March Newsletter |
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Happy March!
We hope that you had a wonderful February, with all of its Valentine's Day celebrations and Olympic fanfare. We know that February is the shortest month of the year, but it's hard to believe that March is already here!
Spring is in the air, and we hope that you're able to get out and enjoy some March sunshine. We're planning to spend lots of time reading in the sun!
We have some great events coming up this week, so be sure to check those out below. We hope to see you there!
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From the Team at Fiction Addiction: -Nancy -Jill -Lee -Grace Anne -Melissa -Gretchen (not pictured)
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March is Women's History Month |
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12/30/20 - University of South Carolina Press - $19.99
Prior to the twenty-first century, most historical writing about women in South Carolina focused on elite White women, even though working-class women of diverse backgrounds were actively engaged in the social, economic, and political battles of the state. Although often unrecognized publicly, they influenced cultural and political landscapes both within and outside of the state's borders through their careers, writing, art, music, and activism. Despite significant cultural, social, and political barriers, these brave and determined women affected sweeping change that advanced the position of women as well as their communities.
The entries in 101 Women Who Shaped South Carolina, which include many from the landmark text The South Carolina Encyclopedia, offer a concise and approachable history of the state, while recognizing the sacrifice, persistence, and sheer grit of its heroines and history makers.
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10/13/20 - Timbuktu Labs - $35.00
A 2021 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARDS WINNER!
The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape, our world.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children. Packed with 100 all-new bedtime stories about the lives of incredible female figures from the past and the present, this volume recognizes women who left their birth countries for a multitude of reasons: some for new opportunities, some out of necessity.
Readers will whip up a plate with Asma Khan, strategize global affairs alongside Madeleine Albright, venture into business with Rihanna, and many more. All of these unique, yet relatable stories are accompanied by gorgeous, full-page, full-color portraits, illustrated by female artists from all over the globe.
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March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's Birthday |
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4/19/22 - Random House Books for Young Readers - $8.99
AVAILABLE APRIL 19TH - PREORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!
Say thank you to a teacher with this small hardcover gift book featuring art by Dr. Seuss! An ideal choice in place of a greeting card, this charming keepsake includes unrhymed lines of appreciation for the many different ways that teachers help shape our lives!
Illustrated throughout with art from classic Dr. Seuss books, this mini hardcover gift book celebrates all the things we learn from our teachers, from traditional subjects like reading, math, history, science, art, music, and physical fitness to character traits like sharing, helping others, working in teams, and finding our own way. An ideal end-of-year gift, it's the perfect small thank for teachers of all grades—from kindergarten through graduate school!
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2/8/22 - Random House Books for Young Readers - $8.99
Join Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat as they try to catch a leprechaun in this sweet, sturdy board book perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
Written in super-simple rhyme, this bright, funny board book features Thing One and Thing Two as they chase a tricky leprechaun through a St. Patrick's Day parade, where they encounter bag pipe and harp players, Irish stepdancers, four-lead clovers, a rainbow, and even a pot of gold! A perfect gift for babies and toddlers, this is an ideal way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and introduce the very youngest children to the magical world of Dr. Seuss!
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March 17th is St. Patrick's Day! |
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1/25/22 - Charlesbridge Publishing - $8.99
Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners.
On Saint Patrick's Day, Baby learns why plants like clovers are green: photosynthesis! Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for Baby, this clever board book explores the science of photosynthesis, leaf anatomy, and traditions surrounding St. Patrick's Day. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage Baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
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March 20th is Very Hungry Caterpillar Day |
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2/22/22 - World of Eric Carle - $4.99
Learn how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly with the help of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
In this nonfiction story, young readers can explore the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The miracles of nature come to life in this early-learning series centered around life cycles, featuring simple text and Eric Carle's classic illustrations!
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Welcome to Greenville Box |
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A perfect welcome gift for yourself or any newcomer to Greenville! Includes three books related to Greenville, a Falls Park bridge ornament, and a local interest sticker or two.
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3/8/22 - Thomas Nelson Publishers - $17.99
Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love.
Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom . . . but then the nightmare strikes too close to home.
When his new wife, her daughter, and two other teenage girls are stolen, Murphy is left questioning all he has thought to be true. With more dead ends than leads, he has no idea how to find his loved ones. After everything is stripped away, love is what remains.
Hope feels lost, but Murphy is willing to expend his last breath trying to bring them home.
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3/29/22 - Ecco - $16.99
A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Nest
Flora Mancini has been happily married for more than twenty years. But everything she thought she knew about herself, her marriage, and her relationship with her best friend, Margot, is upended when she stumbles upon an envelope containing her husband’s wedding ring—the one he claimed he lost one summer when their daughter, Ruby, was five.
Flora and Julian struggled for years, scraping together just enough acting work to raise Ruby in Manhattan and keep Julian’s small theater company—Good Company—afloat. A move to Los Angeles brought their first real career successes, a chance to breathe easier, and a reunion with Margot, now a bona fide television star. But has their new life been built on lies? What happened that summer all those years ago? And what happens now?
With Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s signature tenderness, humor, and insight, Good Company tells a bighearted story of the lifelong relationships that both wound and heal us.
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3/22/22 - Harper - $27.99
In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo’s plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie’s husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There’s already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen.
To guarantee the safety of the First Lady—and of the soldier being held in police custody—Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.
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3/29/22 - Gallery Books - $27.00
The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series brings “her signature wit, charm, and heart” (Woman’s World) to this sweeping new novel following four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and a connection to the famous Vanderbilt family.
Four women. One family heirloom. A secret connection that will change their lives—and history as they know it.
Present Day: Julia Baxter’s wedding veil, bequeathed to her great-grandmother by a mysterious woman on a train in the 1930s, has passed through generations of her family as a symbol of a happy marriage. But on the morning of her wedding day, something tells her that even the veil’s good luck isn’t enough to make her marriage last forever. Overwhelmed and panicked, she escapes to the Virgin Islands to clear her head. Meanwhile, her grandmother Babs is also feeling shaken. Still grieving the death of her beloved husband, she decides to move out of the house they once shared and into a retirement community. Though she hopes it’s a new beginning, she does not expect to run into an old flame, dredging up the same complicated emotions she felt a lifetime ago.
1914: Socialite Edith Vanderbilt is struggling to manage the luxurious Biltmore Estate after the untimely death of her cherished husband. With 250 rooms to oversee and an entire village dependent on her family to stay afloat, Edith is determined to uphold the Vanderbilt legacy—and prepare her free-spirited daughter Cornelia to inherit it—in spite of her family’s deteriorating financial situation. But Cornelia has dreams of her own. Asheville, North Carolina has always been her safe haven away from the prying eyes of the press, but as she explores more of the rapidly changing world around her, she’s torn between upholding tradition and pursuing the exciting future that lies beyond Biltmore’s gilded gates.
In the vein of Therese Anne Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman and Jennifer Robson’s The Gown, The Wedding Veil brings to vivid life a group of remarkable women forging their own paths—and explores the mystery of a national heirloom lost to time.
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3/22/22 - Alfred A. Knopf - $27.00
From the beloved best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author—a funny, joyful, brilliantly perceptive journey deep into one Baltimore family’s foibles, from a boyfriend with a red Chevy in the 1950s up to a longed-for reunion with a grandchild in our pandemic present.
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understand. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influences on one another ripple ineffably but unmistakably through each generation.
Full of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler: a stirring, uncannily insightful novel of tremendous warmth and humor that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close—yet how unknowable—every family is to itself.
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3/29/22 - Berkley - $27.00
Nola Trenholm is hopeful for a fresh start in the Big Easy but must deal with ghosts from her past—as well as new ones—in this first book in a spin-off series of Karen White's New York Timesbestselling Tradd Street novels. After a difficult detour on her road to adulthood, Nola Trenholm is looking to begin anew in New Orleans, and what better way to start her future than with her first house? But the historic fixer-upper she buys comes with even more work than she anticipated when the house’s previous occupants don’t seem to be ready to depart. Although she can’t communicate with ghosts like her stepmother can, luckily Nola knows someone in New Orleans who is able to—even if he’s the last person on earth she wants anything to do with ever again. Beau Ryan comes with his own dark past—a past that involves the disappearance of his sister and parents during Hurricane Katrina—and he’s connected to the unsolved murder of a woman who once lived in the old Creole cottage Nola is determined to make her own...whether the resident restless spirits agree or not.
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3/15/22 - Orbit - $29.00
The gripping new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boy from the Woods.
Harlan Coben's next novel continues the tradition of taut suspense and jaw-dropping twists that are the trademarks of this modern master of the thriller genre. Coben returns to Wilde, the man with a childhood shrouded in mystery who appeared one day in the Ramapo Mountains with no memory of how he got there or the mother and father who abandoned him. Now, Wilde has uncovered a major break in the case that may hold the key to revealing the truth of his origins. But the discovery links him with a present-day disappearance and presumed suicide that is much more than at first it appears.
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3/15/22 - Little, Brown and Company - $28.00
"Within every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so it goes, until the end of time."
It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin’s future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge.
Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk about his childhood. How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down? Yet how can Lily learn who she is if she can never know her family’s story's
Spanning continents and generations, Peach Blossom Spring is a bold and moving look at the history of modern China, told through the story of one family. It’s about the power of our past, the hope for a better future, and the haunting question: What would it mean to finally be home?
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3/8/22 - G.P. Putnam's Sons - $28.00
From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth.
In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one—is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war.
As the tenor of the world shifts, the Booths emerge from their hidden lives to cement their place as one of the country’s leading theatrical families. But behind the curtains of the many stages they have graced, multiple scandals, family triumphs, and criminal disasters begin to take their toll, and the solemn siblings of John Wilkes Booth are left to reckon with the truth behind the destructively specious promise of an early prophecy.
