Join the Windsor Public Library and the Bloomfield Public Library with this hybrid author event with Elizabeth Gibbs. Elizabeth will discuss her short story collection Soul Food: Life Affirming Stories Served with Side Dishes and Just Desserts. Elizabeth will be in person at the Windsor Public Library but patrons are encouraged to Zoom in if that is more comfortable to them. Registration is required. Please call the Reference Desk at 860-285-1918 with any questions or to register.

"The stairs groaned and nearly puked two-by-fours as the two big men stamped up them. Me and Felix stood at the top of the stairs, looking down on them. It was like watching a golem and his pet boulder climb the stairs."

Joe Lansdale, The Donut Legion (2023)

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No, But I Read the Book

Atonement by Ian McEwan

On the hottest day in 1935, and on the brink of a world war, three children lose their innocence as the sweltering summer heat bears down and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England's privileged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper's son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia's hyper-imaginative and scheming 13-year-old sister, Briony. As chaos consumes the family, Briony commits a crime, the guilt of which she shall carry throughout her life. Atonement is a story with emotional intensity and a gripping plot, brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love, war, England, and class. The novel is a profoundly moving exploration of shame, forgiveness, and the difficulty of absolution.

While You Are Waiting

The Gatekeeper by James Byrne

I If you liked Lee Child's Jack Reacher, you should try The Gatekeeper by James Byrne. Like Reacher, Dez Limerick has a moral code, a tenacious will, and seemingly unbeatable physical prowess. Unlike Reacher, he also has a sense of humor. Both ex-soldiers have little patience for self-important blowhards. Built like a brick wall, Dez mows his way through bad guys in action scenes that make you want to cheer. Along the way there's a nefarious plot to uncover and then almost single-handedly try to foil. Byrne's direct style of writing makes the action and other sequences clearly flow. The Gatekeeper is the first; Dez appears again this month in the second of this great action series.

Book Club Corner

Someone Else's Shoes by JoJo Moyes

Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes? Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope--she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That’s because Sam Kemp – in the bleakest point of her life – has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag--she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat. When she tries on Nisha’s six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, the resulting jolt of confidence that makes her realize something must change—and that thing is herself. Someone Else’s Shoes is a story about how just one little thing can suddenly change everything.

Listen Up (Audiobook recommendation)

Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau

Performed by Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, Karen Malina White, and others

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Nya, a dedicated teacher at an inner-city school, is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get Omari expelled, Nya must confront her own deepest fears to give her son a future.

Winner of an Audie Award

Spotlight: TV Series

Abbott Elementary

In this workplace comedy from writer/executive producer/star Quinta Brunson and executive producers Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker, a group of teachers is brought together in a Philadelphia public school, because they love teaching. Though outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Dark Shadows

A newly hired governess, Victoria Winters, arrives at Collinwood, the Collins' estate in Collinsport, Maine in search of her mysterious origins. She soon is caught up in the strange events and mysteries that seem to surround the Collins family. Eventually, the Collins' cousin from England, Barnabas Collins, arrives who suffers from the vampire curse placed on him by the jealous witch Angelique after the tragic death of Barnabas' great love, Josette.

The Americans

Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an FBI agent movies in across the street, they become ensnared in a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse.