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Spinecrackers (07/03/2020): Daisy Jones & The Six

June 7, 2020 Spinecrackers

L.A. in the late sixties. Sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, the sex and drugs are thrilling but it’s the rock and roll Daisy loves most. By the time she’s twenty her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and Billy goes a little wild on the road. Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend. — adapted from publisher info […]

Spinecrackers (06/05/2020): Dumplin’

May 25, 2020 Spinecrackers

Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs. […]

Spinecrackers (08/02/2019): Ready Player One

July 5, 2019 Spinecrackers

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator’s obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade’s going to survive, he’ll have to win—and confront the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape. […]

Spinecrackers (07/05/2019): Turtles All the Way Down

June 7, 2019 Spinecrackers

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. […]

Spinecrackers: The Music Shop

May 3, 2019 Spinecrackers

The Music Shop By: Rachel Joyce Date: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @Harnish Time: 10:00am It is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and brightly lit, jam-packed with records of every kind. Like a beacon, the shop attracts the lonely, the sleepless, and the adrift; Frank, the shop’s owner, has […]

Spinecrackers: Manhattan Beach

April 5, 2019 Spinecrackers

Manhattan Beach By: Jennifer Egan Date: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @Harnish Time: 10:00am Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. […]

Spinecrackers: Little Fires Everywhere

March 26, 2019 Spinecrackers

Little Fires Everywhere By: Celeste Ng Date: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @Harnish Time: 1:00pm In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than […]

Spinecrackers: Paris by the Book

March 1, 2019 Spinecrackers

Paris by the Book By: Liam Callanan Date: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @Harnish Time: 10:00am When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues–and her husband–Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished […]