Blog Category: Book Sketches

Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Feb 10
These two exciting titles and many others like them are available free through the Barrington Public Library’s Webpage - if you’d like to have access to a library of free titles, go to barringtonlibrary.org, and click on the Audio Overdrive link. You’ll find instructions there on how to download free digital titles from the Ocean State Libraries E-Zone site.
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Feb 02
Library Director’s Notebook February, 2010 Graham Greene was a very talented and prolific twentieth century writer, perhaps best known for his novels The End of the Affair and the Third Man, both of which were made into successful films. Many of his books explore the struggle of modern man or woman to make moral choices in a complex and often corrupt world. He also liked to write thrillers, which he called “entertainments” to distinguish them from what he considered his more...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Jan 27
Can’t get to the Library because of an accident or chronic medical condition?  Live in Barrington?  The Barrington Library can help! Library Staff will deliver up to 15 library items, once a month, to patrons’ homes - Visit or call the Library at 247-1920 x 302 to ask about this free service.
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Jan 26
  Book Sharing in the Round ~ A Book Club Where  You Can Talk About the Books YOU Love… at the Barrington Public Library Join Lauri Burke and Margaret McNulty in an informal, drop-in, book group, Tuesdays from 10-11:30 AM Feb. 23, March 23, April 27, May 25 and June 22.  Bring any book you love and tell us about it. Do so via a three minute description that doesn’t give away too much of the plot. Just want to come and listen? You can do that too. This group...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Jan 25
H1N1 shots at the Peck Center H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines will be available to people 18 and older at the Peck Center in the gallery room on the second floor on Wednesday, February 3rd from 9 AM to 12 PM. Most of the major health insurance plans will cover the shots.  Those without medical insurance must pay $20 for the shot.  Please note that you must bring your insurance card with you. People can pre-register and be given an assigned time to receive their vaccination by...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Dec 29
HAPPY NEW YEAR, FROM EVERYONE AT BARRINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY! Please note that the library closings for the holiday will be: Thursday, New Year’s Eve, close at 5 PM Closed all day, New Year’s Day.
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Dec 28
Director’s Notebook January, 2010   I love to read historical fiction. When I read really well written historical fiction, I feel I get a double pleasure, both from reading an exciting story and learning something about history at the same time.  However, I hate to discover anachronisms in historical novels, and I especially cannot tolerate psychological anachronisms. By that I mean having the novel’s characters act or think in ways that would not be typical or even...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Dec 21
Holiday closings at the library: The library will be closed at 12:30 PM on December 24.  The library will remain closed on December 25, 26, and 27. Be certain if you are returning items to the library during that time that the items fit in the book return boxes. If they do not fit, do not leave them outside where they will be exposed to the elements! Return them to the library when the library is open, explaining that they would not fit in the boxes, and no overdue fine will be charged.
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Nov 30
Come enjoy one of Hollywood’s great classic movies, Gone With The Wind, on Saturday, December 5, 2009, starting at 11:00 AM. The film, which is being presented in glorious, high definition clarity, will be shown in two parts, separated by a one-hour lunch intermission. Act One, which is to be preceded by commentary by librarian and film enthusiast Doug Swiszcz, will end at approximately 1:00 PM. Everyone is invited to bring a “brown bag...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Nov 30
Director’s Notebook December, 2009 When you read certain books, do you sometimes imagine what it would be like as a movie? And if you do, do you imagine certain actors playing the book’s leading characters? I couldn’t stop thinking of Johnny Depp as I read The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti.  Depp has made a career playing charming rogues, untrustworthy and shady characters who are somehow beguiling as well.  This is a pretty good description of Benjamin Nab, one of the leading characters in...

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