BLOG & STAFF PICKS

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Brooke's Pick: Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

Every time she meets a new man, Daphne Bell receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it--the exact amount of time they will...

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Brooke

Jan 132 min read

Katina's Pick: The Bookshop by Evan Friss

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to...

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Katina

Jan 132 min read

Brooke's Pick: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

After an accident, a struggling artist realizes it's hard to face your issues when you literally can't recognize faces in this novel...

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Brooke

Jan 103 min read

Katie's Pick: The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook by Ashley Craft

Experience the magic of the Disney Parks right in your kitchen with these 100, easy and delicious recipes inspired by Walt Disney World!...

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Katie

Jan 102 min read

Heather's Pick: Tiana's Perfect Plan by Anika Noni Rose

A debut picture book from an acclaimed actress, singer and Disney Legend shows Princess Tiana on a never-before-seen New Orleans...

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Heather

Jan 91 min read

Brooke's Pick: After Oz by Gordon McAlpine

Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, eleven-year-old Dorothy goes missing. The Gales are terrified the worst has...

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Brooke

Jan 93 min read

Laura's Pick: Before Dementia by Dr. Kate Gregorevic

Structured around 20 questions you need to ask to help prevent, prepare, and cope, this book is a friendly, authoritative guide for...

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Laura

Jan 82 min read

Brooke's Pick: Such a Pretty Girl by T. Greenwood

When a controversial photo of her as a pre-teen is found in the possession of a predator—with an inscription to him from her mother on...

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Brooke

Jan 82 min read

Brittany's Pick: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy. Tao is a teller of (you guessed it)...

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Brittany

Jan 71 min read

Brooke's Pick: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

When Alice wakes up on her 40th birthday somehow back in 1996 as her 16-year-old self, she finds the biggest surprise is the 49-year-old...

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Brooke

Jan 73 min read

Van's Pick: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star...

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Van

Jan 62 min read

Dione's Pick: Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

In her first memoir, the bestselling cookbook author and host of the beloved Food Network show "Barefoot Contessa" offers a personal,...

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Dione

Jan 61 min read

Katie's Pick: Mental Wellness by Pat Thomas

An authoritative guide on natural approaches to boost everyday mental wellness and provide extra support when you need it the most....

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Katie

Jan 31 min read

Brooke's Pick: What Mother Won't Tell Me by Ivar Leon Menger

Raised in strict isolation, Juno sets in motion a chain of frightening events when she's spotted by a stranger that makes her realize she...

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Brooke

Jan 32 min read

Laura's Pick: The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

When the Congregation demands she and Matthew test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Oxford scholar and witch, Diana Bishop,...

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Laura

Nov 12, 20242 min read

Catherine's Pick: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Victoria Stewart and her crew sail to the Mariana Trench in the hopes of discovering the fate of the Atargatis, which, along with its...

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Lafourche Parish Public Library

Oct 10, 20242 min read

Dione's Pick: Into the Fire by Allison Brennan

Things are heating up in Arizona, in this thrilling novella introducing a page-turning new series by New York Times bestselling author ...

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Lafourche Parish Public Library

Oct 2, 20241 min read

Brooke's Pick: She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this riveting thriller. I read my first Mary Kubica book nearly a...

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Brooke

Oct 1, 20242 min read

Crystal's Pick: Sweet Jane by Joanne Kukanza Easley

A drunken mother makes childhood ugly. Sweet Jane by Joanne Kukanza Easley was an emotional, coming of age story about healing from past...

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Crystal

Aug 30, 20241 min read

Catherine's Pick: Selling the Dream by Jane Marie

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel...

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Catherine

Aug 30, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an...

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Brittany

Aug 30, 20242 min read

Laura's Picks: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

After a string of disappearances in 1975 Missouri, a one-eyed boy heroically thwarts a kidnapping, igniting a chain of events that blur...

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Laura

Aug 12, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman

When her late father leaves her property in the British Virgin Islands--a vacation home she never knew existed, Nina wonders what else he...

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Brooke

Aug 12, 20242 min read

Van's Pick: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find...

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Van

Jul 25, 20242 min read