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Handpicked by Dana April/May 2018 I'm an Adult Services Librarian at the River Forest Public Library. I adore historical and domestic fiction, romance, books about animals, and biographies on First Ladies. I also like to read police procedural mysteries, psychological thrillers, and women's fiction. I find reading most enjoyable when I'm curled up with my two cats Timmy and Piper. One of my favorite things about my job is that I have the opportunity to connect readers with books, whether that be through our home delivery service or staffing the reference desk. Please contact me at djanisch@rflib.org if you're interested in receiving a custom book list from me. Got library fines? In celebration of National Library Week, we will waive your overdue fines. To qualify, return any overdue materials between April 8-14. Stop at the circulation desk in person and tell us your favorite book. Sorry, phone call requests are not accepted. This does not include fees for damaged or lost items. (Note: This offer is for River Forest Public Library cardholders only).
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What I'm Currently Reading:
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Worry-free living : trading anxiety for peace
by Joyce Meyer
A #1 New York Times best-selling author and one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God, explaining how to trade anxiety for joy and develop a childlike attitude of faith. 100,000 first printing.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy Orczy
This 100th anniversary edition of the timeless classic detailing the French Revolution follows the enigmatic "Scarlet Pimpernel" who confounds the new French regime with his exploits, leaving his calling card--a blood-red flower--wherever he strikes. Reprint.
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The silent companions : a novel
by Laura Purcell
While residing in her late husband’s crumbling estate to see out her pregnancy, newly widowed Elsie is met with resentment and hostility from both the servants and local villagers and soon discovers that she is not alone when she finds a wooden figure that bears a startling resemblance to her—and whose eyes seem to follow her where she goes. Original.
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The lovebird
by Natalie Brown
Harboring an enduring sympathy for helpless creatures, Margie falls in love with her lonely single father professor and joins a ragtag group of animal-rights activists that enmeshes her in a dangerous, illegal plot that forces her to flee her home and assume a new identity. A first novel.
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A duke in shining armor
by Loretta Lynda Chase
A first entry in a new series by the New York Times best-selling author of Last Night's Scandal introduces three less-than-virtuous dukes, the first of whom falls for a bookish lady who is reluctantly engaged to his best friend. Simultaneous. 150,000 first printing.
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The gravity of birds
by Tracy Guzeman
When a famous, reclusive painter asks them to sell a never-before-seen portrait, an art history professor and an eccentric young art authenticator find their task complicated when the artist requires that they locate the two women in the portrait who seem to have disappeared.
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Falling home
by Karen White
In a new revised and expanded edition of a novel first released in 2002, Cassie Madison and her sister Harriet, who stole and married Cassie's fiancé, have a chance at reconciliation when they are brought together again to care for their dying father. By the author of On Folly Beach. Original.
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The orchid affair
by Lauren Willig
Joining the Selwick Spy School to pursue an adventurous life, governess Laura Grey is assigned to the home of Bonaparte police insider Andre Jaouen, who is investigating a suspected Royalist plot. By the author of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation.
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The widow
by Fiona Barton
After Jean's husband dies, the community wants to know the real truth about the crime he was suspected of—but Jean has secrets of her own.
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The Marsh King's daughter
by Karen Dionne
A woman whose birth occurred as a result of her teen mother's abduction and imprisonment in an isolated marshland cabin risks the adult family that does not know her past when she uses survival skills honed in childhood to track down her murderous father.
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Playing With Matches by Hannah OrensteinIn the tradition of Good in Bed and The Assistants comes a funny and smart comedy about a young matchmaker balancing her messy personal life and the demands of her eccentric clients. Fresh, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny, Playing with Matches is the addictive story about dating in today's swipe-heavy society, and a young woman trying to find her own place in the world.
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The black widow
by Daniel Silva
A latest entry in the series starring the inimitable art restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is set in the aftermath of a shocking event in Paris. By the award-winning author of The English Spy. 500,000 first printing.
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The hating game
by Sally Thorne
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him. Original. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
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Nonfiction on My To-Read List:
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To light a fire on the earth : proclaiming the Gospel in a secular age by Robert BarronTouching on everything from Jesus to prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.
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Prairie fires : the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Caroline Fraser
A comprehensive historical portrait of Laura Ingalls Wilder draws on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries and official records to fill in the gaps in Wilder's official story, sharing lesser-known details about her pioneer experiences while challenging popular misconceptions about how her books were ghostwritten.
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The Planet Factory : Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth by Elizabeth TaskerThe Planet Factory tells the story of exoplanets, planets orbiting stars outside of our solar system. Discover the specks of dust that circle a young star come together in a violent building project that can form colossal worlds hundreds of times the size of the Earth; the changing orbits of young planets that risk dooming the life forming on neighboring worlds or, alternatively, that can deliver the key ingredients needed to seed its beginnings. Exoplanets are one of the greatest construction schemes in the universe and they occur around nearly every star you see. Each result is an alien landscape, but is it possible that one of these could be like our own home?
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