Funny Story
A joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common.
Romance
Migration ID
142
One Last Shot
Betty
Cayouette
From the moment Emerson and Theo met as teenagers, they were inseparable. But just when they finally expressed their feelings to one another, they were torn apart. Now, supermodel Emerson is nearing her twenty-eighth birthday, and she's tired of looking for love in all the wrong places. When the calendar reminder for the marriage pact she and Theo made as teens goes off on her phone, she realizes this is it--her chance to rekindle the only romance that ever really made sense.
Finding a place in the world
A review of The Enchanted Greenhouse
by
Sarah Beth
Durst
I fully admit that a large reason for why I read the book that came before this one, The Spellshop (reviewed here), was because the cover was so gorgeous. This second one, set in this same world, has an equally gorgeous cover, but I can safely say that my choice to read this time was because of the enjoyment I had with the first book. And equally safe to say, I loved this even more than the first.
Too Good To Miss - November 2024
A review of New Titles
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Every month there are new titles purchased for the Too Good to Miss collections at our libraries. If you're not familiar with TGTM (as we call it here in library-world), it's a special collection of popular books that are truly too good to miss. Some are new and popular titles, others are older titles that might not have had as much media attention as a bestseller or celebrity book club selection but are still great reads that deserve another look.
Game over?
A review of Lady Eve's Last Con
by
Rebecca
Fraimow
It seems like a perfect meet cute: wide-eyed debutante Eve Ojukwu, fresh from the hinterlands of Kepler, bumps into wealthy bachelor Esteban Mendez-Yuki of megacorp MYCorps on a half-gravity dancefloor on the ritzy satellite of New Monte. Except this is all part of a carefully orchestrated con game, hatched by Ruthi Johnson—our innocent Eve—in revenge for Mendez-Yuki’s jilting of her sister Jules, now expecting Esteban’s child back on Kepler.
Sweet Anticipation for November/December 2024
A review of New Titles
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Is it November yet? While the air might be filled with anticipation about a major event on November 5, there is the anticipation that comes of finding something new to read. With October offering an abundance of big titles and notable debuts, November and December might be a bit thin by comparison, but there’s still plenty look forward to. The highlights:
Too Good to Miss - October 2024
A review of Too Good to Miss Collection
by
Every month there are new titles purchased for the Too Good to Miss collections at our libraries. If you're not familiar with TGTM (as we call it here in library-world), it's a special collection of popular books that are truly too good to miss. Some are new and popular titles, others are older titles that might not have had as much media attention as a bestseller or celebrity book club selection but are still great reads that deserve another look.
Romantic Comedy
Curtis
Sittenfeld
2023
A comedy writer thinks she's sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions.
Fourth Wing
Rebecca
Yarros
2023
Instead of joining the Scribe Quadrant at Basgiath War College that 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail has trained for, at her mother’s command, she joins the Riders Quadrant, where she faces brutal challenges in pursuit of a chance to bond with a dragon and become a rider. Other cadets - like ruthless wingleader Xaden Riorson - are out to eliminate the competition, so every day is a battle for her life.