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BOOKS

Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080

"Echo Park" by Michael Connelly Popular crime novelist Michael Connelly has done it again in his new police drama "Echo Park" ($27). Here we find our old fiend Harry Bosch embroiled in a decade-old cold case. Connelly's effortless writing style, plot twists and insights into characters make this latest novel among his strongest.

- Mimi Beman, owner,

Mitchell's Book Corner

Nantucket Bookworks 25 Broad Street 228-4000

"The Thirteenth Tale"

by Diane Setterfield

This week's pick is a second-hand recommendation from The Atheneum's Kasia Baker, who hasn't been able to put this book down since she picked it up. "The Thirteenth Tale" is a story about storytelling. A reclusive author who has been making up tales about her childhood for decades finally agrees to tell the real story to a biographer, and it is mesmerizing, full of "gothic strangeness, ghosts and feral twins."

- Cristina Blank,

Nantucket Bookworks

MUSIC

Musicall 4 East Chestnut Street 228-9306

Jimmy Buffett "Take the Weather with You" The man who once wanted to buy the Chicken Box does it again with a tropical rock release so cool and frosty, it should come with a straw.

Also out this week: Rod Stewart "Still the Same: Great

Rock Classics of Our Time" Sting "Songs from the Labyrinth"

Robert Randolph and the Family

Band "Colorblind" Mindy Smith "Long Island Shores"

VIDEOS

Camera Shop & Nantucket Video 32 Main Street 228-0101

"12 and Holding"

(Rated R)

Adrama directed by Michael Cuesta (of 2001's "L.I.E."), this is a coming-of-age film about how the lives of three suburban 12-year-olds change in different and unexpected ways after a close friend of theirs is killed in what was just supposed to be a prank. The ending is disturbing and it's not going to sit well with some of the viewers - but what makes this film so amazing and extraordinary is the dialogue spoken by the three young actors; it is intelligent, frank and honest. This is a movie that definitely hits the nail on the head about how we heal from the pain of childhood and how that can shape the outcome of the adults we become.

Orange Street Video 117 Orange Street 228-5806

"Click"

(Rated PG-13)

Auniversal remote only controls your entertainment system, right? That is what Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) thought until he met quirky inventor Morty (Christopher Walken). Morty has invented a remote that controls more than the TV; it controls Michael's universe. Overwhelmed by all of his responsibilities to his family and his job, Michael uses this remote to skip over the frustrations. However, Michael soon learns that going through life on fast forward is no way live it. Also starring Christopher Walken, Kate Beckinsale and David Hasselholf.

- Kate O'Brien manager,

Orange Street Video