Lynnette Tarkington is a final girl.
Just like in a slasher movie, she was the lone survivor of a brutal killing spree. But she’s not the only one. In fact, she’s a member of a therapy group filled with women …
“The old gods may be great, but they are neither kind nor merciful. They are fickle, unsteady as moonlight on water, or shadows in a storm. If you insist on calling them, take heed: be careful what you ask for, …
Mira can’t believe her ears when she hears that Celine, her childhood best friend, is planning a wedding at the hottest vacation destination in their small hometown: the plantation.
The stories of torture the enslaved people endured on that land …
The once quiet neighborhood that Harper lives in is now filled with suspicion and distrust when Ruby, who had been charged with the crime of murdering two of their neighbors, returns months later when her conviction is overturned. Harper is …
“I still believe. I still believe that someday there will be equality in this country. That someday there will be a new civil rights act, and a new president and Congress to enforce it. That everyone will be able to …
“There’s a trick to spinning lies. You have to embed the truth in there, just a glimmer of it. That’s the part that will catch people, and it’s what makes the rest of your lies sound like truth, too.”
Although …
Jenny Lawson, known around the internet as the Bloggess, is a must-read author for people who appreciate a well-timed taxidermy joke.
Some might call her humor crude, or gently demented, but her previous books, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened…
“The love that I wanted so desperately: this isn’t what I thought it would feel like. It’s made me dizzy and it’s grounded me. It’s made me laugh when nothing is funny. It shimmers and it sparks, but it can …
“A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.”
This novel focuses on Elsa Martinelli and her …
“There’s something almost miraculous about seeing a child’s eyes light up when you hand him a book that intrigues him. I’ve always thought that it’s those children—the ones who realize that books are magic—who will have the brightest lives.”
Kristin …
“War was eternal, but so was peace. Death was eternal, but so was life. Darkness was eternal, but so was light. Hate was eternal, but above all, so was love.”
Eternal is Lisa Scottoline’s first historical novel. The story takes …
“Science has taught me that everything is more complicated than we first assume, and that being able to derive happiness from discovery is a recipe for a beautiful life.”
Hope Jahren is an award-winning Paleo biologist and research professor who …
Despite being near opposites, Poppy and Alex are best friends, and have gone on vacation together every summer for ten years. That is, until two years ago, in Croatia, when everything changed between them. They haven’t spoken since that trip, …
“I looked up and felt nothing for you—not love, not hate, not anything in between. Is this what the end was supposed to feel like? There are people who work through it, who fight for one another, who do it …
“Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made …
Fugitive Telemetry,a novella by Martha Wells, is a sequel to Exit Strategy and a prequel to Network Effect, the previous entry in the Murderbot Diaries series.
The cyborg identifying as ‘SecUnit’ to the public, if they absolutely must …
Schizophrenia has had a long, torrid history in the world of mental illness. As a disorder that manifests in a wide range of presentations and is only partially understood, it is also a fascinating peek into the complexity of the …
You don’t need to be a history buff to get wrapped up in this historical thriller. After the success of The First Conspiracy, Brad Meltzer and John Mensch team up for a second time to uncover the little-known, failed …
Set in Kansas in the months following the 2016 presidential election, The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals follows three characters as they try to figure out what it means to be family.
Animal lover Mona’s animal sanctuary is in serious …
This official Stars Wars knitting book by Tanis Gray does not disappoint!
The book is arranged by type, with toys, costume replicas, inspired apparel and home decor. Each pattern lists the size (one size for plushies, clothing size range, dimensions, …
Shuggie Bain, a debut novel by Douglas Stuart, is a story that will stick with you long after you’ve finished reading.
We follow Shuggie from age five to sixteen as he deals with complex feelings about his mother, an …
Grayson Sykes knows that a missing woman doesn’t always want to be found. Unfortunately, she’s a newly minted private investigator who doesn’t get to pick the clients.
The doctor who hired her firm is more concerned about his missing dog …
Can anything good happen in a town called Shudder-To-Think?
For El and Octavia, the Pennsylvanian mining town is all they’ve ever known. They’ve done their best to hang out, have crushes, and be as normal as they can while the …
Unfortunately for high school graduate Becky Farwell, her family circumstances prevent her from leaving her small central Illinois farm town to attend college.
While working in the business offices of the local government she discovers a seemingly harmless accounting error. …
