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Van's Pick: Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine,...

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Van

Jan 24, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner

When her wish to redo her awful year comes true, Sadie Thatcher, with her life in shambles, navigates her second chance, seeing the red...

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Brooke

Jan 9, 20242 min read

Laura's Pick: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

From the author of Steve Jobs and other best-selling biographies comes an intimate story of a controversial businessman who helped to...

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Laura

Jan 5, 20242 min read

Brittany's Pick: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice...

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Brittany

Jan 2, 20242 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

Four friends in NYC hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge - but the changes they fear might be...

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Brooke

Dec 19, 20232 min read

Heather's Pick: The Three Little Superpigs: Merry Christmas by Claire Evans

Join the Three Little Superpigs as they head out on a holiday adventure to find Santa! Can the Superpigs save Christmas? The Three...

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Heather

Dec 19, 20231 min read

Laura's Pick: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

A father who had been having an affair that just ended badly discovers his difficult daughter unexpectedly home from school and loses his...

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Laura

Dec 7, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: Once Upon a December by Amy E. Reichert

When Astra Noel Snow and Jack Clausen meet at a one-of-kind Christmas market, they fall in love, but they must decide if this newfound...

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Brooke

Dec 5, 20233 min read

Crystal's Pick: Winds of Change by Jo Grafford

The cowboy bad boy who broke her heart years ago and the career opportunity that offers them a second chance at happily-ever-after? Winds...

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Crystal

Dec 4, 20231 min read

Brooke's Pick: Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle

What’s a girl to do when her Christmas spirit levels are sinking to a disastrous low? Why accidentally conjure the Holiday Spirit in...

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Brooke

Nov 9, 20232 min read

Dione's Pick: Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills

Mitch Rapp crosses into war-torn Syria at the behest of a powerful crime lord to determine who is manufacturing a highly addictive new...

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Dione

Oct 24, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: With a Kiss We Die by L.R. Dorn

Two college lovers suspected of a brutal double homicide enlist a podcasting crime journalist to proclaim their innocence. L. R. Dorn’s...

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Brooke

Oct 19, 20232 min read

Catherine's Pick: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to unpopulated regions of bracken and fog to solve a mystery at an isolated manor house. The air...

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Catherine

Oct 19, 20232 min read

Katina's Pick: The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt

Tells the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and...

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Katina

Oct 3, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: How Can I Help You? by Laura Sims

Accepting a position at a small-town public library, a recent graduate student and failed novelist discovers a patron dead in the library...

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Brooke

Sep 27, 20232 min read

Van's Pick: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Two English school children share hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is...

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Van

Sep 26, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

Two teens in 1960s California grapple with the unconventional path of their mother, who defies societal expectations as a talented female...

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Brooke

Sep 19, 20232 min read

Katie's Pick: A Dead & Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes

Book boyfriends may do it better, but they're more trouble than they're worth. A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes is first book...

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Katie

Sep 14, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop

Thinking back on a relationship she had with an older man during a life-changing summer in the Greek isles, Rachel begins the question...

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Brooke

Aug 24, 20232 min read

Katina's Pick: Community Board by Tara Conklin

A woman moves back into her parents' empty home after her husband leaves her and spends her days on the town's internet community board...

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Katina

Aug 3, 20232 min read

Crystal's Pick: Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas

In 1916 Wallace, Wyoming, schoolteacher Ellen Webster finds purpose in her work as a rancher's wife and in her bonds with other women...

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Crystal

Jun 20, 20232 min read

Catherine's Pick: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is the story of Red and Blue. Red is a time-traveling agent in...

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Catherine

Jun 16, 20232 min read

Brooke's Pick: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

In 1956 New York City, Marion Brooks, one of the famous Radio City Rockettes, is unwittingly drawn into the police search for the "Big...

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Brooke

Jun 14, 20233 min read

Van's Pick: The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert

A chilling horror novel illustrates the fine line between humanity and monstrosity. The author has written an excellent first book. He...

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Van

Jun 9, 20232 min read