by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Robin, Staff Picks
To escape an unwanted marriage, Addie Larue, a girl in 18th-century France, makes a deal with the devil, asking to be free to live forever. Luc, her incarnation of the devil, interprets that to mean that she will live each day as if it is her only day. She is...
by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Robin, Staff Picks
I rarely read a book that compels me to recommend it to friends; this is one of those rare books. In the depths of the Depression, four orphans on the run from a cruel boarding school take to the river in search of safety and home. Their encounters along the road are...
by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Dana, Staff Picks
I love the HONY Facebook and Instagram page and fell in love with photographer Brandon Stanton’s no-judgment interview style. This isn’t a book to sit down and read in one sitting, but rather a coffee-table style book to pick up and examine as time permits. Some...
by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Dana, Staff Picks
I am a huge fan of organizational psychologist Adam Grant. This book highlights a set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. He challenges readers to embrace being wrong but also continue to be lifelong learners. You don’t have...
by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Dana, Staff Picks
I heard about this book last year during the initial COVID outbreak. Rowling published the story on her website and asked children to publish various scenes. She then published the book with the winning illustrations and donated all her royalties to help medical and...
by JVBrown | Apr 6, 2021 | Dana, Staff Picks
This book kept coming up on my social media newsfeeds and it is gorgeous. Created by a British illustrator, this book features 100 black-and-white drawings and handwritten prose about kindness, hope, friendship and love. The four titular friends share adventures and...
