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  • Classic Mysteries: Miss Marple

    I have something to admit. When I first started reading Agatha Christie mysteries as a teen, I didn’t like Miss Marple. It wasn’t surprising, perhaps. I was young and thought she was slow and nosy and I just couldn’t relate to her quiet village life. What a difference a few decades make. I now own…

    Mary

    September 2, 2024
    Book Reviews, Recommendations
    4:50FromPaddington, AgathaChristie, AMurderIsAnnounced, APocketFullOfRye, AtBertram’sHotel, Book Reviews, CaribbeanMystery, MissMarple, MurderAtTheVicarage, Nemesis, TheBodyInTheLibrary, TheMirrorCrack’dFromSideToSide
  • A Play-Based Library?

    “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood,” Mr. (Fred) Rogers. If you have children or are involved in the education or child care industries, you have probably heard the term “play-based”. It’s usually a way of…

    Amy S.

    August 26, 2024
    Events, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Libraries, Library Services, Middletown, CT
    AirHockey, AstronomyDepartment, Chicks, Courtyard, Families, Fiction, Foosball, JeffHorton, K9Bear, Kids, MagicShow, Meditation, MegaChess, MiddletownFireDepartment, MrRogers, NonFiction, Owls, Play, Play-based, Schools, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, Sideways, SpaceDome, SydneyTheSnake, TheSpace, WeirdBarbie, WesleyanUniversity
  • Wine & Words: Rosé All Day

    The Twenty Seventh City By Jonathan Franzen Do we remember every book that we are reading when we start a new job? Are we even reading a book? Not to add to the cliche, but being a librarian, I have a tendency to always have a book in hand. At the time I started here…

    sbarillari

    August 19, 2024
    Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words
    BandolRosé, BlushWine, Brooklyn, DomaineTempierBandolRosé, JohnathanFranzen, Oprah, Provence, Rosé, StLouis, TheCorrections, TheTwentySeventhCity, TonySoter, WhiteZinfandel
  • Beach Reads

    One of the best things about living in Connecticut is living near enough to so many beaches within an hour’s drive. As a child of the Midwest, I’m perpetually amazed by all the things we can do while living in our tiny state. We can reach both New York City and Boston within two hours.…

    Amy S.

    August 12, 2024
    Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending
    28Summers, AlanAlda, BeachRead, BookLovers, CozyCapers, Duluth, ElinHilderbrand, EllenBurstyn, EmilyHenry, FunnyStory, HappyPlace, MaddieDay, MidwestBeaches, MinnesotaPoint, MurderAtTheLobstahShack, MurderOnCapeCod, Mystery!, MysteryBookGroup, PeopleWeMeetOnVacation, RoséAllDay, RoséWine, SameTimeNextYear, SummerOf69, TheHotelNantucket, TournamentOfBooks
  • Level-Up Your Summer: Video Games at Russell Library

    Played any good games lately? It might be time to check out Russell Library’s ever-growing video game collection! Russell Library began offering Nintendo Switch games approximately one year ago, and they quickly became one of our most popular collections. Now, we are pleased to offer titles for PlayStation and Xbox consoles as well! We plan…

    Jack B.

    August 5, 2024
    Contests, Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending
    Gaming, JediFallenOrder, MarioKart, MarioParty, MilesMorales, Minecraft, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, PlayStation, PS4, PS5, SpiderMan, StarWars, SuperSmashBrosUltimate, TheSpace, VideoGames, Xbox
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