Staff Picks
February 2023
FICTION
The rewind
by Allison Winn Scotch

An engaging, insightful story of a couple that come to accept their faults, and in the process, find their future. -- Recommended by Hannah.
Emily Wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries
by Heather Fawcett

Cambridge Professor Emily Wilde ventures to the harsh unforgiving land north to unlock the secrets of the Hidden Ones. There she faces the biggest challenges of her career - befriending the local villagers and dealing with the arrival of her sometimes friend and always rival, Wendall Bambleby. -- Recommended by Nicole.
                                                                                                                 
NONFICTION 
I'm glad my mom died
by Jennette McCurdy

The former iCarly star reflects on her difficult childhood. The heartbreaking story of an emotionally battered child, delivered with captivating candor and grace. -- Recommended by Hannah.
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know
by Malcolm Gladwell

In this thoughtful book, Gladwell aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. -- Recommended by DC.
                                                                                                                  
MOVIES
Top Gun

At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground.  -- Recommended by KH.
Their Eyes Were Watching God

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mores of her small town. This is the movie version of Blue Diamond's library "Burro Yourself in Book Club" Febuary monthly read. -- Recommended by KH.
                                                                                                               
MUSIC
Mr. Sun

Little Big Town has a way of capturing real and raw feelings and emotions, --- some good, some bad, which is reflected in their songs. This album is no different. One shining example is "Three Whiskeys and The Truth", which is real and vulnerable. -- 
Recommended by Toni T. 
Being Funny In A Foreign Language

British quartet, The 1975, release their most romantic album yet produced by Jack Antonoff. -- Recommended by Nicole.
                                                                                                               
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