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Happy June!
Summer is kicking off, and we know that everyone is excited for a break from school and a chance to enjoy the sunshine.
Don't forget to stop by to pick up a new book to enjoy by the pool or a beach read for that upcoming vacation. And if you're still trying to decide what to give Dad for Father's Day, stop on by - we'd love to help you find something he'll love.
Have a wonderful month!
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From the Team at Fiction Addiction: -Nancy -Jill -Lee -Grace Anne -Melissa -Gretchen (not pictured)
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June 4th is National Hug Your Cat Day |
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8/3/21 - Random House Studio - $17.99
What could a pampered house cat possibly have to complain about? This latest collaboration from picture book superstars—and cat devotees—Lane Smith and Jory John brings with it a hilarious set of feline problems!
Just like most cats, this cat lives an extremely comfortable life. But he has his problems too!
The sun spot he's trying to bathe in won't stop moving. He keeps getting served dry food instead of wet. And don't even get him started on the vacuum—it's an absolute menace!—and the nosy neighbor squirrel that just can't seem to mind its own business. Will this cat ever find the silver lining?
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Father's Day is June 19th |
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4/26/22 - Thomas Nelson Publishers: 2022 - $18.99
Jack Nicklaus II, son of PGA Champion Jack Nicklaus, shares stories, insights, and lessons he has learned from his father, the Golden Bear, that will encourage fathers and inspire us to focus on what’s most important in life: family.
Best Seat in the House, written with New York Times bestselling author Don Yaeger, gives us eighteen valuable lessons that Jack Nicklaus II learned from his father, PGA champion Jack Nicklaus. Widely regarded as the best golfer of all time with a record number of PGA major championships, the Golden Bear’s life and values show that true legacy lives on through our families.
Jack II has always had a clear view of who his father is. “I had the best seat in the house, to watch this man, when away from the public’s eye, live out extraordinary lessons.”
Best Seat in the House details what made Jack Nicklaus an off-course success
- a lasting marriage: Jack and his wife Barbara fashioned fifty-plus years of marriage with the rule that each must give of themselves “at least 95 percent of the time,”
- treating others with respect: Nicklaus taught his son Jack, who worked as his caddie for several years, to value his competitors and treat them as he would hope to be treated,
- choosing family over work: the importance of having boundaries and limits that everyone in the family agrees on, and
- building a legacy: the need to be connected to what we’ll leave behind.
A perfect gift for Father's Day and for the serious fans, the casual golfers, or even those new to golf, you can learn lessons from the Golden Bear in Best Seat in the House...and can apply all eighteen of them even if you’re nowhere near a golf course.
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4/4/17 - Thomas Nelson Publishers: 2017 - $9.99
You know you’re a dad when you’re more impressed by the latest innovations in stroller technology than in your old sports car . . .
You know you’re a dad when a wild Friday night means falling asleep in front of a cartoon with your toddler . . .
You know you’re a dad when all you want for Christmas is a nanny . . .
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10/19/21 - Orbit: 2021 - $30.00
In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters.
Jamie Foxx has won an Academy Award and a Grammy Award, laughed with sitting presidents, and partied with the biggest names in hip-hop. But he is most proud of his role as father to two very independent young women, Corinne and Anelise. Jamie might not always know what he’s doing when it comes to raising girls—especially when they talk to him about TikTok (PlikPlok?) and don’t share his enthusiasm for flashy Rolls Royces—but he does his best to show up for them every single day.
Luckily, he has a strong example to follow: his beloved late grandmother, Estelle Marie Talley. Jamie learned everything he knows about parenting from the fierce woman who raised him: As he puts it, she’s “Madea before Tyler Perry put on the pumps and the gray wig.” In Act Like You Got Some Sense—a title inspired by Estelle—Jamie shares up close and personal stories about the tough love and old-school values he learned growing up in the small town of Terrell, Texas; his early days trying to make it in Hollywood; the joys and challenges of achieving stardom; and how each phase of his life shaped his parenting journey. Hilarious, poignant, and always brutally honest, this is Jamie Foxx like we’ve never seen him before.
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July 4th is Just Around the Corner! |
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5/1/14 - FLOWERPOT PRESS: 2014 - $8.50
Celebrate the history of the Star Spangled Banner with this book!
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Welcome to Greenville Box |
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A perfect welcome gift for yourself or any newcomer to Greenville! Includes three books related to Greenville, a Falls Park bridge ornament, and a local interest sticker or two.
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- Email us the title and author of the book (best for pickup).
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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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6/21/22 - Harper Voyager - $27.99
From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente.
A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart.
As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.
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7/26/22 - Keylight Books - $25.99
A new novel by the award-winning author of Under The Mercy Trees.
Famed puppeteer and master manipulator Walter Gray surprises his three daughters by announcing there is a fourth at his 80th birthday party. An incomplete paternity test—and a will that places a condition on each daughter’s inheritance—suggest that the missing daughter isn’t a figment of his dementia.
Jane, the eldest, is tired of her father’s eccentricities. She remembers the scarcity of her childhood and doesn’t want another sister to share the birthright.
Rosie, born out of wedlock, sees the missing sister as her key to acceptance as a full member of the puppeteer’s family.
Cora, the youngest, born after Walter achieved fame and fortune, is most concerned with extricating herself from running Walter’s company so that she can pursue her own life.
The sisters each knew a different version of their enigmatic father, but all grew up in the presence of fairy tales acted out with marionettes and shadow puppets. If they are to find the fourth daughter and claim the legacy their father has left them, the three must confront their fractured relationships with their father and each other. Infused with fairy tales that sometimes spill magic into the sisters’ real lives, The Puppeteer’s Daughters is a stunningly-woven family saga about the cost and rewards of claiming a creative life.
