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Happy New Year!
We hope that you had a very merry holiday season, and were able to spend time celebrating with family and friends. Can you believe that a new year is already upon us?
We always highly suggest reading more books as a part of your new year's resolution. :-) Stop by to grab some new reads as you step into a fresh season!
Please note our January holiday hours:
January 1-2: Closed MLK Day (1/16): Closed
We hope that you have a wonderful January!
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From the Team at Fiction Addiction: -Nancy -Jill -Lee -Grace Anne -Melissa -Gretchen (not pictured) -Ali (not pictured)
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11/19/19 - Ulysses Press - $16.95
Sticking to a fitness routine has never been this much fun!
We all know we should be getting some level of physical activity every day. But it’s hard to decide which kind. And it’s even harder to find the time. Packed with fun fitness ideas, this creative and colorful book offers over 60 month-long challenges that solve both those issues.
Each challenge is broken down day by day so you always know exactly what you should be doing, and provides a tracker so you can see your progress. The challenges range from low-impact yoga flows to running routines to family group activities, and also include support challenges and habits to improve your mental toughness and endurance.
The Big Book of 30-Day Fitness Challenges will be the most fun you ever have exercising and the easiest way to build a healthy exercise habit.
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An Attic Journal is a unique piece of the past that was handmade to hold important bits of your story. Harvested at the cusp of the landfill, the creator uses hard-bound vintage school & library books that were destined for dumpsters, but given new life in their Portland production studio. Each journal is made to last with approximately 75 pages of blank 22 or 24# sustainably sourced paper, and a sturdy wire binding that allows your journal to lay flat or fold over so you can jot down your thoughts wherever your story takes you. Each journal is completely unique, but you can share your favorite animal, hobby, classic, or children's book in the comments during checkout to help guide our order.
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We love to take customer pre-orders!
If the book is on our website, go ahead and order there. Otherwise:
- Email us the title and author of the book (best for pickup).
- Pre-order from our Bookshop site (best for shipped books).
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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2/7/23 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - $18.99
From award-winning and bestselling picture book creators Grace Lin and Kate Messner comes a modern folktale about the joy of reading.
Once upon a time, there was a girl. She went to a place alive with colors, where even the morning dew was warm.
Alice loves to imagine herself in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure, riding camels in the desert, swimming under the sea with colorful fish, floating in outer space, and more! But when her imaginative journey comes to an end, she yearns for the place she loves best of all.
Paired with vibrant illustrations, this lyrical, expressive story invites the reader to savor each page and indulge in the power of imagination.
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2/21/23 - Grand Central Publishing - $29.00
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author, Steve Berry, comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which the discovery of a lost historical document challenges the global might of the United States.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, history tells us that in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom, one separate, apart, and in lieu of Bavaria. A place he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But a question remains: did he succeed?
Enter Cotton Malone. After many months, Malone’s protégé, Luke Daniels, has managed to infiltrate a renegade group intent on winning Bavarian independence from Germany. Daniels has also managed to gain the trust of the prince of Bavaria, a frustrated second son intent on eliminating his brother, the duke, and restoring the Wittelsbach monarchy, only now with him as king. Everything hinges on a 19th century deed which proves that Ludwig’s long-rumored search bore fruit—legal title to lands that Germany, China, and the United States all now want, only for vastly different reasons.
In a race across Bavaria for clues hidden in Ludwig’s three fairytale castles—Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee—Malone and Daniels battle an ever-growing list of deadly adversaries, all intent on finding the last kingdom.
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2/28/23 - Canary Street Press - $17.99
Never stop...Never forget...Just remember.
Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us joins forces with Tarryn Fisher, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wives. Together, they have created a gripping, twisty, romantic mystery unlike any other.
Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning...they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love...every memory has vanished. Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why.
But the more they learn about the couple they used to be...the more they question why they were ever together to begin with. Forgetting is terrifying, but remembering may be worse.
Heart-stopping and utterly captivating, the complete Never Never series, now available in one volume, will leave readers breathless and believing in the power of love.
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3/14/23 - Canary Street Press - $17.99
“Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous.” —Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic
Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this standalone YA debut is a stunning cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic which she must learn to control—or lose everything she loves.
Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest.
The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, who’s grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious.
Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets he’s hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness that’s taken hold in the queendom—a darkness only Clara’s magic is powerful enough to stop.
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3/28/23 - Scribner - $28.00
From Jeannette Walls, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle, comes a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition.
Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who’d amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans.
Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother’s son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.
Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That’s a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.
You will fall in love with Sallie Kincaid, a feisty and fearless, terrified and damaged young woman who refuses to be corralled.
