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Staff Picks Newsletter ►May
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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 Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth MorreyReevaluating her past upon finding herself alone at age 79, Missy forges unexpected ties with two strangers and their spirited dog, discovering the power of friendship, family and self-forgiveness along the way. A first novel.
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Afterlife : A Novel by Julia AlvarezReeling from her beloved husband’s sudden death in the wake of her retirement, an immigrant writer is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen.
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Then She Was Gone : A Novel by Lisa JewellStruggling to put her life back together a decade after her beloved teen daughter's disappearance, a divorced woman bonds with a charming single father whose young child eerily resembles the woman's own lost daughter and who compels a wrenching search for answers. By the best-selling author of The Third Wife.
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixWhen her hectic but predictable life is upended by a vicious attack by an elderly local, Patricia unexpectedly bonds with a well-read neighbor who her senile mother-in-law claims to have known herself when she was a girl.
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The Night Country : A Hazel Wood Novel by Melissa AlbertA highly anticipated sequel to The Hazel Wood finds Alice and her fellow survivors targeted by a dark adversary at the same time Finch seeks a way back home in a deteriorating Hinterland.
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Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuireAfter leaving with the murdered body of her deranged sister, Jack discovers that something has gone very wrong upon her return to Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, in the fifth novel of the series following Every Heart a Doorway. Illustrations.
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The Outsiders by S. E. HintonThe struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
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Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David ThoreauA quasi-memoir and naturalist manifesto that has withstood the test of time. The work continues to inspire generations to switch it up, unplug, and revert to the higher calling of nature.
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The Prophet : The Spirituality Classic by Kahlil GibranThe Prophet is a book of 26 inspirational poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. Originally published in 1923, it quickly became one of the most famous works of spiritual prose. This profound and inspirational book provides Gibran's wise and often philosophical wisdom on all aspects of life.
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The Mountains Sing by Que Mai Phan NguyenYears after a family is forced by Vietnam’s Communist Land Reforms to abandon their farm, a granddaughter comes of age as her loved ones depart for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. A first English-language translation.
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The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan RiversFollows the efforts of Civil War veteran Major Gryffth Hockaday to discern the truth about his teen bride, who during the two years he was at war was convicted and imprisoned for allegedly having a baby in his absence and killing it.
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The Bad Guys Won : A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team to Put on a New York Uniform, and Maybe the Best by Jeff PearlmanTraces the events of the 1986 World Series, describing such factors as the contributions of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, the debauchery that marked the Mets' winning season, and the post-series decision to split up the team.
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East of Hounslow by Khurrum RahmanIn which a young Muslim finds himself forced to become an MI5 plant in a group of jihadists. First book in a series.
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Highfire : A Novel by Eoin ColferBurned out by the days of yore and passing his time in the Louisiana bayou watching Flashdance, a vodka-drinking dragon endures unexpected misadventures when he crosses paths with a 15-year-old troublemaker on the run.
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The Fountains of Silence : A Novel by Ruta SepetysDrawn back to his mother’s homeland by the utopian promises of the Franco regime in 1957 Madrid, the photographer son of an oil tycoon bonds with a girl who raises his awareness about the lingering shadows of the Spanish Civil War. Illustrations.
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Rosemary and Rue : An October Daye Novel by Seanan McGuireRetreating into the human world after being rejected by her Faerie family, half-fae changeling Toby finds her anonymity compromised by the murder of a high-profile countess who binds her to investigate-- a situation that forces Toby to resume her fae position among dubious companions.
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The Third to Die by Allison BrennanA disgraced detective teams up with an ambitious FBI special agent to prevent a cycle of murders by a killer who ended the life of a colleague’s sister. By the author of the Lucy Kincaid series.
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Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy VanderahRetreating to rural Illinois after her mother's death and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale encounters a mysterious gifted child with whom she forms an incredible bond.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin SloanAfter a layoff during the Great Recession sidelines his tech career, Clay Jannon takes a job at the titular bookstore in San Francisco, and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret.
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Valentine : A Novel by Elizabeth WetmoreAn astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women of one small Texas oil town in the 1970s.
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Circe : A Novel by Madeline MillerA highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning The Song of Achilles follows the banished witch daughter of Titans as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
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The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook : Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion by Isa Chandra MoskowitzA best-selling vegan cookbook author presents her first book on entertaining, in a guide the includes menus and tips for every holiday and every big celebration in between, as well as recipes for vegan versions of such dishes as Cinnamon Apple Crepes, Cheeseburger Pizza, Churro Biscotti, Biscuits and Gravy and many more.
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The Bell Jar : A Novel by Sylvia PlathChronicles one young woman's emotional breakdown as she journeys from the glamorous world of Manhattan publishing to the isolation of the asylum.
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Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonA sequel to The Way of Kings finds Dalinar leading the human armies into an escalating war with the Parshendi, while Shalland and Jasnah search for a mythical city to secure humanity's survival and Kaladin struggles to master his Windrunner powers.
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The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonA new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time' novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.
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A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini SinghReturning to her impoverished New Zealand hometown to reconnect with familiar things after a personal tragedy, Anahera Rawiri bonds with detective Will Gallagher to uncover the community secrets behind a missing-persons case.
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