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6/14/22 - Little, Brown and Company - $29.00
Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there’s a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can’t seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom?
Filled with the emotional depth and multiple points of view that characterize Hilderbrand’s novels (The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added dash of Roaring Twenties history, The Hotel Nantucketoffers something for everyone in this compelling summer drama.
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6/28/22 - William Morrow - $16.99
The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion.
In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the family’s sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service? Or have the Digbys defected to Moscow with a trove of the West’s most vital secrets?
Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the twin sister she hasn’t seen since their catastrophic parting in Rome in the summer of 1940, as war engulfed the continent and Iris fell desperately in love with an enigmatic United States Embassy official named Sasha Digby. Within days, Ruth is on her way to Moscow, posing as the wife of counterintelligence agent Sumner Fox in a precarious plot to extract the Digbys from behind the Iron Curtain.
But the complex truth behind Iris’s marriage defies Ruth’s understanding, and as the sisters race toward safety, a dogged Soviet KGB officer forces them to make a heartbreaking choice between two irreconcilable loyalties.
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6/7/22 - MCD - $27.00
Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance.
One night in New York City’s Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Nothing is quite what it seems as the city becomes awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past.
What would normally pass for coincidence becomes something far stranger as the recently engaged Lola must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship but with the fact that both her best friend and her former boss, a magazine editor turned mystical guru, might have an unhealthy investment in the outcome. Memories of the past swirl and converge in ways both comic and eerie, as Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspiring of one very contemporary cult.
Is it possible to have a happy ending in an age when the past is ever at your fingertips and sanity is for sale? With her gimlet eye, Sloane Crosley spins a wry literary fantasy that is equal parts page-turner and poignant portrayal of alienation.
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6/7/22 - Alfred A. Knopf - $28.00
A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system—the debut of a blazingly original voice that “bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole” (Tommy Orange, best-selling author of There There)
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent—which has more than doubled—and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.
One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.
Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.
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6/14/22 - The Viking Press - $28.00
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
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6/6/22 - Little, Brown and Company - $29.00
How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world?
- On the morning he was born, he nearly died.
- His dad grew up in the Pogey– the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse.
- He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert Lowell.
- While he toiled in advertising hell, James wrote the ad jingle line “I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid.”
- He once watched James Baldwin and Norman Mailer square off to trade punches at a party.
- He’s only been in love twice. Both times are amazing.
- Dolly Parton once sang “Happy Birthday” to James over the phone. She calls him J.J., for Jimmy James.
How did a boy from small-town New York become the world’s most successful writer? How does he do it? He has always wanted to write the kind of novel that would be read and reread so many times that the binding breaks and the book literally falls apart. As he says, “I’m still working on that one.”
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6/28/22 - Scholastic Paperbacks - $7.99
Jessica Khoury brings her masterful world-building and emotional depth to a brand-new fantasy series. In a world where everyone is born with wings, stone monsters prowl the skies, hunting those who dare to fly too high.
In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, with tight-knit communities formed around bird types: Jay, Falcon, Crow.
Ellie Meadows dreams of growing up to join the Goldwings — the famed knights who defend all the people of the Clandoms. It was a Goldwing, after all, who saved her life on that terrible day her parents were killed. There’s just one problem: Ellie is a Sparrow, and the Goldwings are almost invariably picked from the higher clans like Eagles and Ospreys. This rigid hierarchy means that Ellie is destined to become a farmer.
Determined to honor her parents' memories and prove herself worthy of the Goldwings, Ellie sets out on her own for the capital. But her journey will be dangerous. Foul creatures called gargols lurk behind every cloud, ready to slay anyone unlucky enough to be caught outside in a storm — just as Ellie's family was.
Soon her path intertwines with a colorful band of fellow outcasts, each with their own aspirations... and their own secrets. Ellie's new friends offer not just roadside companionship. They'll challenge her ideas of right, wrong, and what truly makes a hero.
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6/14/22 - Clarion Books - $16.99
In this spellbinding sequel to The Mystwick School of Musicraft, Amelia must master the magic of Composing to help her school win a magic competition—and save her friends from a mysterious evil.
Things are finally looking up for Amelia Jones: she's officially a Mystwick student, and she even has a teacher to help her learn how to use her rare Composing magic. When Mystwick enters an international magic competition, it’s Amelia's chance to Compose something that will help them win the day.
The only problem is that she still doesn’t understand how her powers work. But then she hears about a super exclusive Midnight Orchestra—half performance, half magical black market—and Amelia is sure that’s where she’ll find the answer to her Composing problem.
But the Midnight Orchestra is far more sinister than it initially appears and if Amelia can’t unlock her Composing powers, not only will Mystwick lose the musicraft competition, she won’t be able to rescue her friends from the danger unleashed in this thrilling adventure.
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6/28/22 - HarperTeen - $19.99
In the sequel to Victoria Aveyard’s instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, a divided world must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade’s edge.
Andry, a former squire, continues to fight for hope amid blood and chaos.
Dom, a grieving immortal, strives to fulfill a broken oath.
Sorasa, an outcast assassin, faces her past when it returns with sharpened teeth.
Valtik, an old sorceress, summons a mighty power.
And Corayne, a pirate’s daughter with an ancient magic in her blood, steps closer to becoming the hero she’s destined to be.
Together they must assemble an army to face Queen Erida and Taristan’s wicked forces. But something deadly waits in the shadows, something that might consume the world before there’s any hope for victory.
The sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker features breathless action, deadly twists, and gripping magic, making it perfect for fans of Garth Nix and J. R. R. Tolkien.
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6/14/22 - Aladdin Books - $17.99
The sequel to New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe’s The Islanders, a beautiful story of friendship, loss, and the healing power of nature.
Jake Potter is back on Dewees Island for another summer with his beloved grandmother, Honey. This time, Jake is excited that his dad will be there as he continues to recover from his injuries sustained in Afghanistan. But Jake also knows they both need get used to a new normal, which isn’t easy.
Jake also discovers that his two best friends, Macon and Lovie, are struggling as well. Macon is adjusting to being a big brother, while Lovie is navigating a new relationship with her dad, who has long been absent in her life. To cheer everyone up, Jake decides that the trio needs a new mission, just like they had the previous summer in saving the turtles. He discovers that his dad loved spending time in an old tree fort on the island, and there is a special treasure box hidden somewhere nearby. Jake just knows if he can find it, maybe his dad will be happy again—and he knows Macon and Lovie are the perfect fellow treasure hunters!
Their search leads them to discover there might be actual buried treasure somewhere on Dewees, all while they battle some unwelcome guests on the island, of both the two- and four-legged kind! On the three friends’ biggest quest yet, they realize that the treasures they really want in life were with them all along.
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6/7/22 - Bloomsbury USA - $18.99
When ancient magic tests a newfound love, a dark fate beckons . . .
Magic has been banished in the land of Syhl Shallow for as long as best friends Jax and Callyn can remember. They once loved the stories of the powerful magesmiths and mythical scravers who could conjure fire or control ice, but now they've learned that magic only leads to danger: magic is what killed Callyn's parents, leaving her alone to raise her younger sister. Magic never helped Jax, whose leg was crushed in an accident that his father has been punishing him for ever since. Magic won't save either of them when the tax collector comes calling, threatening to take their homes if they can't pay what they owe.
Meanwhile, Jax and Callyn are astonished to learn magic has already returned to Syhl Shallow—in the form of a magesmith who's now married to their queen. Now, the people of Syhl Shallow are expected to allow dangerous magic in their midst, and no one is happy about it.
When a stranger rides into town offering Jax and Callyn silver in exchange for holding secret messages for an anti-magic faction, the choice is obvious—even if it means they may be aiding in a plot to destroy their new king. It's a risk they're both willing to take. That is, until another visitor arrives: handsome Lord Tycho, the King's Courier, the man who's been tasked with discovering who's conspiring against the throne.
Suddenly, Jax and Callyn find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances, dangerous flirtations, and ancient magic . . . where even the deepest loyalties will be tested.
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6/28/22 - Scholastic Inc. - $4.99
School is in session for the ocean's crankiest crab!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!
It's just another day in the ocean for Crabby and Plankton — until they find themselves INSIDE a school of fish! This gives Plankton a fabulous idea — he and Crabby should play school! But Crabby does notwant to play. In four hilarious stories, Crabby uses funny wordplay to distract Plankton from teaching!
With comic speech bubbles and full-color artwork throughout, Geisel Award Honoree Jonathan Fenske's early reader series is sure to be a hit with new readers!
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6/28/22 - Viking Books for Young Readers - $17.99
Celebrating the quiet power of being different, The Surprise is the children’s debut from acclaimed authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, with art from exciting newcomer Magenta Fox.
Meet Maud: a guinea pig who inexplicably wears a judo suit—and not everyone understands or approves. When Maud is thrown into a new and confusing situation, it takes brave decisions and serendipitous encounters for her to find her place and embrace her individuality.
The Surprise is an endearing story about the quiet power of being different by two veteran writers, and introduces an exciting debut illustrator. Together they have created a picture book that adults and children alike will treasure.
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6/7/22 - Disney-Hyperion - $18.99
Welcome to Happily Ever Island, the most pixie-dusted vacation a Disney fan could ever imagine.
Head-in-the-clouds romantic Madison and driven pragmatist Lanie are unlikely best friends, but the two would do anything for each other. So when Madison’s life starts to fall apart, Lanie agrees to join Madison for the test run of Disney’s newest resort experience during their first college spring break: Happily Ever Island—an immersive vacation destination, where guests can become their favorite Disney character for a week. Madison decides to go as the iconic princess herself, Cinderella, with Lanie as bow-wielding Merida. It’s not Lanie’s idea of fun, but she knows Madison needs her, and besides, she could use the break from her strenuous courseload anyway. Plus, maybe she’ll get to shoot things.
But once on the island, Lanie and Madison begin to drift apart. Madison finds herself either missing out or messing up all the enchanting moments she has dreamt her whole life about, and is forever running into their annoyingly perfect (and distractingly cute) vacation’s coordinator, Val. Meanwhile, Lanie unexpectedly finds herself swept up in the magic of it all. She strikes up a secret romance with Prince Charming—but there’s no telling whether he’s just playing a part.
In this delightful YA rom-com inspired by Disney fandom, get swept up in a whirlwind of laughter, tears, and more than just a touch of Disney magic.
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Signed First Editions Club! |
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Our picks have won awards, been made into movies, or have simply been really good reads. Moving forward, we will not be announcing our Signed First Edition Club picks ahead of time. To sign up for a surprise Signed First Edition each month, register here.