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4/18/23 - Grand Central Publishing - $30.00
On the heels of the runaway #1 New York Times bestseller The 6:20 Man comes the next blockbuster thriller from the beloved author with 150 million copies sold worldwide.
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5/16/23 - Penguin Random House - $28.00
A young woman pretends to be someone she isn’t in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.
“Alex drained her wineglass, then her water glass. The ocean looked calm, a black darker than the sky. A ripple of anxiety made her palms go damp. It seemed suddenly very tenuous to believe that anything would stay hidden, that she could successfully pass from one world to another.”
Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome.
A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city.
With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake.
Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline’s The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement.
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Fiction Addiction's Featured Reader: Ali Waller, Community Events Manager
We're excited to be implementing a new segment in our monthly newsletter: Fiction Addiction's Featured Reader! Everyone has a story behind the books that mean the most to them, and we want to tell yours. Want to be featured? Reply to this email and let us know, and you might see yourself in an upcoming newsletter!
What was your favorite childhood read and why? Oh man, I have so many it's kind of hard to choose, but probably The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin. My friends and I even started a ‘baby-sitters club’ and chose characters out of the series that we felt like we were the most like. I was Stacey because I modeled some and loved fashion.
Do you have a go-to comfort book that you’ve read over and over? Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I love this book so much! I feel like every time I read it I take something new away from it.
Why do you love reading? Reading creates unlimited experiences. I can live a thousand lives through a thousand stories. I can be the damsel in distress and get rescued by the handsome prince or I can be the heroine and save others. I can see distant lands and fight in battles against magical creatures or feel the heartbreak of love lost. It's a safe escape from the routine and redundancy of everyday modern life.
What’s the best book you’ve read so far this year? Another hard question to answer! I’ll give you 2. My favorite non-fiction book was Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PHD. As someone who has been on a journey of autistic burnout recovery, learning about autism in females and learning to unmask, this book was life changing and affirming. I highly recommend it for anyone who is autistic or suspects they or a loved are. My favorite fiction book was Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese. I love a good enemies to lovers trope and this one was amazing. It was full of great diverse characters. I loved the perspective was from both main characters and showed such great emotion behind the motives and story lines. I laughed, I cried, I yelled at characters! I'm so emotionally invested in this couple, I want more books so I can see more of their relationship. HAHA!
What’s on your nightstand right now? Currently reading an advanced copy of Immortality by Dana Schwartz . It's the follow up book to Anatomy: A Love Story and follows Hazel Sinnett, who is a female doctor/surgeon in 18th century Edinburgh. I love this mix of historical fiction, mystery and some romance thrown in. Release date is April 2023.
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1/31/23 - Atria Books- $17.99
Moving, passionate, and unforgettable, Colleen Hoover's novel follows two young adults from completely different backgrounds embarking on a tentative romance, unaware of what the future holds.
After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she’s finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows.
Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea.
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1/10/23 - Flatiron - $29.99
Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory—even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.
Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls.
Thick with history and packed with Bardugo’s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.
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1/24/23 - William Morrow - $32.00
In the latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor, Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America’s most treasured secrets.
Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there’s a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in Afghanistan than anyone else. Pulled in to extract him, Pike collides headlong into a broader mystery: His covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, has been hit with a ransomware attack, and there’s some connection between the Taliban and the hack. Given the order to track down the perpetrators, he has no idea that the problem set is much, much larger and more dangerous than a simple attack on his organization. That hack was just a test-run, and the real one is coming soon, engendered by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government.
A man who wants to return to the bipolar world of the Cold War, the turncoat has cloaked his attack behind hackers from Serbia and Russia, and if successful, his target will alter the balance of power on the global stage. So far, the specialist has remained one step ahead of the Taskforce, but he has just made one massive mistake: hitting Pike Logan.
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1/17/23 - Alfred A. Knopf - $30.00
A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city.
Bret Easton Ellis’s masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city.
17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret’s obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling pre-occupation with The Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them—and Bret in particular—with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence. The coincidences are uncanny, but they are also filtered through the imagination of a teenager whose gifts for constructing narrative from the filaments of his own life are about to make him one of the most explosive literary sensations of his generation. Can he trust his friends—or his own mind—to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, he spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between The Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision.
Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre-Less Than Zero LA, The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret’s life at 17–sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting and often darkly funny, The Shards is Ellis at his inimitable best.
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1/17/23 - Sourcebooks Landmark- $27.99
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an explosive novel of history's most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: her country or her family?
Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters—each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next—dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress.
As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious of her sisters' constant visits to Germany and the high-ranking fascist company they keep. When she overhears alarming conversations and uncovers disquieting documents, Nancy must make excruciating choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.
