Last Tuesday, the lovely readers at the West Branch’s monthly Literatea program traveled to France via books and tea. The tea of the month was Remembering Paris. For my suggestions of books to pair with that tea, see the July Newsletter. On the subject of armchair travel to France, our readers also suggested The Little … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: Literatea travels to Paris
After a long hiatus, Literatea returned to the West Branch this week. Staff and patrons alike were glad to delve back into the world of books and tea. As you can see from our newsletter, this month’s tea is a blend created in honor of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, an artist and the wife of Nathaniel … Continue reading Wednesdays at West: Literatea Celebrates Sophia Peabody Hawthorne
Since yesterday was the first Tuesday of September, dear readers, it is time once again to turn our attention to the books recommended by the voracious readers who attend the West Branch’s monthly Literatea event. September is, of course, the Peabody Library’s Big Read, focusing on Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies. We have … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: The Monthly Literatea Rundown
This morning was the August meeting of Literatea. The tea of the month was iced white tea with strawberries. For a list of this month’s highlighted books, check out the August Newsletter. Need even more suggestions? Here’s what the lovely bibliophiles of Literatea have been reading and talking about: Invisible City by Julia Dahl The … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: Literatea, August Edition
Have you ever gotten so excited to see a new book you’ve been dying to get your hands on that you forget to watch where you are going and walk into a pole? No? Ok, well then we’ll assume that’s just me. In case you’re curious, the book I was recently so distracted by is The … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: DIY Hygge
I had a perfectly nice blog post planned for today’s Wednesday @ West. But when I got to work this morning, a brief conversation with my co-workers relieved that we are all feeling a rather high level of anxiety over the upcoming election. My gut told me that we are not alone. A quick Google … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: 10 ways the library can help you de-stress
Anyone who works with me, follows me on Goodreads, talks to me regularly about books or comes to Literatea will know that I have a number of quirky reading interests. I simply cannot read enough about tiny houses, nuns, the Amish and … midwives. And if a book combines more than one of these, well … Continue reading Wednesdays @ West: Midwives Calling!