The Library Vault

What Did the Paranormal Investigators find at Russell Library?

Part One – The Virginia Hatch Room Not everyone was able to make the December presentation by the Eastern Connecticut Paranormal Society at Russell Library about their 2023 findings. For those who have been asking what happened, this post is the first in a series of what you missed — plus more information from your…

Amy S.

January 15, 2024

Inside Stories, Secrets of Russell Library

DirectorLaura, EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ECPS, EdnaWilder, ghosts, LauraPhilbrook, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, SouthFarmsBranch, VirginiaHatchRoom
What Was Your Favorite Book This Year? Here Are Ten Books Librarians Loved in 2023

Believe it or not, the end of 2023 has come and gone (which is WILD because it feels like it was July, like, yesterday). There are two questions I typically ask myself when December rolls around:1. Did I meet my reading goal this year?2. What was my favorite book I read this year and why?…

brianarusselllibrary

January 8, 2024

Book Reviews

AFeverIntheHeartland, AnnPatchet, AshelyPreston, BestBooks2023, Book Reviews, Davenports, DearMothman, FourthWing, HangtheMoon, Hester, JeannetteWalls, JessupWard, JohnMilas, KrystalMarquis, LanaFerguson, LetUsDescent, LicoAlbanese, MarcusBrotherton, RobinGow, TananariveDue, TheFakeMate, TheLongMarchHome, TheMilitiaHouse, TheReformatory, TheSevenYearSlip, TimothyEgan, TomLake, ToscaLee, WarriorGirl
Wine and Words: “Memory, the Seamstress,” and Bubbly

Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that. Memory runs her needle in and out, up and down, hither and thither. We know not what comes next, or what follows after. Virginia Woolf, Orlando, Chapter 2 Now, as readers we might be afraid of Virginia Woolf. Edward…

sbarillari

January 1, 2024

Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

Champagne, Cremant, FrenchWine, Loire, Orlando, VirginiaWoolf
The Return of the Light: Finding Comfort in Winter

“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.” ― Margaret Atwood, Eating Fire. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, the Winter Solstice, Diwali, Soyal, Yalda, Dōngzhì, Lohri, New…

Amy S.

December 25, 2023

Book Reviews, Inside Stories, Recommendations

AChristmasCarol, EasternConnecticutParanormalSociety, ElizabethPeters, EmilyBronte, FiresideGhostStories, FossHill, GhostStories, Hygge, JacquelineFrost, JanBrett, JaneYolen, KatherineArden, LittleWomen, LouisaMayAlcott, MiddletownStrong, OwlMoon, Podcast, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, StalkingAroundTheChristmasTree, TheBearAndTheNightingale, TheMitten, TrojanGold, WinterSolstice, WutheringHeights
Animation that Excites, Manga that Inspires

As graphic novels are trending more and more, the term “manga” might have tickled your ear. What is manga and where did it come from? My name is Dillon, I am a new Library Associate here in our Information Services and Adult Learning Department. I’m here to shed some light on the subject. Manga (pronounced…

dillhelm

December 18, 2023

Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Lost In Translation, Recommendations, Trending

Anime, AsiaPacific, Cartoons, Comics, DCComics, GraphicNovels, Japan, Manga, Marvel, Toonami

What Did the Paranormal Investigators find at Russell Library?

What Was Your Favorite Book This Year? Here Are Ten Books Librarians Loved in 2023

Wine and Words: “Memory, the Seamstress,” and Bubbly

The Return of the Light: Finding Comfort in Winter

Animation that Excites, Manga that Inspires