Booth is a startling portrait of a country in the throes of change and a vivid exploration of the ties that make, and break, a family.
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3/8/22 - Sourcebooks Landmark - $16.99
Based on a true story, The War Nurse is a sweeping historical novel by USA Today bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through WWI France.
She asked dozens of young women to lay their lives on the line during the Great War. Can she protect them?
Superintendent of Nurses Julia Stimson must recruit sixty-four nurses to relieve the battle-worn British, months before American troops are ready to be deployed. She knows that the young nurses serving near the front lines of will face a challenging situation, but nothing could have prepared her for the chaos that awaits when they arrive at British Base Hospital 12 in Rouen, France. The primitive conditions, a convoluted, ineffective system, and horrific battle wounds are enough to discourage the most hardened nurses, and Julia can do nothing but lead by example—even as the military doctors undermine her authority and make her question her very place in the hospital tent.
When trainloads of soldiers stricken by a mysterious respiratory illness arrive one after the other, overwhelming the hospital's limited resources, and threatening the health of her staff, Julia faces an unthinkable choice—to step outside the bounds of her profession and risk the career she has fought so hard for, or to watch the people she cares for most die in her arms.
Fans of Martha Hall Kelly's Lost Roses and Marie Benedict's Lady Clementine will devour this mesmerizing celebration of some of the most overlooked heroes in history: the fierce, determined, and brave nurses who treated soldiers in World War I.
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3/29/22 - Broadside Books - $26.99
God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect….
“Have faith” is a phrase we hear all the time. But what does it actually look like to live it out? In The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream examines the lives of biblical women to see how God’s plans can turn our worlds upside down. She tells the story of Jochebed, a mother who took enormous risks to protect her son, Moses, from Pharaoh. Could Jochebed have imagined that God’s actual design for her son involved flight into exile and danger? And yet this was all part of the master plan to deliver Israel from slavery. Another biblical mother, Rebekah, made terrible choices in an attempt to ensure her son’s place in history. And a daughter, Michal, struggled to keep her faithless father, Saul, from sin, while battling pride in herself.
Through these stories, Shannon explains the intimate connection between faith and family—and how God’s unexpected agenda can redefine the way we think about family. Not all of these mothers and daughters in the Bible were paragons of virtue. Like us, they were human beings who faltered and struggled to do their best. While some heard God’s voice, others chose their own paths. Through the lens of their imperfections, we can see how God used their stories to bring about His divine plans. He’s still doing the same work in our lives today.
The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak shows that faith is more often a twisting road than a straight line. Yet, as the stories of biblical families attest, at the end of these journeys lies greater peace and joy than we could ever imagine.
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3/8/22 - Greenwillow Books - $17.99
Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same—until Orchid Mason arrives. From Erin Entrada Kelly, the winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this contemporary school story set in small-town Louisiana is about friendship, family, deception, and being true to yourself and your dreams.
There are twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek Middle School. They’ve been together all their lives. And in this small factory town where everyone knows everything about everyone, that’s not necessarily a great thing.
There are thirteen desks in the seventh-grade classroom. That’s because Renni Dean’s father got a promotion, and the family moved to Grand Saintlodge, the nearest big town. Renni’s desk is empty, but Renni still knows their secrets; is still pulling their strings.
When Orchid Mason arrives and slips gracefully into Renni’s chair, the other seventh graders don’t know what to think. Orchid—who was born in New York City but just moved to Fawn Creek from Paris—seems to float. Her dress skims the floor. She’s wearing a flower behind her ear.
Fawn Creek Middle might be small, but it has its tightly knit groups—the self-proclaimed “God Squad,” the jocks, the outsiders—just like anyplace else. Who will claim Orchid Mason? Who will save Orchid Mason? Or will Orchid Mason save them?
Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor winner Erin Entrada Kelly explores complex themes centered on family, friendships, and staying true to yourself. Those Kids from Fawn Creek will enchant fans of Thanhhà Lai’s Inside Out & Back Again and Rebecca Stead’s The List of Things That Will Not Change.
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3/29/22 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - $17.99
A lonely pegasus looks for the perfect friend in this sweet and adorable picture book companion to the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal!
Nimbus has always lived among the clouds. She’s a pegasus, after all, and the sky is where she belongs. She is one of a kind. And when she wants a friend, all she has to do is look up—and talk to the stars.
Only...they don’t really talk back. The clouds don’t, either. And sometimes, being the only pegasus can be a little...lonely? So she decides to find a fallen star to make a wish on—and wishes for friends who are just like her. Along the way she meets a Unicorn named Kelp, and a host of other creatures...who might just open her eyes to something other than what’s up in the sky.
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3/29/22 - Feiwel & Friends - $17.99
NANA loves you more!
How much does Nana love you? More than the moon? More than the stars? More than all of the planets by far!
One of the most popular entertainers in the world will tell you just how deep a Nana’s love runs.
