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Staff Pick of the Week: Her by Harriet Lane

Her by Harriet Lane is this week’s staff pick.  Our staffer called it an ‘engrossing psychological suspense novel’ about two women and their apparent friendship.  You can find this one in New Fiction. “You don’t remember her–but she remembers you. On the face of it, Emma and Nina have very little […]

Staff Pick of the Week: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove is heartbreaking, uplifting, and completely, wonderfully about the highs and lows of life and old age.  Our staffer literally laughed out loud and cried several times reading this fast moving novel, and can’t recommend it enough.  This cranky and quirky old man will make you fall in […]

Staff Pick of the Week: The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

This week’s staff pick of the week is The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen.  A mildly futuristic fantasy that our staff member wasn’t sure they’d like, but they were “ensnared” after the first few pages.  An excellent novel about a strong young woman trying to figure out who she is […]

Staff pick of the week: Delicious! by Ruth Reichl

“Billie Breslin has traveled far from her California home to take a job at Delicious, the most iconic food magazine in New York and, thus, the world. When the publication is summarily shut down, the colorful staff, who have become an extended family for Billie, must pick up their lives […]