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Happy May!
The sun is shining, and we know that everyone is excited to be enjoying this warm weather and looking towards summer days ahead.
May is always a month of celebration, and we're looking forward to celebrating the moms in our lives, along with our Class of 2021 graduates! If you're still doing some last-minute shopping, check out some of our favorite picks below.
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From the Team at Fiction Addiction: -Nancy -Jill -Lee -Grace Anne -Melissa
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4/1/19 - University of North Carolina Press - $22.00
In this anthology of creative nonfiction, twenty-eight writers set out to discover what they know, and don't know, about the person they call Mother. Celebrated writers Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith have curated a diverse and insightful collection that challenges stereotypes about mothers and expands our notions of motherhood in the South. The mothers in these essays were shaped, for good and bad, by the economic and political crosswinds of their time. Whether their formative experience was the Great Depression or the upheavals of the 1970s, their lives reflected their era and influenced how they raised their children. The writers in Mothers and Strangers explore the reliability of memory, examine their family dynamics, and come to terms with the past.
In addition to the editors, contributors include Belle Boggs, Marshall Chapman, Hal Crowther, Clyde Edgerton, Marianne Gingher, Jaki Shelton Green, Sally Greene, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Eldridge "Redge" Hanes, Lynden Harris, Randall Kenan, Phillip Lopate, Michael Malone, Frances Mayes, Jill McCorkle, Melody Moezzi, Elaine Neil Orr, Steven Petrow, Margaret Rich, Omid Safi, James Seay, Alan Shapiro, Bland Simpson, Sharon K. Swanson, and Daniel Wallace.
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8/4/20 - Tanglewood Press: 2020 - $8.99
School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents, especially at times of separation, whether starting school, entering daycare, or going to camp. It is widely used by kindergarten teachers on the first day of school. Stickers at the back will help children and their parents keep their Kissing Hand alive.
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5/11/21 - Avid Reader Press: 2021 - $17.99
The #1 national bestselling “riveting” (The New York Times), “propulsive” (Time) behind-the-scenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (The Washington Post) of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima by veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace.
April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents—and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. Countdown 1945 tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months to follow, leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
In Countdown 1945, Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for different reasons: the legendary Albert Einstein, who eventually calls his vocal support for the atomic bomb “the one great mistake in my life”; lead researcher J. Robert “Oppie” Oppenheimer and the Soviet spies who secretly infiltrate his team; the fiercely competitive pilots of the plane selected to drop the bomb; and many more.
Perhaps most of all, Countdown 1945 is the story of an untested new president confronting a decision that he knows will change the world forever. But more than a book about the atomic bomb, Countdown 1945 is also an unforgettable account of the lives of ordinary American and Japanese civilians in wartime—from “Calutron Girls” like Ruth Sisson in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to ten-year-old Hiroshima resident Hideko Tamura, who survives the blast at ground zero but loses her mother and later immigrates to the United States, where she lives to this day—as well as American soldiers fighting in the Pacific, waiting in fear for the order to launch a possible invasion of Japan. Told with vigor, intelligence, and humanity, Countdown 1945 is the definitive account of one of the most significant moments in history.
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11/3/20 - Running Press: 2020 - $8.99
Celebrate real-life heroes in the US Army with this early board book introduction to the US military branches.
The Mini Military series focuses on introducing young readers to the various branches of the US military. Lil' Army Soldier highlights what it's like to be in the US Army, focusing on uniforms, helmets, and vests, and introducing toddlers to military vehicles, such as the Humvee, helicopter, and tank.
Perfect for military families, those with veterans in their family, or for anyone looking to educate their youngest readers about our troops, this book and the series is sure to inspire and celebrate our brave service men and women.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month |
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9/3/19 - Bloomsbury USA Children's Books: 2019 - $17.99
Carefree Ruby loves playing and exploring the world around her. But one day she notices a Worry hanging around. At first she decides to ignore it, but it just grows bigger and bigger, and before long, it's so huge that it's all she can think about. Then she comes across a boy who looks as sad as Ruby feels and who also has a Worry. As the boy tells Ruby about his Worry, though, it begins to get smaller, and Ruby learns that talking about her Worry is a good way to make it go away. An excellent teaching book about managing worry, which everyone has and which you may come back sometimes, but can get better if you share it with someone who can help you through it. - Melissa O.
