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Every Exquisite Thing – Matthew Quick
Soccer star Nanette is an only child raised in a privileged environment. Colleges are competing for her to join their team with the lure of a full academic scholarship, yet Nanette is unhappy. Nanette does not enjoy playing soccer and … Continue reading
Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine: An Isabel Dalhousie Story – Alexander McCall Smith
Sweet, thoughtful Isabel is once again confronted with a moral dilemma. She made a promise to keep a friend’s secret, and then finds that in order to keep that secret, she must betray another friend. If you are a reader … Continue reading
The Sisters – Claire Douglas
Abi sees Lucy everywhere. She forgets for a second that she’s gone and then is devastated again when the memory returns and she knows that she will never see her again. That’s what started it all, for Bea looked so … Continue reading
The First Signs: My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols – Genevieve von Petzinger
Two hundred thousand years ago modern humans appeared in Africa. Language was completely formed about 100,000 years ago, but when did written communication begin? They had our bodies and brains, but when did they become us? As an undergraduate in … Continue reading
The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi
Maya’s father is the Raja, ruler, of the Bharata Kingdom. Her mother, one of the Raja’s many wives, died when Maya was quite young leaving her upbringing to the petty wives in the harem. For the most part, Maya is … Continue reading
Britt-Marie Was Here – Fredrik Backman
Britt-Marie believes in normal life, a life with rules and regulations. For instance, cutlery drawers must be arranged just so: forks, knives, spoons. One needs coasters for cups and glasses. Dinner is at six. Lists are very, very important. Britt-Marie … Continue reading
Everyone Brave is Forgiven – Chris Cleave
Mary North and her best friend Hilda saw the coming war as a great adventure. As soon as war was declared, Mary North signed up. She left finishing school in Lausanne and hurried to London, determined not to miss … Continue reading
Prayers the Devil Answers – Sharyn McCrumb
Moving to town was a hard thing, but the jobs were in town, and Mr. Hoover’s Depression had no end in sight. A regular paycheck seemed like an answer to prayer. And the schools were better. So Ellie and Albert … Continue reading
Shadow Magic – Joshu Khan
Thorn has amassed many survival skills to assist him when he leaves home to search for his father who has been declared an outlaw. Thorn uses all of his skills when he is captured by slavers and sold to the … Continue reading
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts – Joshua Hammer
Timbuktu . . . the name evokes an inaccessible, mysterious place in darkest Africa. But it seems that in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was quite accessible. Scholars from distant lands flocked to the city to study. It was … Continue reading
The Murder of Mary Russell: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes – Laurie R. King
When Mrs. Clara Hudson came home from the market she had no cause to feel uneasy. It was a beautiful day, she had to prepare for a party, and she had perfect strawberries. But something felt wrong, smelt odd. She … Continue reading
Rebel of the Sands – Alwyn Hamilton
The desert can be a harsh and lawless environment – survival of the fittest. In a country ruled by a Sultan who has allowed foreign armies into its borders, the desert dwellers must be ever alert of the dangers from … Continue reading
Into the Dim – Janet B. Taylor
Hope knew she was adopted at a young age, but that’s about all her mother told her. Many years later, her mother is presumed dead, killed in an earthquake. Hope is sent to Scotland to reunite with her mother’s family … Continue reading
Starflight – Melissa Landers
Solara has spent most of her life in an orphanage and has learned to fend for herself. It’s not been an easy life and she is now a convicted felon trying to get passage to the outer planets. She’s able … Continue reading
Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
During the close of WWII, Europeans were frantically trying to get out of the way of the advancing Russian troops. Rape, pillage, torture. Masses were making their way north to the Baltic Sea to board the evacuation ships. A former … Continue reading
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