2018-10-31 22:20
The Chaos of Standing Still By Jessica BrodySimon Pulse, 2017. 406 pgs. Young AdultOn New Year’s Eve a massive blizzard shuts down Denver International Airport, leaving 18-year-old Ryn… Read More
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2018-10-31 22:09
Robinby Dave ItzkoffHenry Holt and Co., 2018. 544 pgs. BiographyI think most people who were alive during the height of Robin Williams' career can't help but be familiar with his electric en… Read More
2018-10-31 22:01
The Comic Book Story of Baseballby Alexander C. IrvineTen Speed Press, 2018. 171 pgs. NonfictionStarting in the earliest days of baseball, this title covers the history of baseball down to t… Read More
2018-10-20 18:15
The Optimist's Guide to Letting GoBy Amy E. ReichertGallery Books, 2018. 330 pgs. FictionThe Optimist's Guide to Letting Go follows the life of Gina, a grilled cheese connoisseur. After the… Read More
2018-10-19 20:28
At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Womenby Kate Holbrook, Jennifer ReederSalt Lake City : The Church Historian's Press, [2017]. 452 pages. Nonfiction.At the Pulpit&nb&hell…Read More
2018-10-19 20:27
Meet Me at the Museumby Anne YoungsonNew York : Flatiron Books, [2018]. 272 pages. FictionWhen the curator of a Danish museum responds to a query about ancient exhibits, he doesn’… Read More
2018-10-16 02:03
The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence With Everday CourageBy Mel RobbinsSavio Republic, 2017, 238 pgs. NonfictionMel Robbins explains in this book how we rarely ever f… Read More
2018-10-15 16:36
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally & Nick OffermanDutton, 2018, 273 pages, NonfictionSome celebrity couples are major “relationship goals”, and Nick Off… Read More
2018-10-13 22:37
Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love StoriesEdited by Stephanie PerkinsSt. Martin’s Press, 2016. 400 pgs. Young Adult FictionAnything can happen over the summer and in this book… Read More
2018-10-12 02:19
Whiskey In a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking BiscuitsBy Reese WitherspoonSimon & Schuster, 2018, 304 pages, NonfictionIn this chatty memoir/re… Read More
2018-10-10 20:51
Passingfor Humanby Liana FinckRandom House, 2018, 222 pages, Graphic Novel.Cartoonist Liana Finck explores her own history and coming of age in graphic novel format in this engaging and tend… Read More
2018-10-10 16:20
The Word is Murderby Anthony HorowitzHarperCollins, 2018, 390 pages, MysteryOne bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper - the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor… Read More
2018-10-09 21:18
Love and Ruinby Paula McLainBallantine Books, 2018, 388 pages, Historical FictionMartha Gellhorn is known as one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth century. In 1937, twenty… Read More
2018-10-06 21:55
The Geography of Lost ThingsBy Jessica BrodySimon Pulse, 2018. 320 pgs. Young Adult FictionEven when he was alive, Jackson was a terrible father and it's going to take a lot more than his 19… Read More
2018-10-04 02:04
Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWIIBy P. O'Connell PearsonSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. 198 pgs. Young Adult NonfictionDuring World War II t… Read More
2018-10-01 18:57
The Magical Slow Cooker: Recipes for Busy Moms by Sarah OlsonFront Table Books, 2015. 215 pgs. NonfictionGrab your slow cooker and get ready to make healthy and easy meals for your fami… Read More
2018-10-01 18:50
Defending the City of God: a Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem by Sharan NewmanPalgrave Macmillan, 2014. 256 pgs. NonfictionIn the 12th century, E… Read More
2018-09-29 00:14
Check Me Outby Rebecca WilhiteShadow Mountain, 2018. 358 pgs. RomanceGreta loves her job as assistant librarian in her hometown. When she meets the gorgeous Mac in the poetry section, Greta… Read More
2018-09-28 00:45
Prideby Ibi Aanu ZoboiBalzer + Bray, 2018. 289 pgs. Young Adult FictionZuri Benitez has pride in her Brooklyn neighborhood, her family, and her Afro-Latino roots. But, she begins to feel set… Read More
2018-09-27 18:53
The Tao of Pooh By Benjamin HoffDutton Books, 1982. 158 pgs. NonfictionIn this introduction to the belief system of Taoism, Hoff explains how A.A. Milne’s character of Winnie-the-Pooh… Read More
2018-09-26 00:48
Iron and Magic by Ilona AndrewsNYLA, 2018, 406 pgs. Fantasy Hugh d’Ambray Warlord of the Builder of Towers has only ever served Roland a nearly omnipotent master who has cast… Read More
2018-09-25 23:44
The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You WantBy Sonja LyubomirskyPenguin Press, 2008. 384 pages. NonfictionLyubomirsky uses research to explain what true happiness is and… Read More
2018-09-22 23:22
Relic Pendergast #1by Douglas Preston, Lincoln ChildNew York : Forge, 1996, c1995. 468 pages. Fiction.Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural Hi… Read More
2018-09-21 21:02
To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon Putnam Publishing Group, 2017. 450 pages. Fiction This is the fourteenth installment of The Mitford Series that follows the adventures of epis… Read More
2018-09-14 15:58
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaëlle GiordanoG.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. 244 pages. General FictionFrom the outside, no one might guess that Camill… Read More
2018-09-12 16:35
Dread NationBy Justina IrelandBalzer + Bray, 2018, 451 pages, Young Adult HorrorIn the middle of the Civil War, the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, changing… Read More
2018-09-12 16:27
Spinning SilverBy Naomi NovikDel Rey, 2018, 466 pages, FantasyMiryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to c… Read More
2018-09-04 22:00
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesAlgonquin, 2018. 308 pages, General FictionRoy and Celestial are just learning to navigate life together as newlyweds when they are yanked from their bed… Read More
2018-09-01 02:24
Indeh: A Story of the Apache WarsEthan Hawke, Greg RuthGrand Central Publishing, 2016. 232 pages.In the war-torn Southwest of 1872, a young Apache brave loses his family, home, and everythin… Read More
2018-08-31 17:39
Little Moments of LoveBy Catana ChetwyndAndrews McMeel Publishing, 2018. 148 pages. Graphic NovelCatana Chetwynd never realized when she began posting her doodles online that they would beco… Read More
2018-08-31 14:47
The President is Missingby James Patterson and Bill ClintonLittle, Brown and Company and Knopf, 2018. 528 pages. FictionPresident Duncan is in a race against time to stop an unknown but pote… Read More
2018-08-29 23:57
More Than Meets the EyeBy Karen WitemeyerBethany House, 2018. 346 pgs. RomanceEvangeline Hamilton was orphaned at a young age and because of her different colored eyes, one blue and one brow… Read More
2018-08-29 18:56
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza By Shaun David HutchinsonSimon Pulse, 2018. 438 pgs. Young AdultElena is the first scientifically confirmed virgin birth, and ever since she can remember she… Read More
2018-08-29 17:13
Donner Dinner Party By Nathan HaleAmulet Books, 2013. 123 pgs. Graphic NovelBased on the true events surrounding the ill-fated Donner Party, this tale follows the Reed family on their journe… Read More
2018-08-25 22:57
Girl, Wash Your FaceBy Rachel HollisNelson Books, 2018. 220 pgs. NonfictionRachel Hollis has built a social media business on the premise of uplifting and inspiring women. In this book she t… Read More
2018-08-24 01:47
Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the Worldby Mackenzi LeeHarry N. Abrams, 2018. 176pgs. Young Adult NonfictionThere are so many people who have contributed to make our wo… Read More
2018-08-21 23:50
Etched in SandBy Regina CalcaterraHarper Collins Harper Audio, 2013. BiographyRegina Calcaterra is a survivor of parental abuse. Regina’s mother, Cookie, was an abusive, promiscuous, m… Read More
2018-08-20 22:24
Survivor's Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of AuschwitzBy Michael BornsteinNew York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. 348 pgs. Young Adult NonfictionMichael Bornstein was one of the… Read More
2018-08-18 18:52
Sometimes I LieBy Alice FeeneyFlatiron Books, 2018, 262 pages, General FictionAmber wakes up in a hospital. She can't move. She can't speak. She can't open her eyes. Though she can hear ever… Read More
2018-08-18 17:17
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott KellyAlfred A. Knopf, 2017, 387 pages, AutobiographyThe veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for con… Read More
