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7 | A book starting with J, U, L or Y! If you're following along with the Challenge month by month, this is our 7th prompt, which brings us to July! To celebrate the summer season, pick up a book with a title that begins with J, U, L, or Y — and let it transport you somewhere unexpected. |
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Jigsaw: An Alex Delaware Novel
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Jonathan Kellerman
This one looked like a slam dunk: a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts linking quickly to an ex-boyfriend with a criminal record. Or so homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought. When everything changes Milo calls in psychologist Alex Delaware, his best friend and a long-term consultant on “those cases.” Then there’s another murder. Cast against the unforgettable L.A. ambience unique to the novels of Jonathan Kellerman, this is classic Delaware at its best.
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Just the Nicest Couple
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Mary Kubica
A husband's disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing, Mary Kubica Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend's house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina's friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out what happened leading up to Jake's disappearance, especially not Nina. But Nina is out there looking for her husband, and she won't stop until the truth is discovered.
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Unlikely animals : a novel
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Annie Hartnett
Emma Starling, a natural-born healer who lost her way, and her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain injury, team up to find Emma's former best friend from high school who has gone missing, setting in motion a miracle the town needs. Illustrations. Maps.
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Last Seen
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J. T. Ellison
Halley James knows her marriage is over. But she's not prepared for the rest of her life to fall apart too ... She just lost her job at the forensics lab. Her dad needs emergency surgery. But the biggest blow comes back home in Marchburg, Virginia, where she discovers her mother didn't actually die in a car crash. Her mom was murdered--and her father lied about it all these years ... Since she was six years old, it's been Halley and her dad. Now, she doesn't know what to believe. Desperate for the truth, Halley chases down a lead in Brockville, Tennessee. But all there is not as it seems. Brockville's utopian charm hides a chilling darkness. And Halley's search for answers threatens to expose an unspeakable reality--
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Library for the War-Wounded
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Monika Helfer
The internationally bestselling novel--a daughter's portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled from shards of memory.
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You Are Fatally Invited
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Ande Pliego
An exclusive thriller writer's retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered in this twisty locked room mystery.--
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Just One Look at You
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Jill Mansell
Venice. The perfect setting for romance, and for secrets to be shared. Fen can't believe her luck. A luxury holiday with her beloved grandmother Disa - what could be more delightful? It doesn't cross her mind that she might fall in love. Or that love can bring complications . . . Jamie can't help it that women always fall for him, rather than for his kind-hearted friend Leon. Nor that only one of them got the looks (that would be Jamie). But how will he feel if the girl he's drawn to only has eyes for Leon?
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Unreliable Narrator
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Araminta Hall
When twenty-three-year-old Hope Jenkins arrives at the isolated, otherworldly Shadowlands estate, she's certain her life is finally about to begin. Hope is eager to spend her summer assisting the up-and-coming literary star Ambrose Rosie Glencourt, but at Shadowlands, art and danger blur into one. Rosie and his enigmatic wife, Delia, preside over a circle of glittering guests with morals as questionable as their wealth. Hope is transfixed--by their beauty, their brilliance, and by Tom, the elusive young man who resides on the sprawling property and has captured Hope's heart for the very first time.
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Until Alison
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Kate Russo
The night Alison was murdered, Rachel could have stopped it. When Rachel Nardelli learns that Alison Petrucci--her childhood rival--is found dead in Pleasant Pond, the same place the two girls had first said goodbye to each other back in eighth grade, the town of Waterbury is outraged by the fear of losing one of their own--the heir to Maine's largest construction company. But Alison's death is a little more complicated for Rachel. She'd seen Alison the night she died. She'd said something she shouldn't have, had callously stirred up the past. And the next morning, Alison was gone. Plagued by the long-barbed memories surrounding Alison, Rachel joins her journalism crew to investigate the murder. But as she's forced to revisit their fraught relationship, she falls into a web of cruelties that threatens to undo everything she understood about her past.
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Lights Out
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Navessa Allen
The couple who slays together, stays together--Cover.
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Lazarus
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Lars Kepler
Sometimes the past won't stay buried. All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But when two of the victims are found to have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it becomes clear that there's a single killer at work.
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Yellowface : a novel
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R. F. Kuang
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what shethinks she deserves
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Jane and Dan at the End of the World
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Colleen Oakley
Author Jane and her husband Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn't sure they're going to make it to twenty. She's pretty sure Dan is cheating on her. When the couple goes to the renowned upscale restaurant La Fin du Monde to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it's as good a place as any to tell Dan she wants a divorce. But before they even get to the second course, an underground climate activist group bursts into the dining room. Jane is shocked- Nearly everything the disorganized and bumbling activists say and do is right out of the pages of her failed book. Even Dan (who Jane wasn't sure even read her book) admits it's eerily familiar. Which means Dan and Jane are the only ones who know what's going to happen next. And they're the only ones who can stop it.
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Undead and Unwed
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Sam Tschida
Immortal vampire Tiffenie moves to the bed-and-breakfast in small-town Vermont that she unexpectedly inherited to try to get her life back on track with the help of a Christmas tree farmer, her newly undead neighbor, and her vampire ex--
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Little One
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Olivia Muenter
A searing novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence, follows a young woman whose life is upended when a journalist uncovers her mysterious and hidden upbringing. Sharp-eyed and sweltering, Little One masterfully captures the dread of facing your deepest desires, when the hunger to become your best self threatens to drown out everything else.
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Love and Hot Chicken: A Delicious Southern Novel
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Mary Liza Hartong
The debut of a dynamite new voice from the South, Love and Hot Chicken is a spicy and hilarious Tennessee story about family, friendship, fried chicken, and two girls in love.--
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You
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Caroline Kepnes
When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: she's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and as sexy as his wildest dreams. Beck doesn't know it yet, but she's perfect for him, and soon she can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom-made for her. But there's more to Joe than Beck realizes, and much more to Beck than her oh-so-perfect facade--
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You Deserve to Know
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Aggie Blum Thompson
Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems unbreakable. But when Gwen's husband is found murdered after one of their weekly Friday night dinners, the peaceful quiet of their cul-de-sac shatters.
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How to participate Read a book according to each prompt to be eligible to win our grand prize at the end of the year. That's 12 books total. (Tip: you don't have to do the challenges in order, as long as you complete all 12 within the year, it still counts!) Monthly recommendations By signing up for this e-Newsletter, you'll get monthly recommendations for each challenge throughout the year straight to your inbox. Every year in January we start again and send you a brand new list of 12 challenges. |
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Half the battle of completing a reading challenge is keeping track and staying motivated. Here are a couple ways we suggest to stay organized: - Download, print and fill out the GPL Reading Challenge form
- Create a list of what you read using your GPL online account
- Use a book tracking website like Goodreads or The Storygraph
Share with us! Sharing the books you read is not required, but highly encouraged! Share your progress with us and other readers by posting photos and updates on social media using the hashtag #GPLReadingChallenge and tagging us @GrimsbyLibrary! |
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