Chess

Have you noticed the two chessboards upstairs in the Tunxis Library? One is occupied by a match between random and anonymous players waiting for the next person to make a move. As I write, it’s black’s turn. And right now the other board looks like someone got frustrated and knocked over all the pieces. In other words, it’s ready for you to come and start up a new game!
What’s your opening?

What we are reading in February

	Graphic Novel		Business		Hot Read
	Self Help		Memoir		Mystery
	Fiction		Science		History

We’re open on Saturdays

We are happy to be open on Saturdays from 9am-2pm for the Spring Semester.  Welcome back, Saturday studiers!

Goodbye to J.D. Salinger, Howard Zinn and Louis Auchincloss

Famous people die in threes goes the pop culture maxim.  This week we lost three writers.  Two of them were also figures of  significant cultural renown.  As described in each of their New York Times obituaries:

J.D. Salinger, literary recluse, 91

Howard Zinn, historian, 87

Louis Auchincloss, chronicler of New York’s upper crust, 91

Their written works live on at the Tunxis Library. Search our catalog.

The Tunxis Library’s Annual Book and Video Sale

Join us at the Tunxis Library’s annual book and video sale, beginning Wednesday morning, January 27th, and replenishing through February. Grab a cup of coffee or tea at Pages Café and pretend you’re wandering through a quaint bookstore in London or wild street fair in NYC, depending on the time of day!

You’ll find hardcovers for $1 per title, paperbacks for $0.50 per title, and all media at $1 per title. Please note that some multi-volume sets are marked with higher prices, but are still a steal!

Thanks to UofSLibrary for the photo.

Nice To See You All

It’s the spring semester and we’d like to say “Hi” to everyone whether it’s for the first time or to old friends.
We’re glad to see you!
We did some moving around over the break.  Keep checking our blog for updates as to what’s new around here.

Library Hours for the Holidays and Winter Break

Week of December 21-25
Monday-Wednesday 8am-4pm
Closed Thursday-Friday, 12/24-25  Merry Christmas

Week of December 28-January 1
Monday-Thursday 8am-4pm
Closed Friday, 1/1  Happy New Year

January 4-January 22
Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
Closed 1/8  Community Colleges Librarian Meeting
Closed 1/18 Martin Luther King, Jr Day

We will return to regular semester hours on Monday, January 25th.

Library Hours on Friday, December 18: 8am-12pm

Please note that the Tunxis Library will be closing at noon on Friday, December 18. We will reopen Monday, December 21st at 8am. Stay tuned to this blog for our holiday and Winter Break schedule!

The Foreign Policy Global Thinkers Book Club…

…or, what to get your favorite history/current world affairs nerd for Christmas. You know, someone like me!
You’re in luck. Foreign Policy magazine, the global magazine of economics, politics, and ideas is featuring the 142 books  most recommended by their top 100 Global Thinkers.
To be fair, the list does lean a little heavily toward contemporary, topical, works.  However, it is an inspiring and wide ranging list.

Holiday Movies

Everyone, even the die-hard cynic, has a holiday movie he or she will try to catch every year. Am I right?
Then there are those of us who love to overdose on festive flicks: the heartwarming ones, the funny ones, the musicals, the animated specials…
For the month of December we’re displaying our wide selection of holiday DVDs right up in front of the library for your convenience. Grab one or two as background fodder while you wrap your gifts, or do like I do and watch too many movies so that you have to cram everything in at the last minute!