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3/1/22 - Disney-Hyperion - $18.99
All it takes is one spark to start a blaze.
At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC’s elite, a single rumor has the power to ruin a life.
Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all—the perfect boyfriend, a bright future in politics, and even popularity thanks to her best friend, cheer captain Cora. Then one mistake sparked a scandal that burned it all to the ground.
Now it's the start of a new school year and the spotlight has shifted: It’s geeky Georgie, newly hot after a summer makeover, whose name is on everyone's lips. When a rumor ignites, Georgie rockets up the school's social hierarchy, pitting her and Cora against each other. It grants her Foxham stardom . . . but it also makes her a target.
As the rumors grow and morph, blazing like wildfire through the school’s social media, all three girls’ lives begin to unravel. But one person close to the drama has the power to stop the gossip in its tracks. The question is—do they even want to?
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Signed First Editions Club! |
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Our picks have won awards, been made into movies, or have simply been really good reads. Moving forward, we will not be announcing our Signed First Edition Club picks ahead of time. To sign up for a surprise Signed First Edition each month, register here.
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3/15/22 - The Dial Press - $10.99 |
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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
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This was a staff pick of mine when it first released and now it's coming to Apple TV. A wonderful tearjerker of a love story. Read it when you're sad as an excuse to cry and you'll end feeling refreshed and hopeful.
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3/15/22 - Minedition - $12.99 |
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Where's My Cat? by Seymour Chwast
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An ingenious board book in the vein of Beautiful Oops that should inspire visual creativity in children.
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3/8/22 - Universe - $19.95 |
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Cats & Books by Universe
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If you don't love cats and books, I'm not quite sure why you are on our mailing list. ;-)
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Nancy M. (Jill's mom)
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I love mysteries & thrillers, police procedurals, and psychological mysteries. I also love well written southern fiction set in the early to late 1900's.
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1/18/22 - Minotaur Books - $27.99 |
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Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy
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Desolation Canyon is listed as #2 in the Detective Margaret Nolan series, but it is also book #2 in the story of Sam Easton, the soldier suffering from PTSD from what happened to him in Afghanistan, and one of my favorite characters in the new series. Once again there are separate story lines that eventually all come together. Sam is helping his friend Lenny who rescued a woman and her daughter from a self-help group located in Death Valley. Remy is still searching for his sister who disappeared 9 years ago, and Maggie and Al are investigating a probable murder when they find a body in a swan pool at a ritzy hotel. Desolution Canyon is another fast paced, action filled, un-put-downable book by P.J. Tracy.
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3/29/22 - William Morrow - $27.99 |
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The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn - SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE
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Once again Kate Quinn has written an un-put-downable historical thriller about a part of WWII we rarely read about. She writes about the German invasion of Russia and how the Russian people died in masses defending their homeland and how the women of Russia were on the frontlines with the men. And once again she has taken a true story, that of the most famous female sniper in the world, and given us a character, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who you will love and admire from page one of this extraordinary novel. (Seconded by Grace Anne!)
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3/1/22 - Minotaur Books - $27.99 |
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The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
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The Night Shift is another fabulous crime novel from Alex Finley. I say crime novel because as in Every Last Fear his main theme is to get legal justice for the victims and to find out finally what really happened. Two horrific killings 15 years apart seem to be connected at least in appearance and not just because there was a lone young girl who survived both times. It is up to the police, FBI agent Sarah Keller and one of the survivors to piece together the connections and to weed through all the evidence and find out what really happened and if the two events are connected. The first part of the book sets up the scenes and the characters from each of the time frames. It slowly and methodically lets you learn about what has happened feeding you clues one by one. The second half of the book becomes the thriller that it is being marketed as. No sophomore slump for Mr. Finlay!
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3/29/21 - Minotaur Books - $27.99 |
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The Resting Place by Camilla Sten
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The Resting Place is a dark, atmospheric thriller that takes place in the middle of a Swedish winter in a gothic style mansion in the middle of nowhere. Supposedly no one has lived in it for over 40 years and Eleanor, who inherited it from her grandmother never even knew it existed. The story is told from dual timelines the present, right after Eleanor walks in on someone murdering her grandmother. And, from 40 years earlier from the point of view of Anushka, the maid who is newly arrived at the country mansion. Eleanor suffers from prosopagnosia (face blindness) so even though she saw the killer she has no memory of his face. This just adds to the creepiness of the story as she is never sure of herself when it comes to recognizing people. A must read for those who love ghostly stories that leave you wondering what is real and what is not.
