TGIF

Rosie has a new espresso machine!
We love our neighbor Rosie and all their yummy food. They just got the "rolls royce" of espresso machines. I test drove it this afternoon with a macchiato and buon!

I'm off tomorrow and plan to take Jackson out early for his run.

Also just got a slow cooker and this terrific invention cooks my dinner while I'm hard at work at Elm Street Books. A great cookbook for slow cooking is

Make It Fast, Cook It Slow

She has a terrific blog too. www.crockpot365.blogspot.com

More January Books

Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin

Another book of historical fiction is Alice I Have Been a story based on the real life of Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland. Lewis Carroll, a pseudonym for the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson, a gifted amateur photographer was scrutinized for his provocative poses of young girls. It was his relationship with a young Alice that haunts her for years as she tries to escape it and reconcile its meaning.

January Books

I just sent out a Manager's Picklist for January.

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chavalier

Based on the real life character, Mary Anning, a fossil hunter in England in the mid 1800s who unearthed major fossil finds before the word dinosaur had even been coined. The reader is transported to the cold wet beaches of Lyme Regis, England where two friends discover fossils together in a pre Darwin world where evolution is'nt a concept and nobody wants to believe that God did not, as one of Chevalier's characters puts it, "plan out what He would do with all of the animals He created". An absorbing read threading the science of the day with society's class consciousness as well as a tender tale of friendship.

Author Event next week

Wow we have two great events next week.
Wednesday January 27 at 7:30pm Ellie Kreiger, Food Network host will be at the New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street
Then Thursday 7:00pm at the New Canaan Library Jon Meacham, Pulitzer prize winner.
Join Us
Call to reserve a seat. 203-594-5000

Sorrryyyyyy! I have been away, but reading like a fiend. There are so many great books out there. Here are a few of my January favs.
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chavalier, Alice I Have Been, Reliable Wife and so many more. Tomorrow I will get them all up with reviews....off to read.

Carjacked

Thursday January 7, 7:30 at the New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street

"Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect On Our Lives"

Authors Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez

New Year

This week we have Katherine Weber, author of "True Confections" joining us at the New Canaan Library, Wed. Jan 6th at 12noon.