2018-08-18 15:49
#GIRLBOSSby Sophia AmarusoG.P. Putnam's Sons, 2014. 241 pages. NonfictionThis is a must read for gutsy gals with great ideas. Not only is it a guide for surviving and thriving in the world o… Read More
2018-08-15 00:31
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics teaches us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence Michael PollanPenguin Press, 2018. 465 page… Read More
2018-08-13 20:27
Lessby Andrew Sean GreerLittle Brown, 2017. 263 pages, General FictionIt’s never easy to receive a wedding invitation to an ex’s happy nuptials, but little known novelist Arthur… Read More
2018-08-13 16:00
Alex and Elizaby Melissa de la CruzG.P. Putnam’s Son’s, 2017. 358 pgs. Young Adult Historical FictionAfter a charged meeting one night at a Schuyler ball, Alexander Hamilton and… Read More
2018-08-10 22:12
Slam! Vol. 1by Pamela RibonBOOM! Box, 2017. 112 pages. Graphic NovelJennifer and Maisie show up to the Eastside Roller Girls roller derby league recruitment night on a whim, not sure what to… Read More
2018-08-08 16:45
A House Among the Treesby Julia GlassPantheon Books, 2017. 352 pages. General FictionBeloved children’s author and illustrator Mort Lear’s sudden accidental death leaves his assi… Read More
2018-08-06 21:25
Renegadesby Marissa MeyerFeiwel and Friends, 2017. 556 pgs. Young AdultFollowing a time of chaos and a crumbling society, the Renegades were able to establish peace and order by using their… Read More
2018-08-01 22:33
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery By Barbara K. Lipska Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 188 pgs. BiographyBarbara Lipska, a neuroscientist who has… Read More
2018-07-31 18:23
The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act by Alex Prud’homme Knopf, 2016. 318 pgs. NonfictionThis is a follow-up of My Life in France written by Julia’s nep… Read More
2018-07-31 18:20
Dearieby Bob SpitzKnopf, 2012. 534 pgs. NonfictionThis is a delightful biography of a delightful woman, Julia Child. It gives comprehensive coverage of Julia’s entire life, not just he… Read More
2018-07-31 01:15
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longerby Barbara EhrenreichTwelve, 2018. 234 pgs. Nonfiction Why do we age and how can we… Read More
2018-07-31 01:14
Death of Mrs. Westawayby Ruth WareScout Press, 2018. 368 pgs. FictionHal’s life is not going well. Since her mother was run down by a drunk driver, she has been just barely getti… Read More
2018-07-31 01:13
Map of Salt and Starsby Jennifer Zeynab JoukhadarTouchstone, 2018. 360 pgs. Fiction Nour was born in New York but after her father’s death, her mother moves her and her sisters b… Read More
2018-07-31 01:13
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moonby Robert KursonRandom House, 2018. 372 pgs. NonfictionIn 1968 the United States w… Read More
2018-07-30 21:46
The Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword By George R. R. MartinMarvel, 2008. 152 pgs. Graphic NovelSer Duncan and his squire, Egg, are in the service of Ser Eustace, an aged knight unable to let go… Read More
2018-07-30 20:22
The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, #2)By Veronica RothKatherine Tegen Books, 2018. 443 pgs. Young Adult Fiction“The third child of the family Kereseth will die in service to the family… Read More
2018-07-28 02:38
The Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyBantam Books, 1958. 181 pgs. SCI-FI Man comes to Mars expecting human responses and an Earth-like environment and culture. Instead, the Martians… Read More
2018-07-28 00:50
The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iranby Masih AlinejadLittle, Brown and Company. 2018. 394 pgs. BiographyMasih Alinejad relates her life story and her present activism for… Read More
2018-07-18 22:49
Nemesisby Isaac AsimovBantam, 1989. 385 pgs. Sci-FiNemesis tells of colonies orbiting earth that provide self-sustaining lifestyles for humans who have never even lived on earth. One of tho… Read More
2018-07-17 15:30
The Glass Spareby Lauren DeStefanoBalzer + Bray, 2017. 402 pgs. YA FantasyWilhemina is the fourth child and only daughter of the king of Northern Arrod. She has been kept hidden from the res… Read More
2018-07-14 20:42
