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“Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don’t, bring value to your life.”–Ezra Klein, Vox “Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology.Continue reading “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport”

“Your situation is always ambiguous, isn’t it, Guido?”, his father-in-law, Count Orazio Falier, observes of Donna Leon’s soulful detective, Guido Brunetti, at the beginning of her superb 28th Brunetti novel, Unto Us A Son Is Given. “The world we live in makes that necessary,” Brunetti presciently replies. Count Falier was urging his Venetian son-in-law toContinue reading “Unto Us a Son is Given by Donna Leon”

“A mayor’s inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal. Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation’sContinue reading “Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttigieg”

“A young girl with an eating disorder must find the strength to recover in this moving middle-grade novel from Jen Petro-Roy Before she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a runner, a sister, and a friend. But now, from inside the inpatient treatment center where she’s receiving treatment forContinue reading “Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy”

“The next in New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone series involves the Knights of Malta, papal conclave, and lost documents that could change history.  A deadly race for the Vatican’s oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s latest international Cotton Malone thriller.   The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacementContinue reading “Malta Exchange by Steve Berry”

“Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel.” ―Ben Macintyre, bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends “In this gripping contemporary thriller, reminiscent of the classic Casablanca, a successful spy novelist is drawn into a real-life espionage plot when he’s ordered to find a mysterious fugitive on the alluring but deadly streets ofContinue reading “The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cummings”

Open Play originally scheduled for Thursday February 21st at 10am has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2019 FROM Entertainment Weekly * O, The Oprah Magazine * Southern Living * BBC * Huffington Post * Lit Hub * Kirkus * Bustle * Publishers Weekly * BookRiot * Popsugar * Bookish * The Boston Globe * The Seattle Times “A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCrackenContinue reading “Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken”