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New Monthly Pick Book Club Featuring: Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

May Book Club featuring: Funny Story by Emily Henry

Book Signing With Local Author Anastasia Mills Healy 

Children's Author Book Signing with Roberta Stone

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Connecticut's pristine coastline, stunning fall foliage, and idyllic town greens are widely known, but if you're wondering what there is to actually do here,&nbsp;100 Things to Do in Connecticut Before You Die&nbsp;is for you.Take the Essex Steam Train into the scenic Connecticut River Valley or hop aboard Sea Mist for a sightseeing cruise through the picturesque Thimble Islands. Catch a Broadway-bound musical at the Goodspeed or walk among 50 life-size dinosaurs at Dinosaur Place. Sample craft brews, world-famous pizza, and fresh-from-the-ocean seafood. Feel the thrill of floating over farmland and forest in a hot air balloon or the joy of standing in a field of sunflowers.With glittering casinos, amusement parks, destination-worthy architecture, and museums showcasing everything from American art to World War II aircraft, Connecticut packs a big punch for a small state. So whether youre a jazz fan or history buff, baseball lover or antiques hunter, you'll find plenty of ideas to keep you busy.Curated by one of the states top travel writers,&nbsp;100 Thing to Do in Connecticut Before You Die&nbsp;offers both visitors and locals a checklist of the states most exceptional places, experiences, and tastes along with helpful itineraries, seasonal ideas, and insider tips. How many have you done?Did you know that there&rsquo;s a Connecticut hotel room with a real helicopter inside? Can you guess who inspired the character of Indiana Jones, who was president before George Washington, and who flew before the Wright Brothers? Find the state&rsquo;s most interesting and offbeat stories in Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Are you interested in taking a safari or racing a chariot? Had you ever heard that Martin Luther King Jr. spent two summers in Connecticut? Included are more than eighty engaging stories that provide insight into one of America&rsquo;s oldest states. Inside are tales of pirates, an underground prison, and a possessed doll. Aren&rsquo;t you curious about the spectacular stained glass church that was unknowingly built in the shape of a fish by a famous architect? From the world&rsquo;s smallest Native American reservation to professionally coiffed cows and a replica of Marie Antoinette&rsquo;s palace, you&rsquo;ll find intrigue around every corner of this small but surprising state. Author Anastasia Mills Healy brings to life the long history of intriguing people, places, and events&nbsp;

Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

100 Things to Do in Connecticut Before You Die

<h1 data-sf-field="Title" data-sf-ftype="ShortText" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Lato, sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;color:#333333;font-size:4.4em;letter-spacing:0.5px;background-color:#ffffff;"></h1><h2>Please join us for a Special May the 4th Star Wars Lego Build event!&nbsp;</h2>This event is happening on May 4th, 2024 at 1:00pmNo Sign-up needed or tickets required. Kits will be provided on a first come first serve basis.&nbsp;This mini build event is intended for audiences 6+Attendees will receive a mini lego build to take home!

May the 4th be with you and join us for a LEGO Star Wars build event! 

<h2>Join us for a NEW Book Club featuring one of our Monthly Picks: Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes&nbsp;</h2>Join us in the caf&eacute; at 7:00pm on May 20th to discuss our new May Monthly Pick for Mystery &amp; Thriller Murder Your Employer!&nbsp;We've all dreamed of exacting revenge on our mortal enemies &mdash; whether it be your boss, neighbor, or that one guy who always cuts you in line at the deli &mdash; and this is a world where&nbsp;dreams become reality. Perfect for fans of&nbsp;The Thursday Murder Club&nbsp;and Anthony Horowitz.<img alt="Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide" src="https://prodimage.images-bn.com/lf?set=key%5Bresolve.pixelRatio%5D,value%5B1%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.width%5D,value%5B600%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.height%5D,value%5B10000%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.imageFit%5D,value%5Bcontainerwidth%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.allowImageUpscaling%5D,value%5B0%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.format%5D,value%5Bwebp%5D&amp;source=url%5Bhttps://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781451648225_p0_v9_s600x595.jpg%5D&amp;scale=options%5Blimit%5D,size%5B600x10000%5D&amp;sink=format%5Bwebp%5D" />A bit about the book...Introducing the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White-Lotus style resort dedicated to the art of murder.Overview:&nbsp;Who hasn&rsquo;t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you&rsquo;ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this &ldquo;Poison Ivy League&rdquo; college&mdash;its location unknown to even those who study there&mdash;is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate...and where one&rsquo;s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live. Prepare for an education you&rsquo;ll never forget. A &ldquo;fiendishly funny&rdquo; (Booklist) mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue,&nbsp;Murder Your Employer&nbsp;will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you&rsquo;ll ever read.<h4>&ldquo;How has no one thought of this before? Murders set at an imaginary academy set up to train murderers . . . Holmes delights in wordplay that includes puns, literary terms, cultural references, and twists. . . . As Holmes takes hairpin turns from irony back to sincerity for his three McMasters pupils, his zany storytelling will delight fans of&nbsp;The Twyford Code&nbsp;by Janice Hallett, all Sherlock Holmes stories, and even those who love tales of arcane and Gothic institutions.&rdquo;&nbsp;&mdash;Bethanne Patrick,&nbsp;NPR</h4>