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5/22/18 - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.: 2018 - $27.00
Instant New York Times bestseller - Empowering advice for overcoming setbacks from the authors of the popular blog Marc & Angel Hack Life
Marc and Angel Chernoff have become go-to voices in the area of personal development, reaching tens of thousands of fans each day with their fresh and relatable insights. Now they're writing the book they wish they'd had when they needed it most.
Getting Back to Happy reveals their strategies for changing thought patterns and daily habits to bounce back from tough times. Sharing never-before-published stories and advice, the book shows us how to harness the power of daily rituals, mindfulness, self-care, and more to overcome whatever life throws our way--in order to become our best selves.
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May the 4th Be With You - Celebrating 50 Years of Lucasfilm |
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11/10/20 - Del Rey: 2020 - $18.00
On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from the literary history of Star Wars:
• Gary Whitta bridges the gap from Rogue One to A New Hope through the eyes of Captain Antilles. • Aunt Beru finds her voice in an intimate character study by Meg Cabot. • Nnedi Okorofor brings dignity and depth to a most unlikely character: the monster in the trash compactor. • Pablo Hidalgo provides a chilling glimpse inside the mind of Grand Moff Tarkin. • Pierce Brown chronicles Biggs Darklighter’s final flight during the Rebellion’s harrowing attack on the Death Star. • Wil Wheaton spins a poignant tale of the rebels left behind on Yavin.
Plus thirty-four more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from: Ben Acker • Renée Ahdieh • Tom Angleberger • Ben Blacker • Jeffrey Brown • Pierce Brown • Meg Cabot • Rae Carson • Adam Christopher • Zoraida Córdova • Delilah S. Dawson • Kelly Sue DeConnick • Paul Dini • Ian Doescher • Ashley Eckstein • Matt Fraction • Alexander Freed • Jason Fry • Kieron Gillen • Christie Golden • Claudia Gray • E. K. Johnston • Paul S. Kemp • Mur Lafferty • Daniel M. Lavery • Ken Liu • Griffin McElroy • John Jackson Miller • Daniel José Older • Beth Revis • Madeleine Roux • Greg Rucka • Gary D. Schmidt • Cavan Scott • Charles Soule • Sabaa Tahir • Elizabeth Wein • Glen Weldon • Chuck Wendig
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May 5th is the 200th Anniversary of Napoleon's Death |
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10/20/15 - Penguin Books: 2015 - $15.00
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of The Storm of War—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times.
Andrew Roberts’s Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century.
An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon’s sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians.
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May 31st is the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre |
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5/4/21 - Abrams ComicArts: 2021 - $15.99
One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of Greenwood, Oklahoma
In Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and illustrator Stacey Robinson have crafted a love letter to Greenwood, Oklahoma. Also known as Black Wall Street, Greenwood was a community whose importance is often overshadowed by the atrocious massacre that took place there in 1921.
Across the Tracks introduces the reader to the businesses and townsfolk who flourished in this unprecedented time of prosperity for Black Americans. We learn about Greenwood and why it is essential to remember the great achievements of the community as well as the tragedy which nearly erased it. However, Ball is careful to recount the eventual recovery of Greenwood. With additional supplementary materials including a detailed preface, timeline, and historical essay, Across the Tracks offers a thorough examination of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Black Wall Street.
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The earlier we get your pre-orders (a month early is ideal!), the better chance you'll get the book by its pub date.
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Preorder The Wish by Nicholas Sparks |
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9/28/21 - Grand Central Publishing: 2021 - $28.00
From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever.
1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she meets Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce gradually shows her how much there is to love about the wind-swept beach town—and introduces her to photography, a passion that will define the rest of her life.
By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. At thirty-seven, she splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she finds herself unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him.
As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier—and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.
We are advocating to host Nicholas Sparks for an event, but it is too early to know at this point. For now, preorder the book!
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5/4/21 - Park Row Books: 2021 - $17.99
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II.
1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous tunnels beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers.
Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. While on an errand in the market, she catches a glimpse of something moving beneath a grate in the street. Upon closer inspection, she realizes it’s a girl hiding.
Ella begins to aid Sadie and the two become close, but as the dangers of the war worsen, their lives are set on a collision course that will test them in the face of overwhelming odds. Inspired by incredible true stories, The Woman with the Blue Star is an unforgettable testament to the power of friendship and the extraordinary strength of the human will to survive.
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5/11/21 - Gallery Books: 2021 - $28.00
The New York Times bestselling Beach House series returns with this tender and compassionate novel following the Rutledge family as they face a summer of upheaval and change with perseverance, unity, and a dose of humor, discovering unexpected joys and lessons that will endure long past the season.
The coming of Spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea Rutledge, Spring 2020 threatens stagnation. Linnea faces another layoff, this time from the aquarium she adores. For her—and her family—finances, emotions, and health teeter at the brink. To complicate matters, her new love interest, Gordon, struggles to return to the Isle of Palms from England. Meanwhile, her old flame, John, turns up from California and is quarantining next door. She tries to ignore him, but when he sends her plaintive notes in the form of paper airplanes, old sparks ignite. When Gordon at last reaches the island, Linnea wonders—is it possible to love two men at the same time?
Love in the time of the coronavirus proves challenging, at times humorous, and ever changing. Relationships are redefined, friendships made and broken, and marriages tested. As the weeks turn to months, and another sea turtle season comes to a close, Linnea learns there are more meaningful lessons learned during this summer than opportunities lost, that summer is a time of wonder, and that the exotic lives in our own back yards. In The Summer of Lost and Found, Linnea and the Rutledge family continue to face their challenges with the strength, faith, and commitment that has inspired fans for decades.
Mary Alice Monroe once again delves into the complexities of family relationships and brings her signature “sensitive and true” (Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling to this poignant and timely novel of love, courage, and resilience.
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5/4/21 - St. Martin's Press: 2021 - $28.99
In trouble and on the run...
After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to me—it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.”
With a trunkful of emotional baggage...
So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Letty is determined to out-run Evan and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets, left behind a “go-bag” of cash and a big honking diamond ring—but only one clue: a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida beach town with the improbable name of Treasure Island. She sheds her old life and checks into an uncertain future at The Murmuring Surf Motel.
The No Vacancy sign is flashing & the sharks are circling...
And that’s the good news. Because The Surf, as the regulars call it, is the winter home of a close-knit flock of retirees and snowbirds who regard this odd-duck newcomer with suspicion and down-right hostility. As Letty settles into the motel’s former storage room, she tries to heal Maya’s heartache and unravel the key to her sister’s shady past, all while dodging the attention of the owner’s dangerously attractive son Joe, who just happens to be a local police detective. Can Letty find romance as well as a room at the inn—or will Joe betray her secrets and put her behind bars? With danger closing in, it’s a race to find the truth and right the wrongs of the past.
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5/22/21 - Waterbrook Press: 2021 - $16.00
A touching novel of a friendship that crosses generations, and learning how even the smallest gifts can change a life for good, from USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle.
Two years after her husband’s death, Amanda Whittier has two children to raise alone, an abandoned dream of starting a business, and a fixer-upper cottage by the sea. She has no room in her life for anything else and little interest in moving on after losing the man she loved.
Paul Grant is a relative newcomer to the area, and his work with former military dogs needing rehabilitation has been good for the town. Though he loved once before, he’s convinced he’s not suited for romance and is determined to find meaning—alone—through his work and role in the community.
Widowed Maeve Lindsay was born and raised on Whelk’s Island. Spirited, kind, and a little mischievous, she pours her life into the town. But she carries a secret that shapes her every move.
Together, these three souls find encouragement in the most mysterious places and discover a love that’s bigger than their pain, healing their wounded hearts in ways none of them could have hoped for or expected.
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5/25/21 - Berkley: 2021 - $17.00
Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you.
Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper? Anders Caldwell’s career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he’d rather hoped he’d be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. Determined it’s the career-making story he’s been needing for his podcast, Anders returns to the island to begin covert research and spend more time with the enigmatic Piper—but he has no idea out of all the lives he’s about to upend, it’s his that will change the most.
