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Heather's Pick: Art Club by Rashad Doucet

Starting an after-school art club, Dale Donovan, who wants nothing more than to create comics forever, assembles together creative...

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Heather

Jul 25, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Guests by Margot Hunt

When a Category 5 hurricane is poised to hit their coastal Florida town, the Davies family takes refuge in their waterfront manse....

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Brooke

Jul 25, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while...

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Brittany

Jul 25, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

A young woman attempts to navigate adulthood, new motherhood and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world. Rufi Thorpe...

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Brooke

Jun 28, 20243 min read

Katina's Pick: Cajun Mardi Gras by Dixie Poche

Dive into Cajun Mardi Gras, where the party goes down with a wholly different flourish. People the world over know about Mardi Gras. It’s...

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Katina

Jun 28, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird

Set in the glamorous, dizzying world of 1950s Reno, where housewives and movie stars rubbed shoulders at gin-soaked casinos, The...

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Brooke

Jun 27, 20243 min read

Katie's Pick: Crafting Wizardry by Jody Revenson

Over 250 crafting activities inspired by the Harry Potter films. If you’re a Harry Potter fan like me, Jody Revenson’s book Crafting...

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Katie

Jun 27, 20241 min read

Brooke's Pick: Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

From the author of the Hulu sensation Tell Me Lies comes a novel about female friendship, a missing baby, and the toxic, secret history...

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Brooke

Jun 26, 20242 min read

Van's Pick: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

In her own words, the living legend tells the story of her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first...

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Van

Jun 26, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The King's Pleasure by Alison Weir

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his...

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Brooke

Jun 18, 20242 min read

Crystal's Pick: The Women by Kristin Hannah

In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words "Women can be heroes, too," impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and...

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Crystal

Jun 18, 20242 min read

Dione's Pick: The Cookie That Changed My Life by Nancy Silverton

The eagerly anticipated baking bible from America's most respected authority: 100+ recipes for cookies, cakes, breads, breakfast...

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Dione

May 23, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover

The daughter of a self-help superstar, Audrey is determined to create her own identity and agrees to go on her mother's book tour, hoping...

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Brooke

May 20, 20242 min read

Crystal's Pick: The Dust Bowl Orphans by Suzette D. Harrison

Grieving the loss of her child, Zoe Edwards, cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, discovers an image of a teenage girl who looks...

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Crystal

Mar 27, 20242 min read

Catherine's Pick: Meet Me By the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

An entertaining and evocative stroll through the rise, fall, and ongoing reinvention of malls, which proved to be a powerful draw for...

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Catherine

Mar 22, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

A Cambridge professor, scholar and researcher on the study of faeries visits the hardscrabble village of Hransvik where she gets closer...

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Brittany

Mar 22, 20242 min read

Katie's Pick: Guarded Treasure by Mae Lovette

Mae Lovette’s debut romance novel, Guarded Treasure, is a steamy opposites attract adventure that I could not put down. Edith Taylor is...

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Katie

Mar 4, 20241 min read

Brooke's Pick: Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin, MD

Packed with actionable strategies to deal with common problems, Real Self-Care is a complete roadmap for women to set boundaries and move...

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Brooke

Feb 22, 20242 min read

Dione's Pick: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the...

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Dione

Feb 15, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

Be productive without sacrificing peace of mind using Lazy Genius principles that help you focus on what really matters and let go of...

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Brooke

Feb 5, 20242 min read

Katina's Pick: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

The beloved New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author presents this stunning literary devotional that follows the creatures...

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Katina

Feb 2, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa

A young woman with a rare neurological condition is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered. Armando Lucas Correa's new novel The...

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Brooke

Feb 1, 20242 min read

Heather's Pick: A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before by Avi Steinberg

Once upon a time there was a story no one has ever heard before, inspired by a carrot on the run, a knight who’d trade his sword for a...

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Heather

Jan 31, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

When she makes a wish to skip to the good part of her life, 26-year-old Lucy Young wakes up to a handsome husband, a high-powered job and...

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Brooke

Jan 25, 20242 min read