Probing the torrid political climate in the lead-up to World War II and the ways that seemingly sensible people can be sucked into radical action, The Mitford Affair follows Nancy's valiant efforts to stop the Nazis from taking over Great Britain, and the complicated choices she must make between the personal and the political.
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1/17/23 - Harper Celebrate - $22.99
Aristotle. Socrates. Descartes. And now, Chenoweth. (How about some women, am I right?)
From television actress, Broadway star, and New York Times bestselling author Kristin Chenoweth comes I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts, an inspiring high-design, colorful book featuring philosophical-ish musings on connection, creativity, loss, love, faith, and closure. Just like Kristin’s grandmother inspired her to trust her heart and develop her own belief system, you'll be inspired to develop your own life philosophies, as you journey through some of Kristin's most vulnerable and humorous personal stories, in her constant pursuit to make the most out of life.
In each chapter, you'll find:
- Behind-the-scenes stories from Kristin's personal life
- High-design, colorful pages of inspirational quotes
- Engaging prompts, prayers, and inspiring quotes
Oh, and a warning: There will be Bible verses. There will be f-bombs. Read responsibly.
I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts is the perfect book to pick up on days when you need an extra shot of encouragement, a little laughter, and a gentle reminder that kindness can take you a long way. This is a great gift to give for birthdays, holidays, graduations, Mother's Day, or for fans of Kristin Chenoweth, known for her Emmy Award–winning role in the ABC hit series Pushing Daisies and Broadway's Wicked.
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1/24/23 - Crown - $28.99
Don't miss our upcoming event with Mr. Gowdy on January 26th!
In life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.
Gowdy first developed this decision-making tool in the courtroom during a federal murder trial, and it has guided his life ever since. The practical framework has helped him decide where to raise his family, when to leave his dream job, whether to run for Congress, and when to step away from political life.
Over the years, Gowdy has made some great decisions and some lousy ones (and he admits to both). In Start, Stay, or Leave, he shares his hard-earned wisdom. Filled with surprising insights and questions, this personal playbook teaches you how to
• craft your unique vision of success • consult your dreams with wisdom (and know when to revise them) • assess the price worth paying to achieve your goals • balance logic, emotion, and fear when facing a new challenge • take the right advice, from the right people (and block out everyone else) • chart the course of your life with the end goal in mind
Reading Start, Stay, or Leave is like sitting on the back porch of a farmhouse chatting with a wise friend. Filled with humor, heartbreak, practical advice, and a lifetime’s worth of storytelling, this book will teach you how to approach trajectory-changing decisions with confidence and the knowledge that, whatever happens, you’ve made the best choice you could.
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1/10/23 - Hachette Books - $29.00
The incredible untold origin story of cyberwar and the hackers who unleashed it on the world, tracing their journey from the ashes of the Cold War to the criminal underworld, governments, and even Silicon Valley.
Two years before 9/11, the United States was attacked by an unknown enemy. No advance warning was given, and it didn't target civilians. Instead, tomahawk missiles started missing their targets, US agents were swept up by hostile governments, and America’s enemies seemed to know its every move in advance. A new phase of warfare—cyber war—had arrived. And within two decades it escaped Pandora's Box, plunging us into a state of total war where every day, countless cyber attacks perpetrated by states and mercenaries are reshaping the world.
After receiving an anonymous email with leaked NATO battle plans during the bombardment of Kosovo, journalist Matt Potter embarked on a twenty-year investigation into the origins of cyber war and how it came to dominate the world. He uncovered its beginnings – worthy of a Bond movie – in the last days of the Cold War, as the US and its allies empowered a generation of Eastern European hackers, only to wake up in the late 90s to a new world order. It's a story that winds through Balkan hacking culture, Russia, Silicon Valley, and the Pentagon, introducing us to characters like a celebrity hacker with missing fingers who keeps escaping prison, FBI agents chasing the first generation of cyber mercenaries in the 90s, tech CEOs, and Russian generals obsessed with a Cold War rematch. Never before told, this is the riveting secret history of cyberwar not as governments want it to be – controlled, military-directed, discreet, and sophisticated – but as it really is: anarchic, chaotic, dangerous, and often thrilling.
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1/17/23 - PublicAffairs - $28.00
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics
For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy.
Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, using the diverse histories behind familiar food items to explore economic theory. For Chang, chocolate is a lifelong addiction, but more exciting are the insights it offers into postindustrial knowledge economies; and while okra makes Southern gumbo heart-meltingly smooth, it also speaks of capitalism’s entangled relationship with freedom.
Myth-busting, witty, and thought-provoking, Edible Economics serves up a feast of bold ideas about globalization, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation, and why carrots need not be orange. It shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: when we understand it, we can adapt and improve it—and better understand our world.
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1/24/23 - Hachette Books - $28.00
Lisa Guerrero chronicles her iconic career—from dealing with harassment as a sports broadcaster to chasing “bad guys” for Inside Edition—and proves that through small, daily acts, bravery is a muscle we can strengthen over time.
I’ve been a cheerleader. A corporate executive. A Barbie Doll. A sportscaster. A soap opera vixen. A sideline reporter. A Playboy cover model. A Diamond Diva. A red-carpet correspondent. An investigative journalist. A disrupter. I made Dennis Rodman cry. I’ve interviewed three presidents and hundreds of athletes. I costarred in a viral video that has one billion views. I sued the New England Patriots—and won. I tracked down a murderer. I was hit by a car. I butted heads with Barbara Walters. I even played myself in a movie starring Brad Pitt. During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke—sometimes on national TV—that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career... and almost her life.
Fast forward a few years, and Guerrero has achieved phenomenal success as Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent. Her stories have led to arrests, changed federal legislation and policies at Fortune 500 companies, and helped shine a light on crime, scams, child abuse, and even cold case murders. And in the last decade alone, she has won over thirty-five national journalism honors and awards. Today, Guerrero is bombarded with emails and direct messages from people of every generation who all want to know the same thing: “How are you so brave? How can I be brave too?” Women dealing with husbands, friends, in-laws, co-workers, and bosses ask for the courage to request raises, be taken seriously at meetings, and stand up to abusive spouses. Teens and pre-teens ask for advice on dealing with bullies, teachers, and parents. Warrior—filled with the incisive stories of failure, struggles, challenges, perseverance, and finally, success—is her answer.
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1/31/23 - Henry Holt and Company - $19.99
The Hate U Give meets One of Us Is Lying in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys, a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of color who must investigate their principal’s murder to clear their own names—for fans of Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, and Karen McManus.
"Thrilling, captivating, and blade-sharp. Promise Boys will stay with you long after the last page." —Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students, J.B., Ramón, and Trey are forced to follow the prestigious "program's" strict rules. Extreme discipline, they’ve been told, is what it takes to be college bound, to avoid the fates of many men in their neighborhoods. This, the Principal Moore Method, supposedly saves lives.
But when Moore ends up murdered and the cops come sniffing around, the trio emerges as the case's prime suspects. With all three maintaining their innocence, they must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. But is the true culprit hiding among them?
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1/3/23 - Scholastic Inc. - $16.99
From the mega-bestselling creator of Heartstopper, a must-have novella in which Heartstopper's lead characters, Nick and Charlie, face one of their biggest challenges yet.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder... right?
Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie love their nearly inseparable life together. But soon Nick will be leaving for university, and Charlie, a year younger, will be left behind. Everyone's asking if they're staying together, which is a stupid question... or at least that's what Nick and Charlie assume at first.
As the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie start to question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Charlie is sure he's holding Nick back... and Nick can't tell what Charlie's thinking.
Things spiral from there.
Everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever. What will it take for Nick and Charlie to defy the odds?
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1/3/23 - Graphix - $14.99
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee, Ground Zero) comes an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel!
In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen — a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace.
How can Cap and Buck fight something that's already dead? And just what does the mysterious Baron Mordo—sitting in his castle atop nearby Wundagore Mountain—have to do with this?
Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz merges the worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics in this one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is sure to be met with major enthusiasm from fans of all ages.
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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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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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12/6/22 - Crooked Lane Books - $29.99 |
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The Least Among Us by Gwen Florio
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The Least Among Us is a fast-moving legal thriller that points out how badly the criminal justice system needs to be reformed and how the indigent really don't stand a chance with society as a whole and the criminal justice system in particular. I loved Julia, the public defender, who does truly care about the people she represents, and I loved the way the book ended. I can't wait to read more books with Julia and hopefully Marie, as perhaps a new public defender.
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1/17/23 - Flatiron - $28.99 |
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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
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The three girls are eleven. They have vivid imaginations and play make believe in the woods with a game they invented. The Goddess game - which includes spells, offerings and special rituals. When one of them is almost stabbed to death by a serial killer their lives change forever. Of course, they are unreliable narrators, they were traumatized children but is this because their game became too real or because they are hiding something - or possibly many things? When the accused killer dies in prison twenty years later the friends are finally ready to discover the whole truth about that night and to quit lying. Or are they? What Lies in The Woods was a stay up all-night addictive and spellbinding read, as spooky and elusive as the games that were played by the three little girls.
