Join Spenser September 13th at 2pm for “Three Summers” at our Classics Book Club. “Three Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a big old house surrounded by a beautiful garden are Maria, the oldest sister, as sexually bold as she is eager to settle down and have a family of her own; beautiful but distant Infanta; and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed. Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to figure out their parents and other members of the tribe of adults, take note of the weird ways of friends and neighbors, worry about and wonder who they are. Karen Van Dyck’s translation captures all the light and warmth of this modern Greek classic.”

While you’re planning all of those back to school meet ups, this is a reminder that we offer our Box of Jo to go. Comes with cups and coffee and milks and sugars. All set and ready for pick up. Order ahead by texting 914.334.8019.

Next up on the Romantasty book club list “The Gods Time Forgot” by local author Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez. Discussion August 30 at 12:30pm. Join the fun!

I love reading odd books, trashy books, sassy books. I love vampires and dragons. Sarcasm. Funny things. Crazy characters. Join me in my new book club “Trash & Sass” — our first book will be “Anima Rising” by the superior writer all of things bizarre, Christopher Moore. Meeting will be September 11th at 6:30pm. Join me!

Come grab a copy of this cool new format graphic novel. Deeply Dave flips UP to reveal a story about diving down. Great for your reluctant reader, this format feels very welcoming and engaging.

Announcing the line up for the Westchester Book Festival author talks! We are sooooo excited to welcome Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Geraldine Brooks, David Grann, Patrick Radden Keefe, Bill McKibben, Emma Straub, and David Wallace-Wells to Katonah on November 8th for discussions at the Katonah Library during the first ever Westchester Book Festival. We will also be hosting an Author’s Corner at the Katonah Reading Room with the following authors for meet & greets and signings: Lauren Acampora, Heather Clark, Fiona Davis, Carolyn Ferrell, Ali Flynn, Daisy Florin, Jenna Gavigan, Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez, Jimin Han, Sam Hollander, Daniel Isenberg, Ann Leary, Lynda Cohen Loigman, Esmeralda Santiago, Maria Scrivan, Rachel Simon, Katie Sise, Dan Slepian, and Greg Wands. Workshops will also be held at Oak & Oil Gallery and Chroma. Katonah Museum of Art will be offering book related activities and businesses throughout town will be getting in on the bookish fun. Stay tuned for ALL of the details by signing up for the newsletter on www.westchesterbookfest.org or follow @westchesterbookfestival on Instagram. Tickets will go on sale in September!

This week’s specialty flavor is Strawberry. A delicious treat full of summer smiles. Come give it a try. Ice cream all year, all the toppings, all the taste.

Are they expensive? Yes. Are they amazing? Also yes. This set of three brushes are the actual perfect set. Everything you need. The right sizes, they fold up to protect the tips, and they come in a leather carrying case you can just pop in your bag. You won’t regret them.

Save the date! November 8, 2025. Live authors at the Reading Room, at the Katonah Library, workshops at Chroma Gallery and Oak & Oil Gallery. Fun at the Katonah Museum. Shops and local businesses with bookish themes and authors. Tickets on sale for author talks starting in September. www.westchesterbookfest.org

Love these small watercolor sets. And these amazing watercolor bookmark coloring sets. So much fun to paint and use in your favorite reads.

The cutest tiny canvases. Toss them in a bag for some great travel painting.

Pre-made flash cards ready to grab and go. Get your summer practice in, and then add a book because of this photo makes you cranky, chances are you’re a book person.

Our newest fashion favorite. Grab a fan! Throw it in your bag. Summer happy. Fashion forward.

New! Incense sticks made from natural products. Cinnamon, white musk, sea breeze, frankincense and English rose in pretty, portable glass containers.

Adorable little dragon, nervous about not being able to breathe fire on his first day of school, but then he learns that everyone is there to learn new skills. A great lesson but also just a super cute story.

What If We Get It Right? “Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.

Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data, poetry, and art, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson guides us through solutions and possibilities at the nexus of science, policy, culture, and justice. Visionary farmers and financiers, architects and advocates, help us conjure a flourishing future, one worth the effort it will take—from every one of us, with whatever we have to offer—to create.”

Grab your copy here and contact bedford2030.org for information on their upcoming book club.

Join Christine on August 30th at 2pm for our sci-fi/horror book club: The Third Rule of Time Travel.

“Scientist Beth Darlow has discovered the unimaginable. She's built a machine that allows human consciousness to travel through time--to any point in the traveler's lifetime--and relive moments of their life. An impossible breakthrough, but it's not perfect: the traveler has no way to interact with the past. They can only observe.

After Beth's husband, Colson, the co-creator of the machine, dies in a tragic car accident, Beth is left to raise Isabella--their only daughter--and continue the work they started. Mired in grief and threatened by her ruthless CEO, Beth pushes herself to the limit to prove the value of her technology.

Then the impossible happens. Simply viewing personal history should not alter the present, but with each new observation she makes, her own timeline begins to warp.

As her reality constantly shifts, Beth must solve the puzzles of her past, even if it means forsaking her future.”

Join Ava for her favorite: Shakespeare! This month she explores The Taming of the Shrew. Never read it? Jump in with us using the No Fear Shakespeare series. August 23 at 3pm.

Join Spenser in a discussion of The Passion According to G.H. August 16th.

“The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector's mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door--crushing the cockroach--and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature...”

Join Penny and her foodie book crew for a discussion of The Last Sweet Bite, August 19th at 1pm. Due to the timely nature of this pick, the Reading Room will be donating 25% of any purchases of this title to the World Central Kitchen.