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3/8/21 - Forge Books - $27.99 |
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The Chase by Candice Fox
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Six hundred prisoners, including extremely dangerous death row inmates are released into the Nevada desert during a hostage event. Celine Osborne is the death row supervisor and while she had no part in releasing the prisoners, she is very involved in helping to hunt them down. Because of a horrific event from her past she is determined to personally find and return John Kradle the man who killed his entire family. The Chase is The Fugitive on steroids. Many of the prisoners soon start seeking revenge for those who put them in prison in the first place. The big question is are they all as bad as you would assume or could some of them be innocent or rehabilitated and be trusted to help? Celine Osborne is definitely not someone to be messed with but did the trauma in her past damage her ability to trust her instincts about people? Is she as tough as she comes across? Will she ever have a life outside of Pronghorn correctional institution? Will the mastermind of the breakout be caught before he is able to perpetrate another mass shooting? Lots of story lines, lots of questions, lots of characters, and lots of action make this one of Candace Foxs best thrillers yet.
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3/1/21 - Back Bay Books - $16.99 |
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Who Is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews
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Florence Darrow, a wannabe author who is fired from her editorial job at a publishing house because of a personal scandal, is given the chance to be an assistant to a famous author. Only problem with that is that the author is using a pseudonym and no one other than her editor knows who she is. So, Florence cannot tell anyone where she is going or what she is doing. Helen Wilcox is the mysterious Maud Dixon, the author of a runaway best seller. Helen is opinionated, extremely self-confident and even a little mean at times. She is exactly who Florence would like to be so Florence loves her job and tries to learn how to act like Helen so she too can one day be a self-assured writer. And then while in Morocco with Helen to do research for a new book Florence wakes up in the hospital with no memories of what happened but with everyone calling her Ms. Wilcox. Is this Florences chance to really become a famous author. Can she become Helen, or more importantly can she become Maud Dixon? I really liked this book until the ending and then I absolutely loved it. You will ask yourself several times who is the victim and who is the villain.
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3/7/21 - Little, Brown and Company - $30.00 |
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Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
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I knew anything Dolly Parton participated in would have to be good, and since I have enjoyed many books by James Patterson in the past I expected Run, Rose, Run to be an enjoyable read. What I didn’t expect was how big a part Dolly Parton must have had in writing the book because it was a close up look at what it takes to be a star in Nashville and what the life of a country singer is like. There was some mystery and there were some pretty intense action scenes, but the main story was all about the music. The characters were fascinating, and I assume were based in part on Dolly and on people she has known, and the book was filled with songwriting and lyrics to songs that I assume will be on the album that Dolly is making to go along with the book.
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3/8/21 - Little, Brown and Company - $28.00 |
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Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
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Like a Sister is as much a story about today’s social media culture and societal issues especially those of race and class as it is a masterfully written twisty mystery. The story is narrated by the very relatable Lena Scott, half- sister of realty star Desiree Pierce who is found dead of a presumed overdose. Lena uses sarcasm and wit to hide her emotions because as a young Black woman in today’s world Lena believes what her mother has always told her – that she must always show her super-woman side to the world. While Desiree was a known alcoholic and coke user, one of the main reasons the sisters had not spoken in two years, Lena is convinced that Desiree didn’t die from an accidental overdose of heroin. She wouldn’t have been surprised if it were coke but never heroin, as Desiree hated needles and was too vain to ever leave track marks. Lena believes the last favor she can do for her sister is find out the truth behind her death even, as it turns out, at the risk to her own life. Listening to Lena as voiced by Bahni Turpin made this even more special. Thank you to Libro.fm for the opportunity to listen to this and review it pre-publication.
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3/1/21 - Gallery Books - $27.99 |
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Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik
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Girl in Ice was an amazing look into the incredible difficulty of conducting research in the Artic Circle, it was a stern warning to what humans are doing to the earth, it was a bit of what I consider plausible Sci Fi (who knows what the future will show), and it was a story of the incredible bond that twins hold. It was exciting, informative, sad, and disturbing at times but in the end very hopeful. Val rarely leaves her home, has only flown once and that was an emotional disaster, but she accepts the offer to go travel to a remote and very isolated research station in the artic to help try and communicate with an 8-year-old girl, who was suppsedly frozen in a crevice and thawed out alive. Val is one of the leading authorities on ancient Norse languages and this research station is where her brother Andy froze to death from a supposed suicide. She is sure that he would never have done this and hopes that finding out what really happened to him might give her peace. The location is very much as important a character as Val, the child, and the other four people who are at the station.
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Melissa O., Operations
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I love the faster pacing of books written for a younger audience (middle grade and young adult), but will try just about anything fiction, especially if it has some romance. I also have a soft spot for really special picture books.
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2/8/22 - St. Martin's Publishing Group - $16.99 |
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Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
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Violet is heiress to her grandmother, the most powerful witch in a long time and de facto leader of the supernatural community. Or she would be, if she had any magic. But since she doesn't, the title and responsibility has fallen to her sister, leaving Violet free to do her own, non-magical thing, including griping about how awful alpha wolf shifter Lincoln is (and has been since he broke her heart when they were teenagers). When the supernatural council decides that both of them must choose a mate -- NOW -- Violet and Lincoln decide to fake date to buy themselves some time to figure out a way out of their situations. Except the chemistry between them is still as strong as ever, and keeping things fake might be harder than they thought. A super fun rom-com; I loved the characters and their relationships and laughed out loud many times.
