Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
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The Divines by Ellie Eaton
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Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind by Alexander McCall Smith
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Five Movies for MLK Day
Martin Luther King day, observed on the third Monday of January each year, celebrates the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal …
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You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
A telenovela veteran and soap opera sensation fall in love in Alexis Daria’s You Had Me at Hola.
Ashton and Jasmine land leading roles on a new Netflix show, Carmen in Charge. Ashton needs this role to catapult …
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Mother Land by Leah Franqui
When New York native and newlywed Rachel moves to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband Dhruv, the last thing she expects is the arrival of her mother-in-law, Swati, suitcases in hand.
Rachel’s big adventure is turned on its head when the …
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January Reading Task: Self Help & New Beginnings
January is a time for resolutions so this month’s task for our 2021 Reading Challenge is to read a self help book or a novel about new beginnings. Below you’ll find a few recommendations to meet the task, but for …
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Throwback Thursday: Into the Wild
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Pippa Fitz-Amobbi is a highly precocious and dedicated teenager who chooses to solve a murder as her senior capstone project. The town put the case to bed five years earlier when their chief suspect, the victim’s boyfriend, committed suicide.
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New Books: 01/12/2021
Check Your News Sources
In times of turmoil, it is more important than ever to check your news sources. Below are some online resources to help you separate truth from misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies.
Have a news story you’re not sure about? Give …
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The Seed of Compassion by the Dalai Lama XIV
This is an autobiographical storybook about the Buddhist and spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (the fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet). This is a role for which he was chosen when he was a very young child, around 1940.
We see …
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Luster by Raven Leilani
23-year-old Edie begins her affair with Eric with high hopes. He’s twice her age, has a respectable job and nice car, looks good and has an excellent command of grammar. He’s also white with a wife and kid in the …
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Bridgerton
Debuting on Netflix on Christmas Day, Bridgerton is set to become the next great streaming sensation. Based on the books by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton, follows the eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family as they look for love and …
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BYO Book Club Recommendations
At the last meeting of the Bring Your Own Book Club, a bunch of book lovers chatted about the books we’ve all been reading lately. Looks like we’ll be doing it again on January 15th if you’d like to join …
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Throwback Thursday: Last Orders
It’s Throwback Thursday! Twenty-five years ago this month, Graham Swift’s classic novel, Last Orders was published. It was awarded the 1996 Booker Prize and was adapted into a film in 2001.
Four men gather in a London pub. They have …
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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
I picked up You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington thinking Alexis Coe had prepared a tasty historical snack for me. The book is less than three hundred pages and heavy on the sidebars and listicles–the opening …
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New Books: 01/05/2021
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Earthings, a novel by Sayaka Murata is the second title translated from Japanese to English by the author. Convenience Store Woman, (the other title) has the similar tone and ease of readability as Earthlings, however, Earthlings explores …
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Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
I read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle when I was in grade school and I’ve loved science fiction books ever since. All these years later, I was taken on a similar journey with a book about a brother …
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Patron Pick: Paul and Me
One of our loyal patrons, Walter, thinks you’ll enjoy Paul and Me: Fifty-three Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal Paul Newman by A.E. Hotchner.
Playwright and biographer Hotchner affectionately reflects on his decades-long friendship with iconic actor Paul …
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January 2021 LibraryReads Hall of Fame
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite upcoming books. Any writers who appear on the list three times are moved into the Hall of Fame to recognize their new books while making room on the main list for less well known authors.
Paul Farmer Wins 2020 Berggruen Prize
First awarded in 2016 with the overt purpose of becoming a “Nobel prize for philosophy” the Berggruen Prize is a million dollar award given each year to a significant individual in the field of philosophy. It is awarded by the …
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Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Mira’s on her way home to New Jersey from her elite west coast art high school when winter weather forces her flight to land early. It’s the anniversary of her aunt’s death so she’s desperate to get home. She doesn’t …
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2020 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalists
The Harriet Tubman Prize is awarded annually to a distinguished nonfiction book published in the United States on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World. A Readers’ Committee of scholars and librarians selects a short list of …
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