Category: Recommendations

• Tournament of Books 2025 Recap – How “The Women” Won

  The readers have spoken. The Tournament of Books has concluded, and the results are in! Middletown readers have voted Kristin Hannah’s The Women to be the 2025 Tournament of Books Champion! Going into the tournament, many foresaw this outcome–in fact, 65% of all brackets submitted this year predicted The Women to emerge victorious. In a…

  Jack B.

  April 14, 2025

  Book Reviews, Events, Recommendations

  Audiobooks, Ebooks, FourthWing, I’mGladMyMomDied, IronFlame, KillersOfTheFlowerMoon, TheWager, TheWomenByKristinHannah, Tournament, TournamentOfBooks

• Wine & Words: A Beneficial Engagement

  Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Have you ever been at a lost for what to read next? Libraries are not only a place to borrow books, but the librarians who work there aim to point you in the right direction. Librarians’ suggestions are valued. As librarians, we also value the suggestions brought to us by…

  sbarillari

  February 17, 2025

  Book Reviews, Libraries, Library Services, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  Chianti, ChiantiClassico, EdithWharton, EthanFrome, ItalianWines, PodereIlPalazzino, Zeena

• Looking For Love? Add These 10 Swoon-Worthy Romance Books To Your TBR

  By Briana G, Your Romance Loving Librarian Bestie Happy February y’all! We made it through January, so we should all give ourselves a big pat on the back. I read so much in January and cannot wait to see what February holds. We have so much to look forward to in February: Black History Month,…

  brianarusselllibrary

  February 3, 2025

  Book Reviews, Recommendations

  Book Reviews, books, books inspired by movies, books rces, brynne weaver, cowboy romance, dark romance, done and dusted, earl crush, first time caller, french pressed love, hot earl, i think they love you, julian winters, lauren kung jessen, out of the woods, queer romance, regency romance, rom com, romance books, romance girlie, romance novel, russell library, scythe and sparrow, spicy books, victorian romance, yin yang love song

• Kids Series for Everyone

  During a recent visit from my husband’s parents, I found my father-in-law reading my daughter’s book Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel. It’s a middle-grade reader and my daughter is eight years old. My father-in-law has a Ph.D. in physics and always brings a bag full of books when he visits. But he liked…

  Amy S.

  January 20, 2025

  Book Reviews, Kids and Teens, Recommendations

  BadKittyForPresident, BadKittyGetsAPhone, BadKittyGoesOnVacation, BadKittyKittenTrouble, BadKittyMakesAMovie, Bandit, BanditAndChile, Bingo, BlueHellerPup, Bluey, Chile, Cocomelon, DiaryOfAWimpyKid, DollyPartonImaginationLibrary, FamilyFrolic, GregHeffley, GustavHolst, Hammerbarn, JeffKinney, Jupiter, NickBruel, Omelette, PresidentialElection, Sleepytime, TheLongHaul, ThePlanets, UncleMurray, UncleMurraysFunFacts, Work, YogaBall

• Wine & Words: Transcending Distractions 

  Table for Two by Amor Towles Imagine sitting across the table, having a conversation with a close friend. It is just the two of you, facing each other. It is the most fundamental level of human interaction that we possess. There are no cell phones. No screens blaring the bright lights of a latest football…

  sbarillari

  January 13, 2025

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Trending, Wine & Words

  AmorTowles, Casablanca, DirtyMartini, Distractions, Martini, PhiladelphiaStory, RulesOfCivility, TableForTwo