Category: Recommendations

• 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

• Video Games at the Library – What’s New to Play

  November 2024 There are new games to borrow from the Russell Library! Itching to bring home something to share with your friends and family? Or looking for a more beefy, immersive time sink that you can get lost in? We’ve got you covered with our latest additions. Here are six titles new in our collection…

  Jack B.

  November 4, 2024

  Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  EchoesOfWisdom, EldenRing, ForzaHorizon5, GodOfWarRagnarok, HorizonForbiddenWest, Minecraft, NativeAmerican, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, Persona, Persona3Reload, Persona5Tactica, PlayStation, PrincessPeachShowtime, RedDeadRedemptionII, SuperMarioRPG, TheLegendOfZelda, TheOregonTrail, TheSpace, Xbox, XBoxOne, XBoxSeries

• 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

• 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