tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23693949354080825432024-03-18T14:56:05.445-05:00The O'Neal ReaderBook news you can use and peruseEmmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.comBlogger714125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-45672702942103017342024-03-09T14:51:00.004-05:002024-03-09T14:51:41.844-05:00Hot Books of Spring<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Spring is a time for renewal and growth — and it’s bringing
tons of buzzy new titles to add to your reading list! From thought-provoking
literary fiction to page-turning historical novels to gripping suspense, here
are some titles we’re looking forward to reading this spring. Many may have already been published and some are forthcoming, so get on the waitlist today!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fd356bba-4bdb-58b0-add1-3d83123e1ff0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Women</a> by Kristin Hannah<br />Nursing student Frankie’s sheltered life is
upended when her brother is sent to Vietnam, and she decides to follow him by
joining the Army Nurse Corps. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=27901fc3-aad6-58e0-84a6-4e3a4c3a3df8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson</a> by Ellen Baker<br />In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson is dropped off at an
orphanage in Chicago, with her mother promising to come back. But she never
returns, and the young girl is sold to a traveling circus. Now at 94 years old, an unexpected DNA test
exposes secrets Cecily has kept hidden for decades, the revelation calls into
question everything she thought she knew about her family — and everything her
family thought they knew about her.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b05f045a-049d-516f-be9d-e9e8f02587d7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Fury</a> by Alex Michaelides<br />Every year, reclusive former movie star Lana Farrar invites
her celebrity friends to vacation on her private Greek island. But even
paradise can’t keep old resentments from bubbling to the surface… and soon,
they result in murder. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ac4ca8c2-3a49-5ed7-9226-fd6ab80a7e3d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Heiress</a> by Rachel Hawkins<br />Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore was an
infamous heiress with a vast fortune and plenty of secrets. After her death 10
years ago, she left her entire estate to her adopted son, Cam — but Cam wanted
nothing to do with the McTavish fortune or the rest of the family. Now his
uncle has died and Cam, along with his wife, Jules, have come back to Ashby
House… and this time, Jules intends for her husband to claim his rightful
inheritance. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20phoenix%20crown&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Phoenix Crown</a> by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang<br />Two beloved authors return with a historical novel that will
whisk you from California’s 1906 earthquake to the halls of Versailles. Singer
Gemma and embroideress Suling both find themselves drawn to railroad magnate
Henry Thornton, who possesses a famed relic. When Thornton vanishes, the women
think the Phoenix Crown lost for good… until it reappears near Paris, five
years later.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2fc1e775-7e10-53ac-b14f-9f984dae3aed&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Random in Death</a> by J. D. Robb<br />When a 16-year-old girl attends a crowded concert, she winds
up dead from a needle’s jab. But who would want to kill a teenager? As
Lieutenant Eve Dallas digs into the case, she starts to worry the killer might
be set on taking people out with no rhyme or reason.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d8c2b30b-2056-518f-b640-3ec40f042d18&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The American Queen</a> by Vanessa Miller<br />It’s 1869, and Louella’s hate turns to hope when she marries
Reverend William and they build a new life with the formerly enslaved people of
the Montgomery Plantation. Building a community based on freedom and dignity
for all, William and Louella become the king and queen of a kingdom that
promises a better way of life. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6f13e8b0-6bdb-5b6f-b57d-670b78850d62&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Year of the Locust</a> by Terry Hayes<br />When CIA agent Kane is sent to the borders between Iran,
Pakistan, and Afghanistan to extract a vital informant, his mission will bring
him face-to-face with one of the deadliest foes he’s ever come across.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6c9600a2-f92a-553c-bbec-ddb510af1f28&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Come and Get It</a> by Kiley Reid<br />College senior and resident assistant Millie Cousins is
focused on graduating and starting her future. So, when visiting professor
Agatha Paul offers her an unorthodox opportunity, she willingly agrees. But as
Millie is thrust deeper into the throes of Agatha’s invasive project, she
realizes the danger of her involvement with the educator.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=534a3e66-f222-55a9-ba5b-c1e276cd52ff&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Love Song for Ricki Wilde</a> by Tia Williams<br />Ricki Wilde, the black sheep of a prominent Atlanta family,
seeks a new life away from her socialite sisters. When a fateful opportunity
presents itself, Ricki moves to Harlem to realize her dream of opening a flower
shop. As she immerses herself in the remnants of the Harlem Renaissance, a
chance encounter with a mysterious stranger sets her on a path of life-changing
experiences.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=06598e4f-fcc7-5673-a755-74da221d5df3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Wandering Stars</a> by Tommy Orange<br />When a survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 is
brought to Fort Marion Prison Castle, he’s forced to learn English and convert
to Christianity. His son attends the brutal Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
And in 2018, Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield strives to protect her family and
her nephew while he tries to connect to his Cheyenne heritage.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20book%20of%20doors%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Book of Doors</a> by Gareth Brown<br />Cassie Andrews lives a quiet life in New York City, working
in a bookshop and chatting with its customers. When one of her favorites, a
sweet old man, dies in front of her, she takes possession of the last book he
was reading as a memento. Soon, she’s accosted by a man named Drummond Fox who
informs her that the strange book is actually The Book of Doors, a magical
relic that can turn any door into a magical portal.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ce62efee-7bf0-52db-a75f-b76415a968ea&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One Wrong Word</a> by Hank Phillippi Ryan<br />Arden, a crisis management expert, has just been accused of
sleeping with a client. To save her reputation, she stakes her entire career on
helping a shattered family work through a drunk driving incident. But could she
be protecting a killer in the process?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=39aadcb2-a5d9-5afd-a80e-beb17e57f34d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Familia</a> by Lauren E. Rico<br />Gabby DiMarco’s unwavering belief in facts is shattered when
a genealogy test reveals a sister, Isabella, whose existence defies everything
Gabby knows. In San Juan, artist Isabella yearns for the sister she lost long
ago. When they hesitantly meet, they embark on a quest for the truth,
uncovering a past full of life’s surprises and uncertainties. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dc8c7307-7a8b-5855-80eb-a706c7794a3c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck</a> by Kylie Scott<br />When Lilah saves a witch from being hit by a car in a busy
LA intersection, she’s given five predictions as an unexpected thank-you. But
the excitement of winning the lottery and the promise of meeting her alleged
soulmate are tempered with the news that apparently she only has one week left
to live!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f0888e54-1dfb-5e0d-bb0a-76c77111342e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Fox Wife</a> by Yangsze Choo<br />In 1908 China, the death of a courtesan sets off a chain of
events that puts a cunning detective and a determined mother on the path for
the truth — and justice. The author pens a story that weaves ancient
folklore into a compelling story about second chances and maternal love. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a10fd1df-45c9-54de-a6ad-9263bafd06bb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Wolves of Winter</a> by Dan Jones<br />In 14th-century Normandy, the Essex Dogs have barely made it
through the Battle of Crécy when they are sent to attack the fortress of Calais
for King Edward.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1c921acf-56c5-59ab-89fd-5ff130c7a873&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Prophet Song</a> by Paul Lynch<br />An Ireland set in the near future is on the brink of
unraveling. Eilish Stack is shocked to open her front door to secret police
officers who are there to question her trade unionist husband. When he
disappears, Eilish is left to navigate the fallout, determined to protect her
family in this tyrannical new world… no matter the cost.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20queen%20of%20sugar%20hill%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Queen of Sugar Hill</a> by ReShonda Tate Billingsley<br />In bringing to life the inimitable Hattie McDaniel, the
first African American woman to win an Academy Award against the backdrop of her
segregated times, The Queen of Sugar Hill introduces readers to the
important, inspiring, heart-wrenching story of the legendary actress whose
legacy deserves to be fully understood and celebrated,” says author Marie
Benedict.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2a6be829-f00a-561c-b21b-9ffe3d0a470d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Great Divide</a> by Cristina Henriquez<br />The construction of the Panama Canal comes alive in this
breathtaking novel that alternates perspectives between a local fisherman, a
teenage girl, and a scientist hoping to cure malaria.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20extinction%20of%20irena%20rey%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Extinction of Irena Rey</a> by Jennifer Croft<br />When famed author Irena Rey goes missing, eight of her
translators converge on her house on the edge of a Polish forest. They’re
looking for clues about her whereabouts, but the longer they spend together the
more secrets they discover about the woman whose work they all admire.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2c59d8e4-6441-5a79-967d-26f31d338256&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Anita de MonteLaughs Last</a></span> by <span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">Xochitl
Gonzalez<br /></span>In 1985, rising art star Anita de Monte was found dead in
New York City, and in just a few decades, she’s been forgotten. When Raquel — a
first-generation student at an Ivy League college — stumbles across Anita’s
story, she’s fascinated. As a student of color, Raquel feels like an outsider
at her school, and as a woman in a relationship with a well-connected, older
student, she feels connected to Anita’s similar story. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b0f3db59-82f3-56eb-8a02-7b8127af49a2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The New Couple in 5B</a> by Lisa Unger<br />It seems like an answer to all of their financial problems
when Rosie and Chad Lowan inherit a luxury apartment in New York City’s
historic Windermere building. But the Windermere has a dark history — and when
one of their neighbors turns up dead, Rosie sets out to uncover the truth about
their new home.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e0684772-0ba0-554a-9388-852c8f26a7ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The House of Hidden Meanings</a> by RuPaul<br />The drag superstar delivers a poignant memoir about growing
up as a queer, Black kid in San Diego, and how his relationships with family
and loved ones over the years shaped the person he is today.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=51896ff9-203d-5a79-8e89-5518e9895f6f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Becoming Madam Secretary</a> by Stephanie Dray<br />When Frances Perkins arrives in New York City, filled with
ideas of changing the world and solving social injustice, she immediately finds
herself at odds with confident young lawyer Franklin Delano Roosevelt. However,
over the course of 20 years, their initial antagonism will turn into a
rock-solid political partnership.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8a480c66-a966-52c4-a294-798a5691de49&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Princess of Las Vegas</a> by Chris Bohjalian<br />Crissy makes a living as a Princess Diana impersonator in
Las Vegas, a glamorous one-woman act that masks the more unsavory aspects of
her life. But when her boss at the Buckingham Palace Casino is murdered, Crissy
finds herself in very real danger.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dbaadca6-8d2b-5b70-aef7-365b28f6f82b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Lost Book of Bonn</a> by Brianna Labuskes<br />Following the war, librarian Emmy Clarke is sent by the
Library of Congress to Germany to inventory books that were stolen by the
Nazis. A handwritten dedication in a book of poetry sends Emmy on a journey
that will reveal the horrors of war as well as the strength and resilience of
the human spirit.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ee0e49f4-98e5-57a3-985c-57a2fefa1b07&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Expiration Dates</a> by Rebecca Serle<br />Daphne Bell’s romantic encounters come with a mysterious
twist: a slip of paper predicting each relationship’s duration. After years of
fleeting connections, she meets Jake, except this time, there’s only a name and
not a number.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22in%20a%20not%20so%20perfect%20world%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">In a Not So Perfect World</a> by Neely Tubati Alexander<br />After accepting a dream job at a video game company, Sloane
somehow promises her employer she’ll stay single to focus on the job.
Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done — especially after her gorgeous
neighbor, Charlie, asks her to pose as his girlfriend for a trip to an island
resort.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c22ce626-5848-5042-adde-8e36fcc7a1db&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Great Country</a> by Shilpi Somaya Gowda<br />For Ashok and Priya Shah, moving to an affluent suburb of
southern California is all they’ve dreamt of. But their optimism and hope is
crushed when their 12-year-old son is the target of police brutality. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0767256f-7360-5ee8-963b-f5edf434cced&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">American Daughters</a> by Piper Huguley<br />Portia Washington, daughter of Booker T. Washington, grows
up loyal to her father’s principles and eager to achieve her own mark on the
world. Spirited Alice Roosevelt both blooms in and is stifled by the role of
First Daughter during her years living in the White House while her father,
Theodore Roosevelt, serves as president. Though born from very different
backgrounds, the two women develop a lifelong bond that will strengthen and
challenge both of them through the years.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4ab9a6bd-e4f5-5706-9f01-a0b5bd650a91&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">While We Were Burning</a> by Sara Koffi<br />Reeling from the mysterious death of her best friend,
Elizabeth hires a personal assistant to help get her life back on track.
Brianna is everything Elizabeth could have asked for, and the two women soon
come to rely on each other. But both of them are holding secrets close to their
chests…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d913d063-9408-54f4-b25d-bf77e56d596e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Calamity of Souls</a> by David Baldacci<br />A Black lawyer from Chicago joins forces with a white lawyer
from Virginia to save a Black man from wrongful conviction and death in this
gripping legal thriller.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cbe3705d-ffab-5628-b10e-f0d7b1e1a641&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Funny Story</a> by Emily Henry<br />Stranded in Waning Bay, Michigan, after her fiancé falls for
his childhood friend Petra, Daphne starts anew as a children’s librarian living
with Petra’s ex, Miles. Polar opposites, Daphne’s pragmatic ways clash with
Miles’s penchant for listening to heartbreaking ballads. As a friendship forms,
the pair decide to take part in a little ruse, posting misleading photos of
their summer adventures.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=67afeb4d-e68c-5344-8bda-3a296f0d4a55&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Mind Games</a> by Nora Roberts<br />Raised by her grandmother since her parents’ deaths, Thea is
able to read minds — but her gift often feels like more of a curse, especially
because it’s shared by her parents’ killer. And he’s not finished with Thea
yet… </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f464464b-fab6-5ff0-9a96-527b14d59651&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One Perfect Couple</a> by Ruth Ware<br />Five couples are stranded on an island when a storm strikes.
Lyla’s there with her boyfriend — though their relationship is shaky — after
they auditioned to join a reality show called One Perfect Couple. It
was supposed to just be a game, but this show is turning deadly…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fde228dd-3a0c-59b4-89f2-9d8c628d0530&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Camino Ghosts</a> by John Grisham<br />Bookseller Bruce and novelist Mercer are thrown together to
help save a deserted island from developers — an island that’s rumored to be
cursed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>COMING SOON!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moon of the Turning Leaves</i> by Waubgeshig Rice <br />Ten years ago, society completely collapsed after a blackout, leaving people to create new societies to replace the old. After settling a new community, Evan Whitesky now faces fresh trouble: The hunting and fishing are poor, and it’s becoming clear that his people must move to a better location if they are to survive.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Lucky</i> by Jane Smiley<br />As a kid in St. Louis, Jodie Rattler won big at the racetrack — and the luck doesn’t seem to have run out since. Now a successful folk musician, Jodie travels all over the country and rubs elbows with fellow artists like Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell. But despite her fame, talent, and luck, Jodie can’t shake the feeling that there’s something missing.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Backyard Bird Chronicles</i> by Amy Tan<br />Tan’s sympathetic look at birds and what they can teach us about life is a poignant meditation on finding meaning during turbulent times.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Lies and Weddings</i> by Kevin Kwan<br />With his financial future in jeopardy thanks to reckless spending, Rufus Leung Gresham is cajoled by his mother into attending his sister’s wedding with the aim of seducing a wealthy woman to become his wife. But should he follow through with the scheme, or risk it all and profess his love to Eden, the girl next door?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-76898956003364388102024-02-28T14:20:00.001-05:002024-02-29T14:49:46.749-05:00Going West<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUDMo5Xfc7ZLExsHOH2Y-mtewz3xhoXoYWSUV7Rg8Cee9Dh7LRYbS7z0y0ROg8DaynkZhhuZJLaZ6HP8rIeIPczBVnavnB89uIvux3ZDIb4ZNwzP6TEWZzXSNtQlfTOzTlZeHf0_EPrrZwEN1M_mYQJwCc-GOu2BQTmtDNkwyQPOkGVn8KzSmVjIJhmk/s900/men-in-wild-west-saloon.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="900" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUDMo5Xfc7ZLExsHOH2Y-mtewz3xhoXoYWSUV7Rg8Cee9Dh7LRYbS7z0y0ROg8DaynkZhhuZJLaZ6HP8rIeIPczBVnavnB89uIvux3ZDIb4ZNwzP6TEWZzXSNtQlfTOzTlZeHf0_EPrrZwEN1M_mYQJwCc-GOu2BQTmtDNkwyQPOkGVn8KzSmVjIJhmk/w176-h124/men-in-wild-west-saloon.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">(<span face=""Work Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16.8px;">Men pose in a Wild West saloon. Date and location unknown. </span><span face=""Work Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424242; font-size: 14px;">Buyenlarge/Getty Images)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) meeting will be on
Tuesday, March 26th at 6:30pm and the topic up for discussion will be medicine, health, and related subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you need
inspiration, the BAB section of our Shelf Care page is updated with
suggestions: <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you live within the city limits of a municipal library that subscribes to Kanopy, that service is hosting a Western March campaign, making available some true gems of film! Download the free app today and saddle up for the ride!</p><p class="MsoNormal">This week, BAB met to discuss westerns!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=764cb626-b9c6-5636-813f-3058aedb87c3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Cowboys & Aliens</a> by Joan D. Vinge<br />1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger with
no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of
Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that
encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution
don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets
unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It’s a town
that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely
comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Now,
the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this
gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes
he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the
alien force.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22call%20of%20the%20wild%22%20%22jack%20london%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Call of the Wild</a> by Jack London<br />First published in 1903, this adventure novel is set in the
Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. The novel follows the story of a
domesticated dog named Buck, who is stolen from his home in California and sold
as a sled dog in the Yukon Territory. Against all odds, Buck adapts to his
hostile environment and thrives as a sled dog, eventually becoming the leader
of a wolf pack. Through his experiences, Buck learns to embrace his animal
instincts, developing a strong and primal connection to the wilderness. The
novel follows his journey of self-discovery as he learns to survive in the wild
and embrace the call of nature.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=102ef345-221b-548c-bfd9-e8d3b7e3adb4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</a> by
Ron Hansen<br />Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual,
larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and
admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart
torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little
coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and
unforgettable story of their interweaving paths—and twin destinies that would
collide in a rain of blood and betrayal—is a story of America in all her rough,
conflicted glory and the myths that made her.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7ae40b06-bc7f-5e03-a1f2-6bc987a32adb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lonesome Dove</a> by Larry McMurtry<br />The Pulitzer Prize–winning American classic of the American
West that follows two aging Texas Rangers embarking on one last adventure. An
epic of the frontier, <i>Lonesome Dove</i> is the grandest novel ever
written about the last defiant wilderness of America.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=693265c0-b938-53a7-ae82-fa333d7039a1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Unbury Carol</a> by Josh Malerman<br />Carol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many
times...but her many deaths are not final: They are comas, a waking slumber
indistinguishable from death, each lasting days. Only two people know of
Carol's eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her
fortune and - when she lapses into another coma - plots to seize it by
proclaiming her dead and quickly burying her...alive. The other is her lost
love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol's dreadful fate
reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early,
unnatural grave.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cosmic Crush</span></i> by Clio Evans (not available in JCLC or by Interlibrary Loan)<br />Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As
headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong
was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw. Raider’s name has been
tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother. The only way to clear it is by
kidnapping the precious burlesque gem, Little Miss Mercury. After being
stranded together during a desert storm, Mari and Raider discover that there’s
more between them than a hostage situation gone wrong…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://youtu.be/zr2tYyKLDNQ?si=2WeAzyQXjNZtco4p" target="_blank">Wichita Slim and Gospel Bill</a> (tv show)<br />A trilogy of Christian Westerns centered around US Marshall
and ex-gunslinger Wichita Slim. It was a spin-off of the evangelical children's
series <i>The Gospel Bill Show</i> and shared several characters and settings. It
series was also known as <i>The Faith Adventures of Wichita Slim</i>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4769cf59-08d0-5054-ad25-dd47b95d21ac&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Bluebird, Bluebird</a> by Attica Locke<br />When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own
rules -- a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well.
Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the
first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty
called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he
travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders -- a black
lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman -- have stirred up a hornet's nest
of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes -- and save himself in the process
-- before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Two Rode Together</span></i> (film, not available in JCLC)<br />For a fee, hard-drinking Texas marshal Guthrie McCabe (James
Stewart) agrees to help Army officer Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) search for a
group of whites who were abducted years earlier by Comanche warriors. After
rescuing two of the abductees, McCabe and Gary find that the former captives
have fully adopted the culture of their American Indian captors and are barely
recognizable. Cultures collide as they attempt to return the settlers to their
original -- and now long-forgotten -- lives.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/this-land-episode-1-the-case/" target="_blank">This Land podcast</a><br />This Land is an American political podcast hosted
by Rebecca Nagle. The podcast debuted on June 3, 2019 and follows
the United States Supreme Court case Sharp v. Murphy (previously
known as Carpenter v. Murphy). In addition, the podcast discusses various
Native issues such as land rights, sovereignty issues, and the Indian
Child Welfare Act.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=47d30af0-6ae7-592f-a169-7bb2ef5665a6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Heaven’s Gate</a> (available on Kanopy)<br />Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the
sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the
area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The
politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan
Champion (Christopher Walken), a mercenary competing with Averill for the love
of local madam Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert). As the struggle escalates,
Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22killers%20of%20the%20flower%20moon%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI</a> by David Grann<br />A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of
the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d4cd8b42-947b-51e6-8650-9bb1c9940904&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">TheWager</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20lost%20city%20of%20z%22%20grann&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Lost City of Z</a>, “one of the preeminent adventure
and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22american%20hippo%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">American Hippo</a> by Sarah Gailey<br />Years ago, in an America that never was, the United States
government introduced herds of hippos to the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred
and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This plan failed to take into
account some key facts about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their
jaws can snap a man in two. By the 1890s, the vast bayou that was once America's greatest waterway belongs
to feral hippos, and Winslow Houndstooth has been contracted to take it back.
To do so, he will gather a crew of the damnedest cons, outlaws, and assassins
to ever ride a hippo. American Hippo is the story of their fortunes,
their failures, and his revenge.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9b025cd0-4f2a-5806-aa97-de1e9eada182&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Tinfoil Butterfly</a> by Rachel Eve Moulton<br />"A brutal, incredibly bizarre exploration of insanity,
guilt, love, and the darkness inside all of us . . . This novel is a hybrid
monster that's part Lovecraftian nightmare and part literary exploration of
evil." —Gabino Iglesias, NPR</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=42ad156b-43c9-5c37-a410-44ee4fca1255&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Last of the Breed</a> by Louis L’Amour<br />U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack is a man born out of time.