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6/14/22 - Atria Books - $28.00 |
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Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
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With Building a Second Brain, Tiago Forte has written a worthy successor to David Allen's productivity classic Getting Things Done. Forte moves beyond simple productivity to discuss how today's knowledge workers need personal knowledge management (PKM) to harness the information highway instead of getting overwhelmed by it. I love that his PKM system can work with whatever digital apps you already use, though he also offers some suggested ones. I've already begun adopting his system and it is the one I plan to recommend to anyone -- student, writer, digital marketer, business owner, etc. -- who needs their own personal 'knowledge vault' to track and synthesize lots of disparate pieces of information. Though I've been a big fan of GTD, I do admit that the book itself is fairly dry. Building a Second Brain is much more readable and is full of interesting examples from creatives like Francis Ford Coppola, Twyla Tharp, and Ernest Hemingway. Give it a try -- I don't think you'll be disappointed and you may even be as blown away as I was.
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6/14/22 - Minedition - $12.99 |
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Where's My Cat? by Seymour Chwast
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An ingenious board book in the vein of Beautiful Oops that should inspire visual creativity in children.
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10/12/22 - Convergent - $25.00 |
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Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle by Danté Stewart
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The closest we can get to walking in another's footsteps is when an author is brave enough to open their soul and share their life and thoughts with us. Dante's book is a set of lyrical personal essays that are both highly personal about his experiences as a black South Carolinian, a Clemson football player, and a Christian, and yet include universal themes. I could relate to his fish out of water feeling at college, his journey away from and then back to the South, and his struggle to develop self worth.
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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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3/8/22 - Gallery Books - $27.99 |
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The Whispers by Heidi Perks
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The two main characters, Anna and Grace, were inseparable as children - closer even than sisters. But Grace moves to Australia, and they don't see each other again for twenty years. Unexpectedly, Grace returns to her hometown and tries to rekindle the close friendship she and Anna once had. One would think that they would pick up right where they left off but as each character tells the story of their childhood and you learn more about their present lives you soon realize that something is very, very wrong with their friendship and you begin to wonder if either of them is actually telling the truth. You also begin to see just how dangerous their friendship really is. I changed my mind several times trying to figure out what actually happened many years ago when one of their school friends was found dead below some dangerous cliffs and what that had to do with how Anna and Grace's friendship evolved.
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5/10/22 - Flatiron - $27.99 |
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Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
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Hidden Pictures is reminiscent of the John Saul books I loved in the late 70s and 80s. As his usually did, this story includes a child and some unexplained happenings that may or may not have a rational explanation. Mallory is a 20-year-old just recently out of rehab and a halfway house for drug abuse. Her sponsor finds her a job as a nanny to an adorable 5-year-old named Teddy. Mallory is well aware that she is under intense scrutiny by Teddy's parents, who are knowledgeable of her past history. So, when strange things begin to happen, she is at first very wary of telling them what she suspects. For those of you who shy away from mysteries with paranormal vibes be aware that there is nothing supernatural about what happens when Mallory inadvertently discovers some real truths and nothing supernatural about the totally unforseen twist that the story takes.
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6/14/22 - Poisoned Pen Press - $26.99 |
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And There He Kept Her by Joshua Moehling
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And There He Kept Her was a dark and gritty police procedural and thriller that shows us the true nature of evil, but which shone because of Ben Packard. Ben is the acting sheriff, who came to the small, northern MN town he used to spend summers in as a child to escape demons of his own. While he is working hard to discover what happened to two missing teens, one of whom is the daughter of his cousin, he also slowly reveals why he left the big city to come back to this rural town, which also holds a mystery related to his past. I look forward to the next Ben Packard mystery.
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6/7/22 - Henry Holt and Company - $17.99 |
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One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
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One Two Three is the story of a town destroyed by the pollution of the town's river by a chemical plant. A plant that still has not admitted or taken responsibility for the deaths, cancers and birth defects that are higher in Bourne than anywhere else in the country. One would think this would be a very depressing read but Laurie Frankel has written a story that is funny, quirky, totally original and extremely compelling. The main characters are Nora, whose husband worked at the plant and died of cancer, and her now 16-year-old triplets Mab, Monday and Mirabel. Frankel's portrayal of these characters is what made this book one of the best books I have read. I was amazed at how she was able to turn what should be a total downer into a sweet, funny and charming story about sisters and family and determination. The voices of the triplets will stay with me for a long, long time.
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6/28/22 - William Morrow - $9.99 |
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The Guest List by Lucy Foley
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The Guest List is about the sumptuous wedding of Jules, a highly successful editor of an online magazine and Will, the charismatic handsome star of a survival TV show. The setting is a remote island haunted by ghosts and the characters all have deep secrets that are slowly revealed as the story unfolds. We know from the beginning that a body is found on the night of the wedding. But it could be the result of an accident, suicide or murder - all are a possibility as we learn more about the wedding party themselves and members of the guest list. The writing is brilliant and as bits and pieces are revealed about a character you are sure you know who is dead and why until more bits and pieces are revealed about another character. You soon realize that you will not know the truth about anything or anyone until the last page of this fabulous Agatha Christie like mystery.
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6/21/22 - Riverhead Books - $17.00 |
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Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
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This is a slow burning novel, as the title suggests. It has lots of unlikeable and unreliable characters, it jumps around a lot, it has at least one bona fide murder and maybe some that weren?t really accidents. Despite all of this you just must keep reading because the writing is superb, the atmosphere is intoxicating, and it all comes together in a very satisfying manner.
