Tag: BarbaraKingsolver

• Wine & Words: Pour Local, Read Local

  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life  By Barbara Kingsolver  Throughout our existence, humans have created environments to fit our needs. We are the most adaptable species. In some ways, some may think that we mastered Mother Earth, they could not be more wrong. By creating an environment to fit our needs, we are…

  sbarillari

  July 14, 2025

  Book Reviews, Recommendations, Wine & Words

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• Tournament of Books 2024 – Results and “Highlights Package!”

  The results are in! And it wasn’t really close. And the Russell Library 2024 Tournament of Books Champion is… With a whopping 87.3% of the vote, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus was voted the Russell Library’s 2024 Tournament of Books Champion! Recently adapted into an Apple TV+ mini-series, Garmus’ debut novel about a chemist-turned-cooking show host really resonated…

  Jack B.

  April 15, 2024

  Book Reviews, Contests, Events, Inside Stories, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Sports

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