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Attack of the Black Rectangles

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:January 31, 2023
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks
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This is an amazing middle-grade book about censorship and intolerance that everyone should read. Mac opens a copy of his classroom text to find that some words are blacked out.…

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November 9

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  • Post published:January 31, 2023
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Fallon is an 18-year-old aspiring actress about to move from LA to New York City when she meets Ben in a diner. They quickly have feelings for each other but…

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Pieces of Her

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  • Post published:January 31, 2023
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This is a psychological mystery in which Andrea Cooper learns that her mother, Laura, is not the average, middle-class, PTA mom she thought she knew. It turns out, Laura had…

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Read more about the article The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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  • Post published:January 31, 2023
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This was a fascinating, high-concept murder mystery that can best be described as Quantum Leap meets Agatha Christie. From the first page, you know someone – Evelyn – is going…

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Gerald’s Game

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  • Post published:December 30, 2022
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I joined an online book club that wants to read horror and this was the first pick. I had not read this book in many years and was glad to…

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Read more about the article How to be Perfect

How to be Perfect

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  • Post published:December 30, 2022
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Schur, the creator of the “Good Place” and co-creator of “Parks and Recreation,” starts off with easy ethical questions that he pondered while writing the “Good Place” and examines many…

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Read more about the article The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

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  • Post published:December 30, 2022
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Liesl works as the assistant director of rare books in a Toronto university and is suddenly thrust into the role of her director when has a debilitating stroke. She is…

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Love Letters to the Dead

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  • Post published:December 1, 2022
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An English class assignment becomes a passion project for teen Laurel. She writes a love letter to a dead person and chooses Kurt Cobain because her late sister loved him.…

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Read more about the article The Cloisters

The Cloisters

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  • Post published:December 1, 2022
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I cannot tell you how many people recommended the advance copy of this book to me. And I was glad I finally got one here at the library! This is…

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Time is a Mother

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  • Post published:December 1, 2022
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Vuong’s poetry is not for everyone, but I am a huge fan. I will note that there are triggering topics, as Vuong navigates life after his mother’s death, and the…

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