Category: Wine & Words
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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…
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Wine & Words: Rosé All Day
The Twenty Seventh City By Jonathan Franzen Do we remember every book that we are reading when we start a new job? Are we even reading a book? Not to add to the cliche, but being a librarian, I have a tendency to always have a book in hand. At the time I started here…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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