BOOKS
SLOWING THE RACING MIND A Good Read: The Survivors Club
On my travels over the past few weeks, I listened to The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood. My huz laughs at me because I am into books that have shocking tidbits of information in them. In the same ve...
Posted on 4/13/12 at 6:00 AM
IN THE BLACK Paperback Swap
If you either have books you are looking at getting rid of or if you are looking for books, one source is Paperbackswap.com. Once you set up an account you can list post books you have to swap or sta...
Posted on 3/10/12 at 11:35 AM
THE NEW FORTY Here I am to save the day!!
Okay, so I am still in the process of pulling back together the lower level from its many scattered locations around the house. Tonight I re-situated all the emergency management books that were sitti...
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:31 PM
Book Report: New book, same old Henry
Ever since I read “The Education of Henry Adams,” I’ve thought of its author, the great-grandson of our second president and grandson of John Quincy Adams, as a sanctimonious little prig.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 24, 2012
Book Report: Even Rough Rider Teddy couldn’t tame NYC
Back in the 1950s adolescents looking for exciting reading about the facts of life, etc., turned to a series of books by muckraking journalists Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 18, 2012
Book Report: Have a peek at this American family 
The Dale family — Mom, Dad, son Zak, daughter Chloe and Lars the dog — come together for a typical American supper:
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 11, 2012
Some spies never rest; revisit fictional Door County
Tom Nash seemingly has it made. He’s a retired British spy. He lives on the Cote D’Azur, the French Riviera, hobnobs with artists and writers and expatriates like Gerald and Sara Murphy.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 04, 2012
Book Report: Founding Fathers resisted almighty presidency
“The superb landscape…is a rich regalia. We found all the farmers busily employed in gathering, grinding, and expressing the juice of their apples; the crop of which they say is rather above mediocrity.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 27, 2012
Book Report: Romance genre blooms with ‘Rumspringa’
I hail from Whitehall where there’s a large settlement of Amish who moved in forty-odd years ago.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 19, 2012
Book Report: Bubbling alcohol picks the king
As the TV announcer used to say, “How would you like to be queen for a day? Or even longer, or maybe even king?”
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 13, 2012
Book Report: Books have political verve, movie potential
If you’re wondering how we ever got so disastrously involved in Iraq, you might begin by reading “Arrows of the Night,” by Richard Bonin (Doubleday, $27.95).
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 05, 2012
Book Report: Personal ads can equal a good book
Several years ago I reviewed a book written by an acquaintance called “Round-Heeled Woman.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 29, 2012
Book Report: Even far away, zombies the rage What’s with the current zombie craze?
You can’t turn on the TV without a commercial for an upcoming zombie movie.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 22, 2012
Former UWRF professor book signing and tea
Former UW-River Falls professor, Pat Ferguson, will be at Urban Olive and Vine, 520 2nd St., in Hudson, on Sunday, March 25 from 2-4 p.m. for a book signing and tea. For reservations call 715-386-0400.
March 15, 2012
Good tasting, so long
After 13 years on the job, folks young, old and in between, showed up to bid farewell to children’s librarian Susan Pesheck Feb. 29.
March 12, 2012
Peeps are at it again, entries due March 21
The River Falls Public Library announces its now-annual Peep Diorama Contest. Entries are due by 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. Rules and entry forms are available on the library website at: www.riverfallspubliclibrary.org/peeps2012.html, or in paper form at the library.
March 09, 2012
Book Report: For these two titles, you may end up reading without a break
“Death on Cache Lake,” by Dan Woll and John W. Lyon (Romeii LLC, $14.99), is available in bookstores, at Amazon.com, Kindle, bookstores and on a website at www.danwoll.com.
It’s a humdinger of a thriller, told with great style and, unlike many thrillers, with a sense of purpose.
March 08, 2012
Winners named of hometown memories contest
The group for River Falls Reads 2012 conducted an essay contest recently. The writing theme was about memories of small-town living.
March 01, 2012
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