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About Itby Patricia Love and Steven StosnyBroadway Books, 2007. 224 pgs. NonfictionThis book argues that talking about a relationship will not br… Read More
2018-07-14 20:11
Longing for Homeby Sarah M. EdenShadow Mountain, 2013. 400 pgs. RomanceKate Macauley takes a position as a housekeeper in the small Wyoming town of Hope Springs to try to save up enough mone… Read More
2018-07-13 22:59
A Lite Too BrightBy Samuel MillerKatherine Tegen Books, 2018, 465 pages, Young Adult FictionArthur Louis Pullman the Third is losing his grip on reality. Stripped of his college scholarship… Read More
2018-07-13 21:51
Tess of the RoadBy Rachel HartmanRandom House, 2018, 536 pages, Young Adult FictionIn the medieval kingdom of Goredd, Tess chafes against the rules and restrictions placed on young women by… Read More
2018-07-12 20:34
Before Everythingby Victoria RedelViking, 2017. 274 pages General Fiction.Anna and her tight knit groups of lifelong friends have seen each other through just about everything, from their yo… Read More
2018-07-06 21:26
Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magicby J. K. RowlingArthur A. Levine Books, 2017. 143 pgs. Young Adult NonfictionAs part of the 20th anniversary of release of Harry Potter and… Read More
2018-07-05 16:49
Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created FrankensteinBy Lita JudgeRoaring Brook Press, 2018. 312 pages.This haunting graphic novel tells the true story behind one of… Read More
2018-07-03 22:23
Release by Patrick NessHarperTeen, 2017, 277 pgs, Young Adult FictionAdam doesn’t have it all figured out, there’s plenty of drama in his quiet, small town life. This year a… Read More
2018-07-02 23:41
The Traitor’s Gameby Jennifer NielsenScholastic Press, 2018. 388 pages. Young Adult FictionKestra Dallisor is coming home after three years in exile, on the way her caravan is attacked… Read More
2018-07-02 23:00
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans By Don BrownHMH Books for Young Readers, 2015. 96 pages. Graphic NovelBrown tells the full story of Hurricane Katrina, including events b… Read More
2018-07-02 22:57
UsBy Curtis WiklandAndrews McMeel Publishing, 2017. 112 pages. Graphic NovelWhen Wiklund's wife told him she was starting a project to take a photo every day for a year, she invited him to j… Read More
2018-06-27 19:50
Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the HolocaustBy Planaria Price and Helen Reichmann WestFarrar Strauss Giroux 2018. 250 pgs. Young Adult NonfictionHelen Reichmann West tells… Read More
2018-06-26 19:31
Heart Berries: a memoirBy Terese Marie MailhotCounterpoint, 2018. 142 pgs. NonfictionMailhot's memoir is a scattered, but poetic story of her upbringing on the Seabird Island Indian re… Read More
2018-06-26 17:31
The Great Glass Sea By Josh WeilGrove Press, 2014. 474 pgs. Science Fiction This is a story abo… Read More
2018-06-23 20:08
RadianceBy Catherynne M. ValenteTor Books, 2016. 478 pgs. Fiction.This book is a decopunk, pulp, Science Fiction, space opera, mystery. Set in a solar system that only vaguely resembles ours… Read More
2018-06-23 17:39
Loving Lieutenant LancasterBy Sarah M. EdenCovenant Communications, 2018. 243 pgs. RomanceArabella Hampton was orphaned at a young age and lived with very unloving and cruel relatives. The o… Read More
2018-06-23 17:11
The False PrinceBy Jennifer NielsenScholastic Press, 2012. 342 pgs. Young AdultThe country of Carthya is under threat of civil war. Connor, a nobleman, creates an elaborate plan to find and… Read More
2018-06-22 20:35
CirceBy Madeline MillerLittle, Brown & Co, 2018, 393 pages, General FictionCirce, the daughter of Helios the sun god, chafes at life in the palace of her father, where everyone sees her… Read More
2018-06-21 21:37
Annihilationby Jeff VanderMeerFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. 195 pages General FictionAfter almost 12 expeditions to Area X, the place is still shrouded in mystery. Since so few explorers… Read More
2018-06-21 19:47
The Line Becomes a RiverBy Francisco CantúRiverhead Books, 2018. 250 pages.Francisco Cantú crew up in the American Southwest, the grandson of Mexican immigrants. For Cant&uacut&hell…Read More
2018-06-20 02:11
The Whydah : A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Foundby, Martin W. SandlerCandlewick Press, 2017. 170 pgs, YA Non-FictionThis book goes into the history of The Whydah, her captain and crew… Read More
