummets into the lake, he finds he has been altered (like adjectives allude
him). Into town comes Rune, an old Norwegian who just recently learned he is
the father of a young man who disappeared when flying over the lake and he
comes seeking to learn of this son he never knew. Add to the mix a generous
cast of characters and the result is an absolutely fantastic story. For lovers
of any/all of Fredrik Backman’s books or “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold
Fry” (I have my<span style="color: black;">
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those of you who enjoy audio books, the reader has a Minnesota accent. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Start the New Year off with some terrific author events.<br />
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Join us at Waterworks in Greenwich CT on Wednesday January 9th 5PM to meet and chat with <br />
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Elizabeth Brooke Murray <br />
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<br />New Canaan Library-January 10th, 6:30pm<br />Ambition Redefined by Kathryn Sollmann</div>
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New Canaan Library-January 14th, 6:30pm<br />Story by Kimberly Norton</div>
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How To Be A Happier Parent by KJ Dell'Antonia</div>
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-39560530702135607962018-10-03T11:13:00.002-07:002018-10-03T11:13:59.309-07:00First Thursday At Elm Street BooksTomorrow is our October First Thursday!! We'll have authors, book signings and refreshments. <br />
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We have four awesome authors joining us.<br />
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Allia Zobel Nolan brings us two LOL funny books!<br />
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Purr More, Hiss Less, Heavenly Lessons I Learned from My Cat<br />
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with a social hour at 6 p.m. at the Silver Star Diner at 210 Connecticut Ave in
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-55088271771140898572018-09-01T08:57:00.000-07:002018-09-01T09:45:15.581-07:00Back to SchoolWhile all the students are heading back to school we have lots of interesting adult events to make their parents wiser!<br />
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September 6th @6:30pm at the New Canaan Library<br />
Ingrid Fetell Lee - TED talk personality<br />
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September 6th @ 7:00pm at The Wilton Library Association<br />
Robert McWilliams - An ambitious trek across Scotland<br />
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Julia Morgenstern - Takes on the ultimate time management challenge - parenting<br />
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The Double Life by Flynn Berry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNAn2A5OCyZ2DdBcFsvHbvIUFmzfhGxMsXh_9uPgxto2sQOTxQ7BEw6_wk86J3GYLqIE0LHuRzcxAsNGdK6MJ3Kxs3k7T-bomaB7v34pq1Yxf9JhSK-gapjSaO4VfGShNoL8xBf8xCEo/s1600/double+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="401" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNAn2A5OCyZ2DdBcFsvHbvIUFmzfhGxMsXh_9uPgxto2sQOTxQ7BEw6_wk86J3GYLqIE0LHuRzcxAsNGdK6MJ3Kxs3k7T-bomaB7v34pq1Yxf9JhSK-gapjSaO4VfGShNoL8xBf8xCEo/s200/double+life.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>
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Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41bXi6eJ3qWNLyW0acUXYuaqCOni7gqK0CBjT59INyK3MDhjvuDA9uNbqvdn2N5n_DG0NezNrTJxSRYG4qNa6xSnXm5B73Ncer4q4D6QPeqP3AlcTlIbF1C-PP52rC317YWFC6xiu0_0/s1600/lying-in-wait-9781501167782_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="232" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41bXi6eJ3qWNLyW0acUXYuaqCOni7gqK0CBjT59INyK3MDhjvuDA9uNbqvdn2N5n_DG0NezNrTJxSRYG4qNa6xSnXm5B73Ncer4q4D6QPeqP3AlcTlIbF1C-PP52rC317YWFC6xiu0_0/s200/lying-in-wait-9781501167782_lg.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>
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August 14th 6:30 at The New Canaan Library<br />
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Join us for a panel of three very talented authors.<br />
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Beatriz Williams<br />
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-55984832416638433292018-07-25T11:34:00.002-07:002018-07-25T11:34:55.402-07:00Where's Waldo PartyDon't miss our Where's Waldo Party this Thursday July 26th 5-5:30. Prizes, raffle, treats and refreshments.<br />
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-87938394088915059752018-05-19T11:39:00.001-07:002018-05-19T11:39:21.466-07:00Brooklyn in Love <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What a fun afternoon we spent with author Amy Thomas signing copies of her books, Brooklyn in Love and Paris My Sweet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Forever a girl obsessed with all things French, sweet freak Amy Thomas landed a gig as rich as the purest dark chocolate: leave Manhattan for Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton. Working on the Champs-Élysées, strolling the charming streets, and exploring the best patisseries and boulangeries, Amy marveled at the magnificence of the City of Light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But does falling in love with one city mean turning your back on another? As much as Amy adored Paris, there was part of her that felt like a humble chocolate chip cookie in a sea of pristine macarons. PARIS, MY SWEET explores how the search for happiness can be as fleeting as a salted caramel souffle's rise, as intensely satisfying as molten chocolate cake, and about how the life you're meant to live doesn't always taste like the one you envisioned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Part love letter to Paris, part love letter to New York, and total devotion to all things sweet,<em style="font-style: italic;"><span> </span>PARIS, MY SWEET</em><span> </span>is a treasure map for anyone with a hunger for life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have a few signed copies on hand.</span></div>
