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Friends Book Reviews
Book Review events will resume in October. Please check back for more information.
Recent Reviews
- The Six Wives of Henry the VIII by Alison Weir
- I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
- The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer‘ by Anne Marie O’Connor
- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Hinton
- The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane by Kathleen Kaska
- Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
- Up to Heaven and Down to Hell by Colin Jerolmack
Friends of the Library Host Book Review
On Friday, May 2 Nicole Rader will review Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Published in 2023, Fourth Wing is a fantasy, romance novel about a young woman’s journey attending a brutal war college. Violet Sorrengail is a twenty-year-old who has trained her whole life to join the Scribe Quadrant. A quiet life among books and researching history is Violet’s dream. Instead, Violet’s mother forces her to join the Dragon Rider’s Quadrant like her siblings before her. Violet is forced into intense training and learns to survive while fighting for her life among the other cadets who despise her. Cadets in the Riders Quadrant have to present themselves to the Dragons who are willing to bond with a rider. As Violet trains, she learns that the college and its occupants are more than they seem. Fourth Wing is an action-packed fantasy novel about survival, and friendship, with an enemies-to-lovers trope.
Nicole Rader is the Programming and Youth Services Director at the James V. Brown Library. Rader has worked at James V. Brown Library for over two years. Previously, Nicole Rader was a director at another local library. Rader received her Master of Information and Library Science from Clarion University. She lives in Williamsport with her husband and young son. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys reading fantasy novels, playing board/card games, drinking coffee, and hanging out with family and friends.
The review begins at 12:15PM in the Lowry Room of the Welch Family Wing of the James V. Brown Library with a Q&A from 12:45-1:00PM. Complimentary snacks and bottled water will be available. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own lunch. Reservations are required due to space considerations. Please call the library at 570-326-0536 or use the library’s online reservation calendar (calendar.jvbrown.edu) before 3:00PM on Wednesday, April 30. Parking is available in the public lot off Market Street, adjacent to the Welch Wing.