Now that winter has settled in to stay, it's a great time to find a good book. Why not curl up in front of the fire with a hot mug of chocolate and a list of all the best novels available to purchase on your new Kindle Fire. Here is this week's top ten in new fiction from the Hopkinton Public Library: 1. Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell 2. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth - Alexander Smith McCall 3. Soft Target - Stephen Hunter 4. Supervolcano - Harry Turtledove 5. Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James 6. White Truffles in Winter - N.M. Kelby 7. The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje 8. The Train of …

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, bleary eyed parents have watched their offspring rip months of work to shreds in less than the blink of an eye, and now the wee ones are happily occupied with new toys. What is a mom to do? How about reading a good story? Here are five of this Patch writer's favorites: 1. The Christmas box collection - Richard Paul Evans These unforgettable Christmas stories are part of this "Christmas Box Collection" from Richard Paul Evans. This edition compiles three bestsellers; The Christmas Box, Timepiece, and The Letter. 2. Shepherds Abiding - Jan Karon …

Remember being a kid and cuddling with mom or dad or sitting in a circle to hear a story. This is especially magical at this time of year, when folks surround the elder in the family as he or she reads from the Night Before Christmas of Polar express. This week we take a look at the top 10 audio books available at the Hopkinton Public Library so no matter who you are with or where you are, you can listen to a story. Here is the list: 1. The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks 2. Shock Wave - John Sandford 3. Boomerang - Michael Lewis 4. The Dove Keepers - Alice Hoffmann 5. The Night Strangers - …

There is something warm and wonderful about curling up with a good book, a cup of hot chocolate and a roaring fire on a chilly evening. Trouble is, it's not easy finding the perfect book to match your reading personality. No worries, we've got you covered. Each week, the Hopkinton Patch visits the Hopkinton Public Library in search of the top five most requested and/or newest titles. Here is this week's non-fiction list and a bit about each book: 1. Here Comes Trouble - Michael Moore In this smart, funny, insightful and counterintuitive book, Michael Moore will take on the major issues of our…

There is something warm and wonderful about curling up with a good book, a cup of hot chocolate and a roaring fire on a chilly evening. Trouble is, it's not easy finding the perfect book to match your reading personality. No worries, we've got you covered. Each week, the Hopkinton Patch visits the Hopkinton Public Library in search of the top five most requested and/or newest titles. Here is this week's fiction list and a bit about each book: 1. 11/22/63 - Steven King King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. Jake …

There is something warm and wonderful about curling up with a good book, a cup of hot chocolate and a roaring fire on a chilly evening. Trouble is, it's not easy finding the perfect book to match your reading personality. No worries, we've got you covered. Each week, the Hopkinton Patch visits the Hopkinton Public Library in search of the top ten most requested and/or newest titles. Here is this week's fiction list and a bit about each book: 1. Lost Memory of Skin - Russell Banks The acclaimed author of "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Rule of the Bone" returns with a provocative new novel that …

Each week the Hopkinton Patch takes a look at what folks in the area are reading. It's a great way to find a good book without having to scour the shelves in search of a familiar title. This week we look at the top ten in adult fiction. Here is the list: 1. IQ84 - Haruki Murakami The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and best-selling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's "1984." 2. The Litigators - John Grisham The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American …

Our weekly column, what's new at the library, gives you a look at new titles available for your reading pleasure. This week we'll highlight new fiction available at Hopkinton Public Library. Here are this week's top ten: 1. Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks: The acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Rule of the Bone returns with a provocative new novel that illuminates the shadowed edges of contemporary American culture with startling and unforgettable results. 2. Operation Napolean by Arnaldur Indridason: Why is the US Army trying to secretively remove a plane from an Icelandic …

Hopkinton Public Library Director Rownak Hussain and her staff name a few of the top reads of the summer.   1. Dreams of Joy by Lisa See - Amazon description: See's Dreams of Joy picks up the story of sisters Pearl and May where Shanghai Girls left off: on the night in 1957 when Pearl's daughter, Joy, discovers hat May is her true mother. While Shanghai Girls followed the sisters from their time as models in the glittering "Paris of Asia" to their escape from the Japanese invasion and their new life in Los Angeles, its sequel sends Pearl back to Shanghai twenty years later in pursuit of Joy, …

To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal is "the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget," writes reviewer Tara Pettit about this Hopkinton Public Library Notable Book. Nearly 30 years after she leaves her childhood home, Judith Whitman wonders if she's missed her chance at real happiness in Rufus Sage, Nebraska. The lifelong regret Judith feels from leaving Willy Blunt when she went to college inspires her to pack up and re-experience life with him. She abruptly leaves her husband, her teenage daughter and her life on the West Coast to return …