The Curious Cat Bookshop
@curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social
📚 Indie bookstore in Winsted, CT
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
As many of us prepare for a feast this week, we've got some great books to reflect with on the foods we eat, and other things to be grateful for.
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
As many of us prepare for a feast this week, we've got some great books to reflect with on the foods we eat, and other things to be grateful for.
Every book is a surprise! We've just wrapped a ton of new Blind Dates with a Book--wrapped up so pretty you could grab a couple for a White Elephant/Yankee Swap & might want to take your own present home! We've also got mystery bundles (which could hold a mug, a puzzle, a book, & other fun items!).
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every book is a surprise! We've just wrapped a ton of new Blind Dates with a Book--wrapped up so pretty you could grab a couple for a White Elephant/Yankee Swap & might want to take your own present home! We've also got mystery bundles (which could hold a mug, a puzzle, a book, & other fun items!).
New Book Tuesday has arrived again, with some fun books for everyone. A new Sandra Boynton book will pair well with her other books (come pick up signed copies of her holiday book & album, Cows & Holly, while supplies still last!).
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New Book Tuesday has arrived again, with some fun books for everyone. A new Sandra Boynton book will pair well with her other books (come pick up signed copies of her holiday book & album, Cows & Holly, while supplies still last!).
It's not pretty, but we have WORKSPACE now in the back room! Big thanks to friend of the store Rodrigo, who helped us set up our new computers from the grant, and brought this desk up from the basement, left by the previous tenant.
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's not pretty, but we have WORKSPACE now in the back room! Big thanks to friend of the store Rodrigo, who helped us set up our new computers from the grant, and brought this desk up from the basement, left by the previous tenant.
If you're looking for a fun bookish advent calendar--or a romance that you read a chapter a day of in the lead-up to Christmas!--come on by in the next week. We've got PLENTY of the Bibliophile Advent Calendars that were so popular last year!
#winstedct #shoplocal #winstedhasit
#winstedct #shoplocal #winstedhasit
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If you're looking for a fun bookish advent calendar--or a romance that you read a chapter a day of in the lead-up to Christmas!--come on by in the next week. We've got PLENTY of the Bibliophile Advent Calendars that were so popular last year!
#winstedct #shoplocal #winstedhasit
#winstedct #shoplocal #winstedhasit
Our new buddy is going to the vet on Sunday, which means he needs a name! I like to name all my cats (including fosters) the names of cats in books.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our new buddy is going to the vet on Sunday, which means he needs a name! I like to name all my cats (including fosters) the names of cats in books.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Earlier this week, it was our events coordinator Ivy's birthday! Be sure to wish them a belated happy birthday--they've been working so hard on the events you love to attend at the store!
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Earlier this week, it was our events coordinator Ivy's birthday! Be sure to wish them a belated happy birthday--they've been working so hard on the events you love to attend at the store!
It's just about time to defy gravity again! A wonderful companion to the movie experience would be to pick up a copy of Simply More by Cynthia Erivo.
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's just about time to defy gravity again! A wonderful companion to the movie experience would be to pick up a copy of Simply More by Cynthia Erivo.
If you loved the idea of that Lowly Worm mug from the other day, have we got some great news for you: while you wait for the mug, you can find Richard Scarry stickers, notebooks, and keychains in the store right now! It's a perfect gift for that person who always wanted to drive
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you loved the idea of that Lowly Worm mug from the other day, have we got some great news for you: while you wait for the mug, you can find Richard Scarry stickers, notebooks, and keychains in the store right now! It's a perfect gift for that person who always wanted to drive
We're nearly at the end of our writing group year (1 more week left!), so let's celebrate our two published authors in the group! Authors @blairelynnscott.bsky.social & @artemisprice.bsky.social are hard at work on their next books along with the rest of the group.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We're nearly at the end of our writing group year (1 more week left!), so let's celebrate our two published authors in the group! Authors @blairelynnscott.bsky.social & @artemisprice.bsky.social are hard at work on their next books along with the rest of the group.
Poll time! We haven't done well with selling mugs, so I'd sworn them off. But I CANNOT RESIST this Lowly Worm mug! If I order in 4 of these, will we have 4 people who want to buy it this holiday season?
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Poll time! We haven't done well with selling mugs, so I'd sworn them off. But I CANNOT RESIST this Lowly Worm mug! If I order in 4 of these, will we have 4 people who want to buy it this holiday season?
