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Book Review: The Courage of Sarah Noble

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Book Review: The Courage of Sarah Noble

So Noble The Courage of Sarah Noble, Alice Dalgliesh (1952) Not being from Connecticut, I'd never heard of this book until 2021... about 40 years later than would have been the ideal target age for it. And I don't really know if Sarah Noble is very well known outside of western Connecticut - more specifically New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books, Connecticut Fiction books, Litchfield County, New Milford

UConn Basketball Books (2000-2010)

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UConn Basketball Books (2000-2010)

U-C-O-N-N! UCONN! UCONN! UCONN! (basketball books) Dozens of books have been written about UConn's storied men's and women's basketball programs. After all, they won nearly 20 national championships together and in 2004 and 2014, they both won. I assume many are not dissimilar to many others. So I will read them, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: basketball, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Books, Connecticut memoir books, UConn, UConn Basketball Books

Book Review: American Cookery

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Book Review: American Cookery

American Cookery, Amelia Simmons (1796) I can be moderately proud that I've written about many, many hundreds of things for this site that previously had no internet presence. Every so often, though, I'm tasked to write about something that has been described, poked, prodded, and probed dozens of times over many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks, Firsts Onlies and Oldests

Book Review: Connecticut a la Carte

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Book Review: Connecticut a la Carte

a la Free Library Cart Connecticut a la Carte Edited by Melinda M. Vance Isn't it weird that cookbooks are still so popular? We have several dozen of them in my house and every once in a while we may notice a pretty cover. But anytime we need a recipe, we go online. And yet... we still buy cookbooks. It's a weird … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks

Book Review: Ring in the Dead

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Book Review: Ring in the Dead

EAT It Ring in the Dead, J.A. Jance (2013) This novella is terrible. I honestly don't understand why the author, J.A. Jance, is popular and successful. Perhaps her long-form fiction is much better and these short serialized novellas just aren't her bag. I have no idea. Speaking of having no idea, you likely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Fiction books, Killingly

Book Review: Turning the Tables

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Book Review: Turning the Tables

Merda Pura Turning the Tables, Teresa Giudice The pandemic has been wild. We've all done things we never thought we'd do... going a week without a shower, eating ice cream for breakfast, learning what Minecraft actually is... and reading a prison memoir from a "Real Housewife of New Jersey." Or her ghostwriter. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut memoir books, Danbury

Book Review: Old Newgate Road

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Book Review: Old Newgate Road

Old, New, and the Gate Between the Two Old Newgate Road, Keith Scribner My list of "Connecticut Books" is a late edition to the CTMQ pantheon. It's one of those lists that will never be completed in any meaningful way - both because I'm not immortal and because I'll never know of all the books that could or should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Fiction books, East Granby

Book Review: Ferryboat

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Book Review: Ferryboat

It Goes Both Ways Ferryboat, Betsy & Giulio Maestro Look, man, leave me alone. I'm just a grown man over here reviewing books written for three-year-olds. You got a problem with that? I was made aware of Ferryboat by a CTMQ reader who often helps me fill out lists that can never be completely filled out. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Chester, Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books, Lyme

Book Review: The Invisible Island

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Book Review: The Invisible Island

The Good Old Days The Invisible Island, Dean Marshall This book is a joy. Written in 1948, The Great Depression and WWII were behind us and the Cold War had yet to really get going, these were the halcyon days for (wealthy, white) Americans. The world was a safe place and children were allowed to venture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books, Connecticut Fiction books, Granby

Book Review: Connecticut 169 Club

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Book Review: Connecticut 169 Club

In Da Club Connecticut 169 Club Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut, Martin Podskoch Please understand that everything below is a singular review, written by me. And by me, I mean the weirdo who has been compiling and writing about the most comprehensive “passport and guide to exploring Connecticut” for … [Read more...]

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