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1/10/23 - Harper Paperbacks - $17.99 |
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The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas
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A twenty year mystery involving 4 teen aged girls who were in a horrific car accident. One was found wounded and had to be cut out of the wreckage. The other three disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. Throw in a young journalist who comes to the small village to produce a podcast for the twenty year anniversary of the incident and a young cop who is an expert on cold case solves and you have an engrossing story about survivor's guilt, young love, bad love and what a mother will do to be able to stay with her child. I alternated between liking the characters, feeling sorry for them, and disliking them. I didn't understand what the parallel story had to do with anything until the connection was finally told near the end of the book. I was totally unprepared for the twist at the end.
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1/24/23 - William Morrow - $17.99 |
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Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
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Notes on an Execution is a very compelling look at the psyche of a killer. The story is told both thru his eyes and thru the eyes of three woman in his life. I did not expect to like this book at all. You know from the beginning that the main character is a killer and as such should be totally repelling and unlikeable. But the articulate telling of the story and the philosophical questions posed made this a very unusual and riveting read. I can just imagine the hours of discussion that it will elicit from book clubs.
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1/17/23 - St. Martin's Griffin - $17.99 |
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The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
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Diane Chamberlain's newest novel couldn?t be more relevant for our current times. It is hard to believe that we are still fighting the battles for the right to vote that were being fought in 1965. Told from two story lines - one in 1965 North Carolina right before the signing of the Right to Vote act and one in 2010 - the separate stories of Ellie and Kayla and what they have endured merge together when Ellie comes home for the first time in 45 years and Kayla prepares to move into the house at the end of the street. Despite the personal tragedy and other strange things that have been happening including a warning to not move in that included a death threat, Kayla is determined to make the house a wonderful home for herself and her young daughter. A definite must read for fans of Big Lies in a Small Town.
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1/3/23 - St. Martin's Griffin - $17.99 |
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The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
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Just the story of Avery and her unorthodox methods as a therapist (actually now a consultant as she lost her license due to said unorthodox methods) would have been intriguing enough. Add in Marissa and Matthew (the Golden Couple) and all of their secrets and problems and the fact that Avery is being threatened by big pharma to disclose the name of her source because her anonymous tip to the FDA about a trial coverup wasn't in fact so anonymous and you have a very interesting and suspenseful novel that just seems to get more and more convoluted the more you read. One of their best yet and I have loved all their previous books.
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1/3/23 - Dutton - $27.00 |
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The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
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Maya is an addict and is in withdrawal so not surprisingly she is a completely unreliable narrator. Even she isn't really sure what she remembers when her best friend dropped dead while talking to Maya's then boyfriend Frank, seven years earlier. Nor, is she really sure of things she did with Frank since part of her memory from those years as a teenager are either totally missing or really fuzzy. But what she does know is that when she sees a video on social media of Frank talking to another woman who also just suddenly drops dead is that somehow Frank has caused this. I wasn't really sure where this whole story was going to end up especially when the partially finished folkloric tale written by Maya's long dead Guatemalan father became known, but I thought the ending tied everything together perfectly
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1/10/23 - Berkley - $27.00 |
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City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
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The setting for City Under One Roof (literally a 205 unit high rise with infirmary, police department, etc. all under one roof) in an isolated area of Alaska that has been cut off from the outside world due to an avalanche in the tunnel which is the only road in or out is only part of what makes this debut novel such a page turner. The mystery, which involves a hand and foot washing up on a beach, and a head found buried in a barn definitely gets your attention. But, best oi all are the cast of quirky characters all with background and baggage. Perfect for fans of City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong.
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1/10/23 - Minotaur Books - $27.99 |
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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
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No sophomore slump for Stacy Willingham. If anything, she has upped the game with her newest book. All The Dangerous Things is a true psychological novel. It is dark, it is disturbing, and it is totally riveting. Isabelle is facing a mother's worse nightmare - one year ago her toddler son was stolen from his bed. Isabelle had a traumatic past and she is starting to question how that has affected her as a mother. After all, aren't mothers supposed to keep their children safe no matter what? She is obsessed with finding out what happened to her child, even if it implicates herself, and refuses to do as her husband and just move on, with the assumption that baby Mason must be dead. I was surprised more times than I can remember as the story came to its totally unexpected but very satisfying conclusion.
