All Booked Up from the Windsor Library: November 2022

All Booked Up

Windsor Library's Newsletter for Readers

November 2022

The library currently offers curbside service for all of your holds and checkouts. Call 860-285-1910 to schedule a pickup.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Coming to a bookshelf near you!

(click on the cover to place your hold today)

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What Will You Read in November 2022?

See all of our new materials this month!

Listen Up

Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy is [an] analysis of a culture in crisis -- that of poor, white Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for over forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history."

No, But I Read the Book

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Overcoming the odds, Matilda Wormwood forges her own path by discovering her superpower. She loves using the pages of her books to escape her loud, selfish, and unkind family. She finds inspiration in her teacher Miss Honey and librarian Mrs. Phelps and makes new friends at school. Read the book, Matilda, before Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Movie drops on Netflix.

Book Club Corner

A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

A popular title with the book club crowd - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. Imagines the life story of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth's painting "Christina's World," describing the simple life she led on a remote Maine farm, her complicated relationship with her family, and the illness that incapacitated her.

Raising a Reader (Kids or Teen Book of Interest)

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer by Alexandra Penfold

The every day gifts and lessons author Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous scientist and botanist, are now available to a younger audience with the publication of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults. With the help of Monique Gray Smith, Wall Kimmerer encourages us to listen to the plants around us to provide a wider understanding of ecology.

Spotlight: Cookbook Corner

Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman

Deb Perelman is back with another cookbook-Smitten Kitchen Keepers. What makes a recipe something that you both want to cook and eat again? The author helps you develop your list with a collection of her most requested recipes that are easy to shop for, enjoyable and practical to prepare, delicious, and reliable for any home cook. Put on your apron and spend time in the kitchen with Deb Perelman and some eager recipe tasters.

Cook What You Have by Christopher Kimball

Open the pantry door and Milk Street's Cook What You Have to transform staples into stars. Using ingredients found in most home pantries or leftovers in the refrigerator, Milk Street teaches cooks to get adventurous and improvise with the ingredients they already have on hand to create delicious fare. Let your creativity be your guide.

Hello, cookie dough by Kristen Tomlan

Filled with more than 100 decadent recipes for cookie dough lovers of all ages and skill levels. Kristen Tomlan spills her secrets about how to make cookie dough that can be swiped straight from the bowl or baked.