When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet
prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to
survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the
path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to
America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who
knows every square foot of the icy frontier—and who knows that to trap his
quarry he must think like a Sioux.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4d55598a-5586-5a6a-bf2e-69154e08f5bc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Dark Side</a> by Anthony O’Neill<br />In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police
detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a
murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>GENERAL DISCUSSION</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22white%20fang%22%20london&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">White Fang</a> by Jack London<br />Considered both a companion and mirror to <i>The Call of
the Wild</i>, this stirring adventure of friendship and survival reveals the
conflicts between domesticity and instinct, as well as society and the natural
world. Wronged by human and beast alike, White Fang has endured through brazen
ferocity. An enemy of his kind, he is sold to a dogfighter who pits him against
other canines to the death—until a Yukon gold hunter comes to his rescue and
provides an opportunity for a new life. As the wolf in White Fang sleeps,
kindness and compassion allow him to understand what it means to be in the
confidence of man.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20revenant%22%20punke&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Revenant</a> by Michael Punke<br />The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur
Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is among the company’s finest
men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting
mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and
not expected to survive. Two company men are dispatched to stay behind and tend
to Glass before he dies. When the men abandon him instead, Glass is driven to
survive by one desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination, Glass
sets out, crawling at first, across hundreds of miles of uncharted American
frontier.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>The Tourist</i></span> (tv show, <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81602821" target="_blank">streaming on Netflix</a>)<br />A man wakes up in the Australian Outback with no
recollection of who he is, and he must try to piece together his memory as
merciless figures from his past pursue him.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ff0da0e7-521c-55ad-a82e-396e635b14bf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cutting Season</a> by Attica Locke<br />After her breathtaking debut novel, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9143ecf7-c637-5eb6-bbaa-0e9891ce19a7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Black Water Rising</a>,
won acclaim from major publications and respected crime fiction masters like
<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=41768484-c2a5-11ea-97d5-6b913cdb51b7&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">James Ellroy</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ace3012f-c2a2-11ea-a32c-653cdf689fcc&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">George Pelecanos</a>, Locke returns with <i>The Cutting Season</i>,
a second novel easily as gripping and powerful as her first—a heart-pounding
thriller that interweaves two murder mysteries, one on Belle Vie, a historic
landmark in the middle of Lousiana’s Sugar Cane country, and one involving a
slave gone missing more than one hundred years earlier.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Atlas Obscura: “<a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-laredo-the-secret-membersonly-wild-west-town-in-england" target="_blank">Inside Laredo, the Secret, Members-Only WildWest Town in England</a>" (4/15/2016)<br />Its founders have spent weekends re-enacting American
frontier life for over 30 years.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=stagecoach%20john%20ford&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Stagecoach</a><br />John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted
group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for
Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas
Mitchell), a lady of ill repute (Claire Trevor) and a timid liquor salesman
(Donald Meek) are among the motley crew of travelers who must contend with an
escaped outlaw, the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), and the ever-present threat of an
Apache attack as they make their way across the Wild West.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20man%20who%20shot%20liberty%20valance&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance</a><br />Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart)
attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) in a small
Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer,
when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by
Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). As the territory's safety hung in the balance,
Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be
very important, but different, foes to Valance.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=high%20noon&searchType=title&pageSize=40&materialTypeIds=u,x,g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">High Noon</a><br />Former marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is preparing to leave
the small town of Hadleyville, New Mexico, with his new bride, Amy (Grace
Kelly), when he learns that local criminal Frank Miller has been set free and
is coming to seek revenge on the marshal who turned him in. When he starts
recruiting deputies to fight Miller, Kane is discouraged to find that the
people of Hadleyville turn cowardly when the time comes for a showdown, and he
must face Miller and his cronies alone.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=unforgiven&searchType=title&pageSize=40&materialTypeIds=x,g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Unforgiven</a><br />When prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald (Anna Thomson) is
disfigured by a pair of cowboys in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, her fellow brothel
workers post a reward for their murder, much to the displeasure of sheriff
Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), who doesn't allow vigilantism in his town.
Two groups of gunfighters, one led by aging former bandit William Munny (Clint
Eastwood), the other by the florid English Bob (Richard Harris), come to
collect the reward, clashing with each other and the sheriff.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=brokeback%20mountain&searchType=title&pageSize=40&materialTypeIds=u,g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Brokeback Mountain</a><br />In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch
hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy
Quaid) as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes
a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries
his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow
rodeo rider (Anne Hathaway), the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic
affair over the course of 20 years.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4c6383a7-5752-5630-88cb-ecce5ae6dd16&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Grapes of Wrath</a> by John Steinbeck<br />First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s
and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their
homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of
their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an
America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely
human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken,
tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22centennial%22%20michener&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Centennial</a> by James Michener<br />Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A.
Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the
frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the
Centennial State—is manifested through its people. In Centennial, trappers,
traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together
in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West—and the
entire country.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-28895255623671426612024-02-09T17:10:00.000-05:002024-02-09T17:10:03.537-05:00Black Voices<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Ddoh_0qeOqW7084_tz9JdtZ4hWsdZtCkvTOFP4SFsLXmYDP76llC-urrLIP1oeygehcwbfxra_1qjweXRPYiLGl3cWwor9QpBJS4McpNng1ECIdB7Bx7gsax6SKpqqsaeDpCD9QpoR9PgQtiATeUGFLi__GBXBBYT19iEqUWgfDQsOi8bA-IqMrxRs/s1280/1591366709855.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Ddoh_0qeOqW7084_tz9JdtZ4hWsdZtCkvTOFP4SFsLXmYDP76llC-urrLIP1oeygehcwbfxra_1qjweXRPYiLGl3cWwor9QpBJS4McpNng1ECIdB7Bx7gsax6SKpqqsaeDpCD9QpoR9PgQtiATeUGFLi__GBXBBYT19iEqUWgfDQsOi8bA-IqMrxRs/w203-h114/1591366709855.png" width="203" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Recent books (and some forthcoming titles) by and about Black
voices!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1649c1e0-7034-5767-a9e3-e37aa4e3aba1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Neighbors and Other Stories</a> by Diane Oliver<br />A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died
in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling
tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first
and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful
place in the canon, Oliver’s insightful stories reverberate into the present
day.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Medgar%20and%20Myrlie&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America</a> by Joy-Ann Reid<br />Joy-Ann Reid's triumphant work of biography repositions slain
Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for
freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her
husband's assassination in the driveway of their Mississippi home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45ce4f63-cc85-5e71-9296-81abc0ec8229&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store</a> by James McBride<br />In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations
for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at
the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the
long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated
neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and
shared ambitions and sorrows.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fa7a7e7b-83eb-5571-bf34-30cdb2346041&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Dash of Salt and Pepper</a> by Kosoko Jackson<br />
Sometimes two cooks in the kitchen are better than one in this swoony romantic
comedy from the author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c4f4136b-bfa5-5458-a90f-b3f93cf72ac5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">I’m So (Not) Over You</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=167002d9-8177-56ff-a173-bd2dfa43d3cd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir</a> by Shayla
Lawson<br />
Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle
finalist <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45f6af72-d01d-5563-a249-64e101e3c351&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">This Is Major</a> with these daring and exquisitely crafted
essays, where Lawson journeys across the globe, finds beauty in tumultuous
times, and powerfully disrupts the constraints of race, gender, and disability.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a0763856-0e3e-5c01-823a-e0e4a3ff39b2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Let Us Descend</a> by Jesmyn Ward<br /><i>Let Us Descend</i> describes a journey from the rice fields
of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome
heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. A journey that is as beautifully
rendered as it is heart wrenching, the novel is “[t]he literary equivalent of
an open wound from which poetry pours” (NPR).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=72c42424-c26a-5344-b65a-bdaf543244ba&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Reformatory</a> by Tananarive Due<br />
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert
Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of
terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and
the dead.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=534a3e66-f222-55a9-ba5b-c1e276cd52ff&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Love Song for Ricki Wilde</a> by Tia Williams<br />
In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling
author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c510936d-987a-5441-8944-aa18534b4a2b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Seven Days in June</a>, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic
musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22Come%20and%20get%20it%20%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Come and Get It</a> by Kiley Reid<br />It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a
senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So
when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet
unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle
becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit
intrigue.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=252a916b-d47e-55f0-bdb3-063c26f44e3f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation</a> by Marcus
Anthony Hunter<br />
Profound and revolutionary, trenchant and timely, <i>Radical Reparations</i> provides
a compellingly and provocatively reframing of reparations' past, present, and
future, offering a unifying way forward for us all. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20queen%20of%20sugar%20hill&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel</a> by
ReShonda Tate<br />
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of
Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated
stars—and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in
the critically acclaimed classic film <i>Gone With the Wind</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=87bbe1da-9c90-591d-8cf7-a4ad140bd826&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lone Women</a> by Victor LaValle<br />Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, <i>Lone Women</i> blends
shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and
sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century
America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a
woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=443855bf-783c-542d-b027-a865ab88caa1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Late Americans</a> by Brandon Taylor<br />In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a
loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, confront, and
provoke one another in a volatile year of self-discovery. A novel of
friendship and chosen family, <i>The Late Americans</i> asks fresh questions
about love and sex, ambition and precarity, and about how human beings can
bruise one another while trying to find themselves. It is Brandon Taylor’s
richest and most involving work of fiction to date, confirming his position as
one of our most perceptive chroniclers of contemporary life.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Little Rot</i> by Akwaeke Emezi (<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604187/little-rot-by-akwaeke-emezi/" target="_blank">publishing June 18, 2024</a>)<br />
Aima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling
from the breakup, visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend,
Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally and
suddenly upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers
visiting from Kuala Lumpur, collide into the scene just as everything goes to
hell. Sucked into the city’s corrupt and glittering underworld, they’re all
looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous
threat that looms over them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fef87160-d368-54c8-b1a7-28fa4c39f736&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror</a> edited by
Jordan Peele<br />The visionary writer and director of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22get%20out%22%20peele&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Get Out</a>, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ec3c2b40-2ac2-5f1d-9ba1-4a255696d46f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Us</a>,
and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0bb5967a-d659-5f34-83f1-dd39c1d9a3b7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Nope</a>, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this
groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only
the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that
haunts our nation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cd21aed7-40b2-597a-b9cc-811260e266ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Chain-Gang All-Stars</a> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<br />
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private
prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive,
hotly-anticipated debut novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e7f76065-8993-5364-ba2b-9052ee0923bb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets</a> by
Kwame Alexander<br />
A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most
prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3ace096b-bcdb-5e34-afb1-a6edb3a53dc2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You</a> by A’Ja Wilson<br /><i>
Dear Black Girls</i> is a necessary and meaningful exploration of what it
means to be a Black woman in America today―and a rallying cry to lift up women
and girls everywhere.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=40f6b0f0-e5ad-58bd-b62e-552703578aea&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Night Wherever We Go</a> by Tracey Rose Peyton<br />A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of
enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their owners.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e862be87-5271-535c-90fd-42d00bd92bb3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Splinter in the Sky</a> by Kemi Ashing-Giwa <br />
A “breathtaking space opera” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about a young
tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on
government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s
independence—perfect for fans of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=N.%20K.%20Jemisin&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">N.K. Jemisin</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=nnedi%20okorafor&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Nnedi Okorafor</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dd4e46e4-cbb2-51b9-907d-d0b7e017267e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Ours</a> by Phillip B. Williams (publishing February 20, 2024)<br />
In this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. Williams introduces us to an
enigmatic woman named Saint, a fearsome conjuror who, in the 1830s, annihilates
plantations all over Arkansas to rescue the people enslaved there. She brings
those she has freed to a haven of her own creation: a town just north of St.
Louis, magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=65d3ad90-adf1-591a-be49-0926cfe7fc64&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Dazzling</a> by Chikọdịlị Emelụmadụ<br />
Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure’s father died. Haggling
for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a man who promises to change their
fortunes, but his feet are hovering just a few inches above the ground. He’s a
spirit, and he promises to bring Treasure’s beloved father back to life if
she’ll do one terrible thing for him first. Ozoemena has an itch in the middle
of her back. It’s an itch that speaks to her patrilineal destiny, an honor
never before bestowed upon a girl, to defend the land and protect its people by
be<br />coming a Leopard. Soon the girls’ destinies and choices alike set them on a
dangerous collision course. Ultimately, they must ask themselves: in a world
that always says no to women, what must two young girls sacrifice to get what
is theirs?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=733d0774-a3fe-57ee-b7b7-5d6d49af0254&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon</a> by Wole Talabi<br />
A mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, and a heist across two worlds,
perfect for fans of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=nnedi%20okorafor&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Nnedi Okorafor</a>, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=neil%20gaiman&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Neil Gaiman</a>, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=marlon%20james&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Marlon James</a>, and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=karen%20lord&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Karen Lord</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Blue, Beautiful World</i> by Karen Lord (not yet available in the JCLC)<br />As first contact transforms Earth, a team of gifted visionaries races to create a new future in this wondrous science fiction novel from the award-winning author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2ff7540a-f3af-52ea-bade-d9b689e6e393&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Best of All Possible Worlds</a>.</p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-56250501444050062712024-02-01T13:58:00.004-05:002024-02-01T13:58:57.668-05:00leaving home<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSL9sX8W0aidz7OSMFe2ff-75UPcVSI96_vTaZQFcFrf7Af2wb3IuArFt6yfduoW7FIruie_4S4exS6DgoR2SgN9RfI8UIERXLCsC6asJuWEAhAkgzlxDzH4DA-DH0QTGz7pH0cO51PVm_FrDbC9TximpSuMGFsLB3c23pm4p3qwm9wEozoaIVWXmDHKg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2058" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSL9sX8W0aidz7OSMFe2ff-75UPcVSI96_vTaZQFcFrf7Af2wb3IuArFt6yfduoW7FIruie_4S4exS6DgoR2SgN9RfI8UIERXLCsC6asJuWEAhAkgzlxDzH4DA-DH0QTGz7pH0cO51PVm_FrDbC9TximpSuMGFsLB3c23pm4p3qwm9wEozoaIVWXmDHKg=w162-h99" width="162" /></a></div><br />The next Books & Beyond (BAB) meeting will be Tuesday, February
27 at 6:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Friends of the O’Neal
Library Booksale is the weekend before and they’ll be using the Conference
Room so<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> o</span>ur meeting location within the
library will be different but I’ll let you know well ahead of time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The topic up for discussion will be westerns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There is</span> a selection of novels and films out at the 2nd floor
Reference Desk and you can also peruse that selection online at <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a>
(scroll down to the purple-colored banner).
If you would like to attend via Zoom, register with your email address
here, otherwise feel free to drop in! <a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/8810332">https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/8810332</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This week, BAB met to discuss books about immigration/emigration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grammarly describes the difference between these
two terms this way:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><blockquote>Immigrate vs. emigrate: What’s the difference? Although
related, immigrate and emigrate are not alternative
spellings of the same word. They each have their own meaning. Immigrate means
to live in a country that is not your country of origin. It is often
used with “to.” Emigrate means to leave your country of origin and
live someplace else. It is often used with “from.”</blockquote><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are the items we discussed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bab4fd58-9b03-5143-9a57-8065659c67aa&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Wade in the Water: Poems</a> by Tracy K. Smith</p><p class="MsoNormal">Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize<br />
Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection<br />
The extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, the Poet Laureate of
the United States<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22Hidden%20Species%20;%22&searchType=series&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Hidden Species series by Louisa Masters</a><br />
Indulge in all the shenanigans at CSG in one volume! Hellhounds declaring a
glitter fight? Vampires at war with accounting? It's another day at the
Community of Species Government.<br /><i>
Demons Do It Better<br />
Naughty Neil<br />
One Bite with a Vampire<br />
Hijinks with a Hellhound<br />
Sorcerers Always Satisfy</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22Here%20Be%20Dragons%20;%22&searchType=series&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Here Be Dragons series by Louisa Masters</a><br />
After more than nine thousand years, there are dragons on Earth again... ready
for life, love, and adventure!<br /><i>
Dragon Ever After<br />
The Professor’s Dragon<br />
The Dragon Experiment<br />
Conspiracy of Dragons</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8271dd6a-0ac8-5114-b55f-4982a311de85&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">When the Angels Left the Old Country</a> by Sacha Lamb</p><p class="MsoNormal">Stonewall Book Award Winner<br />
Sydney Taylor Award Winner<br />
Michael L. Printz Honor Book<br />
National Jewish Book Award Finalist<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner<br />
BEST OF THE YEAR nod from NPR · New York Public Library · Kirkus<br />
For fans of “<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22good%20omens%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Good Omens</a>”—a queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose,
the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6fed7ccd-ecdf-5dc8-bbe2-631198f1a0e0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir</a> by Eddie Wong</p><p class="MsoNormal">Eddie Huang is the 30-year-old proprietor of Baohaus - the hot East Village
hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with
delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night - and one of the food
world’s brightest and most controversial young stars. But before he created the
perfect home for himself in a small patch of downtown New York, Eddie wandered
the American wilderness looking for a place to call his own. Wong's story has also been adapted to a hit TV show also called <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22fresh%20off%20the%20boat%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40&materialTypeIds=g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Fresh Off the Boat</a>.<br /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d1281dbb-3310-5ba4-bcc1-c153a3e9170c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other HelpfulRecommendations on How to Become American</a> by Wajahat Ali</p><p class="MsoNormal">This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali
and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where,
exactly? Fremont, California, where he grew up, but is now an unaffordable
place to live? Or Pakistan, the country his parents left behind a half-century
ago? Now a middle-aged dad, Ali has become one of the foremost and funniest
public intellectuals in America. In <i>Go Back to Where You Came From</i>, he
tackles the dangers of Islamophobia, white supremacy, and chocolate hummus,
peppering personal stories with astute insights into national security,
immigration, and pop culture.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Domestic Crusaders, a play by Wajahat Ali</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">What does it mean to be Muslim in a post 9/11 America? Six members of a Pakistani-American Muslim family, spanning
three generations, reunite at the family home to celebrate the youngest son’s
21st birthday. As the day unfolds, they spar about everything from Biryani to
racism and from airport security checks to Middle Eastern politics. Much of it
is what you would expect of the immigrant experience. But 9/11 has changed this
Muslim family’s “American dream” forever. The Domestic Crusaders has been staged Off-Broadway, at
Berkeley Rep and at numerous other theatres across the United States and the
world, garnering generous praise along the way. Watch a snippet of the play here: <a href="https://www.bayareadrama.company/the-domestic-crusaders">https://www.bayareadrama.company/the-domestic-crusaders</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22enrique%27s%20journey%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey toReunite with His Mother</a> by Sonia Nazario (a "young readers" version is also available)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Based on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer
Prizes, one for feature writing and another for feature photography, this
page-turner about the power of family is a popular text in classrooms and a
touchstone for communities across the country to engage in meaningful
discussions about this essential American subject.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22lucky%20boy%22%20%22sekaran%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Lucky Boy</a> by Shanthi Sekaran</p><p class="MsoNormal">A gripping tale of adventure and searing reality, <i>Lucky Boy</i> gives
voice to two mothers bound together by their love for one lucky boy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1cb0008a-c0ca-5e80-b84a-b3c3c605abdf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Asymmetry</a> by Lisa Halliday<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling
sections, <i>Asymmetry</i> explores the imbalances that spark and sustain
many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent,
wealth, fame, geography, and justice. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20greater%20journey%20mccullough&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris</a> by David McCullough</p><p class="MsoNormal">The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of
American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with
the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by
America’s master historian.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bd1bb7c3-d2cf-560d-a204-e02ebb53fc59&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">O Pioneers! </a>by Willa Cather</p><p class="MsoNormal">
When the Bergson family leave their home in Sweden to travel to the United
States in search of a better life, they, like many immigrants, are awed by the
beautiful harshness of their new life in Nebraska. A spirited celebration of
the immigrants who have shaped the United States, <i>O Pioneers!</i> is a
masterpiece by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=persepolis%20marjane%20satrapi&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Persepolis</a> by Marjane Satrapi</p><p class="MsoNormal">Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, <i>Persepolis</i> is Marjane Satrapi’s
acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b253b6a3-6c01-5036-9c2c-2f4d52cea101&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Expatriates</a> by Janice Y. K. Lee</p><p class="MsoNormal">In the glittering city of Hong Kong, expats arrive daily for myriad reasons—to
find or lose themselves in a foreign place, and to forget or remake themselves
far from home. Amidst this hothouse atmosphere, a tragic incident causes three
American women’s lives to collide in ways that will rewrite every assumption of
their privileged world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: red;">The Expats</span></i> (streaming on Amazon Prime Video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whHb3ClSdrQ" target="_blank">view the trailer</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents,
Expats depicts a multifaceted group of women after a single encounter sets off
a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate
balance between blame and accountability. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985 by Riad Sattouf<br /><i>Not available in the Jefferson County Library Cooperative, <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/953161572" target="_blank">request from Interlibrary Loan</a>.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal">In <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/953161572" target="_blank"><i>The Arab of the Future: Volume 1</i></a>, cartoonist Riad Sattouf tells of the first years of his childhood as his family shuttles back and forth between France and the Middle East. In Volume 2, Riad, now settled in his father’s hometown of Homs, gets to go to school, where he dedicates himself to becoming a true Syrian in the country of the dictator Hafez Al-Assad. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Artists of all stripes often immigrate/emigrate:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span lang="ES">Salvador Dal</span>í</span><span lang="ES"><br /><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Dali" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Dali</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"><span style="color: red;">Martín Prechtell</span><br /><a href="https://floweringmountain.com/" target="_blank">https://floweringmountain.com/</a></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal">If you'd like to join us for the next Books & Beyond meeting, drop in! If you'd like to attend on line, register your email here: <a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/8810332">https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/8810332</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-18511410608184516952024-01-12T13:46:00.003-05:002024-01-23T19:35:07.768-05:00Fourth Wing Readalikes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16uy5UzXS3y7iLADwlcw6hUUOEZeGB8N6YBHD8wFYFJAwdTFFtPug5S-csa61GeB1Qo-DRJ5XrVFLkTGjzrCDejIYjNH32QxXYn3ys6UhmqNVmHpvY4DfyXl1P9wh8HyJSJJKz92UrCieSGC8kCb_Me5-bOAOpFI29aQe7d2d5-9O2TbV9_QkjWy-0rE/s1200/iron-flame-fourth-wing-65411bbd15920.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16uy5UzXS3y7iLADwlcw6hUUOEZeGB8N6YBHD8wFYFJAwdTFFtPug5S-csa61GeB1Qo-DRJ5XrVFLkTGjzrCDejIYjNH32QxXYn3ys6UhmqNVmHpvY4DfyXl1P9wh8HyJSJJKz92UrCieSGC8kCb_Me5-bOAOpFI29aQe7d2d5-9O2TbV9_QkjWy-0rE/w170-h170/iron-flame-fourth-wing-65411bbd15920.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><br />Whether it's dragons or other mystical beings, school-like settings, magic, competitions, romance, or straight-up spice you're looking for, this list has something for everyone!<div><br /></div><div>UPDATE: FOR THOSE WAITING ON AN E-AUDIOBOOK OF "FOURTH WING," IT IS NOW AVAILABLE INSTANTLY ON HOOPLA! <b style="color: red;">(<span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Instantly available for residents of the cities of Birmingham, Center Point, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Leeds, Mountain Brook, Pinson, Pleasant Grove, Trussville, Vestavia Hills, and Warrior residents only.)</span></b><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7eeb61fc-14f8-5387-bea5-997b0b43f3ba&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Serpent and the Wings of Night</a> by Carissa Broadbent<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oraya is the adopted human daughter of the vampire king, who
decides to enter the Kejari, a legendary tournament—think The Hunger
Games, but vampires. Like Fourth Wing, it's also a really steamy
romantasy, and there's a great enemies-to-lovers plot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7799bce0-f4ea-5b54-af17-09242227fc04&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Kushiel’s Dart</a> by Jacqueline Carey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay
is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an
enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign
languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe,
remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy...and unlikely
heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland,
Terre d'Ange, she has no choice but to fight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0efd3613-cd3d-5a9d-8572-64ddd159e8bf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Priory of the Orange Tree</a> by Samantha Shannon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In Inys, the House of Berethnet has ruled for thousands of
years. But Queen Sabran's hold on power is tenuous, as she is without an heir.
