Category: Book Reviews

• What Are You Reading In 2024? Here Are 15 Books For Every Reader, Librarian Approved

  2024 is proving to be a fantastic year for new book publications. I have had the privilege of receiving ARCS (advanced readers copies) through sites like Netgalley, Edelweiss Plus, and Librofm for many 2024 publications. I receive these electronically and either listen to audiobooks in app or send ebooks to my Kindle. Once I read/listen…

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  March 11, 2024

  Book Reviews, Inside Stories, Recommendations

  AlexMichaelides, ALoveSongforRickiWilde, AustinSiegemundBroka, BrianaBookReviews, CharlesDuhigg, DeborahJacksonTaffa, ElizabethGonzalezJames, EmilyWibberley, ErikLarson, FangirlDown, FreidaMcFadden, IndianBurialGround, JamesByPercivalEverett, KristinHannah, LeighBardugo, NickMedina, OurMoon, PercivalEverett, RachelHawkins, RebeccaBoyle, Supercommunicators, Swifties, TessaBailey, TheBreakupTour, TheBulletSwallower, TheDemonsOfUnrest, TheFamiliar, TheFury, TheHeiress, TheTeacherByFreidaMcFadden, TheWomenByKristinHannah, TiaWilliams, WhiskeyTender

• Wine & Words: Rhône on the Road

  Kerouac:  A Biography By Ann Charters  A breeze wisps against my face as the wind tunnels through my soul. Grey marks the sky and the painted art on the buildings tell a story of community. The passerby’s are dressed to impress, while I am bundled head to toe. The cold doesn’t phase these brave souls, while…

  sbarillari

  March 4, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  AnnCharters, ChateauRedortier, ChâteauneufDuPape, CoteDeRhoneVillages, EastVillageBooks, France, HyannisCapeCod, JackKerouac, KerouacABiography, MenthonFamily, RedortierBeaumesDeVenise, RhoneValley, RhoneWine, StMarksPlace

• Lost in Translation: the Confession

  Hey everybody! It’s Dillon again back to talk about more manga. I hope that in the new year, a few of you have picked up some manga to try it out. I would be curious to hear your thoughts and opinions, so come and find me in Russell Library and chat. I thought about starting…

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  February 5, 2024

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations

  Aharen-senWaHakarenai, Anime, GraphicNovels, Horimiya, Kaguya-sama, KomiCantCommunicate, LoveIsWar, Manga, MyDressUpDarling, Shikimori’sNotJustACutie, TomoChanIsAGirl

• Wine & Words: A Somm’s Guidebook

  Welcome to the New Year! We are either excited and still proactively working on our resolutions, or we are among the “antiresolutionist.” Either way, if you are looking to get into wine and don’t know where to start – then here it is. Simply drink! Visit your local ‘packy’ and start buying the ten dollar…

  sbarillari

  January 22, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  AdventuresOnTheWineRoute, BiancaBosker, CorkDork, KermitLynch, Sommeliers, TastingAdvice, WineBooks, WineIndustry, WineTasting

• 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?…

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  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