You need to be able to read to be able to read. Especially if Toni Morrison did the writing. I at least thought I knew what it was for my eyes to sail across and down a page, through a flight of description or a feat of characterization. At 11, I thought I could read. Then I read her. My mot… Read More ⇒
By Megan Abbott. (Back Bay, $16.99.) Two scientists, high school friends who have become nemeses but work in the same lab, face off in this thriller. The twisty plot turns on the dark impulses lurking in female bonds and the lethal stress of a dysfunctional workplace. Times reviewer Ruth War… Read More ⇒
Just released this past November, Tug Hill: Shaping the Future of the Region is now available in many local establishments around the region. Read More ⇒
SARANAC LAKE — Richard Mangone, who was once on America’s 10 most-wanted list and received one of the heaviest sentences for a white-collar criminal in Massachusetts, has written a book about his life in crime, on the run and in federal prison in Ray Brook. Read More ⇒
If you’re new to YouTube’s BookTube, a community of readers who make videos about books, get started with these 10 channels. Read More ⇒
To put a literary spin on an adage: If you read a book but don’t post about it on social media, did you really read it? Read More ⇒
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 27, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan. Read More ⇒
By Matt Haig. (Penguin, $16.) When readers meet Tom Hazard, the protagonist of this novel, he’s headed for his 440th birthday, and because of a medical condition can expect to live well into his 900s. He wonders about his daughter, who has the same condition, but he has lost track of her and… Read More ⇒
All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything Read More ⇒
SANDY CREEK — Historical facts mixed with a bit of fiction and family knowledge, printed and bound in the book “No Common War,” were presented at the Ainsworth Memorial Library on July 27. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — A Massena native and author and a professor at SUNY Potsdam will be appearing at the Massena Public Library at the beginning of August. Read More ⇒
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 20, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan. Read More ⇒
THE AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY: Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State Read More ⇒
OSWEGO COUNTY – The Oswego County children’s camp at Camp Hollis will celebrate its 75th year of operation in 2021. Local author Jim Farfaglia, who served as camp director for several years, is compiling information for a book of Camp Hollis memories to be released in time for the 75th anniversary. Read More ⇒
LONDON — Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Testaments,” the highly anticipated sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was announced here on July 24 as one of the books in the running for the Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The Massena Public Library is in the preliminary stages of evaluating the possibility of becoming a school district public library, which would split the cost of its operation to all users and not just Massena residents. Read More ⇒
By Aidan Truhen. (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95.) When his elderly neighbor is killed, things start to go south for Jack Price, the slick cocaine dealer at the heart of this thriller. The book is “brilliant, a latticework of barbed jokes and subtle observations and inventive misbehavior… Read More ⇒
Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures Read More ⇒
Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation Read More ⇒
“Where the Watermelons Grow” Read More ⇒
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century Read More ⇒
BLACK RIVER — The Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library will sponsor a summer writing workshop. Read More ⇒
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un Read More ⇒
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan. Read More ⇒
American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment Read More ⇒
The Macsherry Library in Alexandria Bay is hosting its summer book sale through Aug. 31 during library hours. Read More ⇒
The Flower Memorial Library has an abundance of volunteer opportunities this summer. Read More ⇒
The deadline for Canton Free Library’s Summer Library program is Monday. Read More ⇒
North Country Library System has partnered with ArtistWorks for Libraries to provide library card holders with music instruction through self-paced video lessons. Read More ⇒
The Flower Memorial Library has an abundance of volunteer opportunities this summer. Read More ⇒
“A Father’s Love,” by Hannah Holt; illustrated by Yee Von Chan (Philomel Books) Read More ⇒
David Nevling, Watertown, has self-published the science-fiction novel, “Redemption: Book One: Seeking Absolution” through Dorrance Publishing. Read More ⇒
AMITY AND PROSPERITY: One Family and the Fracturing of America Read More ⇒
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The Massena Public Library and Brasher Falls Library have teamed up with the Nicandri Nature Center for past summer reading programs, and this year they’ll be offering something different. Read More ⇒
Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide Read More ⇒
What is with our love for historical fiction? Specifically World War II stories — and, come to think of it, tales from the Western Front. Read More ⇒