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6/21/22 - Sourcebooks Landmark - $27.99 |
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The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
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Meg Williams is a con artist. She is very, very smart, and exceptionally good at what she does, and she has been waiting years for the opportunity to get revenge on her current mark. Kat Roberts was an up-and-coming journalist until 10 years earlier when Meg Williams called in a tip on a story on which she was working. That tip led Kat to a man who drugged and raped her and destroyed her life and career and she has blamed Meg ever since. For the past 10 years Kat has been trying to find Meg and uncover all her cons so she can write an expose and once again be a respected journalist. Suddenly Meg is in LA where Kat now lives, and Kat finds a way to get close to her. This should not be a feel-good story, it should not be a story of friendship, it should not leave you rooting for a con artist, but it is all that and more. Julia Clark has once again taken the stories of two strong women told alternately in their own voice and written a novel that you will not be able to put down and you won't be able to put out of your mind for a long time after you have finished. If you loved The Last Flight trust me, The Lies I Tell is even better.
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6/14/22 - Doubleday - $28.00 |
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The Local by Joey Hartstone
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The murder of a beloved and famous federal judge and the trial of his accused murderer, an obnoxious, arrogant, and violent outsider are made even more interesting when the accused insists that The Local, James Euchre, defends him. Euchre is a patent lawyer who large out of state corporations use when they have to argue a trial in Marshall. Not only is he the protégé of the murdered judge, but he has also never practiced criminal law. You are in for a treat with this intriguing mystery and a look at how and why patent law is King in the small East Texas town of Marshall. Small town bias, old time grudges, and tricks and games lawyers use to try and win all contribute to one of the best legal thrillers I have read in a long time
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6/7/22 - Crooked Lane Books - $27.99 |
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It Dies With You by Scott Blackburn
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One night in 2017, nineteen-year-old Tallulah and her boyfriend Zach leave their one-year-old son with her mother Kim and go out for a date night. It is now one year later and neither of them have been seen since that night. The story starts of slowly introducing us to Tallulah's friends from back then and to the people who currently live in the area of the posh boarding school near the property the two were last seen. With dual timelines slowly letting us see into the lives of both Josh and Tallulah the story picks up speed and ends with several twists and a most satisfying ending.
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6/21/22 - Oceanview Publishing - $16.00 |
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The Necklace by Matt Witten
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The Necklace contains a lot of tough topics - the rape and murder of a 7 yo child, guilt, blame, grief, the end of a marriage, etc and should be a tough read. But it is a surprisingly easy and very fast read because of Susan, the child's mother. The story of Susan's determination and new found strength and purpose as she faces one hardship after the other trying to get from upstate NY to ND to witness the execution of the man convicted of killing her daughter 20 years earlier makes this a compelling read you won't be able to put down. Based on two true crime stories, The Necklace will have you thinking about 'what if's' long after you finish this intense and emotionally charged book.
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6/28/22 - Simon & Schuster - $18.99 |
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State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton
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This book is truly a thriller and a really scary one because it could easily have been a non-fiction account of a real terror plot. Regardless of your politics (it is obvious which administration is being alluded to and made fun of) you could easily see that the same scenario could take place regardless of who is in power, and that is what makes it so terrifying. We get a true insider's look at the inner workings of the Sec. of State, the National Security council, etc. and the delicate balance we have with world leaders. The scariest part is the fact that many terrorists aren't nut jobs, they aren't unpatriotic, they actually think they are helping their country and their fellow man and because of that they get help from the least expected quarters.
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6/7/22 - St. Martin's Press - $27.99 |
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It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler
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In the forward Therese writes that the book is for everyone, including herself, who needed some brightness during a dark time. At the beginning I felt like there was anything but brightness in this book. First there was the big secret that Marti Geller had been keeping from her family, then her death and subsequent burden she placed on her three daughters and then the obvious unhappiness that each of her daughters had been experiencing. As usual, Fowler's writing pulls you right in to the lives of the Geller sisters and gives a very believable look at how each sister has lived their lives because they thought that was what was expected of them and because they didn't understand what it meant to be true to themselves and what they wanted. I loved the very believable scenes between sisters - the jealousy, the selfishness, the misunderstandings and eventually their forgiveness. It is a story of fate, love, second chances and finally realizing that being true to yourself is the ultimate way to happiness. This book was a well needed breath of fresh air in my reading. (Seconded by Mary Jane!)
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6/14/22 - Berkley - $17.00 |
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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
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It seems like an oxymoron, but The Final Girl Support Group is a delightfully dark and very suspenseful thriller, both funny and really scary. It tells the story of 6 vastly different women - survivors from horrors we can only imagine - who as final girls have been in a support group for 16 years. And, then they start dying! The book pays homage to the slasher films of the 80s and 90s and even if you weren't a fan of them, if you like Mission Impossible type escapes, and thrillers which go in totally unforeseeable directions (several times) then you will love this book.
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5/31/22 - Celadon Books - $28.00 |
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The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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The Latecomer is a story about the most dysfunctional family you will ever meet. Salo, and his triplets are probably on the autism spectrum as they can not relate at all to each other or to strangers and each has a weird obsession that others find hard to understand. Salo, at least has a reason for his behavior… a tragic accident during college, for which he has never forgiven himself. Joanna is so preoccupied with trying to create the perfect family that she thinks should exist that she also is totally unconnected to the real world. I loved each character's internal dialogue when faced with something new or unexpected. I normally do not like overly descriptive writing or lots of unnecessary dialogue but their conversations with themselves are hysterical and very educational and enlightening. This, for me, was a wonderful break from the mysteries and thrillers I normally read. The ending to this epic family saga, which included surprises for the reader and most of the main characters, was very powerful and quite satisfying.
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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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6/28/22 - SBerkley - $17.00 |
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The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
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Don't miss our event with Ashley Poston on July 9th!