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2/1/22 - Penguin Publishing Group - $16.00 |
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Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
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When her life implodes, the last thing Sadie needs is to meet the hookup she matched with on a dating app when she was drunk. But it turns out to be a good thing she keeps that appointment, as she had accidentally swiped right on a room to rent that is surprisingly perfect. The owner of the brownstone, however, could use some work. Jack has kept to himself since his parents died, and Sadie's bubbly personality and boisterous friends may be just the thing to get him to open up again. If Sadie can learn to stop being so hard on herself, Jack may end up being just as perfect for her as his brownstone is. An emotional story that is as much about Sadie's personal growth as it is about her relationships with Jack and her friends, this will appeal to readers of Emily Henry.
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3/8/22 - Algonquin Young Readers - $19.95 |
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The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
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The town of Stone-in-the-Glen used to be lovely, but now it's not. Its citizens used to help one another and have long conversations, but now, after losing their library and school to fires, they close themselves in their own houses and look at their neighbors with distrust, trusting only their dazzling, dragon-slaying mayor. The orphans at Orphan House can see that there's a problem, though they don't know how to fix it. And the anonymous gifts from the Ogress at the edge of town aren't enough. And when the townspeople's distrust ramps up to high, the mayor points them toward the outsider Ogress. Now the orphans have to figure out how to get people to see the Ogress's goodness. This is a story about strangers and family, love and hate, truth and lies, and above all about the stories we tell and the empathy we can get from them.
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3/1/22 - HarperCollins Publishers - $18.99 |
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Gallant by V.E. Schwab - SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE
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Olivia Prior has grown up in an orphanage, unable to speak, the only one able to see the ghouls around her. Her mother's journal is her only link to her unknown past, until she gets a letter from an uncle she didn't know she had, summoning her to her family home, Gallant -- a place her mother had warned her against in her journal, even as her words spiraled into madness. But Olivia longs for a place to belong, and so she goes. It turns out, though, that Gallant is more than just a house. When Olivia crosses the crumbling garden wall, she finds herself in a shadow Gallant, ruled by death, and she has to decide which world she really belongs in. Schwab has a way of telling stories that really gets to the root of the story -- yes, this is a story about family and loss, life and death, a doorway between them, and a girl who can live in both worlds, but Schwab makes it so much more, breathing life and meaning into everything Olivia is and does and wants to be. A beautiful book for fans of Holly Black and Neil Gaiman.
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3/15/22 - Penguin Publishing Group - $16.00 |
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The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton
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Charlotte is a member of the entirely reputable League of Gentlewomen Witches, who definitely do not practice witchcraft because such a thing does not exist. Their highest purpose in life is, of course, to foster enmity with the pirates of the Wisteria Society. Until the amulet of Black Beryl shows up, and all of the pirates and witches go after it. Then it's up to Charlotte, as the prophesized true heir to Black Beryl, to get the amulet. Along the way, she becomes entangled with pirate Alex, and things get...emotional, much to the disgruntlement of both. If you like a little magic and swashbuckling in your historical romance, this book is for you. A raucous, laugh-out-loud adventure romance that you don't want to miss!
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3/1/22 - Berkley - $16.00 |
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Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
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Olivia has always been a disaster, with bad luck following her around like a lost puppy. So it's no surprise to anyone when she loses her job and her boyfriend...and accidentally burns down her apartment. And to make matters worse, she has to live with her brother and his roommate, Colin, who just happens to be her childhood arch nemesis. Things start to look up when she gets a random 'What are you wearing?' text from a stranger that turns into an anonymous friendship, which Olivia desperately needs. Except Colin discovers that he is actually Mr. Wrong Number and has to figure out how -- or if -- to tell Olivia. A fun, sexy romance with characters I absolutely love.
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3/1/22 - Graphix - $12.99 |
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The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
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Sophia has lived with her uncle since her dad died at sea on a research mission, but lately Uncle Paul doesn't seem to have time for her. She finds a purpose when an odd 'aquanaut' shows up at the research lab of Aqualand, her dad and uncle's marine theme park. It turns out, the 'aquanaut' is actually controlled by a collection of rare marine species who are simply looking for more like them, and they followed Sophia's dad's research to Aqualand. But when Sophia finds out that Aqualand is in danger because of a greedy investor, she has to talk Paul into helping -- without endangering her new friends. A fun adventure that also has themes of loss and grief and found family, handled expertly by Santat.
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3/8/22 - Balzer & Bray - $10.99 |
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Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston
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Cerys has grown up safe in Aloriya, running around with her best friend, the princess, and the annoying fox who follows her around. She knows better than most what the cursed wood bordering the village is capable of; she's the only one who made it out alive as a child when it claimed the lives of her mother and two friends. So Cerys helps her father tend the palace garden, occasionally using her small wood curse magic to make flowers grow, and she's content with that lot in life. Or so she tells herself. When the princess's coronation is taken over by the wood and the curse, though, Cerys is the only one who can save them all. A dark fantasy that nevertheless contains Poston's signature humor while telling a story that fairy-tale fans will undoubtedly enjoy.