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1/3/23 - Ballantine Books - $17.00 |
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The Maid by Nita Prose
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The Maid is a cozy mystery the way cozies should be written. It is beautifully written, extremely entertaining, has a great mystery, twists you don't see coming and most of all one of the most endearing and interesting characters you will ever meet. Molly Gray is on the autism spectrum. She does not react to people and circumstances like normal people do because she doesn't understand their facial expressions and their emotions. But her Gran has taught her over the years to be honest, to be a hard worker and to be very, very polite. Molly is a maid in a luxury hotel. A job she loves and is very, very good at because she loves order, and neatness, and routine. When she finds a dead body in one of her rooms it is not surprising that the police keep thinking that she is hiding something because, while always answering truthfully, she takes things very literally and never expounds. It is also not surprising when she is eventually arrested for the murder. What is surprising is everything else that happens. I normally like more thriller type books but this was one of the most delightful books I have read in ages and the mystery was top notch.
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1/10/23 - Minotaur Books - $17.99 |
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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
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A Flicker in the Dark is psychological suspense at its best. Chloe Davis is a psychologist so she knows both professionally and from personal experience how a past trauma can cause you to see monsters when there are none or find out that someone close to you is truly a monster. Afterall, Chloe was only 12 that fateful summer when 6 young teens went missing from her small town. And her once beloved father is now serving life in prison having confessed to the crimes. Chloe now has a practice in Baton Rouge and has not seen or spoken to her father in twenty years. It is the twentieth anniversary of her father's crimes and all of sudden teens are disappearing again, this time though their bodies are found and they seem to have some connection to Chloe. The story is told with bits of Chloe's past intertwined with the present and every time you think you may have figured out what is going on you begin to wonder, like Chloe does, what is real and what is being blown way out of proportion because of the past.
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12/6/22 - Alfred A. Knopf - $28.00 |
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A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
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In 1850s Gold Rush California two young prostitutes, best friends Eliza and Jean, attempt to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West—a bewitching combination of beauty and danger—as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. “Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise..."
Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe’s detective Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious.
Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West—a bewitching combination of beauty and danger—as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, "Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise ..."
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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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1/3/23 - Penguin Publishing - $17.00 |
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Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
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Nina is the down-to-earth one of her witchy family, which is saying a lot considering her appreciation for the finer things in life. But after a disastrous breakup, she's ready for something different, so she lets her best friend pick out someone on a dating app who isn't anything NIna would normally go for on her own. The date is...awkward, to say the least, especially when it comes out that Nina's family has been trying to buy Morty's family's bar out from under them. But then something happens, and Nina's power gets a huge surge -- accompanied by a magical bond with Morty and his own new witchy powers. Now Nina has to deal with her and Morty's powers while also navigating her less-than-ideal family dynamics. A witchy rom-com that hits a little differently as Nina learns her own (non-magical) power and confidence, though her burgeoning relationship with Morty is definitely to die for.
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1/3/23 - Berkley - $17.00 |
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Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood
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Ali Hazelwood is becoming one of my must-read romance authors. This collection of novellas about three friends who met at grad school has everything you expect from her -- great characters and relationships; slow-burn (well, as slow as you can burn in a novella), steamy romance; and, of course, science! Fans will not be disappointed.
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1/10/23 - Quill Tree Books - $16.99 |
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What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
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Anna has just moved to a new city and started at a new middle school. Her parents are pushing her to socialize with her classmates, but all Anna wants to do is figure out why Rachel, who was popular last year, is now a social pariah -- and why no one will talk about it. Anna loves podcasts, so when she gets the opportunity to do a project in her social issues class, she decides she'll make a podcast about what happened to Rachel Riley. But a lot of her questions lead to more questions, and Anna discovers that there's a lot more to the story than she thought there was. A good, necessary story story about learning to stand up for yourself and others that will keep young readers engaged with the podcast transcripts, texts, and passed notes interspersed throughout the story.
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1/31/23 - Tor Books - $18.99 |
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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
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Wallace has died. He was a lawyer, very important and very busy, so he's in a bit of denial at first, especially when a reaper comes to collect him...but instead of any kind of expected destination, he's taken to an odd tea shop of all places, where it's the job of the ferryman, Hugo, to guide Wallace and help him cross over. It's there that Wallace learns all of life's lessons. This is a story about friendship and family, love and loss, death and grief, letting go and moving on; but most of all, it's a a story about life and learning what it means to live, even when you don't think it's possible. Anyone whose life has been touched by death will find something profound in these pages, and readers of The House in the Cerulean Sea will not be disappointed.
