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Looking for something to read while staying home? It's no secret that librarians read. A lot. And when we finish a great book we can't wait to recommend it. See what we've been reading below. Click on the title to check availability, and to log in and place holds online. To place holds by phone, please call us at (708) 366-5205. During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy!
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsA prequel set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games begins on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. Available as an eAudiobook on hoopla.
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ChromaticaLady Gaga follows up her Grammy and Academy Award-winning soundtrack for A Star Is Born with her sixth studio album. The first single, Stupid Love, is already making its way up the charts.
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The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesA young woman takes a night-clerk job at the same roadside motel from where her aunt went missing decades earlier before uncovering the work of a serial killer. By the award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Available as an eBook on Libby.
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The Authenticity Project by Clare PooleyWhen Julian Jessup, an eccentric, lonely artist who believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other, writes the truth about his own life in a green journal and leaves it behind, others start writing in their own truth, which leads to unexpected friendship and love. Available as an eBook on Libby.
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MementoLeonard Shelby, an insurance investigator has developed short-term memory loss after attempting to intervene in his wife's murder, and uses notes and tattoos in an attempt to hunt down her killer.
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Peaceful PianoThe stress and strain of modern living takes its toll on both body and soul. The treatment has always been calming and peaceful classical music. Decca Records presents `Peaceful Piano' - over three and a half hours of piano music, this the perfect album to relax or study to. Featuring a seamless blend of some the world's best loved classical piano pieces, from Debussy to Coldplay, and Chopin to Bowie; performed by some of the world's greatest artists.
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Notes On A Conditional FormNotes On A Conditional Form is The 1975's highly anticipated fourth studio album. The 22-track epic includes hit singles "People" and "Me & You Together Song".
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Stories We Tell Actress and director Sarah Polley explores the truth behind a family secret.
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With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoNavigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on hoopla.
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The Henna Artist by Alka JoshiA talented henna artist for wealthy confidantes finds her efforts to control her own destiny in 1950s Jaipur threatened by the abusive husband she fled as a teenage girl. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. Available as an eAudiobook on hoopla.
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Wow, No Thank You : essays by Samantha IrbyA new collection of humorous and edgy essays from the author of Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life that highlight the ups and downs of aging, marriage and living with step-children in small-town Michigan. Available as en eBook and eAudiobook in Libby.
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The Knockout Queen by Rufi ThorpeIn a novel of love, violence and friendship in the California suburbs, privileged teen Bunny Lampert befriends in-the-closet rebel Michael, who lives on the other side of the tracks. Available as an eBook on Libby.
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