A secret priestess, Ead, is tasked with protecting the queen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9248d910-8b49-5c68-9374-63279566dc81&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Fall of Ruin and Wrath</a> by Jennifer Armentrout<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities
were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and
unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian―royalty who feed on
mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great
value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of
the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him
information. When her intuition leads her to save a traveling prince in dire trouble, the
voice inside her blazes with warning―and promise. Today he’ll bring her joy.
One day he'll be her doom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22king%20of%20battle%20and%20blood%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">King of Battle and Blood</a> by Scarlett St. Clair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In order to end a years-long war between vampires and
mortals, Isolde must wed vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev. But surviving
the vampire court doesn't prove to be nearly as difficult as resisting the
intense attraction between her and Adrian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1e6321df-3371-5a91-af14-47be83027848&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Deadly Education</a> by Naomi Novik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Naomi Novik's Scholomance series focuses on a dark
school of magic, beginning with <i>A Deadly Eduction</i>, described as a
"coming-of-power" story. In it, a group of young magicians, including
sorceress Galadriel "El" Higgins, must fight monsters to survive
until graduation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20adventures%20of%20amina%20al-sirafi%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi</a> by Shannon Chakraborty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you were more into the epic fantasy elements
of <i>Fourth Wing</i>, <i>The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi</i> is for you.
Set in medieval Oman, Amina was once a ruthless pirate who has since settled
into a quiet life with her daughter. But she's pressured to take one last
adventure to rescue a young girl.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fa6cccdf-77f8-50eb-b671-15d34cbe2215&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Black Leopard, Red Wolf</a> by Marlon James<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the most innovative fantasy novels published in
recent years, Marlon James's <i>Black Leopard, Red Wolf </i>pulls from
African mythology and history to tell the story of Tracker, a man hired to find
a mysterious boy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22a%20discovery%20of%20witches%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">A Discovery of Witches</a> by Deborah Harkness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Discovery of Witches</i> is the story of Diana, a
historian who accidentally finds aa spellbound manuscript. Though she's the
daughter of witches, she doesn't know it—and is soon thrown into a magical
world, where she falls for a vampire. Plus, it was adapted into a very fun TV show.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f6edc158-48ab-5c9d-86eb-b2d35d6448fb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a> by Sarah Maas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you've read <i>Fourth Wing</i>, we have a feeling you're
already familiar with Sarah J. Maas's binge-worthy <i>A Court of Thorns and
Roses</i> series—another #BookTok favorite—but if you haven't read them yet,
what are you waiting for!?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=one%20dark%20window&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">One Dark Window</a> by Rachel Gillig<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the
eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the
Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her.
He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=15093bd4-88d1-5376-8c80-036a449d483d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Final Strife</a> by Saara El-Arifi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In <i>The Final Strife</i>, society is divided by the color of
blood — red-blooded Embers have magic-wielding powers, and life in the highest
echelons of this society’s social hierarchy. Blue-blooded Dusters inhabit the
middle class, while Ghostings, a servant class who are maimed at birth, have
clear blood. But every year, Ember entrants compete in the Aktibar, a
competition that determines who will succeed the empire’s various Wardens.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20poppy%20war%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Poppy War</a> by R.F. Kuang<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rin, an orphan after Nikan’s brutal
war, manages to ace the Keju, a test that places the Empire’s brightest into
schools, and is placed into Nikan’s elite military school, Sinegard. Not only
is Sinegard highly competitive and brutal, forcing students into end-of-year
trials to determine their future path, but it’s also a space that’s unwelcome
to outsiders — students are often from wealthy families that have the money to
spend on elite training just to get into Sinegard, or they’re descendants of
empire warlords. Rin is at a disadvantage in almost every area. She doesn’t
have the sort of training other students have, but she’s also a dark-skinned
girl from a rural, poor province — and she’s targeted by other students because
of it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9113d84e-5f79-5142-af56-770ea4e3bf66&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">In His Majesty’s Service</a> by Naomi Novik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Capt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British
Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring a most unusual cargo--an
incalculably valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly
becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an
extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter
the course of his nation's history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22to%20shape%20a%20dragon%27s%20breath%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">To Shape a Dragon’s Breath</a> by Moniquill Blackgoose<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The people of Masquapaug had long ago been pushed to a
remote island as Anglish settlers took over the mainland. Dragons haven’t been
seen on Masquapaug in generations, until Anequs, a 15-year-old indigenous girl,
finds and hatches a dragon egg with the help of her community. Anequs is named
a Nampeshiweisit for her relationship with the dragon. But the colonizers fear
Anequs and her dragon, and force her to raise her dragon in accordance with
their own rules: She must attend the Anglish dragon school or her dragon will
be killed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22paladin%27s%20grace%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">Paladin’s Grace</a> by T. Kingfisher</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year ... Three
years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be
useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named
Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the
pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and
poisoners, while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c373fe77-577e-5875-a1e4-0a9847f9a367&entityType=FormatGroup">Dragonfall</a> by Laura Lam<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dragonfall has everything we love about Fourth
Wing: Romance, fantasy, and dragons out for revenge. Dragons are worshipped as
gods, but once upon a time, the humans betrayed the dragons. Arcady gets by
thieving on the streets. One day, he steals a powerful relic from the most
hated person in history, giving him an unimaginable power that connects him to
Everen, the last male dragon of his kind. When the relic is awoken, Everen is
dragged through the Veil and given mortal form. But before he can reclaim his true
form and fulfill his destiny, he must get Arcady to trust him completely — then
kill him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=705b47bb-e6b7-5125-b237-2abf67344794&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Game of Thrones</a> by George R.R. Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If loved the dragons and fantasy elements of <i>Fourth
Wing</i>, then you need to experience George R. R. Martin’s <i>A
Game of Thrones</i>, perhaps one of the most all-encompassing high fantasies
ever told. It takes place within the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall, where a
deadly war is brewing. Martin carefully crafts this world, which has been
wrought and wrecked by over 8,000 years of history. As if that feat of
imagination is not enough to astound, each of the characters — driven by love,
ambition, greed, and power — are unforgettable. While the battle for dominance
rages within the Wall, a terrible force is rallying outside of it, readying
itself to take down the kingdoms. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20orchid%20throne%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">The Orchid Throne</a> by Jeffe Kennedy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As queen of the island kingdom of Calanthe, Lia will do
anything to keep her people free, and her secrets safe. Guided by a magic ring
of her father's, Lia plays the political game withe the cronies the emperor
sends to her island. Conrí, former Crown Prince of Oriel, has an army to
overthrow the emperor, but he needs the fabled Abiding Ring that Lia holds to
succeed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=93332551-bdaa-5278-92e2-45e025f25422&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Natural History of Dragons</a> by Marie Brenna</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of
Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world's preeminent dragon
naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of
the misty shadows of myth and misunderstanding into the clear light of modern
science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was
a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes,
dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day. Here at last, in her own
words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her
prospects, and her fragile flesh and bone to satisfy her scientific curiosity;
of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable
eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of
Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would
change the world forever.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8392a498-c904-5a12-8e25-00728456dc6c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Hurricane Wars</a> by Thea Guanzon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reylos everywhere know this book very well, since it started
out as a (honestly brilliant) fan fiction about the enemies-to-lovers of
the Star Wars universe. Now reworked to be its own fantasy world,
incorporating elements of the author’s Southeast Asian heritage, the story
of The Hurricane Wars follows young rebel fighter Talasyn as she
discovers she has a power that hasn’t been seen for centuries, the only one
capable of opposing the Night Emperor and his fearsome son Alaric.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6dcc95f9-f450-5551-a4d6-bb46fd9b527e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Ninth House</a> by Leigh Bardugo</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's
freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex
dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends,
dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole
survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown
her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to
attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's
the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven
tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's
secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known
haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's
biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more
extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with
forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=972178d4-b5f0-541e-aac6-f3723f2aafcb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Atlas Six</a> by Olivie Blake<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from
the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of
magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the
Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their
wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians
are selected to be considered for initiation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e13fddb6-6d55-5e5a-b7ef-8df3655c6414&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Joust</a> by Mercedes Lackey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National best-selling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey creates
a vivid, dynamic fusion of the cultures of ancient Egypt and legendary Atlantis
with the most exciting and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined.
The first book in this thrilling new series introduces us to a young slave who
dreams of becoming a jouster-one of the few warriors who can actually ride a
flying dragon. And so, in secret, he begins to raise his own dragon...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8382aa93-0867-5a03-9950-e922c4021977&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Red Sister</a> by Mark Lawrence</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be
killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that
can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and
shadow don't truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is
brought to their halls. A bloodstained child of nine falsely accused of murder,
guilty of worse, Nona is stolen from the shadow of the noose. It takes ten
years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist, but under Abbess
Glass's care there is much more to learn than the arts of death.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9bb48213-49d4-5359-a171-d368ea75d980&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Child of Light</a> by Terry Brooks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Remembering nothing before being imprisoned by goblins in
the middle of a wasteland, nineteen-year-old Auris dreams of her
past. Before she is required to move to the adult
prison, her and several other prisoners enact a bold
escape. After escaping Auris meets a handsome stranger who claims to be a
member of a magical race and insists that she is too. She’ll follow
the stranger to a strange land to learn of her past and unlock her
future. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22a%20crown%20of%20ivy%20and%20glass%22&searchType=title&pageSize=40" target="_blank">A Crown of Ivy and Glass</a> by Claire Legrand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gemma is the only person in her family born
without possession of magic. It makes her physically sick. She upholds a
glittering façade but is deeply sad. After a harrowing trip to visit
her exiled sister, she meets a kind and handsome Talan. The pair team
up, masquerading as a couple, to defeat the forces aligning against her family
and to return honor to Talan’s fallen family.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8067a2c5-e8fe-556b-a4b2-d94ea7d0ff84&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Heartstone</a> by Elle White<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this fanciful retelling of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, the
residents of Merybourne Manor undergo constant attacks from
monstrous creatures. Aliza Bentaine agrees when the people
of Merybourne want to hire Riders to fight these creatures; she
lost her sister in an attack afterall. The only thing she’s not
sure of is the dragon-rider Alastair. The two find an unlikely
attraction in each other, as the ever-present danger around them
increases. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=78f760e6-e38d-53ed-813b-0d32a6a5d68b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Winter of Ice and Iron</a> by Rachel Neumeier</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the Mad King of Emmer in the north and the vicious King
of Pohorir in the east, Kehara Raehema knows her country is in a vulnerable
position. She never expected to give up everything she loves to save her
people, but when the Mad King’s fury leaves her land in danger, she has no
choice but to try any stratagem that might buy time for her people to prepare
for war—no matter the personal cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2bbe0317-8703-5646-9f5a-9143b817957d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">For the Wolf</a> by Hannah Whitten</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one
purpose-to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he'll return the
world's captured gods. Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous
power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't
hurt those she loves. Again. But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a
monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to
use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood-and her
world-whole.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>DIGITAL ONLY - HOOPLA (<span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Instantly
available for residents of the cities of Birmingham, Center Point, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover,
Irondale, Leeds, Mountain Brook, Pinson, Pleasant Grove, Trussville, Vestavia
Hills, and Warrior residents only.)</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0ea5aa1e-9403-58d8-96e7-2a28456c488b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Unmarked Witch</a> by Miranda Lyn (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A land where witches wear their spells like tattoos is no place for a woman without a single magical mark-except for Raven, whose unblemished skin contradicts the truth of her power. Surviving under the scowls of her fellow witches has carved indelible scars into her mind over the years-just as the day she watched the Dark King's men murder her grandmother in cold blood. But the Dark King's reign of terror is far-reaching, and Raven's grandmother won't be the last witch to die under his rule. After the death of a coven leader heralds the start of the infamous Witch Trials, Raven finds herself dodging death to triumph.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8d663fc9-852a-5332-9dd0-965e0c8ef2e7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Blood & Steel</a> by Helen Scheuerer (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Althea lives in a world where women cannot use swords. But she’s been training in secret to become a warrior because what does she have to lose? Her death was already foretold to happen in three years. Wilder is Althea’s brooding and reluctant warrior chaperone as she attempts to join the elite guard. But these are books similar to Fourth Wing, after all, so you know sparks will fly. This heart-pounding book also kicks off a series.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2c10b635-2235-585d-b61f-4196b954b7d6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Court This Cruel and Lovely</a> by Stacia Stark (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The day I meet him, the ruthless mercenary leaves me for dead. Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless fae. The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt. And they are burned. When my forbidden power is discovered, I'm forced to flee my tiny village and the life I adore. To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary who abandoned me at my weakest. Our deal is simple: I'll help him and his mysterious friends sneak into the city. And he'll help me learn to wield the strange, dark power I've always kept hidden. The power that may just be the key to my survival. But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that threaten the safety of everyone I love. Secrets that could tear this kingdom-and perhaps even this world-apart.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/audiobook/rhapsodic-laura-thalassa/15304299" target="_blank">Rhapsodic</a> by Laura Thalassa (eaudio)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This series is the story of a sinister mystery unfolding in the Otherworld, a Siren with a dangerous debt to pay, and a notorious magical creature back after seven years to collect what he’s owed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=23435cab-9369-5e11-b129-bc772a3104c7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Fate of Wrath and Flame</a> by K.A. Tucker (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gifted thief Romeria has flourished from her days as a street kid pilfering wallets to survive. Now she thrives, stealing jewels from the rich under the involuntary employ of New York City's most notorious crime boss. But when an enigmatic woman secures her services at swordpoint, Romeria is plunged into a startling realm of opposing thrones, warring elven, and elemental magic she cannot begin to fathom. Her quest is straightforward: Steal a stone from Islor's sacred garden without anyone discovering her true identity, which would earn her certain death. But the identity she has inexplicably assumed is that of the captured Ybarisan princess-an enemy to Islor after she poisoned their beloved king and queen on the day she was to marry the prince. Her betrothed, the newly crowned King Zander, detests her with every grain of his handsome being. Zander gives her a choice: life in a cell, or an acquittal of all charges in exchange for her help in exposing the growing plot against him. Romeria sees no other option and embraces the tricky role of smitten queen-to-be until she can escape. As she digs deeper, she discovers monstrous truths that could spell ruin for all.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/audiobook/the-witch-collector-charissa-weaks/15335343" target="_blank">The Witch Collector</a> by Charissa Weaks (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Every harvest moon, the Witch Collector rides into our valley and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King, to remain forever. Today is that day-Collecting Day. But he will not come for me. I, Raina Bloodgood, have lived in this village for twenty-four years, and for all that time he has passed me by. His mistake. Raina Bloodgood has one desire: kill the Frost King and the Witch Collector who stole her sister. On Collecting Day, she means to exact murderous revenge, but a more sinister threat sets fire to her world. Rising from the ashes is the Collector, Alexus Thibault, the man she vowed to slay and the only person who can help save her sister. Thrust into an age-old story of ice, fire, and ancient gods, Raina must abandon vengeance and aid the Witch Collector or let their empire-and her sister-fall into enemy hands. But the lines between good and evil blur, and Raina has more to lose than she imagined. What is she to do when the Witch Collector is no longer the villain who stole her sister, but the hero who's stealing her heart?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>DIGITAL ONLY - LIBBY</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=821e56cd-bde4-5380-b7e4-a07b1c5e7b58&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Dawn of Onyx</a> by Kate Golden (ebook)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Arwen is the Onyx King's prisoner. To get free, she'll have to team up with another (infuriating) prisoner — and getting out of the cell is just the beginning. The ancient, magical woods they have to cross will test all of their capabilities.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ad619230-581e-51dd-be98-3b123ce5737c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Trial of the Sun Queen</a> by Nisha Tuli (ebook)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lor has suffered twelve agonizing years under the oppressive rule of the Aurora King, fueled by a relentless desire for freedom and vengeance. Unexpectedly released into the custody of the Sun King, Lor is thrust into the limelight as she competes against nine other Tributes for the esteemed role of queen. Winning the Sun King’s heart would grant her freedom and the long-awaited opportunity for retribution. However, Lor feels like an outsider in the Sun Queen Trials. Uncertain about her unexpected release and lacking affiliation with the Sun King’s court, she becomes a target of resentment from the other Tributes, who are determined to eliminate her from the game permanently.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=52aa5138-efb8-50d0-abd3-7ca8170e0eb7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Jasad Heir</a> by Sara Hashem (ebook & eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A fugitive queen strikes a bargain with her greatest enemy that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever in this unmissable, slow-burn, Egyptian-inspired epic fantasy debut.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=52de0273-6868-5fbf-ab67-ab16490e5e54&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Witch Collector</a> by Charissa Weaks (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Every harvest moon, the Witch Collector rides into our valley and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King, to remain forever. Today is that day-Collecting Day. But he will not come for me. I, Raina Bloodgood, have lived in this village for twenty-four years, and for all that time he has passed me by. His mistake. Raina Bloodgood has one desire: kill the Frost King and the Witch Collector who stole her sister. On Collecting Day, she means to exact murderous revenge, but a more sinister threat sets fire to her world. Rising from the ashes is the Collector, Alexus Thibault, the man she vowed to slay and the only person who can help save her sister. Thrust into an age-old story of ice, fire, and ancient gods, Raina must abandon vengeance and aid the Witch Collector or let their empire-and her sister-fall into enemy hands. But the lines between good and evil blur, and Raina has more to lose than she imagined. What is she to do when the Witch Collector is no longer the villain who stole her sister, but the hero who's stealing her heart?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7ebc12da-c7cc-5f5e-9ece-7827b35d39b7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Rhapsodic</a> by Laura Thalassa (ebook)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This series is the story of a sinister mystery unfolding in the Otherworld, a Siren with a dangerous debt to pay, and a notorious magical creature back after seven years to collect what he’s owed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c9b05f94-c1c0-5d7f-9100-67caefe3494e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Fate of Wrath and Flame</a> by K.A. Tucker (eaudio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gifted thief Romeria has flourished from her days as a street kid pilfering wallets to survive. Now she thrives, stealing jewels from the rich under the involuntary employ of New York City's most notorious crime boss. But when an enigmatic woman secures her services at swordpoint, Romeria is plunged into a startling realm of opposing thrones, warring elven, and elemental magic she cannot begin to fathom. Her quest is straightforward: Steal a stone from Islor's sacred garden without anyone discovering her true identity, which would earn her certain death. But the identity she has inexplicably assumed is that of the captured Ybarisan princess-an enemy to Islor after she poisoned their beloved king and queen on the day she was to marry the prince. Her betrothed, the newly crowned King Zander, detests her with every grain of his handsome being. Zander gives her a choice: life in a cell, or an acquittal of all charges in exchange for her help in exposing the growing plot against him. Romeria sees no other option and embraces the tricky role of smitten queen-to-be until she can escape. As she digs deeper, she discovers monstrous truths that could spell ruin for all.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-79687378047473755992023-12-21T10:50:00.000-05:002023-12-21T10:50:26.418-05:00reader's choice Dec 2023<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Register for these fun programs coming up in January 2024!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue Jan 2 through Tue Jan 9, all day - Put together your
2024 vision board!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supplies available on
the 2nd floor. No registration necessary, just drop in!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu Jan 4 @ 6:30pm – Decluttering with Katie Rogers
<br />(register here <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8508324">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8508324</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sat Jan 6 @ 3pm – Great Short Stories Film Series presents
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (register here <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/9330648">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/9330648</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mon Jan 8 @ 6:30pm – Great Short Stories Book Club discusses
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins <br />(register here <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8360680">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8360680</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sat Jan 27 @ 6:30pm – Burns Night <br />(register here <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8011691">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8011691</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue Jan 30 @ 6:30pm – Books & Beyond Discussion Group
chats about immigration/emigration (register here <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8810331">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8810331</a> and reading suggestions available here <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last night, Books & Beyond had a Reader’s Choice meeting
where there was no assigned topic, just sharing what we’ve been enjoying lately!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22ghost%20story%22%20%22straub,%20peter%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Ghost Story</a> by Peter Straub<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather
to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A
simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is
coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did
long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn
that no one can bury the past forever...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Howl for the Gargoyle</span></i> by Kathryn Moon (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/howl-for-the-gargoyle-kathryn-moon/16463973" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty
years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line
too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's
chance at a world tour. Desperate for a way to slake the cravings and soothe
the restless anger that arrives every month like clockwork, Hannah takes the
advice of a friend and books a night with the Monster Smash Agency. Hannah and
Rafe's partnership ought to be practical, but their chemistry carves a new
path. This werewolf is unlike any client Rafe has worked with yet, and he's
determined to make her howl his name.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Handi Book of love, Lust, and Disability</span></i> by Jess Tarpey,
Andrew Gurza, and Katy Venables (Unavailable in the JCLC system or WorldCat, available for purchase as an ebook on Amazon)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Handi Book of Love, Lust and Disability</i> unearths new
conversations on sex, relationships and disability. It's beautifully designed
and full of raw, powerful and inspiring stories, poetry and artwork from 50
phenomenal contributors from the disabled community.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0c6bc569-28bb-55fe-b7b2-63664f2f7b3b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent</a> by Katherine Angel (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/6417210945" target="_blank">audiobook on Hoopla</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In today’s crucial moment of renewed attention to violence
and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and
autonomy without any illusions about perfect self-knowledge. Only then will we
fulfil Michel Foucault’s teasing promise, in 1976, that “tomorrow sex will be
good again.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Diary of a Genius: Salvador Dali’s Autobiography</span></i> (<a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/21912812" target="_blank">available from WorldCat</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This stands as one of the seminal texts of Surrealism,
revealing the most astonishing and intimate workings of the mind of Salvador
Dalí, the eccentric polymath genius who became the living embodiment of the
20th century's most intensely subversive, disturbing and influential art
movement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Fifty Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship</span></i> by Salvador Dali (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/50-secrets-of-magic-craftsmanship-salvador-dali/11606556" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a> and <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1295447746" target="_blank">available from WorldCat</a>) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For many, Salvador Dali represents the Surrealist painter
par excellence, one whose work explored his own dream life, hallucinations, and
fetishes in the process of objectifying the irrational elements of the
unconscious. In this rare and important volume, the painter expresses (in his
inimitably eccentric fashion) his ideas of what painting should be, expounds on
what is good and bad painting, offers opinions on the merits of Vermeer,
Picasso, Cézanne, and other artists, and expresses his thoughts on the history
of painting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear</span></i> by Ralph
Keyes (<a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/52258135" target="_blank">available from WorldCat</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ralph Keyes, an author who has taught writing for more than
thirty years, assures us that anxiety is felt by writers at every level,
especially when they dare to do their best. He describes the sequence of
"courage points" through which all writers must pass, from the
challenge of identifying a worthwhile project to the mixture of pride and panic
they feel when examining a newly published book or article.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=31e39fc9-31d9-5861-ac7e-f0a155150ee8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography</a> by Selina
Hastings<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely
read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer
in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham’s own true story has never been fully
told. At last, the fascinating truth is revealed in a landmark biography by the
award-winning writer Selina Hastings. Granted unprecedented access to Maugham’s
personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only child,
Hastings portrays the secret loves, betrayals, integrity, and passion that
inspired Maugham to create such classics as <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45d5b7c0-d776-5846-b772-41f9c79e0a01&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Razor’s Edge</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22of%20human%20bondage%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Of Human Bondage</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=01364bad-a016-58be-a8bc-27e7aa63ccd5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Edith Wharton</a> by Hermione Lee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Delving into heretofore untapped sources, Lee does away with
the image of the snobbish bluestocking and gives us a new Edith Wharton-tough,
startlingly modern, as brilliant and complex as her fiction. Born into a
wealthy family, Wharton left America as an adult and eventually chose to create
a life in France. Her renowned novels and stories have become classics of
American literature, but as Lee shows, Wharton's own life, filled with success
and scandal, was as intriguing as those of her heroines. Bridging two centuries
and two very different sensibilities, Wharton here comes to life in the
skillful hands of one of the great literary biographers of our time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8e662012-0aba-5eb3-bb87-9281cd5dab8b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Legends & Lattes</a> by Travis Baldree<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging
up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh,
opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals
stand in the way of success ― not to mention the fact that no one has the
faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her
and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true
rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And
whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup,
they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have
dreamed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f39f23e5-8353-5255-bb9e-f98cfd83f027&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Bookshops & Bonedust </a>by Travis Baldree<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her
chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. Set in
the world of New York Times bestselling <i>Legends & Lattes</i>,
Travis Baldree's <i>Bookshops & Bonedust </i>takes us on a journey of
high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=820eb821-8a81-5d22-be27-b521ae238541&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of WWI</a> by Douglas Brunt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors,
a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the
eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what
really became of Rudolf Diesel.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dc049439-c66a-5c52-9e6c-598422c0e307&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Natural Beauty</a> by Ling Ling Huang<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at
the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also
talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But
when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a
job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City, Holistik, known
for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap
Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her
entry into a world of privilege and gives her a long-awaited sense of
belonging. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister.
