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BLOG & STAFF PICKS
Want the latest and greatest news from your LPPL? Want to read what we are reading? You're in the right place!
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Stay in the know with our monthly blog. Our librarians are here to update you on services, events, resources, and more.
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Like you, our librarians love to read good books. Discover what we think about the books we've read, and find some new titles to add to your TBR (to be read) pile with our monthly Staff Picks!
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Find archived blogs and staff picks at the links below:
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Brooke's Pick: Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
It's the 50th annual Hunger Games and as the games begin, District 12 tribute Haymitch Abernathy realizes he's been set up to fail, but...
Brooke
Jun 62 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau
A novel of found family, growing up, and the best and worst of the 1980s, revolving around San Francisco’s most exclusive department...
Brooke
Jun 53 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen
Including a readers guide and exclusive vintage Barbie photos, a bold new novel shows how Ruth Handler, along with head engineer Jack...
Brooke
Jun 42 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Clever Little Thing by Helena Echlin
After her daughter Stella begins mimicking the personality of her deceased babysitter, Blanka, pregnant Charlotte becomes convinced that...
Brooke
Feb 52 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee
A new mom reinvents herself and finds her happily-ever-after in this heart-filled romance about family, second chances, and growing into...
Brooke
Jan 312 min read
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Brooke's Pick: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls...
Brooke
Jan 152 min read
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Brooke's Pick: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
Fourteen years after they went their separate ways, 33-year-old Shiloh, a divorced, single mom living back in the same house she grew up...
Brooke
Jan 142 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 132 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 103 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 82 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 73 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 32 min read
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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...
Brooke
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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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....
Brooke
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jun 28, 20243 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
May 20, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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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...
Brooke
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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