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Sam's Picks | |
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke | |
Place hold | From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. |
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman | |
| Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door | |
Jennifer's Picks | |
Sandwich by Catherine Newman | |
| This is an engaging story taking place on Cape Cod which follows a middle-aged woman who is currently "sandwiched" between her adult children and her parents. The story will make you laugh and cry as Rocky, the main character, grapples with a secret from her past that emerges and the way that this secret affects her close relationships. Along the way, she faces the scary challenges of dealing with her aging parents as well as her growing children and how to balance it all amidst perimenopause. I gave this book 4 ½ stars - it was a great, quick read! | |
Jeff's Picks | |
Wool by Hugh Howey | |
"The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of a community living in an underground silo completely unaware of the fate of the outside world. When the silo's sheriff asks to leave the silo, a series of events unravels the very fabric of their fragile lives. In a world where all commodities are precious and running out, truth and hope may be the most rare ... and the most needed"-- | |
Amy S. Picks | |
The Storyteller by David Grohl | |
| The legendary American musician, singer, songwriter and documentary filmmaker offers a collection of stories, written by his own hand, that focus on the memories of his life, from his childhood to today. | |
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach | |
Seth's Picks | |
| Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray | |
Place hold | The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural village Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing less than a dream come true for both of them. But Thane sours on the dream when he sees firsthand the horrific tactics the Empire uses to maintain its ironclad rule. |
| Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler | |
Place hold | Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end. |
Megan's Picks | |
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman | |
Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past. After rescuing a girl who was trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries from interdimensional space, eighteen-year-old Aurora Academy graduate Tyler Jones is swept up in an interstellar war millions of years in the making. |