A piercing, darkly funny debut, <i>Natural Beauty</i> explores questions of
consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking
and unsettling truth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3f244380-a009-5529-a25e-bacc3bfbcb03&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision</a> by
William Lee Adams<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A memoir of glitz, glamour, geopolitics, and the power of
pop music, following a misunderstood queer biracial kid from small-town Georgia
who became the world's foremost Eurovision Song Contest blogger.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Last Courtesan of Olympus</span></i> by Amanda Meuwissen (<o:p></o:p>Unavailable in the JCLC system or WorldCat, available for purchase as an ebook or paperback on Amazon)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aikos is the best at what he does, the most skilled and
coveted acolyte of Aphrodite, and he knows it, but when his beauty and allure
attracts the attention of the gods themselves, his ascension to courtesan takes
a turn he never expected. Straight to Olympus. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nobel Minds 2023 </span></i>(<a href="https://youtu.be/VM8K8RnnfDM?si=pY5G8S75UBcSSc_V" target="_blank">available on Youtube</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 2023 laureates in the fields of physics, chemistry,
medicine and economic sciences talk to Zeinab Badawi and students in the
audience at the Royal Palace in Stockholm about their discoveries and
achievements, and how these might find a practical application.<br /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nobel lectures 2023 on Medicine/Physiology</span></i> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/0JP-yDsLc3k?si=hFmDvZraDkBn_M6q" target="_blank">available on Youtube</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their
discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the
development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ff8213e1-8383-5fc5-84fa-37961a8c537f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span _ngcontent-qkj-c137="" data-automation-id="truncated-text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas,</span><span _ngcontent-qkj-c137="" aria-live="polite" data-automation-id="additional-text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"> Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zpK0-wJUmv4NGDCuT6vnqIrMNh8UFHp9DKLApwcOuv8Avz0KIL-NESyIsS4hMTj5bErBwPgEXfDi3UpT1snGbI7r4fu_PjRu9kKZJlCX7T5jnrkbdr6VvwjNGL2S05aLryyGpmy1UhSEjk561slGEKSaZt3eeLtok-FIFhN4MW_tXm1kiLMIlG3Iobg/s1600/282833468952b47f87ef85e7d31c18569348282dec2ff6f1bba5ff0e44c4c3e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zpK0-wJUmv4NGDCuT6vnqIrMNh8UFHp9DKLApwcOuv8Avz0KIL-NESyIsS4hMTj5bErBwPgEXfDi3UpT1snGbI7r4fu_PjRu9kKZJlCX7T5jnrkbdr6VvwjNGL2S05aLryyGpmy1UhSEjk561slGEKSaZt3eeLtok-FIFhN4MW_tXm1kiLMIlG3Iobg/w173-h230/282833468952b47f87ef85e7d31c18569348282dec2ff6f1bba5ff0e44c4c3e5.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span _ngcontent-qkj-c137="" aria-live="polite" data-automation-id="additional-text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Tudor Monastery Farm at Christmas (<a href="https://youtu.be/6BwqihlXSmA?si=54laMc0X2no7gQ7T" target="_blank">available on Youtube</a>)</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">This film turns the clock back 500 years to find how the farms of Tudor England celebrated the twelve days of Christmas, with a frenzy of music, food and alcohol. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;">The Truth About Christmas Carols (<a href="https://youtu.be/044RgFcLfco?si=R94ZMLr-syG5Q6d5" target="_blank">available on Youtube</a>)</span><div><p class="MsoNormal">BBC TV documentary broadcast on 25 December 2008, in which
Howard Goodall investigates the often uncomfortable relationship between carols
and the Church’s celebration of Christmas, using musical illustrations provided
by various musicians including the choir of Truro Cathedral, directed by
Christopher Gray.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FX's A Christmas Carol </span></i>(<a href="https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/fxs-a-christmas-carol" target="_blank">currently streaming on Hulu</a>)</p><div><span style="font-family: times;"><p class="MsoNormal">FX’s A Christmas Carol is an original take on Charles
Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bda12e26-3102-52a2-a932-0a915053c4ce&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Taboo</a>,<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8fcf8ad6-c663-52f8-97ec-1a243fee7900&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank"> Peaky Blinders</a>). The FX
Original movie is a spine-tingling immersion into Ebenezer Scrooge’s dark night
of the soul.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></span></div></div>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-90079505123673933532023-12-07T14:25:00.002-05:002023-12-07T14:25:55.575-05:00NYT top 10 books of 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZvjAlr4zIH1VQh36zhIxebjaJsG3XQmCzxA_FsiVXh2xAe-wAzcaI8JITc3iYbPM5NQmIVap9tdtGHZAwhYRBmBvuyFnhHhyvHdCQHr24cbpeZuHFCxvuSWRd22UxqAx8umdMjS3jjuqK-wwQDnm_HRlJgImHTYVMvGIltBfw3Qs76R0tyWVNXPZZYA/s1496/NYT%20top%2010%20of%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1496" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZvjAlr4zIH1VQh36zhIxebjaJsG3XQmCzxA_FsiVXh2xAe-wAzcaI8JITc3iYbPM5NQmIVap9tdtGHZAwhYRBmBvuyFnhHhyvHdCQHr24cbpeZuHFCxvuSWRd22UxqAx8umdMjS3jjuqK-wwQDnm_HRlJgImHTYVMvGIltBfw3Qs76R0tyWVNXPZZYA/s320/NYT%20top%2010%20of%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here they are, the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5c5eeea4-a7ca-59d9-a2e6-528f8e1e008b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Bee Sting</a> by Paul Murray<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize and the 2023 Nero Book Award for Fiction</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Winner of the 2023 </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">An Post Irish Book Award for Novel of the Year</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Finalist for the 2023 Kirkus Prize for Fiction</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">A Top 10 Best Book of 2023 by</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"> The New York Times </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The Washington Post</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">. One of </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The New Yorker</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">'s Essential Reads of 2023. </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Named a Best Book of the Year by </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The New Yorker, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">TIME, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">NPR, New York Public Library, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">BBC, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">and more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Murray makes his triumphant return with a
tragicomic tale about an Irish family grappling with crises. The Barneses —
Dickie, Imelda, Cass and PJ — are a wealthy Irish clan whose fortunes begin to
plummet after the 2008 financial crash. But in addition to this shared
hardship, all four are dealing with demons of their own: the re-emergence of a
long-kept secret, blackmail, the death of a past love, a vexing frenemy, a
worrisome internet pen pal and more. The novel threads together the stories of
the increasingly isolated Barneses, but the overall tapestry Murray weaves is
not one of desolation but of hope. This is a book that showcases one family’s
incredible love and resilience even as their world crumbles around them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cd21aed7-40b2-597a-b9cc-811260e266ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Chain-Gang All-Stars</a> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">A </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">NEW YORK TIMES</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"> TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"> • </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A dystopian satire in which death-row inmates duel on TV for
a chance at freedom, Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel — following his 2018 story
collection, “Friday Black” — pulls the reader into the eager audience, making
us complicit with the bloodthirsty fans sitting ringside. “As much as this book
made me laugh at these parts of the world I recognized as being mocked, it also
made me wish I recognized less of it,” Giri Nathan wrote in his review. “The
United States of ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is like ours, if sharpened to absurd
points.” Amid a wrenching love story between two top competitors who are forced
to choose between each other and freedom, the fight scenes are so well written
they demonstrate how easy it might be to accept a world this sick. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ed6703ca-f8e8-52ed-a593-3d595def01fb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Eastbound</a> by Maylis de Kerangal<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">INCLUDED ON </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">THE NEW YORKER'S </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">BEST BOOKS OF 2023</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">De Kerangal’s brief, lyrical novel, first published in
France in 2012 and newly translated by Jessica Moore, follows a young Russian
conscript named Aliocha on a trans-Siberian train packed with other soldiers.
The mood is grim. Aliocha, unnerved by his surroundings after a brawl, decides
to desert — and in so doing, creates an uneasy alliance with a civilian
passenger, a Frenchwoman. Their desolate environment — de Kerangal describes
the Siberian landscape as “a world turned inside out like a glove, raw, wild,
empty” — only heightens the stakes. “The insecurity of existence across this
vastness and on board the train emphasizes the significance of human
connection,” our reviewer, Ken Kalfus, wrote. “In a time of war, this
connection may bring liberation and salvation.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9bc5057e-9f20-5b28-8091-707c1652bb37&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Fraud</a> by Zadie Smith<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">One of NPR's Best Books of the Year </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">• </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Named a Best Book of the Year by </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Publishers Weekly</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial in which
the defendant was accused of impersonating a nobleman, Smith’s novel offers a
vast, acute panoply of London and the English countryside, and successfully
locates the social controversies of an era in a handful of characters. Chief
among them are a widowed Scottish housekeeper who avidly follows the trial and
a formerly enslaved Jamaican servant who testifies on behalf of the claimant.
Smith is a talented critic as well as a novelist, and — by way of the
housekeeper’s employer, a once popular writer and friendly rival of Dickens —
she finds ample opportunity to send up the literary culture of the time while
reflecting on whose stories are told and whose are overlooked. “As always, it
is a pleasure to be in Zadie Smith’s mind, which, as time goes on, is becoming
contiguous with London itself,” Karan Mahajan wrote in his review. “Dickens may
be dead, but Smith, thankfully, is alive.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22north%20woods%22%20daniel%20mason&searchType=everything&pageSize=40" target="_blank">North Woods</a> by Daniel Mason<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">ONE OF </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">AND </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">THE WASHINGTON POST</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"> Time, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">NPR, Chicago Public Library, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The Star Tribune, The Economist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mason’s ambitious, kaleidoscopic novel ushers readers over
the threshold of a house in the wilds of western Massachusetts and leaves us
there for 300 years and almost 400 pages. One after another, in sections
interspersed with letters, poems, song lyrics, diary entries, medical case
notes, real estate listings, vintage botanical illustrations and assorted
ephemera not normally bound into the pages of a novel, we get to know the
inhabitants of the place from colonial times to present day. There’s an apple
farmer, an abolitionist and a wealthy manufacturer. A pair of beetles. A
landscape painter. A ghost. Their lives (and deaths) briefly intersect, but
mostly layer over each other in dazzling decoupage. All the while, the natural
world looks on — a long-suffering, occasionally destructive presence. Mason is
the consummate genial host, inviting you to stay as long as you like and to
make of the place what you will. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1bce23b7-6123-5a83-9023-3ae0aa9aaefe&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions</a> by Jonathan Rosen<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The New York Times</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The Wall Street Journal</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The Atlantic</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Washington Post </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Notable Book</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An inch-by-inch, pin-you-to-the-sofa reconstruction of the
author’s long friendship with Michael Laudor, who made headlines first as
a Yale Law School graduate destigmatizing schizophrenia; then
for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death with a kitchen knife,
after which he was sent to a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. Drawing
from clips, court and police records, legal and medical studies, interviews,
diaries and Laudor’s feverish writings (including a book proposal of his own),
Rosen examines the porous line between brilliance and insanity, the complicated
policy questions posed by deinstitutionalization and the ethical obligations of
a community. “The Best Minds” is a thoughtfully constructed, deeply sourced
indictment of a society that prioritizes profit, quick fixes and happy endings
over the long slog of care. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ee6e1260-fbe3-5e2f-8307-d77d22544d50&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State</a> by Kerry Howley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Howley’s account of the national security state and the
people entangled in it includes fabulists, truth tellers, combatants,
whistle-blowers. At the center is Reality Winner (“her real name, let’s move
past it now”), the National Security Agency contractor who was convicted under
the Espionage Act for leaking classified information to The Intercept and
sentenced to 63 months in prison. Howley’s exploration of privacy and digital
surveillance eventually lands her in the badlands of conspiracy theorists and QAnon.
It’s an arc that feels both startling and inevitable; of course a journey
through the deep state would send her down the rabbit hole. The result is a
book that is riveting and darkly funny and, in all senses of the word,
unclassifiable. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=daed93f2-c0a6-5644-84b7-15e5a30b3656&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World</a> by John Vaillant<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • ONE OF </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">TIME'</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2016, raging wildfires consumed Fort McMurray in the
Canadian province of Alberta. In the all-too-timely “Fire Weather,” Vaillant
details how the blaze started, how it grew, the damage it wrought — and the
perfect storm of factors that led to the catastrophe. We are introduced to
firefighters, oil workers, meteorologists and insurance assessors. But the real
protagonist here is the fire itself: an unruly and terrifying force with
insatiable appetites. This book is both a real-life thriller and a moment-by-moment
account of what happened — and why, as the climate changes and humans don’t, it
will continue to happen again and again.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e87b93d0-d4f7-53f4-b020-8857310730bf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom</a> by Ilyon Woo<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Named a best book of 2023 by </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The New Yorker</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Time</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, NPR, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Smithsonian Magazine</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">, and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">Oprah Daily</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 1848, Ellen and William Craft, an enslaved couple in
Georgia, made a daring escape north disguised as a sickly young white planter
and his male slave — Ellen as the wealthy scion in a stovepipe hat, dark green
glasses and a sling over her right arm to conceal her illiteracy. Improbably,
despite close calls and determined slave catchers, the Crafts succeeded in
their flight, going on to tour the abolitionist speaker circuit in England and
to write a popular account of their journey. Their story, which a leading
American abolitionist called “one of the most thrilling in the nation’s
annals,” is remarkable enough. But Woo’s immersive rendering, which conjures
the Crafts’ escape in novelistic detail, is equally a feat — of research,
storytelling, sympathy and insight. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=47a442f7-c02d-50c7-af93-9f8ffaa63f72&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank"><br />Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country</a> by Patricia Evangelista<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">New York Times Book Review </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Editors’ Choice • </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;">The New Yorker, Time, The Economist, </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Chicago Public Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This powerful book mostly covers the years between 2016 and
2022, when Rodrigo Duterte was president of the Philippines and pursued a
murderous campaign of extrajudicial killings — EJKs for short.
Such killings became so frequent that journalists like Evangelista, then a
reporter for the independent news site Rappler, kept folders on their computers
that were organized not by date but by hour of death. Offering the intimate
disclosures of memoir and the larger context of Philippine history, Evangelista
also pays close attention to language, and not only because she is a writer.
