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If you liked... December 2018
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This month the Books & Bites podcast takes a break, but Carrie and Melissa have highlighted some books that would go well with some of our patrons' recommendations. Check out the books below to find something new in a wide range of genres!
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Mrs. Sinclair's suitcase
by Louise Walters
A lonely bookstore clerk discovers a hidden letter that reveals her grandmother's struggles with singlehood, a whirlwind love during World War II and the fateful choices that shaped decades of their family life. A first novel. If you liked Eagle and Crane.
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I've got you under my skin
by Mary Higgins Clark
Five years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime—along with the real killer. If you liked the series Sunrise Suspense Society
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Hotel silence
by Auður A. Ólafsdóttir
The award-winning, internationally best-selling author of The Greenhouse presents the story of a recently divorced man who embarks on a life-changing journey in a war-torn country where he discovers the tools to mend the lives of those he encounters. If you liked A Man Called Ove.
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Into the wild
by Jon Krakauer
A portrait of Chris McCandless chronicles his decision to withdraw from society and adopt the persona of Alexander Supertramp, offering insight into his beliefs about the wilderness and his tragic death in the Alaskan wilderness. If you liked The Stranger in the Woods.
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The Eyre affair : a novel
by Jasper Fforde
In a world where you can actually get lost (literally) in literature, Thursday Next, a notorious Special Operative in literary detection, races against time to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of literature, forcing her to dive into the pages of a novel to stop literary homicide, in a wildly imaginative, mesmerizing thriller. If you liked The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. or The Invisible Library.
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The grace of kings
by Ken Liu
Becoming the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, a bandit and a duke's son become the rival leaders of separate factions with very different ideas about justice and politics. If you liked The Moontide Quartet series.
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The Belles
by Dhonielle Clayton
Born one of the revered Belles in the opulent world of Orleans, where people are naturally born gray and seek the talented Belles to transform themselves with beauty, Camellia dreams of being declared the queen's favorite before her arrival at court exposes dark and dangerous realities within the palace walls. If you liked Nevernight.
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Bel canto : a novel
by Ann Patchett
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star Roxane Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan. By the author of The Magician's Assistant. If you liked A Gentleman in Moscow.
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The invisible bridge
by Julie Orringer
A historical novel set in 1937 Europe tells the story of three Hungarian Jewish brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation by the Nazis and of the dangerous power of art in the time of war. If you liked We Were the Lucky Ones.
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Join us in person or on the air!
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Wednesday, January 9, 3:00p Davis Conference Room Enjoy some refreshments and good conversation with other book lovers in this no-pressure book club! JCPL librarians will provide lists of recommended books. We'll also discuss your recent favorites. Please register.
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Jessamine County Public Library 600 South Main Street Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356 859-885-3523www.jesspublib.org |
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