Okay ladies, this one’s for you. Although it’s not a love story, Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, is a throwback to our favorite gothic novels; Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey and Rebecca … I was drawn in immediately by the mystery that surrounds one of the main characters, Ms Vida Winter, and her true [...]
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Happy Birthday Lewis Carroll, the British author best known for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. We tip our Mad Hats to you like this…by having a sweet tea party at Bookworks. And boy do we mean sweet…we have tea, juice, coffee, hot cocoa and cookies. Stop by anytime Wednesday, the only [...]
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Our bookworms were back in the kitchen and this week they whipped up some tasty, and might I add photogenic, soups. Suzanne, our seasoned veteran and co-pioneer of cookworkery, hopped back in the saddle and rounded up yet another tasty tome. The Barefoot Contessa’s Cream of Fresh Tomato Soup Quick and easy. I did not [...]
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Over 50 people packed into the Great Hall of the Atheneum Wed. night to hear Tamara Grenier’s lecture “Eating for Life”. Tamara posed the question: Are you living to eat or eating to live? She stated that a thyroid problem and allergies no longer afflicted her when she chose a better diet of predominately raw [...]
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Thanks for joining me for our first installation of the “Audio Audit.” It’s a review of books in their audio form… but you’re very intelligent… I’m sure you were putting that together already. :) About a year ago I became addicted to audio books… aside from working at Nantucket Bookworks, I like to fancy myself [...]
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Suzanne and I each picked a recipe from this darling little cookbook, A Taste of Heaven. Part travel guide, part cookbook, A Taste of Heaven is a delightful survey of the fine food and drink made by Catholic religious orders in America, Belgium, France, and Germany. From positively scrumptious beer and cheese to some of the [...]
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Happy 201st Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe! I’m playing some dramatized readings of EAP’s work at Bookworks and I’m not going to lie to you, I’m a little creeped out!… the readings are amazing. I’m glad i don’t have to walk home tonight. Also, here’s an interesting story about a dedicated Poe admirer.
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