Florence grew up with parents who run their small town's only funeral home...and she can see ghosts, just like her dad. She's lived with and learned from death all her life. But that doesn't make it any easier when her own dad dies. Now a successful ghostwriter for a famous romance author, Florence hasn't been home in years because she's not a fan of the town or some of the people in it. She just wants to go back to New York and try to finish her latest book, even though she can't find it in her any more to write a happy ending, and her new editor Ben won't give her a deadline extension. Then Ben's ghost shows up, and they strike up an unconventional friendship while Florence tries to figure out what Ben needs from her and realizes that he might be her hardest goodbye yet. This is SO GOOD, with lots of laughing and crying. Fans of Poston's young adult books will recognize her signature punny humor, and fans of Emily Henry will adore this.
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6/7/22 - Flatiron - $28.99 |
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Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro
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A dark fantasy set in Victorian London, where Jacob Marber, a man who seems to be made of shadows, searches for Marlowe, a boy made of light -- but detectives Alice Quicke and Frank Coulton get there first and take Marlowe and Charlie Ovid, a boy who can heal himself, to the Cairndale Institute in Scotland, a place where the director, Henry Berghast, has provided a refuge for children with special abilities like this, called Talents. Cairndale also happens to sit on an orsine, a doorway between the worlds of the living and the dead. And Dr. Berghast has been searching for Marlowe, too, to help in his mission to defeat the evil being that lives on the other side of the orsine. Now the Talents must all play their parts as the threat of the evil drughr beyond the orsine grows bigger. An epic, fantastical adventure starting a series that is sure to be a hit. While the size of this book might seem intimidating, it's paced so well that I couldn't wait to get back to it whenever I put it down, and I could have kept reading when it ended.
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6/7/22 - G.P. Putnam's Sons - $27.00 |
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Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
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Nora is a screenwriter who specializes in small-screen romance, especially the kitschy 'big city person meets and falls in love with small town person' trope. Her stories are formulaic, but they work, and they earn her a steady income. Her new script, though, is going to be a big-screen movie, with actual movie stars, and it's not a romance; it's based on her life, especially the part where her husband left her. Now filming is done, but the leading man has decided to stay at her house. Leo is in need of a break, and Nora finds that he's exactly what she didn't know she needed to reclaim her own life. Except, as Nora already knows, good things don't always last forever. A great character-driven romance that will make you laugh out loud at times while commiserating with Nora and her life experiences and cheering and hoping with her for her future.
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6/21/22 - Clarion Books - $11.99 |
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These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
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Brie spends her days slaving away to pay off her and her sister's debts to their cruel aunt, and hating the fae for luring their mother away and putting them in this position -- and for their general evilness. But when her sister is sold to the Unseelie king, Brie goes to the fae lands to save her and ends up with secrets and powers she never could have dreamed of. Now she has to figure out who she can trust while two fae princes try to win her heart. Holly Black meets Sarah J. Maas in this first-in-series that is sure to have hearts pounding and readers begging for more.
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6/21/22 - HarperTeen - $11.99 |
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My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand
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Mary, Queen of Scots, has her turn at the history-altering hands of the Lady Janies! Set in the same world as My Lady Jane (yes, more Edians!), and with the same pop-culture humor throughout (especially movies, including an interlude about a certain door in an ocean that totally could have accommodated two people), this is a must-read for fans of the authors' previous books.
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6/28/22 - Wednesday Books - $18.99 |
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This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
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Alessa is the newest Finestra, her city's strongest magical defense against the coming demon attack. Or she's supposed to be. But while her power is meant to magnify the magical power of a Fonte, making them partners for the approaching battle, all Alessa can manage to do is kill people. Three Fontes and counting. And when a powerful priest puts the idea in people's heads that they may be better off without her, Alessa has to add assassination attempts to her list of worries. So she hires street fighter Dante to be her bodyguard. But while Dante is a breath of fresh air and inspires Alessa to think outside the box, his secrets could change everything. A breathtaking, romantic adventure that will leave you yearning for more. A fabulous debut, and I can't wait for the next book in the series!
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6/21/22 - HarperTeen - $18.99 |
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A Year to the Day by Robin Benway
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If you need a good cathartic cry, this book will do it for you! Leo's sister Nina died a year ago when a drunk driver crashed into the car as they and Nina's boyfriend East were driving home from a party. The book is told in reverse chronological order, starting a year to the day after the accident. I wasn't sure how I would feel about this format, but Benway really makes it work, letting you get to know the characters through their grief, showing the after contrasted with the before in a way that makes you really know Nina and feel her death through the people who love her.
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6/7/22 - Viking Books for Young Readers - $10.99 |
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We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman
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Aaron has found that he really understands dinosaurs, seeing as how he is one, and he can see that the failing bookstore he owns with his dad is on the brink of extinction. So when he has the opportunity to sell, he takes it. But he doesn't count on an old acquaintance conning him in to friendship, or jobless lumberjacks offering to fix up the store -- and he especially doesn't count on Hannah, who feels inevitable to him the way his mom was inevitable to his dad. But before he can reach for the future, Aaron first has to come to terms with his past. A heart-wrenching story about addiction, love, family, friendship, and the books that pave the way to understanding and relationships. (Seconded by Grace Anne!)