It's #NewBookTuesday! We've got hockey romance, nonfiction about the only military rescue of Jews during WWII, a reprinted mystery from Mary Higgens Clark, and the paperback of Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died, which bookseller Sara LOVES.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's #NewBookTuesday! We've got hockey romance, nonfiction about the only military rescue of Jews during WWII, a reprinted mystery from Mary Higgens Clark, and the paperback of Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died, which bookseller Sara LOVES.
If you're local, look in your mailbox for our *snail mail* holiday catalog! What a nice range of gift suggestions it has this year--there's something in there for everyone of every age.
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you're local, look in your mailbox for our *snail mail* holiday catalog! What a nice range of gift suggestions it has this year--there's something in there for everyone of every age.
Tabitha and Jiji are checking out our new computers, which we've just been able to receive thanks to the NHE3 grant.
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tabitha and Jiji are checking out our new computers, which we've just been able to receive thanks to the NHE3 grant.
This afternoon is our last writing workshop of the year with Stacy! We start online at 2 pm Eastern. Sign up at zurl.co/MfzPa .
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This afternoon is our last writing workshop of the year with Stacy! We start online at 2 pm Eastern. Sign up at zurl.co/MfzPa .
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Need a family activity for one of the nights of Hanukkah? We've got the perfect puzzle for a cat-loving family: Happy Hanukcats Puzzle! We've also got this same art in a greeting card-puzzle form. We can't wait to celebrate all the holidays with our community.
#winstedct #winstedhasit
#winstedct #winstedhasit
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Need a family activity for one of the nights of Hanukkah? We've got the perfect puzzle for a cat-loving family: Happy Hanukcats Puzzle! We've also got this same art in a greeting card-puzzle form. We can't wait to celebrate all the holidays with our community.
#winstedct #winstedhasit
#winstedct #winstedhasit
Once again, we're late to post #NewBookTuesday (one of these days, I'll remember to schedule it ahead of time!). Come by and grab a copy of any of the new books that speak to you--or you can always order online!
#winstedct #bookstagram #shoplocal
#winstedct #bookstagram #shoplocal
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Once again, we're late to post #NewBookTuesday (one of these days, I'll remember to schedule it ahead of time!). Come by and grab a copy of any of the new books that speak to you--or you can always order online!
#winstedct #bookstagram #shoplocal
#winstedct #bookstagram #shoplocal
We're extending our tote-for-tote food drive a couple of days until I can fill the car and take it over to the food pantry when they'll be there. So if you have more totes full of food you want to donate and would like a free Curious Cat store tote, come on by Wed. or Thurs.!
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We're extending our tote-for-tote food drive a couple of days until I can fill the car and take it over to the food pantry when they'll be there. So if you have more totes full of food you want to donate and would like a free Curious Cat store tote, come on by Wed. or Thurs.!
On Small Business Saturday, we're hosting a gift-wrapping fundraiser in The Curious Cat Bookshop for Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue. There are so many cats out there who need care.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On Small Business Saturday, we're hosting a gift-wrapping fundraiser in The Curious Cat Bookshop for Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue. There are so many cats out there who need care.
Looking for a cute, funny way to connect with your kids? We've got lunch box jokes! They're little cards that you can send to school for a fun lunchtime surprise. Find these and more like them in the stationery section.
#winstedct #winstedhasit
#winstedct #winstedhasit
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Looking for a cute, funny way to connect with your kids? We've got lunch box jokes! They're little cards that you can send to school for a fun lunchtime surprise. Find these and more like them in the stationery section.
#winstedct #winstedhasit
#winstedct #winstedhasit
Are you coming to our book club potluck tomorrow? We can't wait to see you! We've also got book bedazzling twice this month, book clubs, game night with @beccapodos, writing workshops with Stacy, and more before the holidays hit.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Are you coming to our book club potluck tomorrow? We can't wait to see you! We've also got book bedazzling twice this month, book clubs, game night with @beccapodos, writing workshops with Stacy, and more before the holidays hit.
There's still time to get to the polls if you're seeing this right as we post it--don't forget! But for those of you who've already voted, today is ALSO #NewBookTuesday, which means a whole shelf-full of new books today! Which one draws your eye?
#booksky
#booksky
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There's still time to get to the polls if you're seeing this right as we post it--don't forget! But for those of you who've already voted, today is ALSO #NewBookTuesday, which means a whole shelf-full of new books today! Which one draws your eye?
#booksky
#booksky