2018-06-16 21:16
We Own the SkyBy Luke AllnuttPark Row Books, 2018, 358 pages, General FictionWhen a devastating illness befalls his family, Rob Coates's world begins to unravel. It is only when he has lost… Read More
2018-06-15 16:02
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz ChickensBy Eddie IzzardRandom House, 2017, 385 pgs. BiographyBritish comedian and actor Eddie Izzard writes about his life, his comedy, and his… Read More
2018-06-13 23:00
The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatmanby Margot MifflinUniversity of Nebraska Press, 2009. 280 pgs. BiographyIn 1851, Olive Oatman was just another pilgrim trekking westward with her fami… Read More
2018-06-13 16:00
A Whole New World (Twisted Tales, 1)by Liz BraswellDisney Press, 2015. 376 pgs. YA FantasyWhat if Aladdin never got the lamp? Based on the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, this book explores what c… Read More
2018-06-11 17:26
Victoria: The QueenBy Julia BairdRandom House, 2017, 752 pages, BiographyThis biography of Queen Victoria is fresh, well researched, and mesmerizing. Though it is quite a brick of a book, it… Read More
2018-06-08 21:37
Wires and Nerve (Lunar Chronicles, 1) by Marissa MeyerFeiwel & Friends, 2017. 238 pgs. Young Adult Graphic Novels In this continuation of the Lunar Chronicles series, the story… Read More
2018-06-06 22:36
One Second After By William R. ForstchenForge, 2009. 352 pgs. Sci-FiJohn Matherson, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, moved to his wife’s hometown of Black Mountain, North Carolina when she… Read More
2018-06-05 21:00
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious VetBy M. C. BeatonSt. Martin's Press, 1993. 213 pages. MysteryAgatha Raisin has retired to the Cotswolds after a successful career as a PR executive. Afte… Read More
2018-06-01 02:39
Dead Heatby Patricia BriggsAce Books, 2015, 324 pgs, FantasyIn the fourth book of the Alpha and Omega series, Charles and Anna take a personal trip to Arizona to buy Anna a horse for her bir… Read More
2018-05-31 22:05
Fascism: A Warningby Madeleine AlbrightHarper, 2018, 288 pgs. NonfictionI’ll be honest. I’ve never really understood what fascism was. But thanks to Mrs. Albrig… Read More
2018-05-31 22:03
Girls Burn BrighterBy Shobha RaoFlatiron Books, 2018. 307 pgs. FictionThis powerful story of friendship set against the cruelties of the word is told alternatingly by two girls, both born in… Read More
2018-05-30 21:04
SpelledBy Betsy SchowSourcebooks Fire, 2015. 344 pgs. Young Adult FantasyWhen Dorthea, the Princess of the Emerald Kingdom, makes a poorly worded wish in a bout of anger, she destroys the ru… Read More
2018-05-30 00:49
The Shape of WaterBy Guillermo del Toro and Daniel KrausFeiwel and Friends, 2018. 315 pages.Elisa Esposito is mute, an orphan, and lives a dull life as a night janitor in 1962 Baltimore. One… Read More
2018-05-29 22:45
You Bring the Distant NearBy Mitali PerkinsFarrar Straus Giroux, 2017, 303 pages, Young Adult FictionFrom 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City… Read More
2018-05-29 21:16
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True SuccessBy Rory VadenPerigee Book, 2012. 212 pgs. NonfictionRory Vaden is an incredibly successful person, and motivational speaker. In this quick r… Read More
2018-05-29 20:45
Lilac GirlsBy Martha Hall KellyNew York: Ballantine Books, 2016. 487 pgs. FictionThis World War II historical fiction is about three women, whose lives will come together as a result of the… Read More
2018-05-26 22:24
Butterfly: from Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and TriumphBy Yusra MardiniSt. Martin’s Press. 2018. 284 pgs. BiographyYusra Mardini is from Syria, where from a young age… Read More
2018-05-26 16:57
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, RivalsBy Gillian GillBallantine Books, 2009. 480 pages. Biography.It was a love affair that would define an era. The marriage of Queen Victoria… Read More
2018-05-24 20:50
Rhett and Link’s Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and TomfooleryBy Rhett McLaughlin and Link NealCrown Archetype, 2017. 269 pagesIf you frequent YouTube, yo… Read More
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