Category: Book Reviews

• 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

• 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

• 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