Is this what library directors read?
February 2024
I've been kind of slacking in the reading department and spending too much time experimenting with watercolors and the new markers I got for the holidays. Bringing out my artistic side, I guess. 
 
Mother Daughter Murder Night was a great read. With 3 generations of women under one roof, the grandmother going under treatment for cancer, her daughter who ran away from her because she was so work driven and the grand daughter who comes under suspicion of murdering one of her kayak tour participants. Grandma won't let cancer stop her from jumping in to save her granddaughter and what she finds leads to more questions. Strong female characters, and a family across the bay with even more secrets than they have. And if you want to listen to the author, she will be doing a Virtual Author Talk in May
 
How can I help you - If you don't mind a serial killer living on the down low and working in your local library - then this book is for you. (promise, we are not serial killers here!) The new reference librarian hired might be on to her killer ways but what is she hiding from herself? The daily quirks of working in a library are not far from the truth, and you'll wonder where this friendship will go between the 2 of them. 
 
The Underground Railroad was the Senior Book Club book this month.  I will caution you to read it with an open mind and remember he made up the actual underground railroad in the book. The author also wanted to give you an overview of the treatment of black people - so while not all the events happened in 1850 in real life (like skyscrapers, the Tuskegee syphilis study, forced sterilization and banning black people from a state and bringing in indentured servants instead). he brings Cora out of the railroad into a new world each time (like in Gulliver's Travels).  One person commented "it was a hard read." and another commented "It was supposed to be a hard read"
 
And now onto 
 
Happy Reading!
Melissa  
 
Mother-daughter murder night : a novel
by Nina Simon

"Nothing brings an estranged family together like a murder next door. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she's built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage - and hoping that boredom won't kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack - tiny in stature but fiercely independent - stumbles upon a dead body while kayaking near their bungalow. Jack quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has a better idea. She'll pull on her wig, find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth's help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surfaceof a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn do the one thing they've always resisted: depend on each other"
How can I help you
by Laura Sims

"No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality, and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a trail of countless premature deaths in her wake. She has turned a new page, so to speak, and the library is her sanctuary, a place to quell old urges. That is, at least, until Patricia, a recent graduate and failed novelist, joins the library staff. Patricia quickly notices Margo'ssubtly sinister edge, and watches her carefully. When a patron's death in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo's mysterious past, Patricia can't resist digging deeper--even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming."
The Underground Railroad : a novel
by Colson Whitehead

The award-winning author of The Noble Hustle chronicles the daring survival story of a cotton plantation slave in Georgia, who, after suffering at the hands of both her owners and fellow slaves, races through the Underground Railroad with a relentless slave-catcher close behind.
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