This & That
March 2020
Let your weird light shine bright!  
Fiction featuring quirky, weird, odd, but ultimately lovable characters.

A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman

A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
The Kiss Quotient
by Helen Hoang

A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her with her lack of knowledge and experience in the dating department.
 
 
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman

A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.
The Music Shop
by Rachel Joyce

Frank, a music shop owner, has a way of connecting his customers with just the piece of music they need. One day, into his shop comes a beautiful young woman, Ilse Brauchmann, who asks Frank to teach her about music. Terrified of real closeness, Frank feels compelled to turn and run, yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems, and Frank has old wounds that threaten to reopen, as well as a past it seems he will never leave behind. Can a man who is so in tune with other people’s needs be so incapable of connecting with the one person who might save him?
Rules For Visiting
by Jessica Francis Kane

A talented but reclusive gardener is inspired by her love of classic literature to embark on a female odyssey to reconnect with her four once-close friends through simple activities and digital encounters that unexpectedly catapult her into viral fame.
Josh and Hazel's Guide To Not Dating
by Christina Lauren

When her high-energy eccentricity and outspoken personality scare off most guys, Hazel begins a friends-with-benefits relationship with her heartbroken college friend while orchestrating increasingly terrible double blind dates.
The Rosie Project
by Graeme C Simsion

A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
by Abbi Waxman

A confirmed introvert finds her simple life upended when the father she never knew passes away, revealing an enormous extended family that overwhelms her budding relationship with a fellow trivia buff.
The Accidental Beauty Queen
by Teri Wilson

Quiet school librarian Charlotte finds herself filling in for her glamorous twin sister who falls ill with a face-altering allergic reaction the night before a beauty pageant.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 
by Gabrielle Zevin

When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.
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