by envisionmg | Aug 11, 2016 | Reading Lists, Uncategorized
Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle by Mark Braude. A rollicking narrative history of Monte Carlo, capturing its nineteenth-century rise as the world’s first modern casino-resort and its Jazz Age heyday as infamous playground of the rich....
by envisionmg | Aug 1, 2016 | Reading Lists, Tracy Reviews
Reading list curated by Tracy | The Summer Olympics are around the corner, with the opening ceremony set to take place Friday, August 5th. To help you get inspired and excited for the Olympics, we’ve compiled a list of nonfiction and fiction books related to the...
by envisionmg | Jul 20, 2016 | Booklists, Reading Lists, Summer Reading
We asked our staff to list four books they planned to read over the summer – here are the titles they responded with: The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware “In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a...
by envisionmg | Jun 3, 2016 | Reading Lists
Reading list curated by Rachel Nominees for the 2016 Tony Awards were announced May 3rd and – no surprise here – Hamilton snagged a record-breaking sixteen, but there’s more to Broadway than just a genre-spanning musical about dead white guys. (Even though it’s...
by envisionmg | Apr 4, 2016 | Poetry Collections, Reading Lists
To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve put together a reading list based on the works and lives of New England poets. It’s by no means an exhaustive list; the majority of the poets included here are practically household names (I’m looking at you,...
by envisionmg | Apr 1, 2016 | Reading Lists, Staff Reading
Very rarely do I place library holds on new releases – either because I can’t predict when a book will find its way to me (when I’m in the middle of something else??) or because there just isn’t anything I absolutely have to read right away....
