‘The Girl in the Boston Box’: A smart thriller Latovich allows you to follow around town
The fun of Chuck Latovich’s thriller “The Girl in the Boston Box” goes way beyond a savvy dissection of South End real estate and dead accurate descriptions of T travel from Harvard Square to Fenway Park. The book is slick and sophisticated, with plenty of pleasantly electric shocks.
‘Ten Thousand Shells & Counting’: What the war will look like when it lands in your neighborhood
The message of “Ten Thousand Shells & Counting,” Nadija Mujagić’s pricelessly intimate account of coming of age in bullet-riddled Sarajevo, is not that war brings out the extraordinary in people, but that it obliterates the ordinary.
Rodney’s used books is relocating, not closing
Rodney’s Bookstore is moving from its spot in Central Square because its lease is up, not closing from the impact of coronavirus, the owner says.
Culture of creativity at Porter Square Books prepared it for responding to a quarantine
Porter Square Books has gone the extra mile to keep in touch with customers during coronavirus quarantining, with a “daily-ish” newsletter, a personalized book recommendation service and livestream events such as bedtime stories, “Poetry Karaoke” and “PSB Cribs.”
Harvard Book Store offers ‘Quarantine Reading’ and new service to advise customers individually
Harvard Book Store has compiled a list of book recommendations dubbed “Quarantine Reading” – 19 books in an impressively wide and eclectic range of literary genres, is sure to provide weeks of entertainment for adult readers suffering from lockdown-induced boredom.
For a charming (and reassuring) date night, meet the ‘Let’s Be Weird Together’ authors
Most people see their weirdness as a negative, but Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel prove that a person’s quirkiness is what makes them the most interesting in their “Let’s Be Weird Together.” They bring their “date night extravaganza” to Porter Square Books on Monday.
Suchors accomplishes much in her ‘48 Peaks,’ but readers might not endure trek’s every step
What Cheryl Suchors does as a hiker is superhuman, and the astonishing level of detail she brings to the sights and experiences in New Hampshire’s White Mountains will be appreciated by many – but not by all.
Owners and employees of Porter Square Books have a long-term plan in place for succession
The owners of Porter Square Books have taken steps to ensure the store remains a local gem for a long, long time: selling half to nine senior staff members in a 10-year financing agreement that will let them take over whenever Dina Mardell and David Sandberg decide to retire.
Library’s overqualified March 17 story teller is Carla Hayden, 14th librarian of Congress
Story time at the Cambridge Public Library is special March 17, because the story teller is Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden – Cambridge’s likely favorite federal leader, as her career all about books and she’s a holdover from the administration of President Barack Obama.
Eye-popping anecdotes reveal ‘Sex Rules!’ in book culled from studies, world travel
Janice Zarro Brodman has been collecting tidbits about strange cultural practices – strange to us, anyway – since her time at Harvard, and has just published them as “Sex Rules! Astonishing Sexual Practices and Gender Roles Around the World.”
