A young woman explores family, love, and life as she bounces through time in Margarita Montimore’s OONA OUT OF ORDER. Our story starts on New Years Eve 1982, which also happens to be the day before Oona Lockhart’s 19th birthday. She has big decisions to make about her future, with a boyfriend who loves her, Know More » […]
Tag: FridayReads
Forthcoming #FridayReads: SAINT X
Today’s #FridayReads spotlight features Alexis Schaitkin’s psychological drama debut that explores grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters–welcome to SAINT X. At the beginning of SAINT X, we meet a family on a luxury vacation in the Caribbean–there’s one 18 year old daughter and one just seven years old. One night the older daughter Know More » […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: THE SECRET GUESTS
Benjamin Black, pen name of the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville, shares a little-known secret of World War II in his forthcoming historical fiction, THE SECRET GUESTS. Ahead of the German Blitz during World War II, English parents from every social class sent their children to the countryside for safety, and in THE SECRET Know More » […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS
Tasha Alexander continues her historical Lady Emily Mystery series with IN THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS. Lady Emily and her husband Colin are in Italy when they discover a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii. Surrounded by archaeologists with secrets of their own, introduced to a shocking character from Colin’s past, and Know More » […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: AMERICAN DIRT
Jeanine Cummins’ AMERICAN DIRT has been making major waves in the publishing world for months now, and y’all, seriously, this is THE book of Winter 2020. In the opening scene, a mother and her 8-year-old son are hiding in the bathroom as their entire family is gunned down by the local cartel during a BBQ Know More » […]
Starred Reviews For Your #FridayReads
These forthcoming titles all received multiple starred reviews! THE MAN WHO SAW EVERYTHING by Deborah Levy “Multiple versions of history collide—literally—in a superbly crafted, enigmatic new story from an author of note… Levy defies gravity in a daring, time-bending new novel.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Booker Prize–finalist Levy (HOT MILK) explores the fragile connections and often Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Sherlock!
Oh, Sherlock! For fans already mourning the end of the newest TV season, we’ve got two books to satisfy your withdrawal pains: ARTHUR & SHERLOCK: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims From the acclaimed author of THE STORY OF CHARLOTTE’S WEB, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Celebrities!
TGIF, librarian friends! Today’s #FridayReads are books by and about celebrities: SUPERFICIAL: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen If THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES was deemed “the literary equivalent of a Fresca and tequila” by Jimmy Fallon, SUPERFICIAL is a double: dishier, juicier, and friskier. In this account of his escapades—personal, professional, Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Fantasy
An assassin, a saint, and a warrior walk into our #FridayReads… NEVERNIGHT by Jay Kristoff “Launching the Nevernight fantasy series, Kristoff (the Lotus War trilogy) creates a splendid world of corruption and violence. Absorbing in its complexity and bold in its bloodiness, this beginning promises (and delivers) equal shares of beauty and decay. With a Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Performing Arts Roundup
TGIF! Today we offer you a roundup of newly published and forthcoming books about actors, directors, a musician, and the performing arts. Are you not entertained?! THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL: How Broadway Shows Are Built by Jack Viertel On Sale: March 1, 2016 “Viertel has written what will become a classic textbook Know More » […]
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