Adult

Health Care.Gov - a website to help consumers better comprehend the Health Care Reform Law.

Consumer Help -Need some help finding reviews for products...try these free websites!

Looking for a good deal in the Hartford area. Try the new rage Groupon.
For anyone wanting to save a buck, this site is justly named for group and coupon. Everyday you'll get an email letting you know about the deal. The deal is on if enough people buy. Restaurants, merchandise, clothing...stretch your dollar locally!

See What our Book Groups
are reading this year

Second Tuesday Book Group
Fourth Tuesday Book Group
Beckish Bookworms - meets at our Senior Center

Podcasts - Authors and Book news

Authors on Tour Live
Authors on Air
Books on the Nightstand

Sword and Laser
for Sci-fi lovers

Adopt Your Favorite Author

Click on the link to find how to donate books by your favorite author to Saxton B. You'll be the first to read the book and our community will benefit from your generosity

These authors have been adopted by your neighbors and our patrons. Won't you consider adopting your favorite author and help us fund some great reading!

Chris Bohjalian
John Grisham
Nevada Barr
John Sandford
Sharyn McCrumb
Kate Atkinson
Karen White
Jodi Picoult
Robert Parker
Margaret Atwood
Anita Shreve
Daniel Silva
Caleb Carr
Robert Ludlum
Greg Iles
Dean Koontz
Wally Lamb
Joseph Wambaugh
Elizabeth George
Linda Fairstein
Vince Flynn
Stewart O'Nan
Ken Follett

.***newly adopted***
Louise Penney
Val McDermid
Archer Mayor
Tana French
Suzanne Collins

Consider adopting your favorite children's author or donating a book to honor the celebration of a birthday, anniversary or other special event.

Megan Q. or Carol K. will be happy to help you choose just the right book to fit the celebration.

Click the picture to find out the Next Book in your favorite series...

provided by
What's Next Database of Kent District Library

Books & Authors
C.2008 Cengage Learning

If you need some reading suggestions or help finding that next good book then try this free site. You can browse books by title, author, genre, and award winners.
Content includes summaries, recommended similar titles, characters, genre, awards, and best seller standing. Registration requires, username, email, password, and zip code.

WhichBook
© Opening the Book 2008

Try this site when you want a book to match your mood. You can find a book by degrees, using a sliding scale, like happy to sad, safe to disturbing, short to long, and more. Give it a try. According to the site there are over 20 million possibilities and if you don't like what you found, well, just do it again. The results are all fiction and poetry written since 1995.

So many books, so little time!

Book Group Resources

Look on our shelves between 025-028 to find books with reading suggestions for book groups. Here's just a few to get you started:

Talking about books : a step-by-step guide for participating in
   a book discussion group by Marcia Fineman.
Good Books Lately by Ellen Moore
Pulpwood Queens' tiara-wearing, book-sharing guide to life
   by Kathy L. Patrick
Read it and eat : from irresistible beach reads to timeless
   classics, a month-by-month guide to scintillating book club
   selections and mouthwatering menus by Sarah Gardner.

Oprah's Book Club
Barnes & Noble Book Club
Borders Book Club

Reading Group Choices - Lots of good books and information for book groups including reading guides or conversation starters. Also listing the
Top Book Group Favorites of 2008
Top Book Group Favorites of 2007
previous lists

Good Books Lately Recommendations & guides

Reading Group Guides -Nearly 1000 guides to help you lead your discussion.
Book Browse - Over 500 guides searchable by author, title or genre.

Guides Hosted by Publishers
Penquin Guides
Random House
Harper Collins
Norton
Simon & Schuster

It's a Mystery - some sites to help you find some new books to baffle, puzzle and delight!

Stop You're Killing Me - is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. 2,500 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 28,000 titles), both series (2,800+) and non-series. Awards too!
Crime Thru Time - dedicated to historical mysteries
Mystery Reader's Journal - Quarterly newsletter of thematic mysteries. Each issue contains articles, reviews, and author essays on a specific theme, as well as special columns, a calendar of events, and other mystery related material. Journals run an average of 80 pages.
Mysteries By Topic - maintained by Linda Bertland, Philadelphia, PA
Review the Evidence - thousands of reviews of mysteries and thrillers of all categories
Agatha Awards Given for books best typified by Agatha Christie and awarded by Malice Domestic. The book must be first published in the US by a living author. Awards are given for Best Novel, Best First Mystery, Best Short Story, Best Non-Fiction, and Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery.
Edgar Awards Named after Edgar Allen Poe these awards are given for distinguished writing in the various forms of this craft.

Online resources for mystery and crime writing - Resources for aspiring writers. "Crime writers can find resources online including forensic websites, police websites, governmental resources and crime sites covering different types of criminal activity."

CCSU's Veterans History Project
About the Veterans History Project

The Veterans History Project was created in 2000, when the U.S. Congress voted unanimously to preserve and archive the oral histories of men and women who have served in any of our country’s wars or any civilian who supported the war effort. The project, housed at the U. S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and at CCSU, collects and archives the taped interviews, photographs and documents of veterans from:

World War I (1914-1920)
World War II (1939-1946)
Korean War (1950-1955)
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Persian Gulf War (1990-1995)
Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)

In September 2005, CCSU became an archive partner with the Library of Congress. The University is privileged to collect and preserve the oral histories of our country's veterans. All interviews conducted by CCSU students and volunteers are archived in the Special Collections at the CCSU Elihu Burritt Library and open to the public.

Featured Website ~ When to toss it ~ brought to you by Real Simple
a handy guide of expiration dates so you'll know when products are past their prime !

Web sites for Book Lovers

Need another book like one by your favorite author ~ try these sites...
If you like try
A great site provided by Christ Church, New Zealand. It includes if you like __, try __ for authors, styles and even book titles.

Hennepin County Find a Good Book
"If you like" author search

help with book discussions
Reading Group Choices
This site includes summaries, conversation starters and so much more. A great place to find the next book for your group.

Reading Group Guides
Comprehensive guides for 1,000's of books in many genre's, including Romance, Best-sellers, Spirituality, Women's Interest, Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Poetry and more. Search by author, title, genre, books most requested and favorites

If you need a good book to read you can't go wrong with these links to reading suggestions...

York Times Book Review

Connecticut Authors
A list of books written by Connecticut authors that are available to borrow at Saxton B.

Book Sense
The best books as chosen by the passionate, knowledgeable community of Independent Booksellers

AARP's Books for Grownups
some reading suggestions for the over 55 crowd

Page Updated 10/31/07 by Carol Kubala, Adult Services Librarian