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• The Book That Wouldn't Burn

  Lawrence, Mark, 1966-

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  Innumerable civilizations rise and fall, but the Library always remains. After being kidnapped by Sabbers from her impoverished village in The Dust, Livira is determined to be accepted as an apprentice in the magical and mysterious Library. Evar,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Court of Thorns and Roses

  Maas, Sarah J.

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  Twilight meets Game of Thrones in this epic romantasy series where you’ll be swept into court intrigue, magical monsters, and immortal affairs. Also available on eAudio from hoopla streaming with no waiting. Selected by CRRL_AnnL

• Dungeon Crawler Carl

  Dinniman, Matt

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  Mixing the absurdist humor of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with the high-stakes survival of The Hunger Games, this series transforms a brutal alien invasion into a darkly comedic, action-packed spectacle. Selected by CRRL_EricA

• How to Draw a Secret

  Chang, Cindy (Author and illustrator),

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  A young, aspiring artist struggles with an art assignment themed around family, as her Taiwanese American family is hiding a secret she's not sure she even understands, and things only get more muddled when a death in the family necessitates a trip…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I See You've Called in Dead

  a Novel

  Kenney, John, 1962-

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  An obituary writer, unhappy with his life, drunkenly writes his own embellished obituary and accidentally publishes it. A laugh-out-loud funny, tear-tugging, sarcastic yet poignant story. A character's wake-up call that becomes a powerful reminder…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kill Your Darlings

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  Swanson, Peter, 1968-

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  This story starts in 2023 with a wife plotting her husband’s murder and goes back in time each chapter to 1982, when the future couple sits next to each other on a school bus. The backwards narrative took getting used to, but unraveling the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pink Sugar by O. Douglas

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  After years of living abroad and caring for her stepmother, Kirsty Gilmour finally returns home, where she collects a household of people to love and learns to live in her new community with understanding and grace. A quiet, comfort read set in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rose Bargain

  Smith, Sasha Peyton

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  In an alternate England, faerie queen Moryen has tricked her way onto the throne and has ruled for the past 400 years. After a bargain with the fae, Ivy Benton’s sister has disappeared. Ivy enters the marriage contest to win the crown prince’s hand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Songs for Other People's Weddings

  a Novel

  Levithan, David

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  J performs customized love songs at weddings. When his girlfriend, V, travels to New York for work, the distance causes the pair to re-examine their own relationship. A thoughtful and lyrical reflection on what it means to really be in love,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

  Bailey, Elisabeth Tova

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  Ms. Bailey, bedridden with illness, discovers a snail is living in the pot of woodland flowers after she realizes she can hear it eating. Enchanted by the comforting sound of a fellow being carrying on its daily activities, she observes her roommate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tabula Rasa. 1

  McPhee, John, 1931-

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  In this book, McPhee amended and collected pieces from his files of unfinished projects. I do not know of a better writer of creative nonfiction. Also available as an eBook and on eAudio from hoopla streaming with no waiting. Selected by CRRL_EdwardD

• The Third Gilmore Girl

  a Memoir

  Bishop, Kelly

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  If you enjoyed (or in many cases, loved) the Gilmore Girls' series, you will enjoy Kelly Bishop's memoir. Bishop's role as Emily is so convincing that her memoir is almost hard to believe. The book is an enjoyable, quick read and demonstrates how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vanish with the Rose by Barbara Michaels

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  Diana Reed is a lawyer, not a landscape architect. But that is what she is pretending to be while she investigates her brother's disappearance at an 18th-century mansion in Virginia. This 1990s cozy is free of tech but replete with spectres and…Read moreRead more of this annotation