USA Today bestselling author Colleen Oakley delivers an unforgettable love story about an eccentric community, a grieving widow, and an outsider who slowly learns that sometimes faith is more important than the facts.
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5/18/21 - Berkley: 2021 - $17.00
Breakups, like book clubs, come in many shapes and sizes and can take us on unexpected journeys as four women discover in this funny and heartwarming exploration of friendship from the USA Today bestselling author of Ten Beach Road and My Ex-Best Friend’s Wedding.
On paper, Jazmine, Judith, Erin and Sara have little in common – they’re very different people leading very different lives. And yet at book club meetings in an historic carriage house turned bookstore, they bond over a shared love of reading (and more than a little wine) as well as the growing realization that their lives are not turning out like they expected.
Former tennis star Jazmine is a top sports agent balancing a career and single motherhood. Judith is an empty nester questioning her marriage and the supporting role she chose. Erin’s high school sweetheart and fiancé develops a bad case of cold feet, and Sara’s husband takes a job out of town saddling Sara with a difficult mother-in-law who believes her son could have done better – not exactly the roommate most women dream of.
With the help of books, laughter, and the joy of ever evolving friendships, Jazmine, Judith, Erin and Sara find the courage to navigate new and surprising chapters of their lives as they seek their own versions of happily-ever-after.
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5/11/21 - Custom House: 2021 - $27.99
Almost Famous meets Daisy Jones & The Six in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girl’s coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for—who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she’s glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Jane’s mother says. In a respectable house.
The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it’s a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface, Impeachment: Now More Than Everbumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. And even more troublesome (were Mary Jane’s mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job—helping a famous rock star dry out. A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in.
Over the course of the summer, Mary Jane introduces her new household to crisply ironed clothes and a family dinner schedule, and has a front-row seat to a liberal world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (not to mention group therapy). Caught between the lifestyle she’s always known and the future she’s only just realized is possible, Mary Jane will arrive at September with a new idea about what she wants out of life, and what kind of person she’s going to be.
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5/4/21 - Doubleday: 2021 - $26.95
All at once heartbreaking and hilarious, Stacey Swann’s debut novel Olympus, Texas is a must-read for anyone who loves stories of familial bonds and complexities — with a dash of classical mythology. March Briscoe returns to his family and their small Texas town two years after he was very publicly caught having an affair with his brother’s wife. Within days of his return, a man is dead, marriages are on the line, and seemingly strong sibling ties are unraveled, begging the question: how much destruction can one family take?
The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down.
An expansive tour de force, Olympus, Texas cleverly weaves elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity. After all, at some point, don't we all wonder: What good is this destructive force we call love?
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5/4/21 - Alfred A. Knopf: 2021: 2021 - $28.95
An unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost—Great Circle spans Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles.
After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles.
A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times--collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead.
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5/4/21 - Regnery Publishing, Inc.: 2021 - $29.99
The reign of Big Tech is here, and Americans’ First Amendment rights hang by a keystroke.
Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple—once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom—have become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power.
Decades of unchecked data collection have given Big Tech more targeted control over Americans’ daily lives than any company or government in the world. In The Tyranny of Big Tech, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri argues that these mega-corporations—controlled by the robber barons of the modern era—are the gravest threat to American liberty in decades.
To reverse course, Hawley argues, we must correct progressives’ mistakes of the past. That means recovering the link between liberty and democratic participation, building an economy that makes the working class strong, independent, and beholden to no one, and curbing the influence of corporate and political elites.
Big Tech and its allies do not deal gently with those who cross them, and Senator Hawley proudly bears his own battle scars. But hubris is dangerous. The time is ripe to overcome the tyranny of Big Tech by reshaping the business and legal landscape of the digital world.
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5/11/21 - The Viking Press: 2021 - $30.00
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation: the courageous Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment.
They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the ways of America. They faced bigotry, yet they believed in their bright futures as American citizens. But within days of Pearl Harbor, the FBI was ransacking their houses and locking up their fathers. And within months many would themselves be living behind barbed wire.
Facing the Mountain is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.