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1/24/23 - Wednesday Books - $1-.99 |
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When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord
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Millie was raised by her dad and her aunt after her mom dropped her off as a baby when her dad was in college. She's never really felt the loss, but now she's been accepted into a prestigious musical arts program, and her dad is not on board, so she's hoping that her mom might be able to help bring him around, since all she knows about the woman is that she is also into musical theater. After finding her dad's LiveJournal (OMG, the millennial nostalgia!), Millie narrows it down to three possibilities, and the summer of Millie Mia commences. Along the way, Millie makes new friends, forges new relationships, and has to confront herself in ways she never has before, all set to a Broadway background. Theater fans will love this book that is more than anything about family, both what it means and who gets to be part of it.
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1/3/23 - Joy Revolution - $13.99 |
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
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Celine and Brad used to be best friends. Until Brad chose the popular group over their friendship. Now they're the opposite of friends, constantly competing and bickering about everything. When they both apply to a scholarship program, though, they're forced to work together, which makes them re-examine their relationship and what they meant to each other, and has them questioning whether they can make it work again...maybe as something more than friends. This is everything you could want from a Talia Hibbert YA -- humor, emotion, swoon-worthy romance with just the right amount of cheese.
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1/3/23 - Disney-Hyperion - $12.99 |
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Lore by Alexandra Bracken
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Every 7 years, the gods of ancient Greece become mortal for a week during the Agon as punishment for an ancient wrong. Descendants of various heroes make it their life's work to hunt these fallen gods to take their power for their own, and to protect their family members who have ascended to god-hood. Lore is the last of her family and has spent the past 7 years since the last Agon hiding from the other hunters after her family was slaughtered. But now she has become entangled with 2 gods -- one Athena and the other her childhood friend -- and Lore must decide what she's willing to do to avenge her family and gain her freedom. Greek mythology meets modern-day crime syndicates in this action-filled story that will appeal to fans of urban fantasy and dystopian books.
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1/24/23 - Wednesday Books - $18.99 |
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Begin Again by Emma Lord
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Andie has a plan for her life: she's going to go to the same college her mom went to, become a major player in the self-help field, and then write her memoir, and her boyfriend Connor will be with her every step of the way as he has been since they were kids. But her plan goes off the rails as soon as she gets to campus and finds out that Connor transferred back to the community college to be with her, so now they're stuck apart for another semester. But that's fine, because her new roommate needs some series fix-it help, her grumpy RA needs some cheer (and a little less caffeine), and at least at this new school, no one knows to ask about her mom's death. A fun story with emotional depth, about finding your place in life and the people who belong there with you
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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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1/17/23 - Scribner - $27.99 |
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Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah
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If you want to see racism from the eyes of a 12-year-old, if you are interested in the complexities of racial divide and healing, and you want to read a compelling novel, Nyani Nkrumah has written a book for you. Wade in the Water shows how one little girl, Ella, is affected by the racism she experiences in the white and black communities. Her friendship with an older white woman, who is trying to make her own race reckoning, brings some surprises that you may or may not see coming. Nkruman shows the raw, emotional sides of her characters in a truly gifted way.
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1/17/23 - Sourcebooks Landmark - $16.99 |
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The Sisters We Were by Wendy Willis Baldwin
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Sometimes we don't have compassion where compassion is needed. This definitely hits home in the novel The Sisters We Were. Pearl and Ruby are close during their traumatic childhood, but drift apart after their mom kills their stepdad. Pearl finds comfort in food; Ruby's outlet is running and being an influencer. When Pearl decides to have bariatric surgery, Ruby thinks she's being lazy and just needs to diet and exercise. it begins a process where the sisters review their pasts and learn that there is a way forward to the future. A great debut novel by Wendy Willis Baldwin!
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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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1/9/23 - Little, Brown and Company - $29.00 |
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The House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
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Don't miss our upcoming event with James Patterson and Mike Lupica on January 12th!
Jenny Wolf is living her best life on her own terms, living a quiet life with her dream job coaching a high school football team. At least it's as quiet a life as she can hope for given that her father is the owner of a National Football League team (the San Francisco Wolves). A team being run by her two brothers. You can imagine how her world is turned upside down when not only is her father found dead under suspicious circumstances, but upon the reading of his will she learns that ownership of the team has been passed to her. Jenny instantly becomes the focus of ire from her brothers, shady billionaire investors, other NFL owners, the commissioner and a virulent cadre of sports journalists and muckrakers. Much to her own surprise, she falls in love with the idea of leading the team and fighting the forces that oppose her. This is a thriller of the highest order, impossible to put down as we join Jenny in her quest to honor the family legacy and hang on to the team she has learned to love.
