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Love and Other Words

  • Post author:JVBrown
  • Post published:June 5, 2023
  • Post category:Nicole/Staff Picks
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While I’m late to the party with this particular book, I’ve enjoyed multiple of the duo authors' works. Like their other books, this one pulled at my heartstrings! Macy is…

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On Earth as it is on Television

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  • Post published:June 5, 2023
  • Post category:Dana/Staff Picks
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This debut novel is a treat for science-fiction fans. Three characters’ lives interconnect in this fun story about when aliens come to Earth and mistake cats for the dominant species.…

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The 100

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  • Post published:June 5, 2023
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After the Cataclysm wrecked the world, humanity fled to space. 300 years later the space stations that banded together to keep humanity alive have started to fail and the oxygen…

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The Whisper Man

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  • Post published:June 5, 2023
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This psychological thriller focuses on a father and son in the middle of an investigation to catch a serial killer in their small town. Tom and his son, Jake, are…

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Bridge of Clay

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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This is a tale of the five Dunbar brothers in Australia, narrated by Matthew, the eldest. Clay, brother number 4, is “the best of us,” according to Matthew, as they…

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Girl in Pieces

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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Charlie Davis is the girl in pieces, struggling with mental illness and cutting. Her body is full of scars and she’s been let down by everyone around her. When the…

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Heart Bones

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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When Beyah’s mother dies of an overdose in their Kentucky trailer, she goes to live with her biological father in Texas the summer before she starts college. In Texas, she…

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Lumberjanes graphic novels

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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These fun tales follow Cabin Roanoke from Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types as they navigate the camp and the surrounding woods. These hardcore lady…

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The Invisible Bridge

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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Set in Europe beginning in 1937, this historical fiction novel follows a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student as he learns, falls in love, and ultimately copes with a war and oppression that…

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The Plot

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  • Post published:May 8, 2023
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Jacob Finch Bonner had a best-selling novel but hasn’t been able to follow it up with another great success, so he’s now teaching at a low-rate MFA program where he’s…

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