Staff picks

Part II, after Aimee’s DVD list last week.

If so, here are some substitutes to last you, at least partially, until next January when season 4 will be shown in the U.S.:

Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler is an impressive, moving debut novel about an unlikely friendship and the life stories shared during a cross-country drive to a funeral.   The tw

A poisoned apple, the needle of a spinning wheel, a trail of bread crumbs …

I’m not a believer in New Year’s resolutions, admittedly because I’ve never accomplished one in my life.

Every year for the holidays I try to include something homemade in my gift repertoire. I’ve made candles, soap and pillows.

Aimee’s entry about first-time novels leads me to tell about a first-time novel that I enjoyed reading this past summer:  The Expats, a spy thriller by Chris Pavone, who has previous

Have you ever wished you could learn something new, but don’t have the time or money to take a class?   Would you like to learn tools to advance your career?   Master a new cra

If you have ever wondered where a title is in a series, or if an author has written other books, I have a website for you: Fantastic Fiction (

Then listen to The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent., a compelling historical novel that is primarily set in the Andover-Billerica area of Massachusetts in the 1690s.  The narrato

In the summer I, like many people, tend to focus on light reading. And, I’m usually pretty good at it.