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  • Books for Busy Families

    If you know me in real life, you probably know that every time I have a real life problem, I find targeted books to help me solve it. The books have to be relatively recent (within the last 10ish years) and written by or in partnership with experts or specialists in whatever the field happens…

    Amy S.

    November 10, 2025
    Book Reviews, Kids and Teens, Recommendations
    1-2-3Magic, BusyFamilies, DrEmilyOster, DrPhelan, DrThomasPhelan, EmilyOster, ParentingBooks, TheFamilyFirm, TheManagerMomEpidemic
  • Wine & Words: What to Read, What to Drink, and AI?

    There have been many times when I have started a blog post and I was unclear on my next read. Eventually, something, or someone, sparks an inspiration for reading. Well, sometimes that inspiration just does not come. Sometimes we are not meant to read. Or we pick a new book up and, about twenty pages…

    sbarillari

    November 3, 2025
    AI, Book Reviews, Recommendations, Technology, Trending, Wine & Words
    AI, ArtificialIntelligence, ChatGPT, Pairing, ReadingTips, Wine
  • Theater in the Round at Russell Library

    A few weeks ago, I walked into Russell Library’s Reading Room at 7am on a Friday morning. My mission, with the help of two members of our facilities department and a member of the East Haddam Stage Company’s production team, was to set up 80 chairs in various configurations and then put them all away…

    Mary

    October 27, 2025
    A Christmas Carol, Events, Inside Stories, Libraries, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library
    AChristmasCarol, CharlesDickens, EbenezerScrooge, JacobMarley, LibraryFundraiser, TheSpace, YeOldeCostumeShoppe
  • Secrets of the Season

    Have you ever noticed that point in late summer when the lush abundance of the natural world reaches a tipping point, and begins to decay? The perfume of Fall starts then: as the blossoming flowers over-ripen, their edges just starting to curl, releasing intoxicating scents. The gardens and woods ferment in their own beauty —…

    Amy S.

    October 20, 2025
    Book Reviews, Mysteries, Recommendations
    AuraleeWallace, autumn, BurnWitchBurn, ConjureWife, DrJackSantino, EvenfallWitchesB&B, film, FritzLeiber, Halloween, HalloweenAndOtherFestivalsOfLifeAndDeath, HarvestFestival, horror, InTheCompanyOfWitches, LlewellynsLittleBookOfHalloween, MickieMueller, movies, NightOfTheEagle, PracticalMagic
  • The Witch

    Witch. It’s such a simple word, just five little letters, yet strong enough to conjure intense feelings in those who wield it. As librarians, we know there is power to be found in words. We treat them with respect, knowing that words have been used throughout the ages to heal and to harm. With Halloween…

    Cate T.

    October 13, 2025
    Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending
    AliceHoffman, AnAncientWitchesGuideToModernDating, AnnaRasche, BlackBirdOracle, CeciliaEdward, Chocolat, GradyHendrix, Hester, JoanneHarris, LaurieLicoAlbanese, LucyJaneWood, PracticalMagic, Rewitched, SilviaMorenoGarcia, StacySivinski, TheBewitching, TheCrescentMoonTearoom, TheHoneyWitch, TheInvisibleHour, TheSpellshop, TheStoneWitchOfFlorence, UnCharmed, Vianne, Witch, WitchcraftForWaywardGirls, Witches, WitchesOfElPaso
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