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Read more about the article The Getaway Girls

The Getaway Girls

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

Three senior London ladies embark on a present-day road trip in a motorhome through Europe, each with an intention: Connie hopes to learn more about her Italian ancestors, Gill seeks…

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Read more about the article The Violin Conspiracy

The Violin Conspiracy

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks

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

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks

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

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks

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 The Last Thing He Told Me

The Last Thing He Told Me

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Karen/Staff Picks

If you like mysteries then Laura Dave is the author for you.  I would classify this as a beach read. A great mystery that you can read within a day.…

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Read more about the article The Night We Lost Him

The Night We Lost Him

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Karen/Staff Picks

The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave is a thrilling mystery. Liam Noone owns property on the top of the cliffs in California. They find his body at the…

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Read more about the article The Earthsea Cycle (6 book series)

The Earthsea Cycle (6 book series)

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Jamie/Staff Picks

I am really surprised at how late this suggested read has come into my life. Ursula Le Guin was a trailblazing writer of her time. The Earthsea Cycle series is…

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Read more about the article Witch King (The Rising World Book 1)

Witch King (The Rising World Book 1)

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Jamie/Staff Picks

This book was an unexpected surprise. I had just finished The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells and really appreciated her writing style. So I picked up Witch King, a totally…

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Hotel Kitsch

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Jill/Staff Picks

This book had a recent mention in a New York Times article about, of all things, the sale of heart-shaped bathtubs at the Cove Haven/Poconos Palace resort. No, I’ve never…

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Read more about the article Roctogenarians

Roctogenarians

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  • Post published:April 4, 2025
  • Post category:Jill/Staff Picks

Laura Ingalls Wilder began publishing her Little House books when she was 65 years old. Frank Lloyd Wright’s final design for New York City’s Guggenheim Museum was approved when he…

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