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-70264711666022311892018-04-11T09:51:00.001-07:002018-04-11T09:51:33.297-07:00Author Talk Tiger Woods-New Canaan Library TONIGHT<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Join us for this special evening to get a peak into the mind of golf legend, Tiger Woods, as authors Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian present their new biography,<span> </span></span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">TIGER WOODS</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. “Very few individuals are known throughout the world by one word,” write Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian. “Tiger reached that exclusive club by being the greatest golfer—some would say the greatest athlete—in modern history. But his story transcends golf, and his influence reached around the globe.” Until now, there has never been a 360-degree comprehensive account of Tiger’s life, one that closely examines his roots and the vital role his parents played in his epic rise, fall, and return. Benedict and Keteyian set out to deliver something fresh and revealing, a complete human portrait of a true, albeit reluctant, American idol.<span> </span></span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">TIGER WOODS</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span> </span>is that portrait.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Melinda Fager - Living Off the Sea<br />
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Mitch Silver - The Bookworm<br />
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Les De Villiers - African animal Alphabet<br />
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Vino provided by New Canaan Wine Merchants<br />
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Castle" reader. Inspiring, challenging memoir of a young girl living off
the grid with her survivalist parents and siblings. Her drive to go to college
and beyond without the basic structure of an education is as mind blowing as
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17 brushes with death, some frightening, some just bad luck. A message to her
daughter who lives with life threatening allergies to realize we
are all on the edge of death everyday. It reaches your
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-13577949863890176022018-02-15T10:48:00.005-08:002018-02-15T10:48:58.707-08:00Caitlin Macy Author Event Tonight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Don't Miss Caitlin Macy author of MRS. at the New Canaan Library tonight, 6:30pm.</strong><br />
<strong>Her book is fresh from the publisher and totally awesome. New York City Park Avenue perfection with the raw underbelly exposed.</strong><br />
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;">Named one of the "Most Anticipated Books of 2018" by<span> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Entertainment Weekly</i></b><span> </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;" />"<i style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Mrs.</i><span> </span>could be the next<span> </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Big Little Lies</i>."—<i style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">EW</i></b></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;">"Brilliant.... I absolutely loved it."—Kate Atkinson</b></div>
Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-86010065842563645802018-02-10T06:36:00.000-08:002018-02-10T06:36:15.556-08:00Staff PIcks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">We have awesome staff readers. <br />Here are a few picks for this month.</span></strong></em> <br />
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The Boat People - Timely fictionalized saga of an immigrant family. (Manda)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The War That Saved My Life - C</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ould not put this wonderful historical fiction down about two siblings evacuated from their home in London during World War 2.</span> (</span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Melissa) (Childrens)</span><br />
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As Close To Us as Breathing - Heart wrenching and beautifully written tender and empathetic characters trying to balance decisions for their own lives, while their own perceived, or real, family loyalties, responsibilities, and religion hold them back.(Elizabeth)<br />
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Paris in the Present Tense - Continues his string of great fiction.(Wes)<br />
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The Chalk Man -<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">T<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">his
dark thriller, call it twisted Agatha Christie.(</span>Melissa)</span><br />
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The Great Alone - A favorite! Characters jump off the page. (Katheen)<br />
