Cori’s Pick: Deacon King Kong by James McBride Hands-down, this is the best book I have read all year. The synopsis: In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and in front…
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Clariel
Rebecca’s Pick: Clariel by Garth Nix Prequel to the Abhorsen series, Clariel is set in the Old Kingdom, 600 years before the story of Sabriel, and told from the point of view of Clariel, daughter of an elite goldsmith who has both royal and Abhorsen in her bloodline. Clariel doesn’t want to follow the path…
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Sara’s Pick: Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman This is a hysterical look at parenting from the author of A Man Called Ove. Writing with the same bemused look at life as Dave Barry, Backman discusses the first few years of his son’s life adventures with his bumbling efforts…
Dear Edward
Cori’s Pick: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano This was one of those books where the author magically captured my heart and made me truly care for the characters. Eddie is twelve when his family, along with 179 other passengers, boards an airplane headed for L.A. But halfway there, tragedy strikes and the plane crashes, and…
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Sara’s Pick: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb This is a really interesting and well-written look at therapy from both sides of the couch. Dr. Lori Gottlieb opens up about treating her patients and being treated by her own therapist. After a heartbreaking split with her Boyfriend of two years, Dr. Gottlieb…
The Dead Ex
Sara’s Pick: The Dead Ex by Jane Corry One man disappears and four women are caught in the aftereffects. Vicki, the ex-wife, now works as an aromatherapist, has epilepsy and an unreliable memory. Scarlet and her mother are caught playing “the game”, which turns out to be dealing drugs. Scarlet goes into foster cares and…
Bridge of Clay
Rebecca’s Pick: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak Matthew, is the oldest of the five Dunbar boys. He’s taken care of his four younger brothers since his mother died of cancer and his father, too overcome with grief, abandoned his children. We learn about each of the five brothers and their struggles to adapt without…
In Five Years
Sara’s Pick: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Dannie Kohan has a good life. She’s a planner, a lawyer at a top firm in New York, has a boyfriend, soon-to-be fiancé and a wild and crazy best girlfriend, Bella. Dannie knows where she’s going and when and how. Then she has a dream, waking next…
Dear Girls
Cori’s Pick: Dear Girls by Ali Wong Comedian Ali Wong has gifted us this book of unfiltered letters to her young daughters and I think we all need to thank her. Full disclosure: it’s vulgar in places and at times it made me blush, but it’s totally real and I loved it! She talks about…
Suggested Reading
Rebecca’s Pick: Suggested Reading by Dave Connis Not gonna lie, it’s hard kind of hard to find a non-dystopian/apocalyptic YA, and I just wasn’t really in the mood for one of those right now…. So, I found a title that appealed more to my personal interests: the library and books! When the principal of Lupton…
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