Blog Category: Book Sketches
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Jun 28
Summer Hours at Barrington Library
The Library will close at 8 PM from Mondays through Thursdays and at 5 PM on Fridays and Saturdays all through July and August. The Library is closed on Sundays in the summer.
Along with Town Hall, the Library will be closed in celebration of July 4 on Monday, July 5.
Be sure to pick out lots of extra books for summer reading!
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Jun 25
Library Director’s Notebook
july, 2010
Over the past few months I’ve made a wonderful discovery. I’ve “discovered” recorded books! For years as a librarian I’ve been keenly aware of recorded books because so many library users have told me how much they love them. But somehow I never quite got around to listening to any of them, which is rather silly when I think about it. I have quite a long commute back and forth to work from Scituate to Barrington , and now that...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Jun 23
Book Sharers Group members recommend books to one another in person, and, to other readers via Library booklists and blog entries. On Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 the group completed an entertaining and successful first series at the Library. Going forward in time, the group will change its name to The First Monday Morning Book Club,meeting, as the title suggests, on the first Monday of each month, Oct. 2010-June 2011, from 10:00-11:30 AM. You are invited to ...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Jun 22
At the June 22, 2010 meeting (the final one of the season) The Library’s Book Sharing Group recommended not only books but some great tv and film as well, Read down the list to see the cornucopia of materials selected for your enjoyment!
FICTION:
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
The Speed of Dark...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Jun 21
A taste of honey
Beekeeper Roger Robitaille works for hours removing hives and bees from under the eaves at the Barrington Public Library. The hives had generated several large swarms earlier in june which also were removed by beekeepers. The bees will be transported to a new home where they can safely establish new hives.
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jun 10
Director’s Notebook
June, 2010
As a librarian, it’s always been interesting to me to come across readers who are either adamant about reading only fiction and others equally adamant about reading only non-fiction. I read both with equal enjoyment because I know there are many excellent non-fiction books out there written with the ease and grace of the best fiction; and there are fiction books so loaded with fascinating facts that you emerge from the reading experience feeling quite giddy with...
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Jun 04
Get the facts on concussion in children - signs and symptoms of brain injuries - information on sports injuries, and etc. A wide variety of pamphlets and fliers giving invaluable information on this critical topic are available free on a display located near the Reference Desk on the Library’s Main Floor.
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jun 03
A new book exhibit up near the entrance of the Library plays to readers’ desires for summer adventure reading. This display features fiction and nonfiction about women of the westward movement, as well as a bounty of great classic “Westerns” - novels of adventure and derring-do on the high plains.
I remember one whole summer filled with gun smoke, outlaws and legends of “the Old West”. Maybe you do too? If so, or not, don’t hesitate to plunge into a retro-thrill this summer with books about...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, May 25
Fiction:
The Hornblower Novels of C.S. Forester -
Order in which to read them:
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Lieutenant Hornblower
Honblower and the Hotspur
Hornblower and the Atropos
Beat to Quarters
Ship of the Line
Flying Colours...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, May 19
Disaster Assistance for homeowners, renters and business owners in the Counties of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence and Washington Counties who were affected by flooding is still available if you apply for it by May 28, 2010. If you’ve had flood damage, informational flyers telling how to get help are available in a rack near the Reference Desk.
