Offering more than just books The Hanska Community Library will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, but it could come down to a community vote whether the library will be around for its 41st year. The Hanska library has ... 04/12/2024 - 7:04 pm | View Link
A&E Book Club: Three books to inspire a whimsical state of mind this April Gather your picnic blankets, venture outside and grab a cozy fantasy book on your way out. These three books are quintessential picks from the cozy fantasy sub-genre — a type of book that contains all ... 04/12/2024 - 6:25 pm | View Link
Batavia’s Books Between Bites welcomes author Marnie Mamminga April 18 Batavia's popular monthly noontime book program, “Books Between Bites,” continues Thursday, April 18, with a third visit by Batavia author Marnie Mamminga. She has collaborated with artist Mary ... 04/12/2024 - 2:40 pm | View Link
Perkiomen Valley will prohibit library books with depictions of sexual conduct, including ‘Gender Queer’ The Perkiomen Valley school board voted this week to prohibit library books that contain depictions of sexual conduct, and administrators say they have removed an electronic version of Gender Queer ... 04/12/2024 - 9:59 am | View Link
In Baton Rouge, books fly off the tables during LSU's book bazaar opening day Friends of the LSU Libraries Book Bazaar is, for local book lovers, a pretty big deal. Every year, people descend on LSU's Parker Coliseum to sift through tens ... 04/12/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link
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Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.