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• Staff Picks Newsletter •
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Books or movies we just couldn't put down ...
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Bad summer people
by Emma Rosenblum
Two Fire Island queen bees and their single friend who meant to spend summertime relaxing and gossiping discover a body face down off the side of the boardwalk and in addition to uncovering the murderer also reveal infidelity and backstabbing.
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The bullet swallower : a novel
by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower.
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You are here : a novel
by David Nicholls
When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather bring Michael and Marnie, complete opposites except for the fact they're both recovering from heartbreak, together on a ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse until they find exactly what they've been looking for?—?each other.
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Starter villain
by John Scalzi
When his long-lost uncle dies, leaving him his supervillain business, Charlie, as rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital come after him, finds going bad looking pretty good with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats and a terrifying henchperson at his side.
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The island : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
After her daughter, Chess, breaks off an engagement and her fiancâe subsequently dies in a rock-climbing accident, divorcâee Birdie Cousins encourages her younger daughter, Tate, and her sister, India, to join her and Chess on Tuckernuck Island for a month, a time when deep secrets are soon revealed
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I don't want to be a mom
by Irene Olmo
"A recollection, in graphic novel format, of the author's ambivalent feelings regarding motherhood while growing up, and an exploration of the imposition of motherhood on women as both an expectation and a path toward fulfillment"
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Freshman year
by Sarah Mai
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist
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