Jewish Book Awards

Book of the Year Award

The Jewish Book Council announced their yearly book award winners...let the library know if you are interested in any of the titles on their web site...

Winners
Jewish Book of the Year
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Biography
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus by Art Spiegelman

Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Deadly: How Do You Catch an Invisible Killer by Julie Chibbaro

Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice
A Guide to Jewish Practice: Everyday Living by Rabbi David A. Teutsch

Fiction
Until the Dawn's Light by Aharon Appelfeld

Illustrated Children’s Book
The Golem's Latkes adapted by Eric A. Kimmel

Outstanding Debut Fiction
Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman

Spring Gardening Series

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From the raking to mulching to pruning, can gardening be easy or low maintenance?   

According to Lorraine Ballato, a celebrated gardener, life is too short to spend it weeding and worrying about the garden.  She will discuss her tips and techniques to “garden smarter” during her talk at the Farmington Library on Saturday, March 10^th at 10am as part of the Farmington Library's Spring Gardening Lecture Series.

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After the talk, wander up to the second floor of the library and take a look at some the books on gardening- ranging from the history of gardens to gardening made simple to gardening design.  Future talks in the gardening series will look at design strategies (March 24th) and perennials (March 31st).

The library is curious, do you have any tips or suggestions to help garden smarter?  Let us know--please add your tips to the comment section!

2012 Spring Tune-Up

Farmington Libraries and Stanley Whitman House Museum and Early American History are sponsoring a 10K Run and 5k Fun Walk on Sunday, April 15, 2012.  Starting at 9:00 a.m. from the Farmington High School.  Registration at http://www.active.com/running/farmington-ct/spring-tune-up-10k-2012, or visit the library website for more information at: www.farmingtonlibraries.org. Closing date for registration is Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 11:59 p.m.

Magical Books for Adults, new rowling novel announced

The Master and Margarita b
y Bulgakov, Mikhail

J.K. Rowling just announce dshe was writing a new book exclusively fo adults, these "magical" novels are chosen in the hopes that Rowling's new novel will be just as magical as the Harry Potter series...source here

The Tempest
by Shakespeare, William

Like water for chocolate : a novel by Esquivel, Laura

Mr. Fox by Oyeyemi, Helen .

One hundred years of solitude
by Garcia-Marquez, Gabriel

The house of the spirits by Allende, Isabe

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Clarke, Susanna

AND...
 Aurorarama, Jean-Christophe Valtat
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami 
Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie 

Political Campaign Novels

The Huffington Post  has posted 7 of their top political campaign novels...an interesting mix of old and new, but mostly within the last decade.

All the king's men by Warren, Robert Penn . 
Shad Treatment by Garrett Epps .
Primary colors by Anonymous .
Echo House by Just, Ward S . 
Election : a novel by Perrotta, Tom . 
Why Not Me by Al Franken .
O : a presidential novel by Anonymous .

Downton Abbey Addiction

With the 2nd season of Downton Abbey gone, other than waiting for the DVD to come out or the 3rd season to start, what can you do?

Read these books...
Reginald Arkell’s novel Old Herbaceous
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
The Enchanted April
Sabrina by Polland
Came a Cavalier by Keyes
I’ll Bring You Buttercups by Elgin
Lady’s Maid by Forster
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Howard’s End by  E.M. Forster
The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
A Countess below Stairs By Eva Ibbotson
The world of Downton Abbey by Fellowes, Jessica 
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle by Carnarvon, Fiona Countess of .



Watch these movies...
Gosford Park
Enchanted April
Upstairs/Downstairs
Downton abbey [videorecording]
Berkeley Square
The House of Eliott
The Remains of the Day
The Edwardians

Heart Health Resources

February is Heart Health Month- a time for us to be reminded of the sad realities of heart disease and ways that we can promote heart health.  

Here are a few resources from the library that might be of interest:

• Mayo Clinic healthy heart for life!

• Back to life after a heart crisis : a doctor and his wife share their 8-step cardiac comeback plan 

• Saving women's hearts: how you can prevent and reverse heart disease with natural and conventional strategies

• Rockin' aerobics: heart healthy fitness for kids