Booklists for the Fall

As the weather cools and swimsuit weather fades away, thoughts turn to coziness and comfort food.  Here's a list of foodie memoirs that will make you want to hit the kitchen and get cooking, like The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken, a recipe-laden account of the author's quest to retrieve her great-grandmother's elusive ravioli recipe, taking her throughout her home state of New Jersey and her family's homeland of Liguria into the circles of numerous relatives. Mangia!

And speaking of coziness, what's cozier and more romantic than New England in the fall?  For a list of romance novels set in nearby locales, click here. Books like Heroes Are My Weakness, which tells the tale of a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows who finds herself trapped on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Her only company is with a sexy novelist who knows a dozen ways to kill with his bare hands.  

Finally, in honor of our Worcester Arts Council's grant funded calligraphy workshop series, here's a list of titles recommended by Worcester artist CJ Kennedy on the art of calligraphy. For other books on this topic, visit the 745.6 collection on the 3rd floor of the Main Library or ask a librarian!