Staff Picks
August 2026
FICTION
Dolly All the Time: A GMA Book Club Pick by Annabel Monaghan
Dolly All the Time
by Annabel Monaghan

A single mom returns to her seaside hometown for the summer and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a buttoned-up workaholic. -- Recommended by Hannah.
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Japanese Gothic
by Kylie Lee Baker

Lee Turner commits a horrible crime and flees to his father's home in Japan. But there's something wrong with this house. One night, he awakens to a door that once led to a cement wall being illuminated by light, a figure of a woman on the other side. A haunting tale of ghosts, time travel, and not belonging anywhere.
--Recommended by Anny A. 
                                                                                                                
NONFICTION 
Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience by Rebecca Moore
Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience
by Rebecca Moore

This is a beautiful book, with many ideas for healing and self-care. --Recommended by Katherine R.
My Time to Stand: A Memoir by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
My Time to Stand: A Memoir
by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

A biography recounting the horrifying childhood and early adulthood of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard a convicted second degree murderer of her own mother. The story goes over her life leading up to the murder and her subsequent prision sentence afterwards. Gypsy-Rose is a survivor of her Mother who was experiencing munchausen by proxy, a severe mental illness that causes a parent to commit medical abuse against their child. 
--Recommended by Ashley C.
                                                                                                                  
MOVIES

The Man With One Red Shoe by null
The Man With One Red Shoe

A concert violinist wearing mismatched shoes is mistaken for a spy and unwittingly swept into a deadly CIA power struggle. A cult-classic Tom Hanks flick. --Recommended by Jacob.
Brick by Rian Johnson
Brick

A brilliant high-school neo-noir. It takes the hardboiled detective tropes of classic 1940s detective novels and plops them directly into a modern American high school.
--Recommended by Sarah Beth.
                                                                                                               
MUSIC

The Fame by Lady Gaga
The Fame

Listen to the album that started it all. This debut album from Lady Gaga was realease in 2008 and features the iconic tracks that have kept their status almost a decade later like Just Dance, Love Game, Poker Face, and Paparazzi.
--Recommended by Stephanie.
                                                                                                               

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