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6/7/22 - Viking Books for Young Readers - $17.99 |
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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo
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Powerhouse debater and soccer star TJ is considered one of the most beautiful girls at her school. But when a meme starts circulating comparing her flawless beauty to her Sikh cousin's natural hairiness, TJ decides to ditch her hair-removal routines to show herself and the world that it's possible to be both hairy and beautiful. The world, though, seems determined to prove her wrong -- except her debate rival Charlie, who doesn't seem to care at all. A fun, flirty story that couches a cutting criticism of societal beauty standards, handled in a way that will win over readers regardless of personal opinions
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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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6/14/22 - Celadon Books - $16.99 |
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We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
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Tracey Lange's debut novel has already made it to the top of my list for the year. Who wouldn't love a story about a big Irish-American family who own a pub and are keeping damaging secrets from each other? Despite the family's many crises, they always manage to work out a plan together, usually around their large kitchen table, and keep moving forward. Lange has so much packed into this book, it could be a scintillating book club read as well as a long Netflix series. And I would be the first one watching. I miss the Brennans already.
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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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6/21/22 - Dutton - $27.00 |
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The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
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This is an edge of your seat book, plan for your pulse to race and your heart to pound. Casey is not best friend material, unless you are alcohol, then she has all the time in the world for you. But her husband dies tragically, she is still in her 30's, and her Mother still has too much control. It is hard not to feel sympathy along with exasperation. Exiled to the lake house where she loved summers growing up, she has too much time on her hands, virtually no inhibitions and a very vivid imagination. Determined to know what is going on at a place with so many memories keeps her at the edge of disaster. Casey is an incredibly complex character who you come to really understand. The super couple across the lake and the two bachelors, one a handyman and one a retired author in his 70's are very strong supporting characters. The writing is incredibly vivid and Casey's voice and thoughts are totally engaging. Any fan of an enthralling plot will enjoy this book.
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6/14/22 - Berkley - $27.00 |
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Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton
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Fiona Barton excels at complex plots and very engaging characters. The characters whose voices are dominant are Elise, a police inspector on medical leave after breast cancer treatment, and Dee, the village housekeeper whose presence is largely forgotten by the homeowners. Most areas, and their natives resist change, and this seaside village is no exception. New money has arrived and plans a two day music festival. While it may not be endorsed, it is hard to ignore. When teens take fentanyl laced drugs and end up in the hospital the cracks begin to show. Elise is not coping well with being off duty, but also concerned she is not capable of doing her former job. None of her instincts have disappeared, or her desire to solve a mystery. She engages a neighbor and begins her own investigation. Soon there are more crimes to investigate than she expected in her sedate seaside village. Meanwhile Dee continues to clean and try to keep her crumbling family and finances afloat. Add in a con man and village gossip and you will begin to wonder who is not keeping secrets. A great book from a very talented writer.
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6/14/22 - Grand Central Publishing - $28.00 |
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A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen
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I really enjoy the Eve Duncan series. It has a good balance of mystic events to satisfy readers who prefer that, and enough hard facts for suspense and crime readers. This book pairs archeological searches with raiders and those who want to protect the past. Significant amounts of money can typically overcome most obstacles, and Michael Cade has more money than most and a long standing vendetta against this particular group of raiders. While Eve is no pushover she agrees to this particular hunt and reconstruction, partly due to Riley's persuasion, and partly to perhaps solve a very large problem that has arisen for her family. The book has plenty of strong characters who have their moments to take over the story. The plot threatening Eve and Joe unfolds well beside the archeological search. You will appreciate the book more if you read the previous book, but I feel it can also stand alone.
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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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6/28/22 - Tor Books - $27.99 |
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Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald
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Loving all these new style of original fantasy stories with complex characters existing deep in the gray shades between good and evil. For fans of the Starless Crown and the Witcher.
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6/14/22 - G.P. Putnam's Sons - $17.00 |
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The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
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Thriller, horror, sci-fi; it's all about the characters and the many versions of Maddie May. Unique plot and a high level of can't-put-down-ness. Four and three quarters out of five. (Seconded by Lee!)
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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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6/21/22 - Viz Media LLC - $9.99 |
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Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon by Takashi Shiina
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Welcome to the place where feudal Japan and the modern world meet. Yashahime introduces you three half-demon princesses, Towa, Setsuna, and Moraha, the daughters of the half-demon Inuyasha, and his demon half-brother, Sesshomaru. After their parents mysteriously disappear, the three girls set out to find out what happened to them. They will soon discover someone is trying to stop them, and the only chance for them to succeed is to work together. A perfect read for long time fans of the Inuyasha series, or newcomers a like.
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3/22/22 - Yen Press - $15.00 |
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Run on Your New Legs by Wataru Midori
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Kikuzato was a star soccer play ay his high school, until everything changed. After Kikuzato lost his leg, sports were not possible. The pure act of walking down the hall, climbing stairs, or walking in a crowd feels treacherous. That is until the day he meets Chidori, a prosthetists looking for a volunteer for a revolutionary new running blade. Chidori offers Kikuzato a chance to use on the new prosthetic blade to help him run again. Run on your new leg is a hilarious manga that will have you laughing out loud while giving you insight at the same time.
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5/17/22 - Yen Press - $15.00 |
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I Want to be a Wall by Honami Shirono
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Yuriko and Gaku are happy newlyweds, but all is not as it seems. Yuriko is asexual, and has no desire for a relationship. Gaku is gay and suffering from unrequited love for is best friend Sousuke. Yuriko and Gaku married to appease their families, but want desperately to support and care for one another. However, they cannot find the right way to express what they really want. With quirky advice coming from all directions, can they find a way to communicate and actually get to know each other? Filled with hilarious encounters and eye opening affirmations for both asexuals and gay individuals, I want to be a wall is a manga that stands out with its originality and depth of spirit.