But this is more than a war story. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses, surrender their homes, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of a brave young man, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best—striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.
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5/18/21 - Dutton: 2021 - $28.00
A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green.
The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar.
Funny, complex, and rich with detail, the reviews chart the contradictions of contemporary humanity. As a species, we are both far too powerful and not nearly powerful enough, a paradox that came into sharp focus as we faced a global pandemic that both separated us and bound us together.
John Green’s gift for storytelling shines throughout this masterful collection. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world.
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5/4/21 - Disney-Hyperion: 2021 - $17.99
This enchanting companion to Robert Beatty's instant #1 New York Times bestseller Willa of the Wood is perfect for any reader who cares deeply about the natural world.
Willa and her clan are the last of the Faeran, an ancient race of forest people who have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for as long as the trees have grown there. But as crews of newly arrived humans start cutting down great swaths of the forest she loves, she is helpless to stop them. How can she fight the destroyers of the forest and their powerful machines?
When Willa discovers a mysterious dark hollow filled with strange and beautiful creatures, she comes to realize that it contains a terrifying force that seems to be hunting humans. Is unleashing these dangerous spirits the key to stopping the loggers? Willa must find a way to save the people and animals she loves and take a stand against a consuming darkness that threatens to destroy her world.
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5/11/21 - HarperCollins: 2021 - $18.99
Hop aboard the Peace Train in this picture book adaptation of Cat Stevens’s legendary anthem of unity and harmony in time for the song’s 50th anniversary! With illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.
“Now I've been happy lately Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately Dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be Someday it's going to come”
Readers are invited to hop on the PEACE TRAIN and join its growing group of passengers who are all ready to unite the world in peace and harmony.
Featuring the timeless lyrics of Cat Stevens’s legendary song and illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Peter H. Reynolds, this hopeful picture book inspires tolerance and love for people of all cultures and identities.
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5/4/21 - Greenwillow Books: 2021 - $16.99
Introducing eight-year-old Marisol Rainey—an irresistible new character from Newbery Medalist and New York Times–bestselling Erin Entrada Kelly!
Maybe, Maybe Marisol Rainey is an illustrated novel about summer, friendship, and overcoming fears, told with warm humor and undeniable appeal. Fans of Clementine, The Year of Billy Miller, and Ramona the Pest will be thrilled to meet Marisol.
Marisol Rainey’s mother was born in the Philippines. Marisol’s father works and lives part-time on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. And Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard she calls Peppina . . . but she’s way too scared to climb it. This all makes Marisol the only girl in her small Louisiana town with a mother who was born elsewhere and a father who lives elsewhere (most of the time)—the only girl who’s fearful of adventure and fun.
Will Marisol be able to salvage her summer and have fun with Jada, her best friend? Maybe. Will Marisol figure out how to get annoying Evie Smythe to leave her alone? Maybe. Will Marisol ever get to spend enough real time with her father? Maybe. Will Marisol find the courage to climb Peppina? Maybe.
Told in short chapters with illustrations by the author on nearly every page, Maybe, Maybe Marisol Rainey is a must-have for early elementary grade readers. Erin Entrada Kelly celebrates the small but mighty Marisol, the joys of friendship, and the triumph of overcoming your fears in this stunning new novel for readers of Kevin Henkes, Meg Medina, Andrew Clements, Sara Pennypacker, and Kate DiCamillo.
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Our picks have won awards, been made into movies, or have simply been really good reads.
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Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton, $26.99
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The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict, $26.99
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Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford, $27.99
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5/11/21 - HC - $17.99 |
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Turtle in a Tree by Neesha Hudson
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I love this wonderful take on openmindedness, the dangers of seeing only part of the picture, and being willing to admit error.
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5/25/21 - HC - $17.99 |
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Brave as a Mouse by Nicolo Carozzi
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What a gorgeously illustrated picture book. As a cat owner, I'm usually on the side of the cats but I couldn't help but root for the brave and kind mouse that's the hero of this tale.
