Here are the Albany Public Library book reviews for late June/July on Tuesdays at 2 pm in the large auditorium at the 161 Washington Avenue branch, sponsored by the Friends and Foundation of the Albany Public Library.
June 23 | Book Reviews | Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart and The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U. S. Religion, Media, and Politics by Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway. Reviewer: Frank Robinson, JD, philosopher, author, & blogger. Frank plugged his review, happening today.
June 30 | Author Talk | Molly Dunn discusses & reads from her psychological thriller, The Circuitry We Share.
The Circuitry We Share is a disorienting psychological thriller exploring the magnetic pull between people wired to feel deeply and those who only mirror emotion. It will resonate with anyone who has fallen in love, only to realize the person they trusted was a perfect stranger.The Pattersons
July 7 | Book Review | African-Americans in the Wyoming Valley, 1778-1990, by Emerson I. Moss. Reviewer: Roger Green, MLS, business librarian retired from the NY Small Business Development Center. I picked this book because I have an ancestor, and indeed, a whole family to whom I am related, mentioned substantially in this book.
July 14 | Book Review | The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. Reviewer: Hailey Hamias, FFAPL board member & community development professional..
July 21| Book Review | Shadow Ticket, a detective novel by Thomas Pynchon. Reviewer: Dan Wilcox, peace activist & noted local poet.
July 28 | Book Review | The Left Hand of Darkness, a sci-fi classic by Ursula K. Le Guin. Reviewer: David Brickman, photographer & FFAPL treasurer.