by JVBrown | Jul 31, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
This book opens when a group of 30-something friends from Oxford get together to ring in the New Year at a private estate in the Scottish Highlands. The group has been getting together for nearly a decade and over the years they have grown and changed, which adds to...
by JVBrown | Jul 31, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
Queenie is a 25-year-old Londoner who is going through many crises – her boyfriend asked for a “break” and kicked her out of their home; she had a miscarriage while on birth control; she’s about to lose her job; she keeps going out with the wrong men; and she has no...
by JVBrown | Jul 31, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
The book focuses on Marianne and Connell, who attend the same secondary school in Ireland. Connell is popular and captain of the football team but his mother cleans house for Marianne’s mother. Marianne is socially awkward but does very well academically. Marianne and...
by JVBrown | Jun 29, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
This is a perfect book for summer. The book opens in the small-town of Littleport, Maine, a vacation spot and harbor town. Avery and her best friend, Sadie, attend the annual “Plus One” end-of-season party, as they do every year. However this year, Sadie turns up dead...
by JVBrown | Jun 29, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
This book is a fascinating look at the dark magic lurking in the underworld of one of America’s most elite Ivy League schools. Galaxy “Alex” Stern is an unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class – her checkered past includes dead-end jobs, loser drug-dealing friends...
by JVBrown | Jun 29, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
If you remember the real-life story of Baby Jessica, who was trapped in a well in 1987, then this fictional story will seem somewhat familiar. In Megan Miranda’s latest book, everyone knows the story about little 6-year-old Arden Maynor, who was swept away while...
