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• Staff Picks Newsletter December•
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Looking for your next favorite book? 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. You might just find your next favorite book!
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At the library Come visit us in person and we'd be happy to help choose something perfect just for you.
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On our websiteGo to our website to access our catalog and more online resources, available 24/7!
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to keep up with all the great things we've got happening this spring.
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Books we just couldn't put down ...
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The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine by Steven RinellaA combination memoir, cookbook, and travelogue describes one man's efforts to live on the land while attempting to re-create the recipes from Escoffier's 1903 magnum opus Le Guide Culinaire and searching for the frequently esoteric ingredients called for in the various dishes.
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A Christmas By the Sea by Melody CarlsonHoping that an inherited beach house will help her recover from debts after her husband's death, a widow moves into the property to renovate and sell it before a local craftsman encourages her to stay. By the best-selling author of The Christmas Angel Project.
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The Familiars by Stacey HallsPregnant for the fourth time after three unsuccessful pregnancies, noblewoman Fleetwood Shuttleworth finds her life intricately bound to a midwife who vows to see her deliver a healthy baby when they are both drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the area.
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The Brutal Telling by Louise PennyChaos is coming, old son. With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back to the city and children say goodbye to summer a stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies - exposing both treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness.
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A Tale of Magic... by Chris ColferA tale set in the universe of the Land of Stories finds 14-year-old Brystal pursuing creative ways of obtaining books in an oppressive Southern Kingdom where women are forbidden to read. By the award-winning author of Struck by Lightning.
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The Queen of Nothing by Holly BlackReeling from Cardan’s betrayal, an exiled Jude risks her life to sneak back into the treacherous Faerie Court to save the life of her deceptive twin, only to become ensnared in Elfhame’s violent political war and the fallout of a powerful curse.
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Storm Cursed by Patricia BriggsPatronized by supernatural beings of all kinds after the Tri-Cities are declared neutral, garage owner Mercy investigates the activities of a witch newcomer while Adam provides security during a top-secret meeting between the government and fae.
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Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J MaasA conclusion to the best-selling series that includes Crown of Midnight reveals the end of infamous assassin Aelin Galathynius' story in the aftermath of the shocking twist in Tower of Dawn.
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowA woman navigating the out-of-place artifacts in her caretaker’s sprawling early 20th-century mansion discovers a mysterious book that reveals impossible truths about the world and her own past.
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The World That We Knew
by Alice Hoffman
Sent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, a young girl bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend, a rabbi’s daughter, rises to become a defender of their people.
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The Turn of the Key by Ruth WareWhen a high-paying nanny job at a luxurious Scottish Highlands home culminates in her imprisonment for a child’s murder, a young woman struggles to untangle what really happened. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lying Game.
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This Tender Land : A Novel by William Kent KruegerFleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a summer marked by struggling farmers, faith healers and lost souls. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Ordinary Grace.
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City of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertThe best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a "good girl" in order to be a good person
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Timequake by Kurt VonnegutThe author's first full-length novel in seven years, a hilarious moral satire features a science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout, who manages to turn time back a decade, insisting that everyone repeat it exactly the same way.
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The Fire Next Time by James BaldwinThe powerful evocation of a childhood in Harlem that helped to galvanize the early days of the civil rights movement examines the deep consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic. Reissue.
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An Unwanted Guest by Shari LapeñaWeathering a storm that has cut them off from the outside world, the guests at a Catskills skiing lodge panic as an unknown assailant starts killing them off one by one. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Couple Next Door
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Life Undercover : Coming Of Age In The CIA by Amaryllis FoxA chronicle of an extraordinary life, and of one woman’s courage and passion, follows the author as she spends 10 years in the most elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, hunting down the world’s most dangerous terrorist while marrying and becoming a mother.
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The Unhoneymooners by Christina LaurenPartnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before unexpectedly falling for her companion.
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Blue Moon by Lee ChildA highly anticipated latest installment in the best-selling series finds Jack Reacher offering aid to an elderly couple only to be confronted by the most dangerous opponents of his career. By the best-selling author of One Shot.
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The Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternDiscovering a mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate student recognizes a story from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction. By the best-selling author of The Night Circus.
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