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1/3/23 - Riverhead Books - $30.00 |
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Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
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This is a brilliantly written and complex story about wealth, power, greed, corruption and family and personal relationships, set against the backdrop of the politics and power structures of India. It follows the story of Sunny, a jet-setting son of a multi-billionaire who is famous for his lavish and decadent trips and parties with friends and hangers-on that takes hedonism to new levels. In the course of his travels, he meets Neda, a young journalist who strives to know who the 'real' Sunny really is. When Sunny is suddenly cut off from the financial support of his father, things take a dark turn for the once high flying dilettante, now stripped of his seemingly unlimited wealth. The story is deep and complex and highly intriguing. If not for an ending that I found somewhat lacking, this book might have been my first ever '10' rating. In any event, I will be eagerly awaiting the next installment from this highly gifted author, Deepti Kapoor.
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1/17/23 - Celadon Books - $28.00 |
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Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon
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Emerson Massachusetts is a fabulous place to live. It is a bastion of prestige and privilege where the American dream comes home to sleep at night. Nothing bad could ever happen here. Until it does. Eden Perry, a young woman who is house-sitting for a wealthy Emerson family has been found dead, clearly the result of foul play. It doesn't take long to determine three local teenagers had spent the evening with Eden, "partying" the night away prior to her death. Jack is a cocky but mostly popular athlete from one of Emerson's most eminent families who carries some dark issues in his past. Hannah, Jack's current girlfriend is a sweet and loving girl, but also timid and emotional and willing to almost anything to please. Christopher has a crush on Eden. He is a shy and slight boy whose father is a chef who runs a successful restaurant in town. The local police are working the case which is getting a great deal of media exposure that is putting heavy pressure on them to solve it quickly. At the same time, the families of the three teenagers are working on their own, using all of the tools and resources at their disposal to defend and protect their kids. The web of interactions between these families are complex and sometimes shocking, as we learn in our journey through this exceptionally well written and compelling novel. This is an incredibly well crafted story that grabs the reader from the start and is guaranteed to make you lose some sleep...not just while you are reading it, but after you reach the end and are forced to ask yourself the question: "Could this really happen?"
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1/3/23 - Minotaur Books- $27.99 |
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Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner
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A friend suggested I read this one, which is a little outside of my usual 'lane.' I am so glad she did! Part literature, part historical fiction and very much action thriller, this book is a simply marvelous story, told very well. Ali Hassan is an Egyptian American who emigrated to America decades ago, and has achieved his piece of the American dream raising his family in Brooklyn. His grandson Alex has developed visions of Muslim glory that have driven him to pursue his own destiny by joining in the jihad in the middle east. The only communication Alex has with his family is through a series of infrequent emails with his grandfather. Ali seeks to educate his grandson through sharing the experiences of his youth with a journey that begins on the set of Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments' by describing how as a young Arab boy obsessed with motion pictures, he landed a dream job as DeMille's personal assistant. What seemed too good to be true, brought about a sequence of events for Ali that helped shape both the history of Egypt and the direction of the life that Ali would ultimately lead. This story is brilliantly told and filled with an intricate set of characters that you will keep you engrossed until the very last page.
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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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11/15/22 - Crown - $32.50 |
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
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Michele Obama is back with more words of wisdom, pillars of humility, and just simply Michele. The Light We Carry is an uplighting book that will help you deal with the emotions and isolation that we have had to deal with during and after the pandemic. But more than that, she has compiled questions that she has been asked again and again, and acknowledges each with personal stories, anecdotes, wisdom, and love. This book feel like you are sitting down with an old friend when you have had a bad and and just need some love and a hot drink. So, grab your favorite cup of tea or coffee, and enjoy this uplighting book.
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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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1/31/23 - St. Martin's Griffin - $16.99 |
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Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves
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I really enjoyed The Girl He Used To Know, so reading this book was an easy decision. Layla and Josh are both adjusting to life as singles rather than couples. They ended up single due to very different circumstances, it's hard not to understand growing apart when you married as a teen. Layla does not have that situation and is torn over her divorce, but more anguished about her marriage and how she was diminished. Josh has no idea how to be single and the online dating scene is portrayed in frightening detail. As they emerge from the turmoil of separation the evolution as individuals and a couple is charming, poignant and entertaining. Perfect summer read.
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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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1/31/23 - Disney-Hyperion - $10.99 |
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In Every Generation by Kendare Blake
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A new series in the Buffyverse, continues the tv show, while ignoring the seasons of comic books. After an explosion at a gathering of Slayers, Willow's daughter Frankie becomes the new slayer. Same tone and quips as the show, but with a new Slayer and group of Scoobies helping out. Willow, Oz, and Spike are the grown-ups and Watcher as the new Slayer faces a new big bad.
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1/24/23 - Tor Books - $17.99 |
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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? (Seconded by Lee!)
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