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<br />Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-69647960183700244512018-01-28T11:41:00.001-08:002018-01-28T11:41:04.425-08:00Four good Titles<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Connie's back with four good suggestions. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We can't keep "The Woman In the Window" in stock.</span><br />
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trend. Probably not, but this one worth the pick-up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the stories here of Linda at 25 and 36, this would be a YA read. And one of
those reads that you shake your head while reading realizing how messed up
parents can result in a messed up a child. At times I became annoyed with
Linda, until I acknowledged that she’s supposed to be a teenager or later as an
emotionally damaged adult. 14 yr. old Linda lives with her exhippie
parents in what had been a commune in northern Minnesota – no indoor plumbing
and limited electricity. She becomes the babysitter for a family where she
finally feels like she belongs only to be swept up in their non-conforming
life. Oh and along the way she has a teacher accused of child pornography and
having sex with a minor. Ya, that kind of read. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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absolutely loved the next middle grade book I picked up after read and it also
had an idiot parent. For heaven’s sake, maybe there should be a test or at
least a class for perspective parents though I probably would have failed)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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biography reader nor a big political reader, but assigned for book club I
picked this up. Fascinating. While having lived through almost all of the
period covered, my parents either didn’t talk about politics or watch on
television or I was oblivious (probably the later). One criticism I read of the
book is that is deals so much with Jack (John), but it would be impossible to
tell Bobby’s story any other was as he was so invested in Jack’s career. I hope
there’s not a quiz as there’s no way I remember all the characters (and some
were very much characters), back room /behind the scenes conversations, and
wheeling & dealing that occurred. But I learned (relearned) so much. And
amazing how much in Washington hasn’t changed – maybe the names, but still the
same. A really good read. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Chrysanthemums by Mary Lynn Bracht (out 01.30) ****This one is going to
be a winner!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lilac Girls graphically brought the horrors of WWII Germany to us, so too does
this debut novel as it tells the equally horrific and often untold story of
Korean women during the Japanese occupation. Chapters alternate between Hana in
1943 as she’s abducted from her island and forced to be a “comfort woman” for
the Japanese soldiers and 2011 in Seoul as her sister Emi remembers her shame
at feeling she was to blame for Hana’s disappearance. So ashamed, her children
are unaware their mother even had a sister. Historians believe between 50,000
and 200,000 Korean women were taken with most never returning. And like Lilac
Girls, you are not apt to forget this book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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watches the house across the street – apparent crimes and creepy stuff happens.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Join us at the Wilton Library for a great children's event. Author signing.</span><br />
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-27725458045475394122018-01-04T05:52:00.001-08:002018-01-04T05:52:54.984-08:00Connie's January PicksJust as a snowstorm is raging in Connecticut we get two reviews from former bookseller, Connie. <br />
I am just about finished with The Immortalists and loving it. For sure that one will hit the best seller list. <br />
Hot books this week.<br />
The Woman In the Window by A.J. Finn<br />
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff<br />
We'll have plenty tomorrow after the storm.<br />
In the meantime enjoy Connie's reviews.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">From a lifetime in
covering the current events of the day, Rather produces a series of thought
provoking insightful essays on various topics ranging from education to science
to the environment to the world stage to the difference between nationalism and
patriotism – to name just a few. While his experiences along with the vast
group of diverse individuals he’s met during those nearly 50 yrs in the news
business, this book clearly has come about since last January. Without naming
names, he speaks freely about his deep concerns about the United States that he
loves and the path he sees us traveling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The book begins in
NY City in 1969 as the four Gold children go to see a psychic and are told the
dates they will die. The rest of the book focuses on each of the four as they
live their lives either trying to fulfill the promise or run from it. A really
compelling read, but a word of caution as I found Simon’s story as a gay in
1980’s San Francisco to often be a bit too graphic and Varya’s animal
experimentation while she searches for extending life disturbing. A worthwhile
read regardless and if this author’s debut is any indication, we will certainly
be hearing from her again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-40850950586869242162017-10-21T13:00:00.000-07:002017-10-21T13:00:07.430-07:00Connie's back!
