Category: Recommendations

• Wine & Words: The Devil Comes to Moscow

  

  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Arm and arm, hand and hand, I stroll the neighborhoods filled with brownstones that reminisce a tale from the past. Warmth pulses from the sun, beating softly down on a different borough. The East Village has changed directions to the West. Vintage clothing line the streets. Records are…

  sbarillari

  April 22, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  ArboisRouge, Behemoth, DomaineRolet, FrenchWines, Hella, JuraRegion, MikailBulgakov, Moscow, PinotNoir, Poulsard, ProfessorWoland, RougeTradition, SovietRussia, SovietUnion, Stalin, SympathyForTheDevil, TheMasterAndMargarita, Trousseau

• Lost in Translation: Honorifics 

  Welcome back to the blog! This is a segment I started to help new and casual readers of manga understand things that are mistranslated or lost crossing cultures. In this next segment, I want to cover honorifics.  You might have noticed little words tacked onto the end of names in your reading. These “little words”…

  dillhelm

  March 18, 2024

  Graphic Novels / Manga, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Lost In Translation, Recommendations, Trending

  Chan, GraphicNovels, Honorifics, JapaneseHonorifics, KatashiHatake, Kun, Manga, Naruto, Sama, San, SpyXFamily, VinlandSaga

• What Are You Reading In 2024? Here Are 15 Books For Every Reader, Librarian Approved

  2024 is proving to be a fantastic year for new book publications. I have had the privilege of receiving ARCS (advanced readers copies) through sites like Netgalley, Edelweiss Plus, and Librofm for many 2024 publications. I receive these electronically and either listen to audiobooks in app or send ebooks to my Kindle. Once I read/listen…

  brianarusselllibrary

  March 11, 2024

  Book Reviews, Inside Stories, Recommendations

  AlexMichaelides, ALoveSongforRickiWilde, AustinSiegemundBroka, BrianaBookReviews, CharlesDuhigg, DeborahJacksonTaffa, ElizabethGonzalezJames, EmilyWibberley, ErikLarson, FangirlDown, FreidaMcFadden, IndianBurialGround, JamesByPercivalEverett, KristinHannah, LeighBardugo, NickMedina, OurMoon, PercivalEverett, RachelHawkins, RebeccaBoyle, Supercommunicators, Swifties, TessaBailey, TheBreakupTour, TheBulletSwallower, TheDemonsOfUnrest, TheFamiliar, TheFury, TheHeiress, TheTeacherByFreidaMcFadden, TheWomenByKristinHannah, TiaWilliams, WhiskeyTender

• Wine & Words: Rhône on the Road

  Kerouac:  A Biography By Ann Charters  A breeze wisps against my face as the wind tunnels through my soul. Grey marks the sky and the painted art on the buildings tell a story of community. The passerby’s are dressed to impress, while I am bundled head to toe. The cold doesn’t phase these brave souls, while…

  sbarillari

  March 4, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

  AnnCharters, ChateauRedortier, ChâteauneufDuPape, CoteDeRhoneVillages, EastVillageBooks, France, HyannisCapeCod, JackKerouac, KerouacABiography, MenthonFamily, RedortierBeaumesDeVenise, RhoneValley, RhoneWine, StMarksPlace

• A March Book Tournament at Russell Library!

  Bracket Season is almost here! Yes, as February draws to a close, many of us can’t help but get caught up in March Madness, the college basketball tournament put on by the NCAA every March. Many of us know the tension of watching your favorite team battle to win it all, or the thrill of…

  Jack B.

  February 26, 2024

  Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Recommendations, Sports, Trending

  AdultFiction, AdultNonFiction, Basketball, Belonging, BookBracketPredictionContest, BookTournament, CryingInHMart, DemonCopperhead, DowntownMiddletownGiftCard, GoToDinners, HangtheMoon, HappyPlace, HeartBones, HelloBeautiful, I’mGladMyMomDied, LessonsInChemistry, MadHoney, March15th, MarchMadness, MarchTournament, PovertyByAmerica, SomeoneElsesShoes, Spare, TheWager, TheWomanInMe, Tournament, TournamentOfBooks