The Ossining Review of Books
Volume 1, No. 2February, 2006
The Ossining Review of Books is an online public forum to discuss what you've been reading. Its editor is Bob Minzesheimer, vice president of the library's Board of Trustees and a book reviewer for USA Today and WFUV. We welcome comments and reading recommendations. Please send to bob@ossininglibrary.org.
Question of the month: Can reading be romantic? To mark Valentine's Day, what is your favorite book -- fiction or non-fiction -- that deals with love? Email your response to: bob@ossininglibrary.org.


Last month's question: What is your favorite book about Westchester?
The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

This novel, based loosely upon the André affair, places you squarely in Westchester County during the American Revolution. While only his second novel, it relates the timeless agony of a country divided. You’ll recognize travels through Ossining during plot development.

Richard Hare



the Director's Corner

DEBUT FICTION

Read "All Ships Are She," an award-winning short story by OHS student Caroline Pietsch


My Five Favorite Love Stories

by Carolyn Black

Carolyn Black is the former choral and theater director at Ossining High School. and will be at the library for a special Valentine's Day program on February 10th.

My Five Favorite Books About the Movies

by Marshall Fine

Ossining resident Marshall Fine is the film/TV critic for Star magazine. His newest book is “Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented American Independent Film” from Miramax Books, which is also reprinting his 1991 book, Bloody Sam: The Life and Films of Sam Peckinpah.

Reserve books online
Review of the Month: Crash Out by David Goewey
by Bob Minzesheimer

Staff Picks

What the pros are reading

read away your fines

Local Literary News: Books and Movies…

  • A SECRET GARDEN: The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville is sponsoring a "Book Chat for Families" Sunday, Feb. 19, after the noon screening of the movie based on Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel, The Secret Garden. Kids who bring a story they've written get in free! Details: www.burnsfilmcenter.org.
  • A SUBURBAN GARDEN: Joan Gussow, author of This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader will discuss her book at the Hudson River Museum, in Yonkers, Sunday, March 12, at 1 p.m. as part of its "Westchester: The American Suburb" exhibit. Details: www.hrm.org
The opinions expressed here are not those of the Ossining Public Library, which is serving as a clearinghouse for readers and writers to express their opinions.

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