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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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6/28/22 - Forge Books - $27.99 |
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Project Namahana by Jon Teschner
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John Teschner has put together a tale that requires some patience. With a unique writing style and a liberal use of Hawaiian Pidgin (a glossary might be helpful) one needs to work a little harder, but it is worth the effort as the author spins a complex tale of intrigue and tragedy. An indigenous village and a large corporate entity weave a tenuous dance between corporate profits and local traditions. When a tragic accident takes the lives of three young boys and is followed shortly by more fatal accidents that all appear to be tied to the same experimental corporate test field it takes one haole to dig into the mystery and unravel it. The suspense continues to build as the book goes on and delivers a tragic but very satisfying tale that pays homage the the traditions and culture of the island, and forces the reader to question the corporate drive for profits over community. Stay with this one, it will not disappoint.
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6/7/22 - Minotaur Books - $27.99 |
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The Gate-Keeper by James Byrne
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Watch out Jack Reacher, there's a new badass in town! Dez Limerick is a retired...Special Forces? Soldier? Cop? Mercenary? I hope we'll find out in the future, but one thing we know for sure is that he's one of the good guys and ready to use his considerable skills when the need arises. We meet Dez coming off of an overseas mission and just trying to relax in southern California when he stumbles into an apparent kidnapping operation and decides to intervene. Dez successfully saves Petra Alexandris, the beautiful daughter of a fabulously rich CEO and also the lead counsel in his company. Dez agrees to work with Petra to uncover who was behind the kidnap attempt and unknowingly stumbles into a vast conspiracy with far reaching consequences for the US. This one is almost impossible to put down, with non-stop action that will have you up all night. A true thriller.
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6/28/22 - Pocket - $9.99 |
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Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan
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I'm not gonna lie. I picked this up because it seemed so implausible that I just had to see if the author could pull it off. Cassie Gale is an ex-Army Ranger still grieving from the death of her husband. Seeking solitude, she and her adopted military dog make the long drive from Montana to Alaska where Cassie has accepted a new job. She meets and joins up with a fellow wanderer on the way and heads off some crude roughnecks along her journey. Then on her first night alone in the wilderness after departing ways with her fellow wanderer she vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions and a badly wounded dog. When Cassie wakes up from a drug-induced sleep, she finds herself a prisoner in a secret Russian facility. Cassie's father, a Montana rancher with a dark hidden past as a former American agent, rushes to Alaska and is determined that Cassie's disappearance was due to foul play and not the accident the authorities are convinced is the case. As he searches for his daughter and relentlessly digs for the truth, he is also running into unfinished business from his past. Not only was I pleasantly surprised that the author was able to build the story around these events, but that he did so in such a compelling and intricate way. This story was a thrill ride that captured me and kept me up late at night turning pages until the very end. Connor Sullivan has crafted an outstanding espionage thriller. I look forward to the next installment and hope we see more of Cassie and her dad.
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6/28/22 - Pocket - $9.99 |
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The Terminal List by Jack Carr
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I quite literally stayed up half way through the night after starting this book. It has the pace and 'can't put down-ness' level of a Jack Reacher novel. James Reece, a Navy Seal has returned home from a disastrous mission where his Seal team was brutally ambushed in an attack James later discovered was initiated by actors within our own government. Even worse, in an attempt to take James out of the picture, his own family is slaughtered on the day of his return. This is simply put a revenge novel. It is NOT, however a simple novel of revenge. There is a mike-drop moment that is bone-chilling in it's depth, implications and complexity when James utters the two words: 'I didn't.' To understand that, you really need to read this one.
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Mary Jane, Volunteer
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I'm a retired school librarian who loves reading, walking and our rescue Corgi, Heidi. I volunteer for a local nonprofit, PS I Love You, and serve as a board member for Hub City Farmers Market.
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6/7/22 - William Morrow - $28.99 |
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More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
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A twisted story of two women with secrets they would rather keep hidden. Lore finds herself in love and married to two very different men until murder leaves just one husband by her side. Cassie is a true crime writer who would do anything to rise above the ranks of blog posts with a life changing book deal. Cassie's relentless pursuit of what really happened the night of the murder threatens to expose her own deeply buried past. This debut novel is a suspenseful look at double lives and the difficult choices that are made to protect them.
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6/14/22 - Simon & Schuster - $27.99 |
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Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
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The bleak landscape of Western Australia is the backdrop for harvesting beautiful pearls and creating fortunes for those who are successful in the dangerous business. Eliza Brightwell arrives here with her family in 1886 for her father to try his hand as captain of a pearl-diving boat. The loss of Eliza's mother and youngest brother are difficult enough for her to bear when her father's boat returns without him. The mystery of his disappearance leads Eliza through the gritty backstreets of the pearling industry and into her own family's secrets. Both historical fiction and mystery fans will enjoy this debut novel.
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6/21/22 - Random House - $27.00 |
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The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
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Ellie Adler is absolutely certain of her special status with her father until he dies. Her father's will leaves a sentimental baseball to a person that no one in the sprawling Adler family has ever heard of. Ellie sets out to determine who the person is and along the way unearths her father's true but unflattering past. This book wraps you up in a tangle of family relationships, Ellie's love life and her misguided professional choices. It also reminds us that family is never perfect but always surprising.
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6/7/22 - Pamela Dorman Books - $27.00 |
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
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Iona's life changes because of a close call during her regular train commute. That one incident creates new friendships and opportunities for all involved. This was a feel good read that deftly handled weighty topics including ageism, career change, dementia, emotional abuse and self esteem. Using the ordinary daily commute as a backdrop, the author gives us a glimpse into each character's life and shows us that people are not always what they seem on the surface. An enjoyable reminder that the person sitting beside you could be exactly who you need in your life
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