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Linda H., Volunteer
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I enjoy nonfiction the most: biographies, true crime, sociology, and civil rights narratives to name a few. When I read fiction, I choose historical novels or literary fiction most often.
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3/1/22 - William Morrow - $27.99 |
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The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
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Tobacco was king in North Carolina in the 1940s. Maddie Sykes is well-aware of that when her troubled mom abandons the 15-year-old at her Aunt Ettas house in Bright Leaf, NC. Maddies experience helping Aunt Etta sew for the wives of the tobacco executives in town opens her eyes to privilege and wealth to which she is not accustomed. She also comes to realize the importance of the women who have taken over mens factory jobs during the war. Adele Myerss captivating debut novel covers the initial conspiracy of the tobacco industry to cover up damaging studies of cigarettes harm, and the growth of Maddie into a young woman concerned about the health of her family and new friends in Bright Leaf. A beautiful coming-of-age historical novel that you shouldnt miss!
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3/29/22 - Gallery Books - $27.00 |
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The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey
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Can a wedding veil be a blessing and a curse? Julia Baxter hopes for good luck when she chooses her familys veil for her wedding to her long-time love. But as things begin to unravel, Julia begins to realize that things are not as they seem, even with the beloved family veil. Kristy Woodson Harvey does an excellent job weaving together Vanderbilt family history with Julias own Baxter family history to create an intriguing plot, full of generational love stories that are often, as love is , complicated. And Biltmore House as one of the settings is the topping on the cake.
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3/15/22 - William Morrow - $16.99 |
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Everything Beautiful In Its Time by Jenna Bush Hager
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Jenna Bush Hager writes a heartwarming memoir about her grandparents on both sides of her family and what she learned from them. From the heady days of playing in the George H.W Bush White House to the down-to-earth lessons learned from her maternal grandmother, Hager makes us pause and reconsider the legacy of our own grandparents and ways to honor them.
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3/1/22 - Atria Books - $27.00 |
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One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
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One Italian Summer is a love story with a side of time-traveling. Katy goes on a trip to Italy that had been originally planned with her recently deceased mom. But suddenly, her mom shows up as a thirty-year-old. I have to admit I wasn't sure about this plot development. But Rebecca Serle makes it so believable that I couldnt wait to see what would happen next. Serles amazing descriptions of the food and landscape of Positano, Italy, made me feel that I was on vacation, too. And with the world as it is nowadays, who wouldnt want to take a vacation from life?
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3/1/22 - Ballantine Books - $17.00 |
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The Sweet Taste of Muscadines by Pamela Terry
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The Sweet Taste of Muscadines is a Southern novel in the truest sense. All the ingredients are there: a small town, family secrets, whispers of affairs. When Lila comes home after her mothers unexpected death, she finds out that events of her childhood were not what they seemed. Lila and her brother Henry travel to Scotland to find out the truth about their loved ones who are now dearly departed. Unforgettable characters and true Southern humor abound!
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3/1/22 - Henry Holt and Company - $16.99 |
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We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
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Whitakers tale has the most extraordinary characters that I have seen in a long time. Im still thinking about Duchess, her brother Robin, and the long-suffering Chief Walker. We Begin at the End is not only a murder mystery, it offers a sense of place, a look at old loves, a contemplation of justice. It tackles the effects of Parkinsons on the body, orphans and the welfare system, and the justice of incarceration. I can just see a movie in the future!
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3/1/22 - Crown Publishers - $18.00 |
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True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman
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This books encapsulates the career of one of Marvel comics greatest creators. Under his stewardship, he brought to life iconic characters such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and Captain America. Just to name a few. Warts and all, there's no denying his legacy will endure thru the ages.
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Mary Jane, Volunteer
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I'm a retired school librarian who loves reading, walking and our rescue Corgi, Heidi. I volunteer for a local nonprofit, PS I Love You, and serve as a board member for Hub City Farmers Market.
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1/25/22 - Penguin Random House - $15.95 |
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The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
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Set during the Great Depression, this novel introduces us to Delwood Reese and Rae Lynn Cobb and the circumstances that bring them both to the grim turpentine camp of Swallow Hill. Everhart gives us both the natural beauty and manmade horror of life in a Georgia labor camp. Delwood and Rae Lynn both endure the pain of past mistakes and the challenge of allowing themselves hope for the future. The relationships developed through the book give us an understanding of the powerful bonds that can be forged by adversity and the resilience of the human spirit.
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11/30/21 - Grove Press - $20.00 |
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
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This small book leaves a large impression for doing the right thing in challenging circumstances. The main character, Bill Furlong, is a coal merchant who uncovers an ugly secret at the local convent. The Christmas season keeps Bill busy enough that turning a blind eye would be easy and understandable. Bill's own childhood, though, refuses to allow him to do that. The author gives us a sobering look at an ugly piece of Catholic history set in an idyllic Irish village and leaves the reader wondering what choice they would make.