Language can be used to communicate, to deny, to threaten, to cajole. It can
propagate lies, but it also allows one to speak the truth. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-5441544217002901542023-11-29T11:55:00.000-05:002023-11-29T11:55:42.904-05:00Appalachia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI6JcMATlZz9wYJ-wLNp5rFIKNyqP6rl0RCcjRna444EtzfoKcR2c1FztdUSCD_zL9yZ3bWWdnGXBLd2DJ6iCNPU-Cs_nFXWDUajxIP1VpdXiKMtNRN7NU4aJX45yl3OS1dyiDUaoMP_qc5HwsA6uh1HCPdPWZY2yCvqrIzhf1Vl38JppkHTF_ALyS70/s1650/BAB%202023_AppalachiaSubregions_Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI6JcMATlZz9wYJ-wLNp5rFIKNyqP6rl0RCcjRna444EtzfoKcR2c1FztdUSCD_zL9yZ3bWWdnGXBLd2DJ6iCNPU-Cs_nFXWDUajxIP1VpdXiKMtNRN7NU4aJX45yl3OS1dyiDUaoMP_qc5HwsA6uh1HCPdPWZY2yCvqrIzhf1Vl38JppkHTF_ALyS70/w387-h501/BAB%202023_AppalachiaSubregions_Map.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) meeting is on Tuesday,
December 19th at 6:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a Reader’s
Choice meeting so there is no assigned topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you’d like to browse, there are a variety of displays up on the 2nd
floor right now and you can also peruse the options on the library’s Shelf Care
webpage: <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This week, BAB met to chat about Appalachia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From fun, fluffy monster romances to folk
medicine, we talked about it all!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=96d50f80-10e4-5584-9113-be26ae6526d3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Giver of Stars</a> by Jojo Moyes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their
remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in
Depression-era America<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a78c7899-f53f-5c66-b3c5-2239d0497f96&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek</a> by Kim Richardson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the
brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, <i>The
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek</i> is a story of raw courage, fierce
strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere—even back
home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20wettest%20county%20in%20the%20world%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Wettest County in the World</a> by Matt Bondurant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat,
stump whiskey, or rotgut—whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in
moonshine in the 1920s. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of
<i>Winesburg, Ohio</i>, was covering a story there, he christened it the “wettest
county in the world.” In the twilight of his career, Anderson finds himself
driving along dusty red roads trying to find the Bondurant brothers, piece
together the clues linking them to “The Great Franklin County Moonshine
Conspiracy,” and break open the silence that shrouds Franklin County.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8c9f9447-7793-5e7b-8013-6f98339f5495&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lawless</a> (feature film)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Va., run
a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business,
bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest (Tom Hardy) is the brain of the operation;
older Howard (Jason Clarke) is the brawn, and younger Jack (Shia LaBeouf), the
lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone,
a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman (Guy Pearce) from Chicago arrives
and tries to shut down the Bondurant’s operation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4e3432b4-485a-5417-9fc8-973b5ed2ca9d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Winter’s Bone</a> by Daniel Woodrell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a
crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up
for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old
Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh
poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough
Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree
discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects
its own at any cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22winter%27s%20bone%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10&materialTypeIds=x,u,g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Winter’s Bone</a> (feature film)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faced with an unresponsive mother and a criminal father,
Ozark teenager Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) does what she can to manage the
household and take care of her two younger siblings. Informed by the sheriff
(Garret Dillahunt) that their father put their home up for bond and then
disappeared, Ree sets out on a dangerous quest to find him. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3a72bd53-1021-5157-94b6-059f46ea4319&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">House of Cotton</a> by Monica Brashears<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Magnolia Brown is nineteen years old, broke, and effectively
an orphan. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, her
predatory landlord, and the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One
night, while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick
stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia’s luck around with a
lucrative “modeling” job at his family’s funeral home where she’ll impersonate
the dead. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=091f5daa-d0b6-539d-b134-c0c5ecf03bf2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir</a> by Jennifer McGaha<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Jennifer discovered that she and her husband owed back
taxes—a lot of back taxes—her world changed. Now desperate to save money, they
foreclosed on their beloved suburban home and moved their family to a
one-hundred-year-old cabin in a North Carolina holler. Soon enough, Jennifer's
life began to more closely resemble her Appalachian ancestors than her
upper-middle-class upbringing. But what started as a last-ditch effort to
settle debts became a journey that revealed both the joys and challenges of living
close to the land.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=89a24277-522d-5736-8439-4f2a1525b5ed&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier</a> by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen
colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and
settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains
commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against
the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother
country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the
world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1be410f1-0bc0-55ab-b760-8dd6ddf2bac6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">These Silent Woods</a> by Kimi Grant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have
lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And
that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to hide. Finch
has been raised on the books filling the cabin’s shelves and the beautiful but
brutal code of life in the wilderness. But she’s starting to push back against
the sheltered life Cooper has created for her—and he’s still haunted by the
painful truth of what it took to get them there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e2a7ca01-a96e-5d37-a95c-117e58818450&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Library at Mount Char</a> by Scott Hawkins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and
propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, <i>The Library at
Mount Char</i> is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and
heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and
signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d892d131-d1eb-50ef-a027-457fcf0d9fce&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests</a> by Phyllis D. Light<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This practical and easy-to-understand guide to the plant
wisdom of Southern and Appalachian folk medicine reveals the history and
practices of this unique herbal tradition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22fractured%20truth&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Fractured Truth</a> by Susan Furlong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the mutilated remains of a young woman are found in an
Appalachian Mountain cave, newly sworn-in deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan is
forced to track down a killer driven by twisted motives. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f35df8a5-6161-5039-b73f-7409e584e16e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Thread That Runs So True: A Mountain School Teacher Tells His Story</a> by Jesse Stuart<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First published in 1949, Jesse Stuart’s now classic personal
account of his twenty years of teaching in the mountain region of Kentucky has
enchanted and inspired generations of students and teachers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22station%20eleven%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Station Eleven</a> by Emily St. John Mandel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the
spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic
group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region,
risking everything for art and humanity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e3869b51-6731-51f3-92e0-290c08e8a76f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Well and the Mine</a> by Gin Phillips<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a small Alabama coal-mining town during the summer of
1931, nine-year-old Tess Moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss
a baby into her family’s well without a word. This shocking act of violence
sets in motion a chain of events that forces Tess and her older sister Virgie
to look beyond their own door and learn the value of kindness and lending a
helping hand.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22demon%20copperhead%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Demon Copperhead</a> by Barbara Kingsolver<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, <i>Demon
Copperhead</i> is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a
single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and
copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed
in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care,
child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves,
and crushing losses. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22big%20stone%20gap%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Big Stone Gap</a> by Adriana Trigiani<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It's 1978, and Ave Maria Mulligan is the
thirty-five-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, a sleepy hamlet
in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She’s also the local pharmacist, the
co-captain of the Rescue Squad, and the director of The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine, the town’s long-running Outdoor Drama. Ave Maria is content with her
life—until, one fateful day, her past opens wide with the revelation of a
long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bc9414ab-aeaf-5b52-8a11-cc48c6e92535&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life</a> by
Tom Robbins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom
Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home
and around the globe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1eeee809-4d1c-5f58-947d-59d2d3708996&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Most They Ever Had</a> by Rick Bragg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In spring 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian
foothills had come to the edge of all they had ever been. Now they stood
looking down, bitter, angry, afraid. Across the South, padlocks and logging
chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar
people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill still bit, shook, and roared. The
century-old hardwood floors still trembled under whirling steel, and people
worked on, in a mist of white air. The mill had become almost a living thing,
rewarding the hard-working and careful with the best payday they ever had, but
punishing the careless and clumsy, taking a finger, a hand, more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><i>No Getting Ogre You</i></span> by M.L. Eliza (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Ogre-You-M-L-Eliza-ebook/dp/B09FXNV3PD" target="_blank">Amazon only</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lost on the Appalachian Trail, Jaquelyn falls
head-over-heels (literally) into an ogre's lair. She should be terrified of the
enormous horned monster, but he turns out to be a surprisingly gentle green
giant, and soon the fact that he and Jaquelyn don't understand each other no
longer matters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><i>I’m in Love with Mothman</i></span> by Paige Lavoie (<a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1369589348?oclcNum=1369589348" target="_blank">request from WorldCat</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">22-year-old Heather is suffering from an epic case of
burnout. So, just like any other young influencer, she abandons her social
platforms, gathers up her best flowy dresses, and moves to a desolate cabin. Heather
imagines spending her #unplugged days traipsing through the woods and tending
to her garden. However, her cottagecore fantasy is turned upside down when a
wounded cryptid crashes into her roof—and her heart.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: red;">I’m Engaged to Mothman</span></i> by Paige Lavoie (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Im-Engaged-Mothman-Love/dp/B0CCZM7DSK" target="_blank">Amazon only</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Heather was sure dating a forest monster meant she wouldn’t
have to impress his family, but faced with the royal court of Eclipsica, she
realizes things might not be so simple.<o:p></o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-79025957807063047552023-11-02T10:56:00.001-05:002023-11-02T10:56:51.745-05:00best books for leaders <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Apgfj78HjYkObzxGo2hcLElLb61EFE2AKVxYY7Ff0JL0HlYV7EblLQFRwVapX7IAnhQWp2-vgN4uOXqLE1EG4PxgdHC7U3XZ1GqR0WYYF73o6WDI7f9TyBMYrZ2lBl_oNbGXAq8bbot3-aC0rYQBLTdttESDaKZRXnNbzI8ITMFm1U0ZL-vgVB3tvq0/s1200/business.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Apgfj78HjYkObzxGo2hcLElLb61EFE2AKVxYY7Ff0JL0HlYV7EblLQFRwVapX7IAnhQWp2-vgN4uOXqLE1EG4PxgdHC7U3XZ1GqR0WYYF73o6WDI7f9TyBMYrZ2lBl_oNbGXAq8bbot3-aC0rYQBLTdttESDaKZRXnNbzI8ITMFm1U0ZL-vgVB3tvq0/s320/business.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Every year since 2014, the Non-Obvious Company has reviewed
nonfiction books published throughout the year and selected the best
of the best -- the most insightful, the most impactful, the most
"non-obvious" -- for their annual book awards. This year, they're
partnering with Inc. Magazine to produce the 2023 Inc. Non-Obvious
Book Awards, showcasing the best business books for entrepreneurs and
other business leaders, as selected by Non-Obvious Company founder Rohit
Bhargava.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are all of this year's winners, listed alphabetically
by title.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c5ec11ad-05e5-5bec-b798-1cfb3c8f6567&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A City on Mars</a> by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach
Weinersmith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A witty overview of space
exploration exposing all
the inconvenient truths of why space habitation is actually really hard, and
why we might need to temper our dreams of space settlement with harsh
reality. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>2. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=08e99ae5-7777-56a5-b5c1-5dff2410477e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Afrofuturism</a> by the National Museum of African
American History and Culture, Kevin Strait, Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Kevin
Young, and Vernon Reid</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Offers an
important and illuminating chronicle of the widely underappreciated
contributions of Afrofuturists to imagining a better and more equitable future
for humanity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4ffc7cd7-079f-5132-ae08-06994d64931a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Against Technoableism</a> by Ashley Shew</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unlike most books about disability, this one is written by a disabled
person. Academic Ashley Shew aims to "explode" common perceptions
about disability and explain how to create a more equitable world. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d6e6a08b-dee7-5ef5-a8ae-500777aa76fa&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Awaken Your Genius</a> by Ozan Varol</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This guide to innovation explores why we call some people "geniuses"
when really, every single one of us could learn to be a genius. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1377291863" target="_blank">Back to the Futures</a> by Scott Irwin and Doug
Peterson</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scott Irwin and Doug Peterson explain why we
should be thinking about commodity futures markets -- how they work, and how they impact us
even when we're not invested in them -- just a little more. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3d6c4fa6-80c1-576e-a6c2-47d5881e3812&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Big Bets</a> by Rajiv Shah</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Big Bets offers a
manifesto for what it really takes to think bigger, ask more ambitious
questions, maintain your optimism, and actually set yourself on the path to
change the world. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6df2f7f7-5726-5fd4-b065-7132126f9d00&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Black Founder</a> by Stacy Spikes</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MoviePass founder Stacy Spikes explains what happened when he pursued his dream
-- and the lessons he learned that could open the door for so many others like
himself. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>8. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1362868881" target="_blank">Breaking Free</a> by Marcie Bianco</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bianco argues that
we should not pursue equality -- an unrealistic ideal grounded in racism and
sexism -- but should instead make it our mission to pursue freedom. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>9. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1389828306?oclcNum=1389828306" target="_blank">Build a Better Business Book</a> by Josh Bernoff</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bernoff offers a
step-by-step guide to writing a good business book. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1371465638?oclcNum=1371465638" target="_blank">Building</a> by Mark Ellison</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A memoir from a master carpenter may not immediately seem
like the ideal place to learn timeless business lessons, but Ellison offers plenty of
takeaways that would rival the best guidebooks on growing a business. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1355837761" target="_blank">Centered</a> by Kaleena Sales</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Designer Kaleena Sales argues that diverse
design perspectives and styles should not be an ancillary component of design
education, but rather a core component of the curriculum.</p><p class="MsoNormal">12. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3c492f47-fe9c-5857-9539-271edb764ccb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Clear Thinking</a> by Shane Parrish</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The key to a better future is to master the art of making
the right decisions in everyday, seemingly insignificant moments. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">13. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1352990419" target="_blank">Code to Joy</a> by Michael L. Littman</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may not realize it, but learning a little bit of
programming might indeed be an important part of surviving our digital
future. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">14. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=00b75ecc-5e68-5289-b12b-bc8bc84862b4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Crossings</a> by Ben Goldfarb</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Goldfarb lays out why roads are the key to human history -- and
our future -- and explores what it would take to build roads that positively
benefit the environment as opposed to destroying it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">15. <i>Do Interesting </i>by Russell Davies</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advertising
legend Russell Davies offers a collection of tips on what it really takes to be
more creative and more noticeable. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">16. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1f1d81ac-b850-564c-88f2-c45fd9b00f36&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Doppelganger</a> by Naomi Klein</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What if you discovered a mirror version of yourself who
believed in everything you despised? What sounds like science fiction sets that
stage for a very real memoir
from influential social critic Naomi Klein that will transform the way you see
yourself in a world filled with floods of fake content and people. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">17. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d2c278fa-e35a-51aa-a9e7-f71f64e81482&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Emotional Labor</a> by Rose Hackman</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For decades, the invisible work of emotional labor was never
understood or discussed. <i>Emotional Labor</i> is a well-researched exploration of why
emotional work often disproportionately holds women and people of color back,
and how exposing it can foster more equality in work and life. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">18. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7f1e977b-0d8f-54ff-abb2-b795a7be8ee0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Encounterism</a> by Andy Field</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In an increasingly digital world, we need to refocus on the joy
of being physically together and the beauty of ordinary encounters. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">19. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1355029514?oclcNum=1355029514" target="_blank">Everyday Dharma</a> by Suneel Gupta</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a time when it can be hard to center on your purpose at
work, <i>Everyday Dharma </i>reminds you how to rediscover your essence (or
dharma). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">20. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eaa35b59-831b-5e6a-97d9-49ab6849ac01&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Excellent Advice for Living</a> by Kevin Kelly</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A collection of advice from one of the tech industry's
longtime icons that reads like the very best life advice from a benevolent grandfather
who has been at the center of the technological shift in the world, and offers
up short, digestible lessons he's curated along the way. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">21. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ad45d625-5f8f-5dd7-bfad-715f54986ff4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Extremely Online</a> by Taylor Lorenz</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Promising to chronicle the entire history of social
media, Lorenz offers a highly engaging exploration of what living our lives
"extremely online" is doing to our self-esteem, relationships, and
our culture at large. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">22. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0d1fa548-0a78-54a4-aa37-da4ba315abb7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Fool Me Once</a> by Kelly Richmond Pope</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kelly Richmond Pope -- a forensic accounting
professor and the director of All the Queen's Horses, a documentary about
the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history -- investigates how scams make so
much money, examines the people working within them, and spotlights the
whistleblowers who break them open. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3946d183-0f09-5b98-88e9-eb787621dab1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">For the Culture</a> by Marcus Collins</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Collins explores culture's role in our decisions and why it
is so essential that we understand it, whether we're consumers or
marketers. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">24. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=185d0020-3932-586c-bb3d-f59c3ea6fb22&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Generations</a> by Jean M. Twenge</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Renowned generational researcher Jean Twenge offers a detailed look at
every generation's habits. It presents a roadmap to understanding the forces
that each generation's mindset exerts on their collective behavior, and how
they interact with one another.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">25. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2909cfdb-191d-5783-8f47-fe4f97d9a026&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Happiness Is Overrated</a> by Cuong Lu</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Written by an ordained monk, Happiness Is Overrated:
Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment exhorts us to stop
spending so much time chasing happiness and instead to look at the truth of our
lives, without denying our suffering, and find joy in each moment. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">26. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b204f106-c612-5fc4-9c4e-1b548cdf1fe0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Hidden Genius</a> by Polina Marinova Pompliano</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the founder of The Profile, Pompliano brings
to light the perspectives and ways of thinking that have empowered leaders like
Al Pacino and Lin-Manuel Miranda to succeed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">27. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=540cbefb-a303-5347-89ea-c117704b8f3a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Hidden Potential</a> by Adam Grant</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Social scientist Adam Grant argues that we can all rise to achieve
great things and offers a roadmap to realizing your hidden potential that
focuses on learning how to improve at improving. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">28. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=60149174-7539-58db-a4d5-e4be38e0af1e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">How Big Things Get Done</a> by Bent Flyvbjerg and
Dan Gardner</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The world's leading expert on megaprojects offers an
insider's look at why some billion-dollar projects fail while others succeed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">29. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1370948364" target="_blank">How to Make Money</a> by Nafisa Bakkar</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bakkar offers a
transparent look at both her experience as a Muslim female entrepreneur and at
what it actually takes to create a lucrative business. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">30. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=484541db-4153-5cc0-9b06-40b7cee4caa4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">How to Protect Bookstores and Why</a> by Danny
Caine</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bookstore owner Danny Caine argues for the value of
bookstores -- and his guide for how we can all contribute to saving them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">31. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22how%20to%20think%20like%20a%20woman%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">How to Think Like a Woman</a> by Regan Penaluna</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Writer and journalist Regan Penaluna wanted to study
philosophy -- and soon found that all philosophers taught in her classes were
male. She chronicles her efforts to find and learn from women philosophers.</p><p class="MsoNormal">32. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1374903918" target="_blank">How to Work With (Almost) Anyone</a> by Michael
Bungay Stanier</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the best-selling author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20coaching%20habit%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Coaching Habit</a> comes a practical guidebook on what it takes to work with every
type of person. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">33. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=27769aeb-df7a-5f12-ae97-cc09f47c997a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">How Work Works</a> by Michelle P. King</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Your success in any business endeavor might come down to
your ability to read all the unspoken elements of a situation. This skill, also
dubbed "reading the air," is just one of the useful insights you'll
take away.</p><p class="MsoNormal">34. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1401978337" target="_blank">I Hope You Fail</a> by Pinky Cole</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You wouldn't think a book actively hoping you'll fail would
offer much inspiration, but restaurateur Pinky
Cole offers 10 irreverently useful "hater statements" along with the
secret for overcoming them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">35. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8dfe922b-df2e-5da3-9187-1bfed009459a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Knowing What We Know</a> by Simon Winchester</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Winchester explores the rise of the encyclopedia --
including Wikipedia -- and investigates whether the ways in which we collect
knowledge are impeding our ability to think. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">36. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d412ea42-a4ea-5d92-9564-908edb2c1d67&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Look</a> by Christian Madsbjerg</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A teacher who developed a course on human
observation offers a
nuanced guide on how to recapture our ability to pay attention that will help
you focus on the unexpected, listen better, and really look at everything
happening around you. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">37. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1a45f4b8-eb97-5b74-8a09-04a7c67d69c6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Magic Words</a> by Jonah Berger</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Renowned
marketing professor Jonah Berger offers an immediately useful exploration of
six types of "magic words" that can motivate others, unlock
creativity, and persuade anyone. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">38. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ff6c2616-f08c-5e3d-8b42-4601e23e45ce&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">MCU</a> by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and
Gavin Edwards</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A historic look at
the pop culture universe of Marvel Studios, its rise, and how that movement
happened. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">39. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0348e31f-4c45-55ac-9f53-d2ca73c91948&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Misbelief</a> by Dan Ariely</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Why do some people succumb to misbeliefs and shift their
reality -- and how can any of us prevent ourselves from being misbelievers? A legendary
social scientist offers some answers. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">40. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=999b8821-a0af-5d75-8958-9bf9a4787522&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Mixed Signals</a> by Uri Gneezy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gneezy uses behavioral economics and game theory to
explore our approach to incentives and how we can design things to be more
effective. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">41. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bf40e751-2984-5c54-a8c0-19e2a4a8a36c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">More Numbers Every Day</a> by Micael Dahlen and
Helge Thorbjornsen</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Economics professors Micael
Dahlen and Helge Thorbjornsen examine our obsession with numbers -- tracking
our sleep, steps, friends, and more -- and how you can live a happier,
healthier life by understanding their context. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">42. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1371465992" target="_blank">NFTs Are a Scam/NFTs Are the Future</a> by Bobby
Hundreds</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hundreds provides
a rare, balanced look at both the opportunity and the bullshit driving the NFT
craze, and offers an even-handed but still optimistic way to make sense of the
hype. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">43. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=56827ad3-68eb-56e7-a57d-356fb1da84da&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Nobody's Fool</a> by Daniel Simons and Christopher
Chabris</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Psychology professors Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris
explain why we get misled and what habits we can cultivate to avoid getting
scammed.</p><p class="MsoNormal">44. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1352795316?oclcNum=1352795316" target="_blank">On Being Unreasonable</a> by Kirsty Sedgman</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">British cultural studies scholar Kirsty Sedgman explores the
relative definition of "reasonable" and its role in why we disagree. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">45. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22Once%20upon%20a%20tome%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Once Upon a Tome</a> by Oliver Darkshire</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oliver Darkshire comes to work at an antique bookstore in London,
