Rutland Free Library

We’re putting in a pizza garden on the lawn! Fri. May 31st @ 4 pm.

Josowski — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:49 +0000

Join Master Gardener Chris Cosgrove and learn how to grow a pizza garden.
Get free plants, too! All ages.

New Hours starting June 1st!

Lyndsey — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:45 +0000

We will be open everyday at 10am, making hours easier to remember! M- 10am-9pm T-10am-5:30pm W-10am-9pm, T&F- 10am-5:30pm S- 10am-5pm.

Memorial Day May 27th

Lyndsey — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:14:13 +0000

The library will be closed all day. Enjoy your long weekend!

Tales to Tails- Kids Reading to Dogs May 22 4PM-4:45 PM

Lyndsey — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:06:27 +0000

Meet, greet, and read to our friendly and fabulous therapy dogs. Free and open to all. Collect each dog’s bookmark, too.

Summer. Simple. Starts June 1.

Lyndsey — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:12:28 +0000

On June 1, we are moving to new summer hours. The biggest change is that we will open at 10 AM daily.

Monday & Wednesday, 10 AM to 9 PM; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 AM to 5:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM. Closed Sunday.

Online Access to Historical Rutland High School Yearbooks

Lyndsey — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:43:52 +0000

The Rutland Historical Society and the library have partnered to make selected years of the Rutland High School Yearbook from 1930-1993 (more coming!) available. Check it out by clicking on the title!

Patron Book Review

Lyndsey — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:06:09 +0000

HOLD IT ‘TIL IT HURTS, by T. Geronimo Johnson

After hearing the interview with the author on public radio, I thought this powerful book would be about the complexities of race: black children raised by white parents, and their not fitting into either the white or black community. But it was so much more than that. The story begins as brothers, Achilles and Troy, return from the war in Afghanistan to learn that their father has just died. Their mother hands them sealed envelopes from their father, telling them about their birth parents. Achilles can’t open his; Troy does, reads it, and then leaves immediately for parts unknown. Achilles is the older and had always been Troy’s protector. The rest of the book is Achilles’ obsessive search for his brother, following tips that Troy had been seen in various cities. The writing is spiral and can be very confusing at times. Much of it covers incidents that occurred in Afghanistan — sometimes in the form of memories, dreams or hallucinations in the present, without clarification as to which. But they reveal the most intimate thoughts and emotions (or lack of them) at the time. This story has given me a much clearer picture of the brainwashing that must prepare recruits for war-readiness, the horror they must endure, and then the abrupt transition they face when coming home to loving people who have no basis of comparison in their own lives. Although billed as a novel, this book reads like an autobiography. I feel that Hold It ‘Til It Hurts is a book that all of us who have never been to war should read for better understanding.

Susan Beard

Try TumbleBooks ebooks for Kids!

Josowski — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:19:07 +0000

Click on the Kids Space tab to access TumbleBooks!
Find animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, and Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration.)

Billings Farm and Museum Pass Now Available

Lyndsey — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:24:19 +0000

We now have a pass for 2 adults and 2 children for the Billings Farm and Museum! Call or swing by the library to borrow it.

Not Quite 50 Shades but Close!

Lyndsey — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:02:49 +0000

Are you on the waiting list for 50 Shades of Grey? Can’t get enough of Christian Grey? Here are some books that you might like!

Sweet Surrender by Maya Bank

Searching for the man who had killed his partner, Dallas cop Gray Montgomery follows a trail of clues that lead to a link between the murderer and Faith, a beautiful stranger, but when he tries to get close to her to uncover the truth, he discovers that his actions have now made Faith a target.

Obsession by Gloria Vanderbilt

New York social maven Priscilla Bingham discovers a hidden cache of letters that reveal her late husband’s affair with a sophisticated dominatrix who has recorded the intimate details of their relationship, a finding with which Priscilla becomes increasingly obsessed.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day

Eva Trammel, plagued by her own insecurities, is drawn into an intense, obssessive relationship with the wealthy and arrogant Gideon Cross.

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Phedre no Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission…and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel’s Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure

This retelling of the traditional Sleeping Beauty fairytale explores its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty’s complete and total enslavement to him.

The Beauty of Surrender by Eden Bradley

A master of Shibari, the ancient art of erotic restraint, Marina has never hesitated to dominate anyone. Until she meets James, a dark, gorgeous, towering journalist.