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STAFF PICKS
JUST FOR YOU! Library staff suggestions. Happy Reading - Watching - Listening! |
Here are your suggestions; click on a title to place a hold: |
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To Sir Phillip, With Love
by Julia Quinn
When she finally meets the gentleman she is to marry, Eloise Bridgerton is dismayed to discover that Sir Phillip is moody and ill-mannered until he kisses her, leaving her to wonder if this imperfect man could be perfect for her.
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Eat a Peach: A Memoir
by David Chang
The chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his debut memoir.
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The Angel of Indian Lake
by Stephen Graham Jones
Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice - only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her.
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The Woman In the White Kimono
by Ana Johns
A novel inspired by true events traces the intertwined stories of a young woman from 1950s Japan who must choose between her heart and home, and a journalist in modern America who discovers her father's long-buried secrets.
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A Sorceress Comes to Call
by T. Kingfisher
Raised by an evil sorceress, Cordelia must choose between her controlling mother and the kindness of a stranger to save innocent lives, in a dark retelling of The Goose Girl by the Brothers Grimm.
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Dashed: A Margaret Dashwood Novel
by Amanda Quain
In this contemporary update of Sense and Sensibility, Margaret Dashwood is setting sail on an adventurous summer cruise with her sister Elinor, until sister Marianne crashes their vacation and turns all their plans upside down.
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A Drop of Venom
by Sajni Patel
When priestess Manisha and warrior Prayuth meet, they find hope in each other's arms, but when Manisha is pushed into a pit of vipers, never to be seen again, Paryush is tasked with killing one last monster, who turns out to be Manisha - who never died - to gain his freedom.
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Black House
by Stephen King
A retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in a rural Wisconsin town, Jack Sawyer is called in to assist the local police chief in solving a gruesome series of murders that causes Jack to experience inexplicable waking nightmares.
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Outliers: The Story of Success / sound recording
by Malcolm Gladwell
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel
by Kim Michele Richardson
During Kentucky's Great Depression, Pack Horse Library Project member Cussy Mary Carter, a young outcast, delivers books to the hillfolk of Troublesome Creek, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times, but not everyone is keen on her or the Library Project.
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Winter Lost
by Patricia Briggs
While traveling to Montana to help her brother, shapeshifters Mercy and her mate, Adam, are trapped with strangers in a lodge in the heart of the wilderness where Arcane and ancient magics are at work that could, unless they're careful, bring about the end of the world.
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