Category: Recommendations

• Want To Become A Bookstagrammer? Here Are A Few Tips To Get Started! (From Your Local Librarian/Bookstagrammer)

  By Briana G I know what some of you may be thinking: what the heck is Bookstagram? A Bookstagram is simply an Instagram account dedicated to books/bookish topics. Those accounts share giveaways, book reviews, book challenges, and general posts about their love of books, reading, and libraries too! I created mine in February of 2023…

  brianarusselllibrary

  July 22, 2024

  Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  bookstagram, BookTok, Canva, CharterBooks, Instagram, Props, QOTD, TikTok

• Wine & Words: The Unexpected

  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Great Expectations was not what I expected. No, I did not read Dickens in high school and yes, this was my first time reading Dickens. The inclination to read Dickens was due to an entirely different author. This author is from the modern era, but is an acquired taste. A…

  sbarillari

  July 15, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  CharlesDickens, Dönnhoff, Dickens, Germany, GreatExpectations, MissHaversham, MrPip, NaheRegion, Riesling, VictorianEngland

• Classic Mysteries: Brother Cadfael

  Who is Brother Cadfael? A Benedictine monk like no other. Set in the mid 12th century, the Brother Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters are a set of twenty incredibly satisfying stories detailing the mystery-solving skills of one former crusader turned Medieval monk. The best description of Cadfael is in the opening of the first book,…

  Mary

  July 1, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations

  Book Reviews, Brother Cadfael, Medieval Stories, Mysteries

• 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

• 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