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Gretchen S., Bookseller
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I love to read historical fiction, classic literature, biographies, and young adult. My favorites stories are those that make me think or look at the world with a different perspective.
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3/29/22 - Oni Press - $7.99 |
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon
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A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality is a wonderfully funny and informative book that dives ideep into what it means to be Asexual. Molly and Will explain the spectrum of Asexuality, the different between Asexual and Aromantic, and the variety of problems or stereotypes that Asexuals can experience. As a graphic novel, this book feels like the reader is having a conversation with the authors as they share their personal experiences and expertise about Asexuality. Are you wondering what Asexuality is? Do you feel like you you might be Asexual? Or do you know someone who is Asexual and you want to understand and support them? If so, this book is for you.
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Jackie W., Volunteer
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I enjoy suspense, complex political plots, psychological thrillers, really any good mystery. I also enjoy southern historical novels, especially those set in Appalachia as well as regency romance.
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3/8/22 - Doubleday - $27.00 |
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Hideout by Louisa Luna
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Alice Vega would seem impulsive to most of us, but perhaps she is just totally focused on her goals. Being hired by the very rich can mean you are subject to their whims, unless you are Alice. Being asked to solve a 30 year old mystery would be daunting to most, and Alice could use some help, but she may have asked more of Max than he is willing to give. The rural aspect of California and the groups that are allowed to prosper there are foreign to those of us who view California as cosmopolitan and progressive. But these factions do exist and Alice lands in the middle of then during her investigation. The story is fast paced and has very strong supporting characters and a good plot. Very engaging for any fan of suspense.
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3/29/22 - William Morrow - $27.99 |
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The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
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Emily, Jayne & Ruth are united by their husbands friendship that dates back to their university days. The group used to hold eight but after Ron died Edie felt excluded, despite being one of the original university group. Three women arrive at the desolate yet charming barn that is a vacation rental on a very large and remote sheep farm. They are irritable about the husbands decision to come the next day, and not that comfortable with one another. The hosts at the farm are an older couple grappling with health issues they never imagined. An odd and ominous gift awaits the women. The book is fast paced and the characters are all well developed and the interactions extremely realistic. At heart the book asks you to wonder how well you really know anyone, including those closest to you. Gilly Macmillan fans will love the book, and and fan of a good psychological thriller should enjoy the book.
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Brent B., Volunteer
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There are no limits to what I love to read, however I tend to gravitate to mystery/thriller action stories that are fast paced with lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing all the way to the end. There is nothing I love more than an ending that comes completely out of left field that I never saw coming.
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3/8/22 - William Morrow - $28.99 |
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The Lightning Rod by Brad Meltzer
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This one is too easy. When the King of 'Can't put-it-downedness' (Lee Child) endorses a book as compelling and unputdownable, it's bound to be a winner. In this one Brad Meltzer builds on his already impressive catalog with another inventive and engaging thrill ride of a read. In it, we rejoin the intricate and enigmatic characters Zig Zigarowski and Nola Brown in a thriller that is both complex and compelling. When Zig is unexpectedly called on to perform his mortuary services on a fallen service member, he can't help but suspect something isn't quite right. His suspicions are confirmed at the funeral when Nola Brown, a shadow from his former life shows up and narrowly evades a number of agents trying to apprehend her. The rest of the story is classic Meltzer - an incredibly fast paced adventure with multiple twists and turns that is indeed...unputdownable. If you're a fan of action mysteries, this one will not disappoint. Another winner from Brad Meltzer.
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3/1/22 - G.P. Putnam's Sons - $17.00 |
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Red Widow by Alma Katsu
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Lyndsey Duncan is a rising star as a CIA operative who has been called back from her overseas posting after a dalliance with a British intelligence operative is uncovered. While awaiting the fate of the future of her career, she is given the opportunity to lead an investigation into the death of a Russian informant she originally recruited as a spy. What follows is a classic 'spy novel' that is exceptionally well conceived and written. At every turn, Lyndsey faces challenges and suspicious behaviors until virtually everyone becomes a suspect and Lyndsey doesn't know who she can trust. The only way to save her career is to solve this mystery, even it it means powerful people at higher levels must be exposed. This one is hard to put down and will keep you guessing until the very end.
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Adam M., Volunteer
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I like to read science fiction: post-apocalyptic, space opera, time travel, alternate dimensions, and hard sci-fi so hard that it makes my brain hurt. I also love a good fantasy/sci-fi mash up.
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3/15/22 - Tor Books - $26.99 |
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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
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One of Scalzi's less serious books. A short fun adventure into a land of mountain-sized monsters where everything wants to kill you, and that's before sinister forces kidnap a Kaiju. Witty banter and the constant threat of horrible death. What could go wrong?
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