Britton is reading... Hyperionby Dan SimmonsA pilgrimage to the realm of the Shrike, a part-god/part-killing machine, provides the travellers the forum to tell their incredible stories.
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Natalie is reading... Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiTo reclaim her damned soul, a gifted, but cursed violinist must take on seven students and try to entice each to trade their soul for fame while a starship captain races to stop the end of existence.
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Charlie is reading... Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetryby Amber DawnIn this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry.
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dAS is reading...The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonWhen she receives a book recounting the life of a mysterious abbess whose picture graces the cafeteria, 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, trapped inside a sinister retirement home, unexpectedly embarks on a joyous, brilliantly surreal adventure.
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Laura is reading...Obie Is Man Enoughby Schuyler BailarA coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash.
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Trae is reading...The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettTwin sisters, inseparable as children, ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.
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Andie is reading...The Heaven & Earth Grocery Storeby James McBrideWhen a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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Oli is reading...An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroThis is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel.
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