Detectives on The Point: Part Two!

Nelson Ritschel, Author and Professor in the Humanities Department at Mass Maritime Academy, rejoined Mindy Todd and Jill Erickson this morning for part two of detective fiction on The Point. If you missed the first discussion on detectives, you can listen to that here. You will no doubt be disappointed, as I was, that there […]

Detectives on The Point

I had the pleasure of discussing detectives in fiction this morning on The Point on WCAI, which usually is hosted by Mindy Todd, but today we were joined by the delightful Kathryn Eident. Returning to the book show this morning was Nelson Ritschel, Author and Professor in the Humanities Department at Mass Maritime Academy. Many, […]

Women’s History Month on The Point

This morning on WCAI’s monthly book show Jill was joined by librarian Kellie Porter and filling in for Mindy Todd was Kathryn Eident. Our topic was women’s history, and we had more books than we could possibly mention! You’ll find some “no time for” titles below, as well as all of the titles that we […]

The American West on The Point

This morning on WCAI we talked books about the American West. Clearly we could do an entire year of books about the American West! So many books, so little time, as they say. Author Peter Abrahams joined us and Kathryn Eident sat in for Mindy Todd. If you missed the show, you can listen online […]

Scary Stories for Halloween as Heard on The Point

If you missed today’s Halloween scary story edition of the book show on THE POINT, have no fear … you can listen online! And if you enjoyed Dan Tritle’s choice of spooky sounds, you too can have spooky sounds by checking out Martha Stewart’s CD Spooky Scary Sounds for Halloween! Mindy’s Pick Communion: a true […]

Dreams and Dreaming on The Point

Below you’ll find the book list for today’s book show with Mindy Todd, Peter Abrahams and Jill Erickson. Miss the show? You can listen to the entire show online. Here are the links to the two videos that Peter mentioned: Carl Jung on Face to Face Delmore Schwartz — In Dreams Begin Responsiblities Peter’s Picks […]

Top Ten Books, Part Two, on The Point

Today we did part two of our top ten favorite books.  Bob Waxler, recently retired English professor from U. Mass, Dartmouth, joined Mindy and me for the monthly book show on WCAI’s  The Point. Our topic was the second half of our top ten favorite books. As it happened, it was also pledge week at […]

Books to Make You Laugh on The Point

This morning on The Point with Mindy Todd we discussed books that make us laugh. Joining Mindy were Jill Erickson, Head of Reference and Adult Services at FPL and Vicky Titcomb of Titcomb’s Bookshop in East Sandwich. We hope you’ll now be able to start your new year with a chuckle! Below are our lists, […]

Holiday Books on the Point

Today’s show was pre-recorded, due to the WCAI pledge drive, which means that the morning show was abbreviated, but the 7:00 PM show will be the complete show.  So if you see books on this list that you didn’t actually hear about when you were listening, that would be the reason! You can also listen […]

Young Adult & Children’s Books on The Point

Joining Mindy today on The Point’s monthly show on books were Sara Hines of Eight Cousins Books and Mary E. Cronin. The topic was books for children and young adults, and below you will find a list of books that were mentioned, as well as listener picks. We know we discovered lots of new titles […]