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Staff Recommendations October 2018
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Vox
by Christina Dalcher ~Betty says, "Terrifying concept but a fast paced and interesting read."
Marginalized in a near-future America where the government limits women to no more than 100 spoken words daily before outlawing women's education and employment altogether, a former doctor resolves to be heard for the sake of her daughter.
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The Alienist
by Caleb Carr ~ Jim says, "A fantastically written period piece at the turn of the 20th century. Carr is a real historian, so what you read is what it was like.
In 1896 New York, psychologist—or in period terminology, an alienist—Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer, in a classic historical mystery that is the inspiration for the new TNT series.
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Grit : The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth ~Marlena says, "Has lots of interesting stories about the value of passion for accomplishing dreams."
Argues that focused persistence is more important than talent in enabling high achievement, drawing on the author's pioneering research and experiences as the daughter of a hard-to-please parent to counsel caregivers, educators, athletes, students and businesspeople on how to promote optimal performance through perseverance.
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Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novik ~ Jon says, "A story of ingenuity, adaptation, and feminine power."
Deciding to collect on the outstanding debts owed her family of moneylenders, a young woman is overheard boasting about being able to turn silver into gold by the creatures who haunt the wood, in this reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story.
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Squeezed : Why Our Families Can't Afford America
by Alissa Quart ~ Marlena says, "Deeply dives into economic and social issues that grip our society."
The executive editor of the journalism nonprofit, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, outlines counter-intuitive recommendations for meeting the challenges of today's high parenting costs and unstable job markets that are imposing difficult hardships on the middle class.
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Pumpkin It Up!
by Eliza Cross ~Deb B. says, "If you love fall and pumpkin too, you will love the cookbook "Pumpkin It Up!" Family and friends have enjoyed the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies as well as the Maple Glazed Pumpkin cookies (minus the white chocolate chips). I also like to stock up on canned pumpkin so I can use it all year. I cannot forget the Great photos with every recipe too!! HAPPY PUMPKIN EVERYONE!!
There's more to pumpkin than lattes and pies, so Pumpkin It Up! is here to help you discover sweet and savory ways to pumpkin up every meal. With both traditional favorites and unexpected twists, these recipes will please even the pickiest of pumpkin eaters. Stock your spice rack with Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice, keep breakfast classic with Pumpkin Pancakes, liven up dinner with Pumpkin Tortilla Soup, and tempt yourself with Pumpkin Tiramisu for dessert. Whatever your pumpkin craving is, you're covered!
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Unmade
by Sarah Rees Brennan ~ Olivia says, "A sweet and sad conclusion to an amazing trilogy."
Kami Glass and friends battle sorcerers in order to save the sleepy town of Sorry-in-the-Vale while Kami struggles with her own emotions, caught between Ash, the boy who loves her, and Jared, the boy she loves.
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Christmas Cake Murder
by Joanne Fluke ~ Marianne says, "A story within a story as Hannah plans a Christmas Ball to honor an elderly volunteer, Elsie, who has journals from long ago."
Juggling the responsibilities of opening her shop with the demands of Christmas, Hannah Swensen is surprised by the writing talents of an elderly local whose murder story chillingly comes true.
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Interview With the Vampire
by Anne Rice ~ Chris says, "I can see why this is a classic. Dark, funny and filled with suspense!"
A horror classic is revisited to mark the twentieth anniversary of an author's remarkable debut with the story of a reporter who hears a vampire's chilling tale of centuries of life, told by a onetime New Orleans gentleman plantation owner.
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The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom ~ Dorothy says, "Another heartrending story that pulls on your heart strings."
A sequel to the best-selling The Five People You Meet in Heaven continues the story of grizzled war veteran-turned-amusement park mechanic Eddie, who has a spiritual reunion with the girl he died rescuing.
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The Bride
by Julie Garwood ~ Jonalee says, "Set in the Scottish Highlands, this is a delightful historical romance."
Ordered by the king to take an English bride, Scottish laird Alec Kincaid selects the feisty, violet-eyed Jamie, the youngest daughter of Baron Jamison, who brazenly swears to resist Alec, until she realizes her feelings have changed.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens ~ Deb W. says, "Beautifully written."
Viewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a tragedy, a beautiful hermit who has survived for years in a marsh becomes targeted by unthinkable forces. A first novel by the New York Times best-selling author of Cry of the Kalahari.
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Sheets
by Brenna Thummler ~ Ranea says, "While running her families laundromat business, a young girl discovers the laundromat is being haunted by a friendly ghost."
Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for. Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.
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We Were Liars
by E Lockhart ~Marie says, "Suspenseful, but a little predictable with the ending."
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
by Leslie Connor ~ Allison recommends
Born and raised in a prison where his mother is incarcerated, Perry T. Cook is taken to live with a foster family, where he feels trapped and out of place, and works to find a way to be reunited with his mother.
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