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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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3/16/21 - HC - $27.99 |
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Gathering Dark by Candice Fox
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Candace Fox has a remarkable talent for taking people who are unliked and damaged and turning them into very likeable heroes. She does this again in Gathering Dark. Blair was once a respected pediatric surgeon, but she spent 10 years in prison for killing a man a killing she said was justified to prevent him from killing his girlfriend. Sneak was Blairs best friend in prison and kept her safe she is basically a good person but got hooked on opioids as a teen athlete and now is a kleptomaniac, drug addict and street person. Jessica is a police detective. She arrested and built the case against Blair. She is a Latino woman who mistakenly thought she was considered an equal by her fellow cops and is now being harassed and threatened by her co-workers. Throw in a vicious ganglord and you have a crazy, gritty, wild crime story with quirky characters who are all trying to find Sneaks college age daughter, and hidden heist money, and not get themselves killed in the process.
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5/25/21 - PB - $16.99 |
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Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
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Saint X is a deeply moving and complex novel about Allison, a beautiful and brilliant 18 year old who on the verge of adulthood starts questioning everything about her life her privilege, her friends, her family, her purpose. Her life ends tragically under mysterious circumstances on the beautiful island of Saint X during a family vacation. The reader is left with memories and introspection from those who knew her and who had interacted with her to try and solve the mystery of her death. In parts seeming like a documentary about the luxurious Saint X the author switches back and forth between third and first person with an occasional use of second to direct the reader along. This along with switching from past to present and interspersing thoughts from some of the minor characters takes us on an epic journey through the mesmerizing story of how all who knew Allison were forever changed by her death. Part mystery, part psychological novel, part coming of age this is a beautifully written story you wont want to miss.
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5/11/21 - HC - $28.00 |
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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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A novel within a novel, a plot within a plot, a very realistic and informative look at authors, how they write, how they think, and how they try to be faithful to what they believe that a good story must be told, even if it is not really yours to tell. Jake Finch Bonner genuinely believes that a story idea can not be stolen after all there are only so many plots and they have been told repeatedly by many authors. It is how you tell the story, the words you use and the feelings you bring forth that make it the authors. However, when Jake, after years of struggling to get another book published writes a huge bestseller there is someone out in the world who does not think an author has the right to write anyone elses story. What starts out as a slow but methodical look at Jakes approach to being an author, his dreams, his aspirations and his beliefs turns into a fast-paced page turning story about what a person will do to keep their secrets and to punish someone who they think stole a story that he had no right to write.
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5/11/21 - PB - $17.00 |
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The Holdout by Graham Moore
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Wow! What a terrific legal drama. Rather than typical courtroom scenes, The Holdout centers on the jury and how one holdout influenced all of them and how their lives changed because of being jurors on a sensational murder trial. We get a look at each juror at the time of the trial and then 10 years later when one of the jurors is murdered right before he releases new information he says he has about the accused murderer. The Holdout is full of interesting legal facts and lots of emotional turmoil and even if you think you have this one figured out you will most likely be wrong, After reading this you may think twice before agreeing to jury duty!
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5/4/21 - PB - $15.99 |
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Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
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Before She Was Helen was a fun, quirky, almost slapstick story about senior citizens living in a retirement community in SC and what happens when Helen does a good deed and goes into a neighbors condo to make sure he is all right. When a dead body turns up a few days later Helen really has problems as she found something strange during her search for her neighbor and she is afraid that she will finally have to reveal the truth about who she was before she was Helen. While the book seems to be light and frivolous and is quick read there are some serious issues that haunt Helen. After all things just werent done the same way in the 50s when Helen was a teenager. Helen has a lot of secrets and she wants to keep them. I really loved Helens grit and determination and the way she interacted with her neighbors and couldnt wait to see if Helen could stay Helen.
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5/25/21 - HC - $27.99 |
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The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter
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I have started and stopped quite a few psychological/domestic/suspense books lately because they all seemed to be the same old thing and because I just didn't care anything about the main character. Not only did I not stop reading The Photographer but I read it in less than 24 hours. Delta Dawn is an extraordinary photographer. She is especially in demand to photograph the birthday parties of the children of elite New Yorkers. She is so successful because she knows how to capture an image (or slightly manipulate it when necessary) to show the parents a picture of what they perceive the reality of their lives and relationships to be. Delta tells her own story in the book and she is just as accomplished at making the reader see reality as she wants you to believe it exists as she is at manipulating what you see. I have never encountered a character quite like Delta. This extremely addictive and suspenseful look at obsession, desire and obviously some deep-seated psychological trauma will have you asking yourself what is real until the very last page. Plus, you will learn a lot about photography.
