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Read more about the article Symphony of Secrets

Symphony of Secrets

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:May 6, 2025
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks

Music professor Dr. Bern Hendricks is a researcher dedicated to the legacy of Frederic Delaney, whom he considers the best composer in the world. When the Delaney Foundation contacts him…

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Read more about the article The Violin Conspiracy

The Violin Conspiracy

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
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I was excited to start diving into books by this year’s Library Gala featured author, Brendan Slocumb. This is his first book, which seems like a simple violin heist, but…

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Read more about the article Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

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  • Post published:April 4, 2025
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Hendrix has become one of my favorite modern horror novelists and I was excited to read this book, which gave witches the popular supernatural treatment. It’s 1970 and pregnant teens…

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Read more about the article Sunrise on the Reaping

Sunrise on the Reaping

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  • Post published:April 4, 2025
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I was so excited for this prequel to the Hunger Games, which takes place after Collins’s most recent prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This one focuses on young…

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Read more about the article Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

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  • Post published:February 4, 2025
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This was a fun, twisty book that should appeal to Gen X and Millennials. In the late 1990s, a boy was taken from his backyard tent during a sleepover in…

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Read more about the article Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear

Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear

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  • Post published:February 4, 2025
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Luntz had a successful career in the Republican Party and helped Rudy Giuliani get elected as New York City mayor. He realized early on that your words need to be…

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Read more about the article How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files #1)

How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files #1)

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  • Post published:February 4, 2025
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What an adorable cozy mystery that will appeal to fans of Knives Out and the Thursday Murder Club. In 1965, teenage Frances Adams visits a fortune teller who makes a…

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Read more about the article Long Island Compromise

Long Island Compromise

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:February 4, 2025
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This is the follow-up book to the author’s popular Fleishman Is in Trouble, and it will resonate with fans of the TV show Succession. The book opens with factory owner…

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Read more about the article Horror Movie

Horror Movie

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  • Post published:November 5, 2024
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It’s 1993, and a young group of actors and filmmakers come together to film “Horror Movie.” However, tragedy strikes on the final day of filming and the movie never gets…

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Read more about the article The Housemaid is Watching (#3)

The Housemaid is Watching (#3)

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  • Post published:November 5, 2024
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The third installment in The Housemaid series begins with Millie and Enzo buying a new home. They have two young children, Nico and Ada, and the neighborhood seems quiet. The…

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