Triumph of the Yuppies
Though I didn’t live in the metro areas where the young urban professionals (yuppies) emigrated – I did embrace the lifestyle; from the shoulder pads on my business suit, to […]
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson is giving Stranger Things meets Supernatural, capturing the eerie charm of childhood adventures laced with mystery. The narrator shifts between his current […]
Severance (TV series, season 1)
We’ve all heard the term “work-life balance” and strive to strike that balance in our own lives. However, what if there was a way to totally separate the two? In […]
Succession (TV series, seasons 1-4)
Succession follows the Roy siblings, heirs to the multibillion-dollar media empire that their elderly father, Logan Roy, founded and is currently in charge of. His health is declining, and the […]
Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdal, originator of the famed “Bechdel Test” as well as the musical “Fun Home,” grew up locally in Lock Haven. She references her hometown visually throughout the book as […]
Beartown
Beartown is a small, rural Swedish town full of people living vastly different lives: poor, wealthy, immigrants, lawyers, factory workers, high schoolers. The one thing that brings them all together […]
Summer of Night
This story solidified every childhood fear of anyone who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s. Set in Illinois, in a small farming community in the 1960s, this story used […]
Symphony of Secrets
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 […]
The Getaway Girls
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 […]
The Violin Conspiracy
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 […]