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Connie is a former bookseller at ESB and loves to read. Check out some of her picks or not.<br />
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Totally
engrossing read. What happens to the members of a community when the folk story
around a prehistoric monster in their waters suddenly once again appears to be
a real part of their lives as some mysterious disappearances and deaths occur?
The characters are wonderfully developed and their relationships equally so.
The obsession of Cora Seaborne with fossils can’t help but remind one of
“Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy Chevalier which is set in a similar time period
and local. Would make a good discussion book!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">“London, 1893.
When Cora Seaborne’s husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with
as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one. Seeking refuge in
fresh air and open space, she departs for coastal Essex. Once there, they hear
rumors that after nearly 300 years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome
creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. …Local parish vicar
William Ransome is equally suspicious but for different reasons: a man of
faith, he is convinced the alarming reports are caused by moral panic, a flight
from the correct and righteous path. As Cora and William attempt to discover
the truth about the Essex Serpent, they find themselves inexorably drawn
together in an intense relationship that will change both of them in ways
entirely unexpected.”ipage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is very unlikable initially (as in Girl on the Train) so it took me a bit to
keep going, but the suspense is significant making this worth the read if you
crave a good psychological thriller. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Think Hitchcock’s
Rear Window but at sea. Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel
magazine, falls into the assignment of a lifetime: a week on The Aurora, a
luxury cruise boat with only a handful of cabins. Lo's stay is great for
a few days until she witnesses (or thinks she witnesses) a woman being thrown
overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for--and so, the ship
sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo's desperate attempts to convey
that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Does anyone do a
better job telling stories about Italian American families than Trigiani (I
loved “Very Valentine”)? In her newest tale, the Philadelphia-based Palazzinis
have three sons who return home from World War II along with their orphaned
cousin Nicky who’s lived with the family since boyhood. Everyone works in
the family taxi business until a family feud ends that. Nicky’s secret passion
has always been the theater and he makes a sudden decision that changes
everyone's life. As with prior books, there are moments of humor (which is
where Carlo comes in). Endearing read. At 500+ pages, a perfect book to curl up
with in front of the fire for many evenings. And if you want to know why Ms.
Trigiani is so good at her craft, read her autobiography “Don’t Sing At the
Table” about growing up with 2 Italian grandmothers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Not
to be missed! </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I am not usually
a short story reader, but Tom Hanks is as loveable on paper with this book as
he is on the silver screen. Among the titles are stories ranging from buddies
recalling WWII, to the 1939 World’s Fair in Chicago, to an immigrant’s story,
to a college student surfing with his father and intertwined in all of them is
a typewriter. Makes me wish I hadn’t gotten rid of my mom’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yourself suddenly interested in reading more short stories, try Anthony Doerr’s
2001 “The Shell Collector” or Margaret Atwood’s 1992 “Good Bones and Simple
Murders”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-43804594659994677132017-09-27T14:21:00.000-07:002017-09-27T14:21:28.669-07:00October Author TalksDon't Miss these terrific authors.<br />
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Wilton Library October 11th 7pm <br />
H.W.Brands - The General vs. The President<br />
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Wilton Library October 17th 7pm<br />
Denise Kiernan - The Last Castle<br />
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New Canaan Library October 20th 6:30pm<br />Peter Hellman - In Vino Duplicitas</div>
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New Canaan Country School October 17th 6:30pm<br />
Alisyn Camerota - Amanda Wakes Up<br />
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More to Come!!Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307206369536964797.post-3789734870138952422017-09-20T13:23:00.002-07:002017-09-20T13:23:55.107-07:00Jack Foster BooksigningThis Saturday September 23 12noon - 2:30pm<br />
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Stop by Elm Street Books to meet and chat with Jack Foster, author of<br />
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How to Buy Bonds<br />
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Former selectman and resident of New Canaan for the past 40 years, Jack will share his expertise from his long standing career in credit analysis. <br />
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His finance experience includes 20 years at J P Morgan as chairman of the Credit Rating Committee and as Mergers and Acquisitions advisor.<br />
He'll be signing copies of his book. Also available on audio.Elm Street Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04379529950122757932noreply@blogger.com0