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5/4/21 - PB - $17.99 |
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
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Alicia Berenson has been locked in a mental hospital for the criminally insane ever since she was convicted of killing her husband 6 years earlier. She did not say a word during her trial and has not uttered a word in the 6 years since. Theo Faber is a psycho-therapist who has been interested in Alicias case since he first heard about it on TV. When a position comes open at The Grove, the hospital where she is incarcerated, Theo applies for the position convinced he can get Alicia to speak again. The story starts slowly as Theo tries to peel back the layers of Alicias life and starts gathering information from friends and relatives that might help him understand why Alicia did what she did, and allow him to get through to her somehow. As Theo patiently talks to Alicia in session after session, she seems to slowly start to respond. Then, out of the blue, we are thrown suddenly into a story that we could not have imagined and given an ending with a twist that defies belief until you realize that the facts were there all of the time. If you are fascinated with psychology and the human mind as I am, this is a debut novel you will definitely not want to miss.
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5/18/21 - HC - $27.99 |
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Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
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Finally, a psychological thriller that is truly psychological in that we are given in an depth look at the emotional state of the characters, and is truly thrilling as we are fed bits and pieces of what happened 11 years ago when two women (from the same community) and a 6 year old girl went missing and what is happening in the present when the little girl escapes from the basement where she has been kept prisoner for 11 years. This is a heart pounding and compelling read that will really take you by surprise as the past and the present finally come together in a way you could never have imagined.
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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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4/6/21 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: 2021 - $19.99
Sky has a crush on popular boy Ali, and he has big plans to prompose to his crush at the annual senior beach party. But those plans get derailed when someone at his school sends a homophobic email to everyone in the senior class leaking his plans. Now Sky, along with his friends, is determined to fight back, and on the way he learns what it means to have friends who truly have his back. A heartwarming story about friendship and standing up for what's right.
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4/6/21 - Berkley: 2021 - $16.00
Naomi is an ex-porn star who now runs a sex-positive sex-ed internet start-up, and she wants to start teaching in a classroom. Ethan is a rabbi trying to get more young people into his synagogue. When Ethan offers Naomi a job lecturing on modern intimacy, Naomi grudgingly takes it, but neither of them count on impossible attraction between them. Navigating their own emotional burdens as well as the expectations society puts on them, they have to decide whether their relationship is worth the potential pain they've both come to expect with matters of the heart. A fun contemporary romance with great characters and relationship growth that romance readers will love to get lost in.
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5/4/21 - Gallery Books: 2021 - $16.99
Alice and Alfie are both in the hospital after accidents left Alfie with one leg and Alice with awful burns over half of her body. While Alfie is friendly with everyone on the ward, Alice comes in not having said anything since the fire. But Alfie works his persistent magic, and eventually Alice opens up to him, though she still won't allow him or any of the other patients to see her. This is a tender story as much about self-love and growth as it is about the relationship between Alice and Alfie, and will appeal to fans of How to Walk Away by Katherine Center.
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5/11/21 - Berkley: 2021 - $16.00
Poppy and Alex have been best friends since they drove home from college together 11 years ago, and they've made it a point to take a summer trip together every year, even when their lives take different paths and land them in different places. Until two years ago, when everything fell apart. Now Poppy has realized that the last time she was truly happy was the last time she was on vacation with Alex, and she's determined to get that back. Told in two timelines -- the yearly vacations in order since they met, and this summer -- we learn about the evolution of Poppy and Alex's friendship and see their lives now, all leading to the crux -- what happened two years ago, and what is going to happen to their friendship now. Full of emotion, you will laugh and cry along with Poppy and Alex. I loved this just as much as Beach Read; Emily Henry has become a must-read author.
