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February Library Reads Picks

February 24, 2017 Book Lists, Library Reads

I See You by Clare Mackintosh“Zoe Walker sees her picture in a personal ad for a dating website. At first she thinks there must be a mistake. She soon learns that other women whose pictures have appeared in these ads have been subjected to violent crimes. Zoe contacts the police. PC Kelly Smith, a disgraced former detective, works to find […]

January 2017 Library Reads Picks

January 17, 2017 Library Reads

The Girl Before: A Novel by JP Delaney“A page turner that is sure to be a hit. Each chapter alternates between two time periods. Back “then,” there is Emma, looking for the perfect flat. Her agent suggests One Folgate Street, built by architect Edward Monkford. In present day, Jane, a single thirty-something also ends up on Folgate Street. Both women […]

Library Reads Favorites of 2016

December 16, 2016 Library Reads

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware“An intruder in the middle of the night leaves Lo Blacklock feeling vulnerable. Trying to shake off her fears, she hopes her big break of covering the maiden voyage of the luxury cruise ship, the Aurora, will help. The first night of the voyage changes everything. What did she really see in the […]

November 2016 Library Reads Picks

November 25, 2016 Library Reads

Faithful:A Novel by Alice Hoffman“With only a touch of her usual magical realism, Hoffman crafts a tale that still manages to enchant. In Faithful, a young girl who survives a car accident that almost kills her best friend spends the next decade doing penance to try and alleviate her guilt. Despite her best efforts to avoid it, love, hope, and […]

October 2016 Library Reads Picks

October 13, 2016 Book Lists, Library Reads

News of the World: A Novel by Paulette Jiles “Readers fortunate enough to meet Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, an old ex-soldier who makes a living reading the news to townspeople in 1870s Texas, and Joanna, the Indian captive he is charged with returning to her relatives, will not soon forget them. Everything, from the vividly realized Texas frontier setting to […]

September Library Reads Picks 2016

September 13, 2016 Library Reads

Leave Me: A Novel by Gayle Forman “Aren’t there days when you just want to leave it all behind? After a life threatening event, that’s exactly what Maribeth Klein does. Maribeth, wife, mom of 4-year old twins, and editor of a glossy magazine is told to rest. Sure! The choice she makes is not the one for most, but following […]

August 2016 Library Reads Picks

August 19, 2016 Book Lists, Library Reads

A Great Reckoning: A Novel by Lousie Penny“Armand Gamache is back, and it was worth the wait. As the new leader of the Surete academy, Gamche is working to stop corruption at its source and ensure the best start for the cadets. When a copy of an old map is found near the body of a dead professor, Gamache and […]

July 2016 Library Reads Picks

July 15, 2016 Library Reads

Dark Matter: A Novel by Blake Crouch“Once on the fast-track to academic stardom, Jason Dessen finds his quiet family life and career upended when a stranger kidnaps him. Suddenly Jason’s idle “what-ifs” become panicked “what-nows,” as the humble quantum physics professor from a small Chicago college gets to explore the roads not taken with a mind-bending invention that opens doors […]

June 2016 Library Reads Picks

June 14, 2016 Book Reviews, Library Reads

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler“The newest entry in the Hogarth Shakespeare series brings The Taming of the Shrew into the modern world. Kate is stuck in a life taking care of her absent minded professor father and her sister, Bunny. When her father suggests a marriage of convenience in order to secure a green card for his lab assistant Pyotr, […]

May 2016 Library Reads Picks

May 10, 2016 Library Reads

Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel by Fredrik Backman“Britt-Marie is a woman who is used to her life being organized. But when she leaves her cheating spouse and takes a temporary job as caretaker of the recreation center in the tiny town of Borg, her life changes in unpredictable ways. With its wonderful cast of oddball characters and sly sense of […]