Comments for Speaking Volumes http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com Community Book Discussion Blog of the Cherry Hill Public Library Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Woman Behind the New Deal: the Life of Frances Perkins by Kirstin Downey by chplnj http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/woman-behind-the-new-deal-the-life-of-frances-perkins-by-kirstin-downey/#comment-27 chplnj Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:46:03 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=2216#comment-27 Frances Perkins was indeed a remarkable woman. How many of you know that we enjoy social security benefits today because of this great lady? She was a social worker who saw the need for some monetary assistance to help people in their old age. In her position in Roosevelt's cabinet as Secretary of Labor, she made it happen.~Inez Frances Perkins was indeed a remarkable woman. How many of you know that we enjoy social security benefits today because of this great lady? She was a social worker who saw the need for some monetary assistance to help people in their old age. In her position in Roosevelt’s cabinet as Secretary of Labor, she made it happen.~Inez

]]> Comment on Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear by chplnj http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/among-the-mad-by-jacqueline-winspear/#comment-25 chplnj Sat, 16 May 2009 19:21:57 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1874#comment-25 I was disappointed in Winspear's latest book, Among the Mad. (2009). The plot seemed thin to me. It told of a mad scientist who had been through WWI and was disillusioned with the lack of attention given the problems of the returning Veterans. I usually like Winspear's books but this one was "just okay." Interestingly, she accurately replicates the time (early 1930's) and the deplorable conditions in London after WWI. For those of us who are used to living the "good life" we have the opportunity to see and empathize with the depths of despair in the "lower class" at that time. The middle class had not yet emerged. Cherry Hill Library Patron IP I was disappointed in Winspear’s latest book, Among the Mad. (2009). The plot seemed thin to me. It told of a mad scientist who had been through WWI and was disillusioned with the lack of attention given the problems of the returning Veterans. I usually like Winspear’s books but this one was “just okay.” Interestingly, she accurately replicates the time (early 1930’s) and the deplorable conditions in London after WWI. For those of us who are used to living the “good life” we have the opportunity to see and empathize with the depths of despair in the “lower class” at that time. The middle class had not yet emerged. Cherry Hill Library Patron IP

]]> Comment on Columbine by Dave Cullen by writingcolumbine http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/1964/#comment-24 writingcolumbine Wed, 06 May 2009 23:44:11 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1964#comment-24 For another take on the shootings Denver journalist Jeff Kass recently released Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation's search for answers (Ghost Road Press). Kass provides an in-depth look at the Columbine killers and their families but goes beyond the psychological profiles to discuss the environmental factors and common denominators among school shooters across the country. Kass also discusses the police cover-ups and follows a victims family over the past ten years. Author Web site is jeffkassauthor.com. For another take on the shootings Denver journalist Jeff Kass recently released Columbine: A True Crime Story, a victim, the killers and the nation’s search for answers (Ghost Road Press).

Kass provides an in-depth look at the Columbine killers and their families but goes beyond the psychological profiles to discuss the environmental factors and common denominators among school shooters across the country.

Kass also discusses the police cover-ups and follows a victims family over the past ten years.

Author Web site is jeffkassauthor.com.

]]> Comment on First Rider’s Call by Kristen Britain by pokemom17 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/first-riders-call-by-kristen-britain/#comment-18 pokemom17 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:21:48 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1457#comment-18 I loved this book - so much action and intrigue. Yes the characters carried through from the first story - but that's the case in most series books. Stephanie Plum blows up her car in every Evanovich book - but we still love her. I've read this twice and enjoyed it as much the second time as the first. I loved this book – so much action and intrigue. Yes the characters carried through from the first story – but that’s the case in most series books. Stephanie Plum blows up her car in every Evanovich book – but we still love her.
I’ve read this twice and enjoyed it as much the second time as the first.

]]> Comment on Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky by exeint http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/fire-in-the-blood-by-irene-nemirovsky/#comment-16 exeint Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:49:48 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=760#comment-16 I recently read your post about Irène Némirovsky and wanted to let you know about an exciting new exhibition about her life, work, and legacy that will open on September 24, 2008 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage —A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française, which will run through the middle of March, will include powerful rare artifacts — the actual handwritten manuscript for Suite Française, the valise in which it was found, and many personal papers and family photos. The majority of these documents and artifacts have never been outside of France. For fans of her work, this exhibition is an opportunity to really “get to know” Irene. And for those who can’t visit, there will be a special website that will live on the Museum’s site www.mjhnyc.org. The Museum will host several public programs over the course of the exhibition’s run that will put Némirovsky’s work and life into historical and literary context. Book clubs and groups are invited to the Museum for tours and discussions in the exhibition’s adjacent Salon (by appointment). It is the Museum’s hope that the exhibit will engage visitors and promote dialogue about this extraordinary writer and the complex time in which she lived and died. To book a group tour, please contact Tracy Bradshaw at 646.437.4304 or tbradshaw@mjhnyc.org. Please visit our website at www.mjhnyc.org for up-to-date information about upcoming public programs or to join our e-bulletin list. Thanks for sharing this info with your readers. Let me know if you need any more. I recently read your post about Irène Némirovsky and wanted to let you know about an exciting new exhibition about her life, work, and legacy that will open on September 24, 2008 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage —A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française, which will run through the middle of March, will include powerful rare artifacts — the actual handwritten manuscript for Suite Française, the valise in which it was found, and many personal papers and family photos. The majority of these documents and artifacts have never been outside of France. For fans of her work, this exhibition is an opportunity to really “get to know” Irene. And for those who can’t visit, there will be a special website that will live on the Museum’s site http://www.mjhnyc.org.
The Museum will host several public programs over the course of the exhibition’s run that will put Némirovsky’s work and life into historical and literary context. Book clubs and groups are invited to the Museum for tours and discussions in the exhibition’s adjacent Salon (by appointment). It is the Museum’s hope that the exhibit will engage visitors and promote dialogue about this extraordinary writer and the complex time in which she lived and died. To book a group tour, please contact Tracy Bradshaw at 646.437.4304 or tbradshaw@mjhnyc.org. Please visit our website at http://www.mjhnyc.org for up-to-date information about upcoming public programs or to join our e-bulletin list.
Thanks for sharing this info with your readers. Let me know if you need any more.

]]> Comment on My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult by hollymarie1 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/my-sisters-keeper-by-jodi-picoult/#comment-15 hollymarie1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:43:05 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=643#comment-15 I was also very disappointed in this book's ending. I don't want to give anything away to those who didn't read it yet, but this "deus ex machina" finale seemed to me a total cop-out by Picoult. I was also very disappointed in this book’s ending. I don’t want to give anything away to those who didn’t read it yet, but this “deus ex machina” finale seemed to me a total cop-out by Picoult.

]]> Comment on The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams by Nasdijj by akrg6 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-blood-runs-like-a-river-through-my-dreams-by-nasdijj/#comment-13 akrg6 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:14:02 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=219#comment-13 Well, whether or not this man is Native American is quite irrelevant to the content of the writing in my opinion. It speaks for itself. As I read I suspected as much anyway - still those two stories spoke to me and that is what matters. KD Well, whether or not this man is Native American is quite irrelevant to the content of the writing in my opinion. It speaks for itself. As I read I suspected as much anyway – still those two stories spoke to me and that is what matters. KD

]]> Comment on The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams by Nasdijj by hollymarie1 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-blood-runs-like-a-river-through-my-dreams-by-nasdijj/#comment-12 hollymarie1 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:42:43 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/?p=219#comment-12 I read this book several years ago and found it interesting. However this author (like James Frey, who was chastised by Oprah for his creative memoir A Million Little Pieces) has been recognized as a fraud who fabricated much of what he wrote, and is not even a Native American: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E2D8163EF937A35751C0A9609C8B63&scp=2&sq=nasdijj&st=nyt I read this book several years ago and found it interesting. However this author (like James Frey, who was chastised by Oprah for his creative memoir A Million Little Pieces) has been recognized as a fraud who fabricated much of what he wrote, and is not even a Native American:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E2D8163EF937A35751C0A9609C8B63&scp=2&sq=nasdijj&st=nyt

]]> Comment on Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews by pokemom17 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/blue-christmas-by-mary-kay-andrews/#comment-6 pokemom17 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:40:23 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/blue-christmas-by-mary-kay-andrews/#comment-6 I also enjoyed Blue Christmas. It's perfect light reading when the holidays are full of stress. I also enjoyed Blue Christmas. It’s perfect light reading when the holidays are full of stress.

]]> Comment on Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy by pokemom17 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/monkeewrench-by-p-j-tracy/#comment-4 pokemom17 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:24:19 +0000 http://chplnjbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/monkeewrench-by-p-j-tracy/#comment-4 The other books in this series are great too. The other books in this series are great too.

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