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On Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. Sheila Webster Boneham will bring her new book, Rescue Matters: How to Find, Foster & Rehome Companion Animals to the Learned Owl Book Shop, 204 N. Main St., in Hudson. . . . . Floriana Hall will have a book signing Aug.t 12, at 2 p.m. at Cuyahoga Falls Library, 2015 Third St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Hall also [...]
Linda Gerber, author of Death by Bikini, Death by Latte and Death by Denim (Puffin Books), will be at Cali Juice (105 First Street, Hudson) Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. She’ll be talking about her popular, young adult mystery series and signing copies of her books. Gerber has written numerous books for teens, including two in the Students Across the Seven Seas series: The Finnish Line and Now [...]
Got this from a friend, and thought it was fun. BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Instructions: Copy this into your notes. Look at the list and put an ‘X’ after those you have read. Tag other book loving [...]
I did a video sidebar on the costume department for Porthouse Theatre, which was preparing for “Annie Get Your Gun.” I also went out to Stan Hywet Hall July 19 for the Akron Cup, and took video snippets of the grounds, which highlight “Barkitecture.”
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, by Nahoko Uehashi. 2009 Batchelder Award Winner. I wondered from the beginning of this book whether this was a series, for even from the first chapter you get the sense of this huge universe, where only the surface is scratched. It is, indeed, a series — manga and anime. The [...]
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. 2009 ALSC Notable Children’s Books. This story was somewhat reminiscent of Stephen King’s stories, “The Running Man” and “The Long Walk.” I remember reading “The Long Walk” and finding it chilling, but this is even more horrifying. In this distopic novel, Katniss is one of the tributes at the [...]
On Aug.6 at 6 p.m., Sheila Webster Boneham will bring her new book, Rescue Matters: How to Find, Foster & Rehome Companion Animals to the Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St, Hudson). Boneham’s guide is for both volunteers and organizations. It includes chapters on everything from getting organized, to managing veterinary costs, to maintaining optimism. To learn more about [...]
On July 27 at 7 p.m., meet with local author Chris G. Horattas to hear about his new book and his childhood on the island of Cyprus, where love was born and worshipped, strife, war and turmoil prevail. Copies of Chris’s book will be available for purchase and signing. Horattas will be at the Cuyahoga [...]
Ted Lesiak of Medina shakes the hand of Indians baseball legend Bob Feller, July 21, at the Hudson Library and Historical Society where he signed his two books. Nearly 200 fans lined up July 21 in the rotunda of the Hudson Library and Historical Society to meet Feller, a Cleveland Indians icon and Baseball Hall [...]
Terry Sykes-Bradshaw will be at the Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St, Hudson) on July 25th at 11 a.m. with her new book, The Awful Truth about Dead Men. The mystery starts after five friends book a girls’ getaway cruise in the Florida Keys. Soon the Captain is dead, then the body is [...]