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

Former collegiate athlete Ellie Shaw loves coaching her enthusiastic eight-year-old son, Braden. But balancing three jobs and a five-acre farm doesn't leave much time for anything else, let alone navigating the travel team politics that have frozen out Ellie from having any influence on "the B-team" where her son and his friends have been relegated.When Colt Gibson, an All-American outfielder from Ellie's rival college, rents the apartment above her barn to escape an NCAA recruiting scandal, he forms a bond with her son while helping to guide Braden's struggling team. As the B-team improves and begins to challenge the town's A-team for attention and success, the travel team coaches and parents learn of Colt's scandalous past and seek to use it to destroy the B-team by any means necessary. Will they destroy Ellie and Colt's budding romance as well? Heading for Home is a story about how we find the center of our world through the people and things we love most.

Heading for Home

<h2>Lets open the door to new adventures and endless discussions by announcing our book club pick for May!</h2>Join us on May 23rd at 7:00pm in the caf&eacute; and discuss Emily Henry's newest release Funny Story<img alt="Funny Story" src="https://prodimage.images-bn.com/lf?set=key%5Bresolve.pixelRatio%5D,value%5B1%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.width%5D,value%5B600%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.height%5D,value%5B10000%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.imageFit%5D,value%5Bcontainerwidth%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.allowImageUpscaling%5D,value%5B0%5D&amp;set=key%5Bresolve.format%5D,value%5Bwebp%5D&amp;source=url%5Bhttps://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780593441282_p0_v4_s600x595.jpg%5D&amp;scale=options%5Blimit%5D,size%5B600x10000%5D&amp;sink=format%5Bwebp%5D" />Emily Henry is back with a relatable, hilarious and cathartic rom-com built around the struggle of making friends as an adult and the familial relationships that shape who we are. With smart, joyous prose, this read is a delight on multiple levels, as all Emily Henry reads turn out to be.&nbsp;A little bit about the title...-For fans of the show New Girl-Nick Miller coded-Forced Proximity&nbsp;-Fake Dating-Opposites Attract&nbsp;Overview:&nbsp;Daphne always loved the way her fianc&eacute; Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it&hellip;right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. &nbsp; Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children&rsquo;s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra&rsquo;s ex, Miles Nowak. &nbsp; Scruffy and chaotic&mdash;with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads&mdash;Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she&rsquo;s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them? &nbsp; But it&rsquo;s all just for show, of&nbsp;course,&nbsp;because there&rsquo;s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fianc&eacute;&rsquo;s new fianc&eacute;e&rsquo;s ex&hellip;right?Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by&nbsp;TIME&nbsp;·&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;· Goodreads&nbsp;·&nbsp;Entertainment Weekly ·&nbsp;Today.com ·&nbsp;Paste ·&nbsp;SheReads · BookPage&nbsp;·&nbsp;Woman's World ·&nbsp;The Nerd Daily&nbsp;and more! A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author Emily Henry.

Funny Story

"Why must I have four eyes when most of us have two?" asks a little girl who dislikes wearing glasses.Mama tells her stories about Impressionist painters who created beautiful artwork. They had a unique perspective when viewing the world, just like her daughter.Having two different ways of seeing is not a detriment, it is a gift.&nbsp;I Have Four Eyes&nbsp;encourages everyone to love what they are and embrace what they have.

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