Category: Book Reviews

• Wine & Words: A Perry Pairing

  Washington: A LifeBy Ron Chernow By the time you are reading this a new president will be elected. I am not going to be political, but in leu of this election season, I would like to bring it back to our first elected president, George Washington. Let’s square away some things first; many people have…

  sbarillari

  November 25, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

  AlexanderHamilton, CherryTree, Ciders, CidrerieDuVulcain, France, GeorgeWashington, GilbertStuart, HamiltonThePlay, JacquesPerita, JohnAdams, MtVernon, NewEngland, Normandy, PoireComment, RembrandtPeale, RonChernow, WashingtonALife, WashingtonBeforeYorktown, WoodenTeeth

• What Books Go with Turkey and Gratitude?

  It’s that time of year again: Daylight Savings Time. The sun drops below the horizon before 4:30PM now – long before many of us leave work for home. Car accidents increase because no one’s used to driving in the dark before dinner with glaring LED headlights in our eyes. Many people are pretty bummed about…

  Amy S.

  November 18, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations

  AgathaRaisin, AManCalledOve, BarbaraPark, ChristmasVacation, DaylightSavingsTime, FredrikBackman, Gratitude, JunieBJones, MidsomerMurders, PhillipaGregory, PopBiscuits, Thanksgiving, ThePlague, TheWhiteQueen, TurkeyDinner, TurkeysWeHaveLovedAndEaten, TurkeyTrotMurder

• Wine & Words: All Souls of Sancerre

  All Souls Series: The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness  “It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.” I am not sure if many of you know the quote, it is from the series known as A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. The…

  sbarillari

  October 28, 2024

  Book Reviews, Wine & Words

  ADiscoveryOfWitches, AllHallowsEve, AllSoulsTrilogy, ArthurMiller, BeccaBishop, DeborahHarkness, DianaBishop, DomaineSerge, France, LaloueRouge, RedWine, SalemWitchTrials, Sancerre, SavignonBlanc, TheBlackBirdOracle, TheCongregation, TheCrucible, Vampires

• Wine & Words: Taking The Stand on Beer

  The Stand by Stephen KingSpooky season is creeping around the corner, to set the mood Mac Demarco rings in my ear and Stephen King has just left my book shelf. Well, actually this specific book lived in my car. It had it’s purpose. If I were ever to be stranded, this book would be my…

  sbarillari

  September 23, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  CaptainTrips, Covid, JamesPatterson, Lager, MacDemarco, Narragansett, NoraRoberts, RandallFlagg, StephenKing, SuperFlu, TheStand

• Lost in Translation: Current Reads  

  I hope you all are reading more manga! I thought I would update the blog with some things I’ve recently read and upcoming titles coming to our collection soon. If you’re looking for a different pace from Shōnen manga but still want the high fantasy action/adventure setting, try reading Solo Leveling.  This story follows Korean…

  dillhelm

  September 9, 2024

  Book Reviews, Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Trending

  AkaneBanashi, Anime, ASignOfAffection, Crunchyroll, DeliciousInDungeon, DungeonMeshi, HirotakaNifuji, Iwakura, Libby, LoveIsHardForOtaku, Manhwa, MitsumiIwakura, NarumiMomose, Rakugoka, RyokoKui, SeinenFantasy, Shima, ShonenManga, SkipAndLoafer, SoloLeveling, SungJinwoo, SōsukeShima, Tokyo, WhisperMeALoveSong, WitchHatAtelier, Wotakoi