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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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5/11/21 - HC - $27.99 |
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A Summer to Remember by Erika Montgomery
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Erika Montgomerys novel is like a breath of fresh air. Frankie runs her late mothers memorabilia shop in Hollywood. The discovery of two unopened letters sends her to Massachusetts to try to fill in her moms past and maybe find her own father. Frankie, however, doesnt expect to fall in love. A sweet book with a sweet ending, just what is needed in these times of isolation.
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5/4/21 - HC - $28.00 |
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Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours by Sarah Sentilles
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As a child advocate for the family court system, I have a pretty good idea of what foster care is like. Sarah Sentilles is spot on in her memoir about her and her husbands experience training and becoming foster parents. Sentilles accurately portrays the emotions of the parents, foster parents, social workers, and children involved. She uses examples from animals and plants to show techniques of care in the natural world. But even after they accumulate this knowledge, Sarah and her husband underestimate the pull on their heartstrings at the possibility of a child's loss from their lives.
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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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5/25/21 - PB - $16.99 |
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The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
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A student kills a teacher, and then is taken out by private security. While Lucy tries to get over her PTSD from witnessing the incident, her small town is about to descend into madness. Think the movie, Disturbing Behavior, but ramped up way past eleven. You'll never look at an octopus the same again.
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5/4/21 - HC - $28.99 |
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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Like in the Martian, the protagonist of Project Hail Mary has to use science to survive, except it's not just his survival, but the world's. Hard science fiction with a heart like only Andy Weir could write. Plus sun killing microbes, amnesia, and alien first contact. His best book yet.
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Jackie W., Volunteer
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I love to read fast-paced thrillers that take you on a wild ride with twists and turns and surprise endings!! But, I also love a good novel, with great characters and a rich and bold plot.
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5/25/21 - PB - $9.99 |
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Outsider by Linda Castillo
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I never miss a Linda Castillo book and am fascinated by Kate Burkholder and her life. Most of the books have exposed us to Kate's relationship with Tomasetti, her tenuous relationship with her family after she left the Amish community. As the Chief of Police she frequently deals with the Amish, and we have seen that dynamic. What we have not seen in much detail is Kate's life before she returned to the area while she was a city cop in Columbus, Ohio. Kate was rescued as a naive teenager in the big city and grew into a capable woman and cop. She met Gina almost immediately and formed a friendship she expected to last forever. Both young, driven, new cops ready to take on anything. A entirely new side of Kate is revealed and the interplay and personal introspection is deep and compelling. Sometimes you really cannot leave the past in the past. You just have to find out how to not let it hold you hostage. Another great book in this series.
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5/4/21 - HC - $27.00 |
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The Last Thing You Told Me by Laura Dave
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This is the first book I read by Laura Dave, and I was captured from the start. (I have since read her earlier books and enjoyed them also). Laura Dave has crafted together a family filled with the normal angst of step-parenting. Hannah is an accomplished and mature woman who meets Owen by the merest chance. Ensuing is a bi-coastal relationship and marriage, marriage also involves Bailey, Owens teenage daughter whose Mother died when she was young. All of that is enough for several novels, but the anxiety here is from much deeper and far more dangerous events. What happens when your husband disappears one morning and you are delivered a note on torn notebook paper by a middle schooler that has only two words. The words are not "love forever" but "protect her". Hannah instantly knows the her is Bailey and as the hours unfold she learns the "protect her" instruction does not refer to teenage antics. Owen's company is being investigated by the SEC, strange people show up and mention things about her husband that make no sense. And Bailey is not happy or cooperative with Hannah. Hannah moves forward with faith and one goal, follow Owen's request. The book is original and extremely well crafted. I became totally invested in the characters, especially Hannah. I found this book to have a depth and plot development that shows Laura Dave is clearly growing in and honing her craft.
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5/11/21 - HC - $28.00 |
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That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
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This book has compelling character s that you feel like you would recognize if you met them. Diana owns your attention and you become invested in her future and stunned at aspects of her behavior. Daisy is such a departure from Diana that it is hard to imagine any connection can be made. At the roots this is a challenging story about tragedy and the way it can shape our entire life, about forgiveness and is it always possible, about revenge and retribution and do they ever provide peace. It is also about making your best path in the world despite all obstacles. I believe this is the perfect book for anyone who is an observer of society and human nature.
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