Recommended Reads
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Horror Movie
The only surviving cast member of a notorious, disturbing 1993 art house horror movie joins the remake, but begins having trouble distinguishing between reality and film. -
Desperately Seeking Something : A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
"The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s whose fearless punk drama, "Smithereens" became the first American indie film to compete at Cannes, and smash hit "Desperately Seeking Susan" led to a four-decade career in film"- -
The Bright Sword
Arriving at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, a gifted young knight Collum instead finds only a handful of knights left after the Battle of Camlann, and together, joined by Merlin’s apprentice Nimue, set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance. -
The Night Librarian
"Two siblings uncover a new world, featuring Night Librarians and characters literally bursting from their favorite books, in this thrilling graphic novel about the magic that libraries hold" -
Enlightenment
Two unlikely best friends in Aldleigh, England investigate the mystery of a vanished 19th century explorer uncovering a devastating tale of love and scientific pursuit.
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Jane and the Year Without a Summer
May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens. Her apothecary recommends a trial of the curative waters at Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire. Cheltenham Spa hardly turns out to be the relaxing sojourn Jane and her sister Cassandra envisaged, however. But perhaps with Jane's interference a terrible crime might be prevented. Set during the Year without a Summer, when the eruption of Mount Tambora in the South Pacific caused a volcanic winter that shrouded the entire planet for sixteen months. -
Deep Water : The World in the Ocean
The ocean has shaped and sustained life on Earth from the beginning of time. Its vast waters are alive with meaning, and connect every living thing on Earth. Deep Water is a hymn to the beauty, mystery and wonder of the ocean. Weaving together science, history and personal experience, it offers vital new ways of understanding not just humanity's relationship with the planet, but our past - and perhaps most importantly, our future.
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The First Week of School
It’s the first day of school. An artist wonders if her drawings are good enough to show. An inventor is excited for show and tell. A group of competitive friends call themselves the Sport Kings (but nobody else does). Pat, the class pet, listens to the weird sounds humans make. The teacher is ready to start. When the new student gets to class, things take a turn for the unusual. There’s something a little strange about the visitor—maybe even something out-of-this-world.
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What We Hide
Family secrets. Historical wrongs. And the truths that refuse to stay buried. Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since tragedy tore them apart and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found over a century ago, to teach history. When Hez turns up in her classroom asking for a second chance, she rejects the idea immediately. But twenty-four hours later she's under suspicion for murder, and since Hez is the best attorney she knows, she reluctantly asks him for help. They suspect the murder is tied to someone selling off the university's pre-Columbian artifacts, but the secrets go much deeper than they realize. The only hope they've got is each other, and they're going to have to put their past behind them if they're going to stay alive long enough to uncover all that's hidden
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The Friday Afternoon Club : A Family Memoir
"A memoir and coming-of-age story chronicling the successes and disappointments, wit and wildness of Dunne and his multigenerational family of larger-than-life characters"-- Provided by publisher -
Love Letters to a Serial Killer
Writing to William, a handsome lawyer accused of murdering 4 women, 30-something Hannah, using this as an outlet for pent-up frustration and rage, is consumed by obsession when he writes back, and when he’s acquitted, she moves in with him while secretly investigating him for serial murder.
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Such Charming Liars
Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
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Finding Mr. Write
"After submitting her manuscript to dozens of agents, [Daphne McFadden's] gotten rejection after rejection, and now it's time for something drastic. And so, Daphne submits her manuscript again--under a man's name. Imagine her surprise when it sells for big money at an auction and soon becomes a publicity darling. Only problem: she needs a man to play her super macho alter ego Zane Remington. Enter Chris Stanton, who absolutely looks the part of a survivalist and has a talent for pressing her piss-me-off-I-dare-you buttons while somehow being endearing at the same time. But Chris has a few secrets of his own, including the fact that he's really an accountant who has no idea how to chop wood or paddle a canoe. When Daphne's book becomes a bestselling sensation and they're forced to go on tour together, Daphne finds herself wondering if this city boy geek was exactly what she needed to push her to claim her dreams" -
Fowl Play
Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: 'It was murder,' followed by 'homicide' and 'cyanide.' Chloe becomes convinced her Uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick?
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The Heart In Winter
"A love story about outlaws in a community of Irish workers in Montana"