Category: Book Reviews

• Gothic Mysteries for the Summer

  When it’s too hot outside to even go to the beach, run yourself a cool bath or take a cold shower and keep the chill on with a gothic mystery. Nothing keeps you from overheating like reading about cold tombs and drafty cathedrals. The following are some of my favorite gothic chillers. The Curse of…

  Amy S.

  June 24, 2024

  Book Reviews

  ACuriousBeginning, BarbaraMichaels, CharlotteBronte, DaphneDuMaurier, DeannaRaybourn, ElizabethPeters, GothicMystery, JaneEyre, JessArmstrong, RachelHawkins, Rebecca, SecretsOfRussellLibrary, TheCurseOfPenrythHall, TheDeedsOfTheDisturber, TheVilla, ThornfieldHall, VeronicaSpeedwell

• Celebrating Juneteenth

  Russell Library could not be more excited to take part in Middletown’s 4th Annual Liberation Day Festival on June 19th. After the parade, swing by our table at Harbor Park to pick up one of the giveaway titles listed below. They are available to Middletown residents while supplies last. Many thanks to the Middletown Ujima…

  brandiedoyle

  June 17, 2024

  Book Reviews, Events, Giveaways, Middletown, CT, Recommendations, Trending

  AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn, AfricanTown, AliceFayeDuncan, ALittleDevilInAmerica, AllianLAgostini, AmandaGorman, AmyraLeon, AnnetteGordonReed, ArethaFranklin, ArlishaNorwood, Beyonce, BlackLiturgies, BrownGirlDreaming, CharlesJohnson, CharlesWater, ColeArthurRiley, ColsonWhitehead, DanteStewart, FourHundredSouls, FreedomWeSing, HanifAbdurraqib, HighOnTheHog, IbramXKendi, IreneLatham, JacquelineWoodson, JamesANovel, JamesBaldwin, JamesBrown, JessicaBHarris, Juneteenth, JuneteenthANovel, KeishaNBlain, KeturahABobo, LiberationDay, MiddletownCT, MollyMendoza, OnJuneteenth, OpalLee, PercivalEverett, PulitzerPrize, RalphEllison, SawyerCloud, ShoutinInTheFire, SoulTrain, TaNehisiCoates, TheFireNextTime, TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir, TheHillWeClimb, TheHistoryOfJuneteenth, TheJuneteenthStory, TheUndergroundRailroad, TheWaterDancer, UjimaAlliance, WhitneyHouton

• Wine & Words: Wellness in an American Vintage

  Wellness by Nathan Hill Finding the right book has been difficult. Recently, every book that crosses my path has been monotonous. Nothing has brought me joy. Aren’t books suppose to spark joy? I think so. If I do not like a book, I will not read it to its entirety; however, I used to. As…

  sbarillari

  June 3, 2024

  Book Reviews, Wine & Words

  ElizabethAndJack, MiddleAge, NathanHill, Oregon, TheNix, VinDeDays, Wellness, WellnessANovel, WellnessNathanHill, WillametteValley

• Books for Lovers of Jane Austen

  One seems so forlorn without books. Do you consider yourself a “Janeite” (someone obsessed with both Jane Austen as a person and as an author) or simply a connoisseur of classic literature, British literature, 19th century literature, romantic literature, and/or feminist literature? Regardless of which camp you fall into, if you love books by Jane…

  Amy S.

  May 20, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations

  CurtisSittenfeld, DowntonAbbey, EdwardFerrars, Eligible, ElizabethBennet, Emma, IncenseAndSensibility, JaneAusten, Janeite, JaniceHadlow, JoBaker, Longbourn, LongbournANovel, MrDarcy, NorthangerAbbey, PrideAndPrejudice, PridePrejudiceAndOtherFlavors, RecipeForPersuasion, SonaliDev, TheEmmaProject, TheOtherBennetSister

• Wine & Words: ‘A Warrior for the Sun; a Fighter for the Light’

  Down Below by Leonora Carrington Rain putters against the window. Grey skies encompass the building of old that fosters knowledge within its walls. It cultivates a home for life-long learning. Libraries are a creative living organism – an analogy learned in grad school that holds truth. Libraries are ever-evolving to fill the void and meet…

  sbarillari

  May 13, 2024

  Book Reviews, Libraries, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  CatInTheHat, DownBelow, FemaleSurrealists, FridaKahlo, Garnacha, LeonoraCarrington, LosAndreses, Luzador, MaxErnst, RuthDeAndres, Tempranillo, Tinto