Category Archives: Book Nuggets

MORE BOOKS ADDED

Posted on August 24, 2008 by colleen

This is the 5th batch of treasures added this summer! Some of these are reorders due to popular demand. (My only other copy sold.) Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series with the Vicar and the Police Chief is the best example. Some are … Continue reading →

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SUMMER ROUTINES #1

Posted on June 19, 2008 by colleen

The strawberries are IN at the Produce Lady’s stand. I don’t care if they might be from New Jersey or if the other person beat me to the three ripest quarts as Scott nabbed the largest of the three remaining … Continue reading →

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CATCHING UP #2

Posted on June 11, 2008 by colleen

Most important: ROSELEDGE BOOKS IS OPEN, 2-6pm daily. The “open” signs are hanging from the porch, (but not in the picture), the flowers are growing, some brand-new and lots of other years’ new books are on the shelves, two book … Continue reading →

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A LOBSTER TALE

Posted on June 5, 2008 by colleen

Before “Before” Before lobster-in-the-crisper possibilities could exist, the lobster had to be living, near Tenants Harbor, and trapped by a lobsterman who brought it to Witham’s Wharf where catches are gathered and sometimes sold. A sign in a nearby window … Continue reading →

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CATCHING UP #1

Posted on April 6, 2008 by colleen

“Enough Iceland.” “Why Iceland?” “More pictures.” “I like the pictures.” “Did Charlie take all the pictures?” Yes. Fig. #11. North Atlantic anywhere in spirit; Marshall Point Lighthouse in fact. Okay, I get the idea. I’m through with Iceland — for … Continue reading →

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NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS, CONT’D.

Posted on February 23, 2008 by colleen

Finally, I found the nugget in Jar City. The Icelandic database of genealogy and medical history played a part in the story. Remember the good article about it in The New Yorker some years ago? The question, as I recall, … Continue reading →

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SEARCH BOOKS COMING

Posted on February 10, 2008 by colleen

Okay, I’ll admit it. Jar City is slow going. Well written, just unintriguing. Maybe I’ve watched too much Law and Order and I already live among Scandinavians, but this police procedural with its “painful inevitability” addresses crimes, criminals, victims, police, … Continue reading →

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