takes it over, and learns unexpected lessons from working with rare
books. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">46. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a1ca0540-c6e6-50ca-ae4e-927a5972827e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Ordinary Notes</a> by Christina Sharpe</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Part poetry collection and part art project, Ordinary
Notes has been described as "a brilliant new literary form" and
offers a fascinating, immersive look at the everyday Black experience that will
change your perspective. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">47. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ac7c9ac9-dd92-5588-b61e-1c2654fda4c6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Outrage Machine</a> by Tobias Rose-Stockwell</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rose-Stockwell argues that our outrage is fueled
by algorithms, and investigates what it does to our culture when outrage is
continually fueled and monetized. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">48. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=489a0c19-dc90-5930-a964-c2a68d0de85e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Outsmart Your Brain</a> by Daniel T. Willingham</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A practical,
step-by-step guide on exactly how to be a better learner -- a valuable skill at
work and in life at any stage. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">49. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7afdc670-4a5c-5ac4-98e3-5cb96f3526ef&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Paved Paradise</a> by Henry Grabar</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Examines everything you've never thought about in terms of parking
and reveals why understanding it might be the key to creating more livable
cities in the future. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">50. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7c348c70-b941-548f-9ef6-f1f00cf840e1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Pockets</a> by Hannah Carlson</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carlson explores the history of pockets, what they reveal about
us and our perspective on gender, and why that matters. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">51. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a3545724-684f-501e-b26f-9cb1f8b2096a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Poverty, by America</a> by Matthew Desmond</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Desmond suggests the
solution to inequity may be in our willingness to become "poverty
abolitionists" and offers a manifesto to ending poverty in America. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">52. <a href="978-0593316788" target="_blank">Quiet Street</a> by Nick McDonell</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A short memoir written from the perspective of a young white
man who was forced to confront his elite background, it attacks the 1 percent and how they cling to power, and
examines what it would take for them to share it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">53. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d39cd0d6-688e-5f3f-a890-02cbbbbd9577&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Radical Inclusion</a> by David Moinina Sengeh</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the classrooms of Sierra Leone, Sengeh tackles
the idea of creating a better, more inclusive world through lessons on
identifying exclusions, building connections, and reimagining the systems that
hold people back. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">54. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1370485187" target="_blank">Reimagine Inclusion</a> by Mita Mallick</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A more mature look at the evolution and meaning of
DEI, Mallick breaks
down 13 common ideas people believe about diversity, equity, and
inclusion. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">55. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=aca84b90-dff6-53f1-a5ef-408beff67f62&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Right Kind of Wrong</a> by Amy Edmondson</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Edmondson guides readers to avoiding the shame of
failure and instead pursuing "intelligent failure," which will help
you achieve more success by getting better at learning from the things you'll
inevitably do wrong. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">56. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22saving%20time:%20discovering%20a%20life%20beyond%20the%20clock%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Saving Time</a> by Jenny Odell</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this irreverent guide from the best-selling author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22how%20to%20do%20nothing%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">How to Do Nothing</a>,
you'll learn how to reevaluate the role time plays in your life to find a
better balance. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">57. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1380745066?oclcNum=1380745066" target="_blank">Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future</a> by Chris Smaje</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Social scientist and farmer Chris Smaje explains how farms work, and how we can
protect nature as well as keep farms alive. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">58. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d7cd0e88-01c7-5bc7-91d0-c75eb72fa5b4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Selfless</a> by Brian Lowery</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lowery argues
that your self isn't just you, but everything around you -- and so your highs
and lows belong to others too. It's an empowering, reimagined way to look at
yourself. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">59. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d37afaab-1398-595f-b0da-0251931b3194&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Size</a> by Vaclav Smil</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An impressively wide-ranging, unique look at a topic that truly affects
everything. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">60. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1402223833?oclcNum=1402223833" target="_blank">SLAY the Bully</a> by Rebecca Zung</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You're going to deal with narcissists, in life as well as
business. Zung breaks
down the unfortunately necessary skill of negotiating and dealing with these
individuals. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">61. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=920d3ef8-8e65-5dde-8713-5b938498ccf3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Soul Boom</a> by Rainn Wilson</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Office actor offers a humorous explanation of
how we can use spirituality and religion to bring people together and find
balance, instead of letting it divide us.</p><p class="MsoNormal">62. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=859b67d3-dd43-58f8-a252-bb63e063cdc8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">STFU</a> by Dan Lyons</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An entertainingly blunt book that offers the
underappreciated call to action for all of us to shut the f*ck up. Learning to
be strategically quiet and to speak with intention might not only help you
succeed, it might also make the world better for the rest of us. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">63. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1336458917?oclcNum=1336458917" target="_blank">The Anxious Achiever</a> by Morra Aarons-Mele</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Top-rated podcaster Aarons-Mele explains
how to lean into anxiety and make it work for you. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">64. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=canceling%20of%20the%20american%20mind&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Canceling of the American Mind</a> by Greg Lukianoff
and Rikki Schlott</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A remarkably thoughtful review of a sensitive topic for
many, Lukianoff provides an exploration of
the roots of cancel culture on American college campuses and its effects on our
ability to tolerate and engage with dissenting viewpoints. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">65. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1377211038" target="_blank">The Case for Good Jobs</a> by Zeynep Ton</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MIT professor Zeynep Ton examines
the connection between retention and jobs that make people feel good while
doing them -- and how we can use this concept to improve frontline jobs. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">66. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4759e00d-54ec-502f-8518-b6e170861b84&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Coming Wave</a> by Mustafa Suleyman</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An A.I. thinker and ethicist explores what
the future of A.I. will bring and what the ethical considerations need to
be. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">67. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1332781158" target="_blank">The Defiant Optimist</a> by Durreen Shahnaz</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Part memoir and part guidebook, this shares Shahnaz's efforts to fight for women's rights as
well as her advice for redistributing finances to more equitably invest in the
community. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">68. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1310769712" target="_blank">The Four Workarounds</a> by Paulo Savaget</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Savaget offers a practical
and story-filled guide on using four of the most common workarounds. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">69. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1382352220" target="_blank">The Future Is Disabled</a> by Leah Lakshmi
Piepzna-Samarasinha</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A rare look at the future from a disabled perspective: Told
through the unique format of love letters, the book offers the sadly radical
idea that a utopian future and disabled people can coexist. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">70. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1396818878" target="_blank">The Future of the Responsible Company</a> by
Vincent Stanley and Yvon Chouinard</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A marketing pamphlet of sorts about the Patagonia founders'
decision to give the company away nevertheless offers a
refreshing, behind-the-scenes look at exactly what the company's leadership has
learned from their unique approach to business. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">71. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1357549811" target="_blank">The Golden Screen</a> by Jeff Yang</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Yang brings Asian American culture to life through the movies
that have shaped or told the story of the Asian experience in America. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">72. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ae5281f1-7ee6-5a8c-bfdf-3c2729a66352&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Identity Trap</a> by Yascha Mounk</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mounk challenges
conventional thinking about identity and reveals how we might find belonging in
groups without letting identity fuel the idea that we are in conflict with one
another. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">73. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1363816685" target="_blank">The Long View</a> by Richard Fisher</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BBC journalist Richard Fisher explains why, in a world
dominated by the 24-hour news cycle, thinking in terms of deeper, longer time
scales is so essential. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">74. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1376496581" target="_blank">The PARA Method</a> by Tiago Forte</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A quick guide expanding on the author's highly practical and
popular method for organizing all the files in your digital clutter to help you
focus on what matters most, instead of getting buried in digital folders and
email. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">75. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d3965e7f-fcfb-5565-9e9d-71475789f9ca&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Perennials</a> by Mauro F. Guillén</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A different look at generational differences argues
that the terms we typically use to define generations are outdated because they
put us into rigid categories, and offers an explanation of how we can create
more effective intergenerational collaboration and communication. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">76. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1372393204" target="_blank">The Power of Empathy</a> by Michael Tennant</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Effectively balances a self-help approach with a
practical explanation of how we can use empathy as a tool. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">77. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d84b9549-b8e2-5161-9b62-bb5fdd80f370&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Power of One</a> by Frances Haugen</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A fantastic example of bravery
and how one person's actions really can change the world. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">78. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dc608924-4a4e-59ad-aece-7c19aa7c6ac0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Power of Saying No</a> by Vanessa Patrick</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patrick offers a process and toolkit for
something you probably know you should do more -- say no -- and explains how
you can go about doing that in a way that doesn't make you feel wracked with
guilt. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">79. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cec1b5c8-135c-5409-aced-fa4cf8d6e852&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Power of Wonder</a> by Monica C. Parker</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A well-thought-out dissection
of "wonder" and a compelling reminder of just how important to our
emotional fulfillment it can be to find consistent ways to cultivate more
wonder in our lives. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">80. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1377284577" target="_blank">The Problem of 12</a> by John Coates</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harvard professor John Coates examines the issues that come
up in a world where a few institutions exert influence over politics, the
economy, and nearly every other aspect of our lives. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">81. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=90bac77b-499a-50f5-9fac-22b3be4b3971&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Real Work</a> by Adam Gopnik</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gopnik explains how masters become experts at their craft and what they can
teach the rest of us about improving at whatever we do. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">82. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=The%20right%20call%20:%20what%20sports%20teaches%20us%20about%20work%20and%20life&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Right Call</a> by Sally Jenkins</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Acclaimed sports writer Sally Jenkins relates all she's learned from
interviewing legendary athletes, coaches, and other sports minds. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">83. <i>The Second in Command</i> by Cameron Herold</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leadership coach Cameron Herold explains just how important a COO is and
why getting the right person in that role can significantly improve a CEO's
success. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">84. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a63d20b2-6daf-56f5-a650-0cc78ee1314a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Song of Significance</a> by Seth Godin</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This collection of short
anecdotes will make you think about the biggest aspects of your business by
delivering potentially huge suggestions in a small, digestible format. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">85. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f7e0d849-21fc-54e6-b965-646f0988c2bd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Status Revolution</a> by Chuck Thompson</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A wildly original look at how we assign
status and a deeper review of the macro shift that may cause a reimagining of
the idea of luxury. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">86. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=284e069c-497d-5f98-8a61-ab245e0fc6d6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Teachers</a> by Alexandra Robbins</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An urgent and sometimes disturbing look at the
true lives and work of U.S. teachers exploring what teachers deal with on a
daily basis, why they're so underpaid and underappreciated, and why it's so
difficult to get people to enter that profession. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">87. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=93c9b8e0-e9d5-5923-b9b2-f48afb420991&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Theory of Everything Else</a> by Dan Schreiber</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Popular podcaster Dan Schreiber offers an entertaining
journey into "weird," all to help you find new ways to think
differently. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">88. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=abf96884-3c82-5d4d-93fd-f53ea5d7270b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Wisdom of the Bullfrog</a> by William H.
McRaven<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Navy Admiral William H. McRaven offers leadership lessons
from legendary military officers and breaks down everything he himself has learned
in his journey to becoming admiral.</p><p class="MsoNormal">89. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1335756200?oclcNum=1335756200" target="_blank">Turnaround Time</a> by Oscar Munoz</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The unlikely story of a leader who took over a major
airline, had a near-fatal heart attack a month later, and then managed to
recover and lead a dramatic turnaround at United Airlines. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">90. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6bd79c06-bb7a-53ad-b6da-be1c51f35b4a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Unmasking AI</a> by Joy Buolamwini</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Legendary A.I. researcher Joy Buolamwini explores how we
can be more human in a world that is increasingly dominated by
technology. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">91. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5af577ab-9c70-5980-98d5-cf73b318a932&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Upshift</a> by Ben Ramalingam</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You'll discover the secrets of
becoming an "upshifter" who can innovate under any kind of
pressure. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">92. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5854e8fb-08ca-58ba-a94e-54249bb74829&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Walking With Sam</a> by Andrew McCarthy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy tells his story of
walking through Spain with his son and explores the power of taking time
off. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">93. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f4c467fb-8051-5830-a318-90ffad07a1e0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?</a> by
Stephen Wolfram</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Prominent scientist Stephen Wolfram offers a short,
accessible explanation of the technology behind ChatGPT, how it works, and what
it's actually doing.</p><p class="MsoNormal">94. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=000c75d5-7341-5c27-8bb3-fcb3fb51e2ca&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">When Race Trumps Merit</a> by Heather Mac Donald<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mac Donald argues that we may be
overcorrecting when it comes to creating more policies and opportunities for
disadvantaged groups, and that that overcorrection may actually be causing us
to leave equity behind. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">95. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4c51441f-4007-5bd2-9fe3-61c41bc74d0c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Win Every Argument</a> by Mehdi Hasan</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ambitious but somehow realistic goal of this book is to
help you win any argument. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">96. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1367859525" target="_blank">Working to Restore</a> by Esha Chhabra</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chhabra examines regenerative
commerce through several lenses, exploring how can we use the economy and the
things we're producing to simultaneously resurrect and rebuild the
environment. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">97. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22You%20will%20own%20nothing%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">You Will Own Nothing</a> by Carol Roth</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a world where ownership and the need for it is transformed, Roth offers an activist lens on why we all may want to fight back for our
right to own things once again. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">98. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=318c1e0a-65f8-5e1e-8f88-7ff0b6fba74d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Your Brain on Art</a> by Susan Magsamen and Ivy
Ross<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The authors use compelling science and fascinating stories to
offer up an argument that many have long believed but rarely had proof of --
that art helps humanity flourish. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">99. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=520e194b-4c6c-53ad-b998-297a43edf039&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Your Face Belongs to Us</a> by Kashmir Hill<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fight to create and improve facial recognition
technology is riveting, scary, and timely...this is the
perfect introduction not only to the evolution of this technology, but also to
what we should all know about the potential dangers this technology
poses. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">100. <a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1350351087?oclcNum=1350351087" target="_blank">Yours Truly</a> by James R. Hagerty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Wall Street Journal obituary writer's explanation of
how obituaries are written and what they tell us about people's lives. What
would your obituary say -- and what would you want it to say? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">https://www.inc.com/inc-staff/non-obvious-book-awards-best-books-2023.html<o:p></o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-72746377549941856672023-10-20T15:24:00.000-05:002023-10-20T15:24:29.562-05:00best of horror<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloOjeoSMNyMoOg_tg4WKst56-cxKJ1AF0YsJk0MTl_corj5gEvQeCSpyEgIbBvQSLkni07OMKKlLSrUrbaO2et-FRZyP790iWpMqtD7Sib8hWm90iIwgkR408N0SV-yRslqC7gdriIV3IG7nj41p_xTq2kB3CExlzl_RVKIdVNmG_P-R18Jps1sBSClo/s231/best%20of%20horror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="199" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloOjeoSMNyMoOg_tg4WKst56-cxKJ1AF0YsJk0MTl_corj5gEvQeCSpyEgIbBvQSLkni07OMKKlLSrUrbaO2et-FRZyP790iWpMqtD7Sib8hWm90iIwgkR408N0SV-yRslqC7gdriIV3IG7nj41p_xTq2kB3CExlzl_RVKIdVNmG_P-R18Jps1sBSClo/w240-h279/best%20of%20horror.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can't get enough of all things scary and unsettling? Have a look at these 2022 award winners and honorees!</div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Bram Stoker Awards are presented annually by the Horror
Writers Association for excellence in dark fantasy and horror writing.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2022 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Winner:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20devil%20takes%20you%20home%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Devil Takes You Home</a> by Gabino Iglesias<br />
This genre-defying thriller follows a father desperate to salvage what's
left of his family—even if it means a descent into violence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Runners up:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5b17d481-60e2-56a3-a56a-58b034935389&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Fervor</a> by Alma Katsu<br />
The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b74c5371-4e7e-50e9-a5bf-f97d3adc7068&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Hunger </a>and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=946f6e3f-857f-5cb8-a01e-6cb71705cde9&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Deep</a> turns her psychological and supernatural eye
on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=54e3c94e-19d9-5606-aec4-7d7d02bcac2e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Reluctant Immortals</a> by Gwendolyn Kiste<br />
For fans of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e2e0d7f3-f6d3-56cc-8912-8f4b31e0233f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Mexican Gothic</a> comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of
forgotten women in classic literature—from Lucy Westenra, a victim of
Stoker's <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=dracula%20bram%20stoker&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Dracula</a>, and Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's attic-bound wife in
Charlotte Brontë's <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=charlotte%20bronte%20jane%20eyre&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Jane Eyre</a>—as they band together to combat the toxic men
bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love,
Haight-Ashbury, 1967.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3e5f4aef-fa47-51ed-baa8-4b66fc3ed03b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Daphne</a> by Josh Malerman<br />
Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school
basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York
Times bestselling author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=38fe005c-3d0c-56b4-9f41-4924cce205ff&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Bird Box</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f5a70882-f2d3-5e29-aafa-579239b5696a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sundial</a> by Catriona Ward<br />
Sharp as a snakebite, <i>Sundial</i> is a gripping novel about the secrets
we bury from the ones we love most, from Catriona Ward, the author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dfa96d8e-4435-585a-96ff-5473502f7b9c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The LastHouse on Needless Street</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2022 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Winner:</i></b><br /><i><b>
Beulah</b></i> by Christi Nogle (<a href="https://worldcat.org/title/1346571480?oclcNum=1346571480" target="_blank">not available in the JCLC</a>)<br />
Beulah is the story of Georgie, an eighteen-year-old with a talent (or
affliction) for seeing ghosts. Georgie and her family have had a hard time
since her father died, but she and her mother Gina and sisters Tommy and Stevie
are making a new start in the small town of Beulah. Georgie experiences a
variety of disturbances but she is able to maintain, in her own laconic way,
until she notices that her little sister Stevie also has the gift. Stevie is in
danger from a malevolent ghost, and Georgie tries to help, but soon Georgie is
the one in danger.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Runners up:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45849e17-5d08-5737-8196-9a3101288022&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Jackal</a> by Erin Adams<br />
A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town.
But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=hacienda%20isabel%20canas&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Hacienda</a> by Isabel Cañas<br /><i>
Mexican Gothic</i> meets <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=rebecca%20daphne%20du%20maurier&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> in this debut supernatural suspense
novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote
house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=417fcccc-01d9-5003-8a91-e7c31b066dbc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Black Tide</a> by K.C. Jones<br />
It was just another day at the beach. And then the world ended. Mike and Beth
didn't know each other before the night of the meteor shower. After a drunken
and desperate one-night stand, the two strangers awake to discover a surprise
astronomical event has left widespread destruction in its wake. But the cosmic
lightshow was only part of something much bigger, and far more terrifying.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6203f8a9-40c1-509b-95b2-6accb97d64fd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">All the White Spaces</a> by Ally Wilkes<br />
Something deadly and mysterious stalks the members of an isolated polar
expedition in this haunting and spellbinding historical horror novel, perfect
for fans of Dan Simmons’s <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=04bf1275-7830-5242-bfbf-4d315aac88b8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Terror</a> and Alma Katsu’s <i>The Hunger</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural
FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and experiences of
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) in Speculative Fiction.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEST NOVEL: ADULT</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Winner:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=521dadcb-e485-5023-ac21-a114777850da&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Master of Djinn</a> by P. Djeli Clark<br />
Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the
Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly
not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last
summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the
most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Runners up:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c7f59270-41aa-53fb-8191-4732c615914d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Black Water Sister</a> by Zen Cho<br />
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power
in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards are fan-based and presented
annually to honor the best in classic horror and science fiction/fantasy.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEST FILM OF 2022 </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bf48674c-f99e-573f-a12f-37558cb9ba47&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Everything Everywhere All At Once</a><br />
A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese
American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who is swept up in an insane adventure across
the multiverse.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4796f2dd-365a-5a40-9c47-288a8d090acc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic</a> by
Howard Berger<br />
Dive into the fascinating world of movie make-up effects with this stunning
illustrated oral history of the art form.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Saturn Awards are presented by the Academy of Science
Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films and honor the best in those categories in
film, television, and home entertainment.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0bb5967a-d659-5f34-83f1-dd39c1d9a3b7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Nope</a><br />
A man and his sister discover something sinister in the skies above their
California horse ranch, while the owner of a nearby theme park tries to profit
from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEST THRILLER FILM</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=nightmare%20alley&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Nightmare Alley</a><br />
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears
himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband
Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to
success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of
1940s New York society.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on
by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BEST HORROR NOVEL</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Winner:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=52810560-ab4f-562b-9e50-1e5ef78c69ad&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">My Heart is a Chainsaw</a> by Stephen Graham Jones<br />
In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her
encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this chilling
novel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Runners up:</i></b><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cb90680e-5e26-5d03-aef7-cdc531ebf5c1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Revelator</a> by Daryl Gregory<br />
The dark, gripping tale of a 1930s family in the remote hills of the Smoky
Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on
their mysterious god - from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d42cb7a9-6286-5fe6-a319-3308eb62b9b0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Final Girl Support Group</a> by Grady Hendrix<br />
In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the
credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what
happens after?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=10e5c6aa-762a-55aa-b9f7-852d5c4fc1f5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Billy Summers</a> by Stephen King<br />
Part war story and part love letter to small-town America and the people who
live there, this spectacular thriller of luck, fate, and love will grip readers
with its electrifying narrative, as a complex antihero with one last shot at
redemption must avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=970f784d-18f3-5c34-a92d-7ed0c6060eec&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Later</a> by Stephen King<br />
LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of
innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With
echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful,
haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all
the faces it wears.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22moon%20lake%22%20lansdale&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Moon Lake</a> by Joe R. Lansdale <br />
The gripping and unexpected tale of a lost town and the dark secrets that lie
beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=674ee3c7-1791-515f-9dac-00824aa74e47&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sorrowland</a> by Rivers Solomon<br />
Rivers Solomon’s <i>Sorrowland</i> is a genre-bending work of Gothic
fiction. Here, monsters aren’t just individuals, but entire nations. It is a
searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in
American fiction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d345f5fa-4bf1-59d0-af31-e66ee12d67c6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Death of Jane Lawrence</a> by Caitlin Starling<br /><br />
Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new
kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a9f96825-ff77-5c4e-a059-278cfa17c51f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Crimson Peak</a>-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by
<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=shirley%20jackson&searchType=agent&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Shirley Jackson</a> and <i>Rebecca</i>, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to
begin again as soon as they are finished.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=50737ab1-b033-5e3b-8646-60fcff10f60a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Book of Accidents</a> by Chuck Wendig<br />
A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts
them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling
author of Wanderers.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-81891474444964718552023-10-05T11:00:00.001-05:002023-10-05T11:00:28.097-05:00National Book Award finalists<p>The 25 Finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards for
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s
Literature were announced with the <i>New York Times</i>. The five Finalists in each category were
selected by a distinguished panel of judges, and were advanced from the
Longlists announced in September with <i>The New Yorker</i>. </p><p>The Winners will be
announced live on Wednesday, November 15 at the invitation-only 74th National
Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner, featuring special guest Oprah
Winfrey, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The National Book
Foundation will broadcast the Ceremony for readers everywhere on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/NationalBook" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NationalBookFdn/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and the
Foundation’s website at <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/awards" target="_blank">nationalbook.org/awards</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>FINALISTS FOR FICTION:</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cd21aed7-40b2-597a-b9cc-811260e266ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Chain-Gang All-Stars</a> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=039e3262-43c3-5fde-b584-405e7500efb8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Temple Folk</a> by Aaliyah Bilal</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5f028672-90e8-5c64-aae1-e73b87450432&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">This Other Eden</a> by Paul Harding</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b4a795b3-5ad6-5954-8668-3e2768ecab53&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The End of Drum-Time</a> by Hanna Pylväinen</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=57800bfe-3dda-559f-a700-f4a311a69033&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Blackouts</a> by Justin Torres</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah-2/" target="_blank">Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah</a>’s dystopian novel <i>Chain-Gang All-Stars</i> simulates
a private for-profit prison system where prisoners compete for freedom in
live-broadcast gladiator-inspired death matches. <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/aaliyah-bilal/" target="_blank">Aaliyah Bilal</a>’s
debut short story collection, <i>Temple Folk</i>, examines the diversity of the
Black Muslim experience in America. <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/paul-harding/" target="_blank">Paul Harding</a>’s
novel <i>This Other Eden</i> traces the legacy of a mixed-race fishing
community living on a secluded island off the coast of Maine from 1792 to the
early 20th century. In <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/hanna-pylvainen/" target="_blank">Hanna Pylväinen</a>’s <i>The
End of Drum-Time</i>, a Lutheran minister’s daughter falls in love with a native
Sámi reindeer herder and joins the herders on their annual migration to the sea
in 1850s Scandinavia. <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/justin-torres-2/" target="_blank">Justin Torres</a>’s <i>Blackouts</i> considers
the multigenerational gaps in personal and collective queer histories.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u>FINALISTS FOR NONFICTION:</u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ea60506f-7573-545b-af19-03c8bc02c30b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History</a> by Ned Blackhawk</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=74b37c77-4d2d-5343-b4ff-e0f6cbb437a7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice</a> by Cristina Rivera Garza</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a1ca0540-c6e6-50ca-ae4e-927a5972827e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Ordinary Notes</a> by Christina Sharpe</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=08e7ccfe-2f97-56fb-a61c-397bd49b4ac4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir</a> by Raja Shehadeh</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=daed93f2-c0a6-5644-84b7-15e5a30b3656&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World</a> by John Vaillant</p><p class="MsoNormal">Historian <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/ned-blackhawk/" target="_blank">Ned Blackhawk</a>’s <i>The
Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History</i> recontextualizes
five centuries of US, Native, and non-native histories to argue that Indigenous
peoples have played—and continue to play—an essential role in the development
of American democracy. In <i>Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search
for Justice</i>, <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/cristina-rivera-garza/" target="_blank">Cristina Rivera Garza</a> travels to Mexico City to recover her sister’s unresolved
case file nearly 30 years after her murder, simultaneously honoring her
sister’s life and examining how violence against women affects everyone. Across
248 notes, <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/christina-sharpe/" target="_blank">Christina Sharpe</a>’s <i>Ordinary Notes</i> investigates the legacy of white
supremacy and slavery, and presents a kaleidoscopic narrative that celebrates
the Black American experience. In <i>We Could Have Been Friends, My Father
and I: A Palestinian Memoir</i>, attorney and activist <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/raja-shehadeh/" target="_blank">Raja Shehadeh</a> explores
his complicated relationship with his father—a lawyer and Palestinian human
rights activist who was assassinated in 1985— alongside histories of
oppression. In <i>Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter Worl</i>d,
journalist <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/john-vaillant/" target="_blank">John Vaillant</a> studies the May 2016 wildfire that devastated a small city in
central Canada to make the case that the catastrophic Fort McMurray fire was a
foreboding window into what the future holds.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><u>FINALISTS FOR POETRY:</u> </o:p></p><i>
How to Communicate</i> by John Lee Clark<div><br /></div><div><div><i>from unincorporated territory
[åmot]</i> by Craig Santos Perez</div><div><br /></div><div><i>suddenly we</i> by Evie Shockley</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Tripas</i> by Brandon Som</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=71aa3a46-a8e9-5ca4-aa66-63da92b21ff8&entityType=FormatGroup">From From</a> by Monica Youn</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/john-lee-clark/" target="_blank">John Lee Clark</a>’s <i>How to Communicate</i> considers the small joys and pains
of life, and the endless possibilities of language through poems influenced by
the Braille slate and translated from American Sign Language and Protactile, a
language used by DeafBlind people that’s rooted in touch. <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/craig-santos-perez/" target="_blank">Craig Santos Perez</a> observes and asserts storytelling as an act of resistance—a
written form of “åmot,” the Chamoru word for “medicine”—in <i>from
unincorporated territory [åmot]</i>, the fifth installment in his series dedicated
to his homeland of Guåhan (Guam). <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/evie-shockley/" target="_blank">Evie Shockley</a> plays
with visuals, sounds, and poetic form to pay homage to Black feminist
visionaries, both living and departed, of a collective “we” in <i>suddenly we</i>. <i>Tripas</i> celebrates <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/brandon-som/" target="_blank">Brandon Som</a>’s
upbringing in a multicultural, multigenerational home, traversing languages,
cultures, and borders to connect his family’s histories. Through poetry and
personal essays, <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/monica-youn/" target="_blank">Monica Youn</a>’s <i>From From</i> confronts American racism and anti-Asian
violence, and reflects back the question of “where are you from from”
onto its readers.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>FINALISTS FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE:</u></p><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=34c14f7e-db4a-5312-8295-5003fece0dcd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Cursed Bunny</a> by Bora Chung<br />Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5b05ab15-56a0-56d3-93cc-bee92f036cc3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Beyond the Door of No Return</a> by David Diop<br />Translated from the French by Sam Taylor</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4bbf54d7-c2fd-5a9e-8f95-3d4864c6d99c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Words That Remain</a> by Stênio Gardel<br />Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Abyss</i> by Pilar Quintana<br />Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3755d434-91b4-5643-8e24-d7445ad55ffd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">On a Woman's Madness</a> by Astrid Roemer<br />Translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott</div><div><br /></div><div>Translated from the Korean by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/anton-hur/" target="_blank">Anton Hur</a>, the ten
stories in <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/bora-chung/" target="_blank">Bora Chung</a>’s <i>Cursed Bunny</i> dive headfirst into the surreal to tackle
the very real horrors of big tech, capitalism, and the patriarchy. <i>Beyond
the Door of No Return</i> by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/david-diop/" target="_blank">David Diop</a> and
translated from the French by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/sam-taylor/" target="_blank">Sam Taylor</a>,
contemplates the brutality of French colonial occupation and the consequences
of obsession, love, and betrayal in 18th-century West Africa. In his seventies,
a man is finally able to read a letter from his childhood lover in <i>The
Words That Remain</i> by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/stenio-gardel/" target="_blank">Stênio Gardel</a>, a
debut novel translated from the Portuguese by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/bruna-dantas-lobato/" target="_blank">Bruna Dantas Lobato</a> that explores queerness, violence, and the transformative power
of the written word. <i>Abyss</i> by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/pilar-quintana/" target="_blank">Pilar Quintana</a> and
translated from the Spanish by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/lisa-dillman/" target="_blank">Lisa Dillman</a>,
follows an 8-year-old narrator as she makes sense of the world by observing the
adults around her, perceiving the complexities of family life at once as real
and fantastical. In <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/astrid-roemer/" target="_blank">Astrid Roemer</a>’s <i>On
A Woman’s Madness</i>, translated from the Dutch by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/lucy-scott/" target="_blank">Lucy Scott</a>, a queer
Black woman escapes her abusive husband in search of a new, freer life beyond
society’s expectations.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><u>FINALISTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE:</u></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Gather</i> by Kenneth M. Cadow</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e750f60e-0f4f-5cce-b3f5-d8abfaa95d0b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Huda F Cares?</a> by Huda Fahmy</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eacfb8a0-ae41-5d3e-a639-6aa55c564fb7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Big</a> by Vashti Harrison</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=50b8a252-92d2-5606-a544-fbb97ba9af6e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Lost Year: A Survival Story of theUkrainian Famine</a> by Katherine Marsh</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22a%20first%20time%20for%20everything%22%20santat%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">A First Time for Everything</a> by Dan Santat</p><p class="MsoNormal">In <i>Gather</i>, <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/kenneth-m-cadow/" target="_blank">Kenneth M. Cadow</a>’s
debut novel, a teenager fights to maintain his family’s home, find a job, and
care for his mother as she recovers from her opioid addiction—all the while
adopting Gather, a stray dog. <i>Huda F Cares?</i>, a graphic novel written and
illustrated by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/huda-fahmy/" target="_blank">Huda Fahmy</a>, follows
a visibly Muslim family on their road trip to Disney World, and tells a story
of self-acceptance, faith, and the joys and embarrassments of sisterhood. <i>Big</i>,
a picture book written and illustrated by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/vashti-harrison/" target="_blank">Vashti Harrison</a>,
is the story of a little girl with a big heart and big dreams who learns that
“big” doesn’t always have a positive connotation and offers readers of all ages
an important reminder that words matter. <i>The Lost Year</i> by <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/katherine-marsh/" target="_blank">Katherine Marsh</a> follows
a 13 year-old who uncovers a family secret tracing back to Holodomor, a
government-imposed famine that led to the death of millions of
Ukrainians. <a href="https://www.nationalbook.org/people/dan-santat/" target="_blank">Dan Santat</a> captures the awkward middle school experience in <i>A First
Time for Everything</i>, a graphic memoir inspired by the author’s class trip, and
a series of life-changing firsts, in Europe.</p><p class="MsoNormal">https://www.nationalbook.org/2023-national-book-awards-finalists-announced/</p></div></div>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-7524053382921130832023-09-27T10:48:00.001-05:002023-09-27T10:48:40.537-05:00all about books<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8tpSvRkbO8PinPfmy3c4i22R0KEbR_bLHEgjUHGNgQfU9vfzMNHIVXdvBDe2_JHunW0uFBqMwWCstNYA7elEeXbcWJ9JhxSVUlsk1A2oe-d1zaoKYOy0EqI0OHJmmp6Upt0yJ5_8eJjSe2Wc9eHb2aB0d7YVIOQKITOGWUtzG64FETxa5Jx4wizys7Q/s1470/jhumpa-lahiri-book-quote-1531936024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8tpSvRkbO8PinPfmy3c4i22R0KEbR_bLHEgjUHGNgQfU9vfzMNHIVXdvBDe2_JHunW0uFBqMwWCstNYA7elEeXbcWJ9JhxSVUlsk1A2oe-d1zaoKYOy0EqI0OHJmmp6Upt0yJ5_8eJjSe2Wc9eHb2aB0d7YVIOQKITOGWUtzG64FETxa5Jx4wizys7Q/s320/jhumpa-lahiri-book-quote-1531936024.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) book club meeting is on Halloween,
Tue Oct 31st at 6:30pm!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The topic up for
discussion is journalism and there are suggestions available on the Shelf Care
page of our website, simply scroll down to find it: <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you’d rather attend via Zoom, register your email on the
calendar: <a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6648599">https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6648599</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This week, BAB met to discuss booky topics: books and films
about libraries, librarians, bookstores, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=79d86015-b843-5381-939d-33394cd18e49&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cracked Spine</a> by Paige Shelton<br />
In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to
Edinburgh, Scotland, to start a job at a quaint bookstore called The Cracked
Spine. But before she can settle in to her new life, a precious artifact - a
previously undiscovered first folio of Shakespeare's plays - goes missing, and
Edwin's sister is murdered, seemingly in connection to the missing folio.
Delaney decides to do some sleuthing of her own to find out just what the real
story is behind the priceless folio and how it's connected to the tragic death
- all without getting harmed herself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=abbc7079-f6a8-560e-b27b-3132e7da3f47&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Book Eaters</a> by Sunyi Dean<br />
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her
brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all
other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and
cautionary stories. But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as
Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for
books, but for human minds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=024fd05f-9fb8-537f-b1fa-75e663776aed&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Salt Grows Heavy</a> by Cassandra Khaw<br />
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and
weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And
now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the
run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of
their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a
village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three “saints” who
control them. The mermaid and her doctor must embrace the cruelest parts of
their true nature if they hope to survive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22overdue:%20reckoning%20with%20the%20public%20library%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library</a> by Amanda Oliver<br />
Through her firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a
librarian, Oliver highlights the national problems that have existed in
libraries since they were founded, troublingly at odds with the common
romanticization of the library as a shining beacon of equality: racism,
segregation, and economic oppression. These fundamental American problems
manifest today as police violence, the opioid epidemic, widespread
inaccessibility of affordable housing, and a lack of mental health care
nationwide—all of which regularly come to a head in public library spaces. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5d675f30-077d-585e-a1ff-fb68fc7e4fe1&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lions of Fifth Avenue</a> by Fiona Davis<br />
In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel,
a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two
generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me</span> by Sarra Manning (<a href="https://worldcat.org/title/808991945" target="_blank">not available in the JCLC</a>)<br />
Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule
is that good-natured fat girls like her don’t get guys like gorgeous, handsome
William, heir to Neve’s heart since university. But William’s been in LA for
three years, and Neve’s been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that
when he returns, he’ll fall head over heels in love with the new, improved her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Grimoires: A History of Magic Books</span> by Owen Davies (<a href="https://worldcat.org/title/244766270" target="_blank">not available in the JCLC</a>)<br />
No books have been more feared than grimoires, and no books have been more
valued and revered. In Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies
illuminates the many fascinating forms these recondite books have taken and
exactly what these books held.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Loving Literature: A Culture History</span> by Deidre Shauna Lynch (<a href="https://worldcat.org/title/878812961" target="_blank">not available in the JCLC</a>)<br />
How did it come to be that professional literary scholars are expected not just
to study, but to love literature, and to inculcate that love in
generations of students? What Lynch discovers is that books, and the
attachments we form to them, have played a vital role in the formation of
private life—that the love of literature, in other words, is deeply embedded in
the history of literature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Material Girls </span>(podcast) <a href="https://podnews.net/press-release/material-girls">https://podnews.net/press-release/material-girls</a><br />
For fans of <a href="https://www.ohwitchplease.ca/" target="_blank">Witch, Please</a> and shows like <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-culture-happy-hour" target="_blank">Pop Culture Happy Hour</a>, <a href="https://www.maintenancephase.com/" target="_blank">Maintenance Phase</a> and <a href="https://yourewrongabout.com/" target="_blank">You’re Wrong About</a>, <i>Material Girls</i> offers a fresh approach to
discussing pop culture of the past and present by asking: Why this, why now?
Why do we like what we like, and what can pop culture teach us about how the world
works?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=64fdf1c5-6ee4-54e0-85dd-493353ffbe9a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Among Others</a> by Jo Walton<br />
Startling, unusual, and yet irresistibly readable, Jo Walton's <i>Among
Others</i> is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to
escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the
great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from
ancient enchantment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a7b67358-d586-5845-ba52-3bd430a1ac6b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Uncommon Reader</a> by Alan Bennett<br />
From one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed
novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b4cb71cb-ab42-5e84-acca-5bf37294d0ed&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Thirteenth Tale</a> by Diane Setterfield<br />
Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting
stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for
herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her
extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for
so long. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22cloud%20cuckoo%20land%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Cloud Cuckoo Land</a> by Anthony Doerr<br />
The lives of a 15th century orphan, a present day octogenarian in Idaho, and a
young girl on the interstellar ship Argos are gloriously intertwined through
the pages of a mysterious book.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">A Lesson in Thorns</span> with Sierra Simone (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/a-lesson-in-thorns-sierra-simone/13606591" target="_blank">available in ebook on Hoopla</a>)<br />
When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two
things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to
find out what happened to her mother 12 years ago. It should be easy
enough-keep her head down while she works in the house’s crumbling private
library and while she hunts down any information as to why this remote manor
tucked into the fog-shrouded moors would be the last place her mother was seen
alive. But Thornchapel has other plans for her...</p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-90594766915083582102023-09-25T16:56:00.001-05:002023-09-25T16:56:30.959-05:00all the pretty horses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOllCG6RHJQq8P7ExJxWb2_kSmndPxHOBF4VznbZVa2zxVlg4iWgjssHoZFOIMusXJuvWs8GzxaDUtYcyuSWL2Wyqe4Rt-fzeNE_h9euFs2ribczd3n_2HL4bxI1iMw3Xafvgj4qzUDLO8poRFtk-LJgTPneYn6Zy9P3aDpRAbJ_u_Dr7dJ6RGf7t8fw/s3936/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3936" data-original-width="2624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOllCG6RHJQq8P7ExJxWb2_kSmndPxHOBF4VznbZVa2zxVlg4iWgjssHoZFOIMusXJuvWs8GzxaDUtYcyuSWL2Wyqe4Rt-fzeNE_h9euFs2ribczd3n_2HL4bxI1iMw3Xafvgj4qzUDLO8poRFtk-LJgTPneYn6Zy9P3aDpRAbJ_u_Dr7dJ6RGf7t8fw/s320/colin-lloyd-gDU1vWoIDGQ-unsplash.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif">Horses</span><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif"> are majestic, strong, display a broad range of emotions, and</span><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif"> they are amazingly communicative and thrive in social settings. These qualities are part of the reason why horses can develop such a strong bond with humans. These books explore that bond in various ways!</span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>NONFICTION</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Google Sans, Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a1df8c30-4ea0-5233-aa44-aa17018f7528&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America</a><br /></span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Google Sans, Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8333ad6d-d15b-52d4-bf5a-2b53d326fc99&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond</a> by Halimah Marcus<br /></span></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">A compelling and provocative essay collection that smashes stereotypes and redefines the meaning of the term “horse girl,” broadening it for women of all cultural backgrounds.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20eighty-dollar%20champion&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation</a> by Elizabeth Letts<br /></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=17f3213e-3a50-58ba-bd3a-e55fa5e88a6e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse</a> by Kim Wickens<br /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22seabiscuit:%20an%20american%20legend%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Seabiscuit: An American Legend</a> by Laura Hillenbrand<br /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">From the author of the runaway phenomenon </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Unbroken </span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f02bf8e2-a903-5603-a592-7b655acd4ed2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning</a> by Dorothy Ours<br /></span></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dorothy Ours's</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"> Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning</span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> tells the fascinating true story of one of the greatest racehorses who ever lived.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1e04cb63-2e91-588f-a280-e2ae04248f09&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race</a> by Lara Prior-Palmer<br /><span style="background-color: white;">At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty–five wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. As she boarded a plane to East Asia, she was utterly unprepared for what awaited her.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20perfect%20horse:%20the%20daring&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis</a> by Elizabeth Letts<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed the perfect military machine—an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=sgt.%20reckless&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse</a> by Robin Hutton<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">She might not have been much to look at—a small "Mongolian mare," they called her—but she came from racing stock, and had the blood of a champion. Much more than that, Reckless became a war hero—in fact, she became a combat Marine, earning staff sergeant's stripes before her retirement to Camp Pendleton. This once famous horse, recognized as late as 1997 by </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Life</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"> Magazine as one of America's greatest heroes—the greatest war horse in American history, in fact—has unfortunately now been largely forgotten.</span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20compton%20%20cowboys&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland</a> by Walter Thompson-Hernandez<br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A rising </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">New York Times</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> reporter tells the compelling story of The Compton Cowboys, a group of African-American men and women who defy stereotypes and continue the proud, centuries-old tradition of black cowboys in the heart of one of America’s most notorious cities.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7c53d31b-9c6d-5ddf-a23a-45835be207ad&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race </a>by Richard Askwith<br />A story of endurance and defiance in an age of prejudice and fear—featuring a courageous countess who defied the Nazis in a legendary horse race.</span></span></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=93c6d380-b3a3-5ac4-8372-7f909d9623a8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Cold Who Conquered the Sport of Kings</a> by Linda Carroll<br />The propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">FICTION</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=962b9473-f24d-5001-8f14-ce8c7ed85a86&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Horse</a> by Geraldine Brooks<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=538822cd-064e-5a58-a907-193975be41fc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Horse Whisperer</a> by Nicholas Evans<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">His name is Tom Booker. His voice can calm wild horses, his touch can heal broken spirits. And Annie Graves has traveled across a continent to the Booker ranch in Montana, desperate to heal her injured daughter, the girl’s savage horse, and her own wounded heart. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=87da02f0-690a-5ac6-86f0-dadff650f2ae&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Mare</a> by Mary Gaitskill<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">The timeless story of a girl and a horse is joined with the story of people from different races and socioeconomic backgrounds trying to meet one another honestly. It is a novel that is raw, striking, and completely original.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=43a281f8-f817-5d41-a4b1-077d2e62b6d9&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Dark Horse</a> by Tami Hoag<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">In the glamorous world of horse shows stalks a killer who will lead undercover sherrif's detective Elena Estes down a dark, twisted trail of decadence and deceit, mayhem and murder--from the gilded life of Palm Beach to the darkest corners of the Florida swamps, to a final show-down that could cost her everything. A race against time and evil. A race in which Estes is the dark horse--and no one is betting on her to win.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=98f2b0ad-ae76-5079-b413-28adc4b3636a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cowboy and the Cossack</a> by Clair Huffaker<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Fifteen Montana cowboys sail into Vladivostok with a herd of five hundred longhorns, ready to cross a thousand miles of Siberian wilderness. When a band of Cossacks, Russia’s elite horsemen and warriors, shows up to escort these rough and ready Americans to their destination, the clash of cultures begins.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=24362db8-d04e-5149-a671-20aa96ccaf53&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Mercury</a> by Margot Livesey<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury—a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past—arrives at Windy Hill and everything changes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a87b9f7d-4bd0-5dd7-9b72-c607f8fc5104&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">All the Pretty Horses</a> by Cormac McCarthy<br /></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">All the Pretty Horses </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=31440eba-49ab-5223-8122-dd52880ce221&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Work of Wolves</a> by Kent Meyers<br />When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson—now a skilled and respected horse trainer—grudgingly agrees to train Magnus’s horses and teach his wife to ride. But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher’s wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=910a823d-be36-582c-9945-fac631e4b32b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Dark Horses</a> by Susan Mihalic<br />Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect of her life, ruthlessly focusing on her ambitions as a rider heading for the Olympics, just as her father had done. However, her developing relationship with Will Howard, a boy her own age, broadens the scope of her vision.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8dba8da6-7ed6-544a-a988-e95e52f3961f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Kept Animals</a> by Kate Milliken<br />A bold, riveting debut novel of desire, betrayal, and loss, centering on three teenage girls, a horse ranch, and the accident that changes everything.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=379ef360-b0ce-5644-abbe-4d85fcdbbb8a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Horse Dancer</a> by Jojo Moyes<br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">From the </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">New York Times </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">bestselling author of </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">The Giver of Stars </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">and the forthcoming </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">Someone Else's Shoes,</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> a novel about a lost girl and her horse, the enduring strength of friendship, and how even the smallest choices can change everything.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=49065fd8-fd5c-578e-8330-f660d799f968&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Coal Black Horse</a> by Robert Olmstead<br />When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety—blue on one side, gray on the other— Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery, and self-possession.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=06f046f3-2913-54cb-8a55-3d05ac708f54&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Horsewoman</a> by James Patterson<br />This "hugely entertaining, riveting page-turner" (Louise Penny) follows the complicated relationship between mother and daughter as they face off in the Olympics—and into a ride they can barely control.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=efc80d77-004a-5242-9b34-626f41eadc40&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">True Betrayals</a> by Nora Roberts<br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">#1</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;"> New York Times</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a thrilling story of family secrets and unexpected passions, set against the high-stakes world of championship thoroughbred racing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4dc45d40-6f26-5680-bdc0-383bffc44221&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Horse Heaven</a> by Jane Smiley<br />The strange, compelling, sparkling, and mysterious universe of horse racing that has fascinated generations of punters and robber barons, horse-lovers and wits, has never before been depicted with such verve and originality, such tenderness, such clarity, and, above all, such sheer exuberance.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eef9a4ab-40bc-506a-bb4c-e3c5ebf77d14&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Perestroika in Paris</a> by Jane Smiley<br />How long can a runaway horse stay undiscovered in Paris? How long can a boy keep her hidden and all to himself? Jane Smiley's beguiling new novel is itself an adventure that celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all creatures for true love and freedom.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2fabe84e-4c68-51a9-8476-751aaed3e10b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Red Pony</a> by John Steinbeck<br />Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7f2e7f10-e3f4-5221-9f8d-81eecf7a4782&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Hero and the Crown</a> by Robin McKinley<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Although she is the daughter of Damar's king, Aerin has never been accepted as full royalty. Both in and out of the royal court, people whisper the story of her mother, the witchwoman, who was said to have enspelled the king into marrying her to get an heir to rule Damar-then died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son. But none of them, not even Aerin herself, can predict her future-for she is to be the true hero who will wield the power of the Blue Sword.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Photo</span> by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@onthesearchforpineapples?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Colin Lloyd</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/gDU1vWoIDGQ?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-24723866047402041262023-09-12T13:29:00.000-05:002023-09-12T13:29:18.496-05:00Constitution Week<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BLBKMdZW-hotSziZiY-uw2aoLvnsS7GZ3Pnp40c0ELj4--GJMvuWEKFW_5RJswvdDG4fvgXJ_0_TYA3pjSHTeAn_OUwlwAnQOgnce_SrMkLH0LfpNHLkaCq10v_SoFlBx4RKthor6fCGe1dQ000twftiCuJH-JibP3s-7VMLjwJKnYcNS-4SgUYu1aw/s975/We%20the%20people.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="975" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BLBKMdZW-hotSziZiY-uw2aoLvnsS7GZ3Pnp40c0ELj4--GJMvuWEKFW_5RJswvdDG4fvgXJ_0_TYA3pjSHTeAn_OUwlwAnQOgnce_SrMkLH0LfpNHLkaCq10v_SoFlBx4RKthor6fCGe1dQ000twftiCuJH-JibP3s-7VMLjwJKnYcNS-4SgUYu1aw/s320/We%20the%20people.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Join the nationwide celebration of Constitution Week September 17-23, 2023! Visit the <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations" target="_blank">Constitution Week reading list</a> on the O'Neal Library Shelf Care wepage.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.dar.org/national-society/education/constitution-week" target="_blank">Daughtersof the American Revolution website</a> describes Constitution Week: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The United States Constitution, America’s most important
document, stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history
to maintain their liberties, freedoms, and inalienable rights. In 1955, DAR
petitioned Congress to set aside one week annually to be dedicated for the
observance of Constitution Week to commemorate its history, im<br />portance, and
bring attention to how it serves its citizens. The resolution was later adopted
by the U.S. Congress and signed into public law on August 2, 1956, by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. Constitution Week is celebrated annually during the week
of September 17-23.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Inquire about membership in <a href="https://alabamasocietydar.org/" target="_blank">your local Alabama chapter</a> of the Daughters of the American Revolution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FURTHER READING<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See a <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript" target="_blank">transcription of the Constitution</a> as it was
inscribed by Jacob Shallus on parchment (the document on display in <a href="https://museum.archives.gov/founding-documents" target="_blank">the Rotunda at theNational Archives Museum</a>.) The spelling and punctuation reflect the
original.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">View a <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/constitution-101-course" target="_blank">video course on understanding the US Constitution</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harvard Law Professor of Practice <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/today/brilliant-and-highly-flawed/" target="_blank">Alan Jenkins discusses the U.S. Constitution</a> and its treatment of race, how to guarantee fundamental rights,
and why lawyers should be better communicators. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">Leer la
Constitución de los Estados Unidos <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2019668244/ " target="_blank">en español</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><br /></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-79415386594426397682023-08-31T11:31:00.003-05:002023-09-01T10:51:02.058-05:00reading earth<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ybO53JMYOreocTSzSagG58sEXKj05hbc6leoOnMI7d9rbMUQ2vfoqlshqADBdQLAj-2s7Jg7W52g8Gj2PjoXRCNbQ920uFKu1OuhYXtAjOe0VR2KQKLoYa1VXuhtUSbXuFGRg9lN96DMl_Hv29zFhfRdzVtfSHMKsn7cLr-93pU2H2ST2RjJcvjmigU/s1824/an-immense-world.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1200" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ybO53JMYOreocTSzSagG58sEXKj05hbc6leoOnMI7d9rbMUQ2vfoqlshqADBdQLAj-2s7Jg7W52g8Gj2PjoXRCNbQ920uFKu1OuhYXtAjOe0VR2KQKLoYa1VXuhtUSbXuFGRg9lN96DMl_Hv29zFhfRdzVtfSHMKsn7cLr-93pU2H2ST2RjJcvjmigU/w151-h229/an-immense-world.jpg" width="151" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) discussion group will be Tuesday,
September 26th at 6:30pm at the LEVITE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER at 3960 Montclair
Road, Birmingham, AL 35213.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Registration
(no library card required, skip that step!) is available here: <a href="https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/6648598" target="_blank">https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/6648598</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The topic up for discussion will be books, libraries, bookstores,
and the like and there is a list of suggestions on our Shelf Care site,
accessible here (scroll down to the purplish banner midway down): <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations" target="_blank">https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week, BAB met to chat about ecology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a look!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e7993784-0677-5036-b43e-638a8aa801e8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature That Just Might Save Us All</a> by Douglas Chadwick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book is a reflection on man’s rightful place in the
ecological universe. Using personal stories, recounting how he came to love and
depend on the Great Outdoors and how he learned his place in the system of
Nature, Chadwick challenges anyone to consider whether they are separate from
or part of nature. The answer is obvious, that we are an indivisible from all
elements of a system that is greater than ourselves and should never be
neglected, taken advantage of, or exploited. This is a fresh and engaging take
on man’s relationship to nature by a respected and experienced author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fa8b4e66-f7c1-5886-b5f9-1b37153fb246&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The World Without Us</a> by Alan Weisman (multiple group members loved this title)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth,
what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures
would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures--our
tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments--survive the unmitigated impact
of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account,
Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental
assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of humankind's place
on this planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22braiding%20sweetgrass%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants</a> by Robin Wall Kimmerer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask
questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our
oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses
of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as
it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise”
(Elizabeth Gilbert).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a2101fcc-100c-58b9-8047-fdbb8f5d42fd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Terraformers</a> by Annalee Newitz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to
our future, <i>The Terraformers</i> will take you on a journey spanning
thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find
us wherever we make our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e5b3f8cc-df9d-5da5-a6dc-c449b867cfa4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains</a> by Bethany Brookshire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain
animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what
this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our
place in the natural world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20secret%20wisdom%20of%20nature%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things</a> by Peter Wohlleben, translated by
Jane Billinghurst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In <i>The Secret Wisdom of Nature</i>, master storyteller and
international sensation Peter Wohlleben takes readers on a thought-provoking
exploration of the vast natural systems that make life on Earth possible. By
introducing us to the latest scientific discoveries and recounting his own
insights from decades of observing nature, one of the world’s most famous
foresters shows us how to recapture our sense of awe so we can see the world
around us with completely new eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=921d9d9e-2d8c-5bf2-942a-bee0a45a0a6e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us</a> by Ed Yong <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(multiple group members loved this title)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The
Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive
the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by
Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/02/17/1157872471/the-human-sensory-experience-is-limited-journey-into-the-world-that-animals-know" target="_blank">Listen to Ed Yong's February 2023 NPR Fresh Air interview</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ae83bf0b-2c59-5d78-8ba5-07d1856a4eb4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World</a> by David Abram (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11903263" target="_blank">also available in eaudio on the Hoopla app</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In <i>The Spell of the Sensuous</i> David Abram draws on
sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism,
Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand
of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural
environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual
foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and
cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his
arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall
such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=68cf5e62-14df-51f8-8e21-5dc22550ea7d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Remarkably Bright Creatures</a> by Shelby Van Pelt (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=remarkably+bright+creatures&artistName=shelby+van+pelt" target="_blank">ebook and eaudio available on the Hoopla app</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the
night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Tova
becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living
at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t
dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a
remarkable friendship with Tova.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=83cb6ebf-9bd1-5d07-8468-7a15b28477f3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating</a> by Elizabeth Tova Bailey (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15239021" target="_blank">ebook also available on the Hoopla app</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating</i> is a remarkable journey of
survival and resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world can
illuminate our own human existence, while providing an appreciation of what it
means to be fully alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3e800b4b-c2a6-11ea-97d5-6d4a881d610b&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Silent Spring</a> by Rachel Carson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, <i>Silent Spring</i>
alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of
indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws
affecting our air, land, and water. “<i>Silent Spring</i> became a runaway
bestseller, with international reverberations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=97654b37-c1e0-5ea5-aac5-571d2b6b7ff7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean</a> by Susan
Casey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Susan Casey is our premiere chronicler of the aquatic world.
For <i>The Underworld</i> she traversed the globe, joining scientists and
explorers on dives to the deepest places on the planet, interviewing the marine
geologists, marine biologists, and oceanographers who are searching for
knowledge in this vast unseen realm. <br /><br />
Her other books include:<br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=24bd5869-e13d-5be5-b1a6-24ef031c4dad&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean</a><br /><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c5aa3339-8412-5abc-9b7b-4f5242528746&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks</a><br /><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5c4a2291-9a41-5647-a2c2-b6754c36290c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-9420096096657450562023-08-04T09:45:00.000-05:002023-08-04T09:45:07.351-05:00Booker Prize longlist<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Booker Prize, first awarded in 1969, recognizes the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The 2023 prize considers books published between October 1st 2022 and September 30th 2023. They have just announced their 13-book longlist. The 6-book shortlist will come out September 21st, with the winner announced November 26th. The winner will receive a £50,000 prize.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-69ca3a93-7fff-b81b-ff6e-7f95205d9bd2"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This year’s judges are Mary Jean Chan, James Shapiro, Esi Edugyan, Robert Webb and Adjoa Andoh. They considered 163 books before narrowing it down to these 13. Esi Edugyan, chair of the Booker Prize 2023 judges, said, “The list is defined by its freshness – by the irreverence of new voices, by the iconoclasm of established ones. All 13 novels cast new light on what it means to exist in our time, and they do so in original and thrilling ways. Their range is vast, both in subject and form: they shocked us, made us laugh, filled us with anguish, but above all they stayed with us. This is a list to excite, challenge, delight, a list to bring wonder. The novels are small revolutions, each seeking to energise and awaken the language. Together – whether historical or contemporary – they offer startling portraits of the current.”</span></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">BOOK PRIZE 2023 LONGLIST</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>The House of Doors</i> by <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d993d6cb-c29d-11ea-a32c-3326b104df28&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Tan Twan Eng</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5c5eeea4-a7ca-59d9-a2e6-528f8e1e008b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Bee Sting</a> by Paul Murray</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=965ca9ed-4289-5364-8f86-5e467ba7e104&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Western Lane</a> by Chetna Maroo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>In Ascension</i> by <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/in-ascension" target="_blank">Martin MacInnes</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Prophet Song</i> by <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f3c8af21-c2a1-11ea-a32c-55392a7c7cc6&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Paul Lynch</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>All the Little Bird-Hearts</i> by <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/all-the-little-bird-hearts" target="_blank">Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Pearl</i> by <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/pearl" target="_blank">Siân Hughes</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5f028672-90e8-5c64-aae1-e73b87450432&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">This Other Eden</a> by Paul Harding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>How to Build a Boat</i> by <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/how-to-build-a-boat" target="_blank">Elaine Feeney</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2bb1d3b1-d305-5919-94d4-bff11f564bc5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">If I Survive You</a> by Jonathan Escoffery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Study for Obedience</i> by <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/study-for-obedience" target="_blank">Sarah Bernstein</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7a7ac17e-5177-50ab-b44b-2eec68301169&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Old God’s Time</a> by Sebastian Barry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=be89ff01-8e84-51ea-93a3-6308b8ab6a92&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Spell of Good Things</a> by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Check out more about the longlist at <a href="https://thebookerprizes.com/" target="_blank">The Booker Prize website</a>.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-53695316262953551292023-07-19T13:14:00.000-05:002023-07-19T13:14:07.777-05:00great reads<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1vMIzjwoHcpQ8JCJMnKO6tvNSZpCmj6M07y1tH4Wf_FQOaOF_xi-lpPTpyik8B7hyHySx1h2TgrwkLua8mC2xfG5SljbSBa18h9SYxPUyGNrkkXxrx7bIXPchArw_UR4n3Y4KvouL3Kfjv5OT1WKtr8N6hirfDDQP9CzXxxpzBLynuHVJh9yv5zp4js/s4933/alejandro-barba-rj9TiGkLRN8-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3289" data-original-width="4933" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1vMIzjwoHcpQ8JCJMnKO6tvNSZpCmj6M07y1tH4Wf_FQOaOF_xi-lpPTpyik8B7hyHySx1h2TgrwkLua8mC2xfG5SljbSBa18h9SYxPUyGNrkkXxrx7bIXPchArw_UR4n3Y4KvouL3Kfjv5OT1WKtr8N6hirfDDQP9CzXxxpzBLynuHVJh9yv5zp4js/w368-h246/alejandro-barba-rj9TiGkLRN8-unsplash.jpg" width="368" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next Books & Beyond meeting is on Tuesday, August
29th at 6:30pm and will likely be Zoom-only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6648597" target="_blank">Click here to register</a> to receive a Zoom link the morning of the meeting. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The topic up for discussion is ecology and, if you need some
inspiration, <a href="https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations" target="_blank">there are some suggestions on the Shelf Care page of our website</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=97b5c314-f2e6-57c4-8517-3a93a8e52d31&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder</a> by Susan Wels<br />Fast read about a religious sex cult in upstate New
York in the 1800s, the Oneidas. Fascinating nonfiction read. It explores how
the members of this cult intersected with American society in the 1800s,
ultimately leading to the assassination of President Garfield.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c6c4915b-0cf7-53fd-aed9-4bf4931bcc61&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Middlegame</a> by Seannan McGuire<br />Alchemy and science meet in this trippy fantasy about twins
separated at birth in America and how they reunite to destroy the evil
machinations of the alchemists that separated them and become masters of
reality. The boy is a master of language, the girl is a master of math. The
plot line is complicated and winding. Be prepared for a lot of horror elements,
death and destruction!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3a3a6d48-3c7d-5cf5-98b6-25d7d4e9206d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lake Silence</a> by Anne Bishop<br />This story exists in a parallel universe where monsters
(the Others - vampires, shape-shifters, and other deadlier creatures)
control the world and humans are merely prey. As part of her divorce, Vicki
DeVine owns a rustic lodge on some property along Lake Silence. She with her
shape-shifting lodger become involved with a mystery that threatens to disturb
the balance between the Others and the humans, with deadly consequences.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Hidden Species</i> paranormal romance series by Louisa
Masters<br />If you like to read (or listen to) monstrous creatures
delighting in carnal activities, then this series is for you. It's also got
great characters and a good action adventure plot line that makes them very
fast reads.<br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=aa182c19-a921-565e-8f3e-dc778f5c3655&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Demons Do It Better</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ad78db9f-13ef-5996-8a69-872afc6314ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One Bite with a Vampire</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7942d34b-a8d9-5350-873a-e9da9d9f0cf5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Hijinks with a Hellhound</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0ec5091e-0f2b-5ae9-8e80-ee493fde0f9d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sorcerers Always Satisfy</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ede0b171-3cd7-553a-8674-1d6083e66ccb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Burnt Offerings</a> by Robert Marasco<br />In 1970s Long Island, New York, the Rolffs are staying in a
mysterious mansion for the summer. What could go wrong?! The wife spends her
days obsessing over cleaning the house. The husband begins turning into a
brute. Their once, spry elderly aunt begins to become more confused. And let’s
not forget to mention that, as part of their rental agreement, the family must
give food to the elderly matriarch of the owners 3 times a day on the top floor
of the house. The house is strange and creepy. It makes strange thumping
noises. Creepy house, changes in personality, mysterious circumstances abound
in this supernatural horror book. Look for the movie, too. Bette Davis plays
the aunt.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ab092346-693f-5ed0-9d86-6d0c98dfa661&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Harvest Home</a> by Thomas Tryon<br />In 1970s, the Constantines move from New York to an isolated
village in Connecticut named Cornwall Coombe. The Constantines love the quaint,
natural, and friendly villagers. However, strange customs and circumstances
start happening around them. Think of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20wicker%20man&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Wicker Man</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=midsommar&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Midsommar</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDZfuvzBQ9k" target="_blank">There is also a mini-series starring Bette Davis</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7816be4e-4d41-5d64-887e-b68018403f81&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Other</a> by Thomas Tryon<br />Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old
twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but
they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, while Niles
is kind and eager to please. The extended clan has gathered at its ancestral
farm to mourn the death of the twins’ father in a most unfortunate accident.
Mrs. Perry still hasn’t recovered from the shock of her husband’s gruesome end
and stays sequestered in her room, leaving her sons to roam free. As the summer
goes on, though, and Holland’s pranks become increasingly sinister, Niles finds
he can no longer make excuses for his brother’s actions.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/04/the-double-flame-octavio-paz-love/" target="_blank">The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism</a> by Octavio Paz,
translated by Helen Lane<br />In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate
connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages.
Rich in scope, <i>The Double Flame</i> examines everything from taboo to repression,
Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.writingroutines.com/seven-lessons-ralph-keyes/" target="_blank">The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear</a> by Ralph
Keyes<br />In <i>The Courage to Write</i>, Ralph Keyes, an author who has
taught writing for more than thirty years, assures us that anxiety is felt by
writers at every level, especially when they dare to do their best. Keyes
also offers specifics on how to root out dread of public
"performance" and of the judgment of family and friends, make the
best use of writers' workshops and conferences, and handle criticism of works
in progress. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178794987-minx" target="_blank">Minx</a> by Sophie Lark<br />Ramses Howell is a self-made man. He’s proven he can
get what he wants, and from the moment Blake Abbot catches his eye, she becomes
his top priority. Blake wonders what took Ramses so long — she knew who he was
years before. They strike a deal to play a very specific game. Ramses created
the game for Blake, but she adds rules that Ramses has no intention of
following. As fantasy invades reality, the arrangement consumes them both. Blake
and Ramses cross lines they swore they never would, and each begins to question
what they thought they always wanted.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham.
The series comprises 12 novels and spans the 18th and 19th centuries. Ross
Poldark is a British Army officer who returns to his home in Cornwall from the Revolutionary
War in America to a family that believed him dead.<br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22ross%20poldark%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Ross Poldark</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22demelza%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Demelza</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22jeremy%20poldark%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Jeremy Poldark</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22warleggan%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Warleggan</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20black%20moon%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Black Moon</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20four%20swans%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Four Swans</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20angry%20tide%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Angry Tide</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20stranger%20from%20the%20sea%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Stranger from the Sea</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20miller%27s%20dance%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Miller’s Dance</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20loving%20cup%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Loving Cup</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20twisted%20sword%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Twisted Sword</a><br /><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22bella%20poldark%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Bella Poldark</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=067970f2-ecd3-57ac-9bf1-bbecdcc35439&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Grant</a> by Ron Chernow<br />Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping
and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents,
Ulysses S. Grant.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22blood%20meridian%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Blood Meridian</a> by Cormac McCarthy<br />Based on historical events that took place on the
Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes
of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish
world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is
thriving.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e6e42188-82ad-5793-bfcc-7ffed5a4f8b4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lessons in Chemistry</a> by Bonnie Garmus<br />Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly
self-assured and immune to social convention” (<i>The Washington Post</i>) in 1960s
California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star
of a beloved TV cooking show.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1e011cc0-025f-5499-9b53-f649b38bea56&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War</a> by
James McPherson<br />McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250
private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most
literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was
the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left
for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also
uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism
and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between
officers and men, political debates, and morale. <i>For Cause and Comrades</i> lets
these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account
that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c79b44c7-18fa-5717-9af4-38857d89582e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle</a>
by Jon Meacham<br />Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham
chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted
secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the
possibilities of America.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each season, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/slow-burn" target="_blank">the Slow Burn podcast</a> takes a deep dive into a
different event:<br />Season 1: Watergate (8 episodes)<br />Season 2: Clinton–Lewinsky scandal (8 episodes)<br />Season 3: Biggie and Tupac (9 episodes)<br />Season 4: David Duke (6 episodes)<br />Season 5: The Road to the Iraq War (8 episodes)<br />Season 6: The L.A. Riots (8 episodes)<br />Season 7: Roe v. Wade (4 episodes)<br />Season 8: Clarence Thomas (4 episodes)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/one-year" target="_blank">One Year podcast</a> explores the people and struggles that
changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a
story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were
the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more?
And how does the nation’s past shape our present?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fcb32530-550b-5a5a-8177-f04737ba75e8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to TakeOver America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them</a> by Timothy Egan<br />A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book
Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power
in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who
stopped them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://youtu.be/PIOnrEujKl8" target="_blank">Mrs. Davis</a> is a science fiction comedy drama limited series
spanning 8 episodes, exclusively streaming via <a href="https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/mrs-davis" target="_blank">Peacock TV</a>. Sister Simone
partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley on a globe-spanning journey to destroy
Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2615556-the-boyds-of-black-river" target="_blank">The Boyds of Black River</a> by Walter D. Edmunds<br />There was always something going on in the rambling old
mansion that housed the big Boyd family. The Boyds were country genre in the
old sense, and they lived to the hilt, as gentry could at the turn of the
century, on a prosperous, sprawling farm in upstate New York. It was a good
life, overflowing with excitement, humor, good food and good drink, the smell
of autumn leaves, the silence of deep snowdrifts, the clatter of the barnyard -
all the million activities of country life at its fullest and best.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4cceb0ee-7a6e-51e8-b6d4-40a9744c5688&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Reckless Girls</a> by Rachel Hawkins<br />Six stunning twentysomethings are about to embark on a
blissful, free-spirited journey―one filled with sun-drenched days and
intoxicating nights. But as it becomes clear that the group is even more cut
off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the
island itself is closing in, sending them on a dangerous spiral of discovery.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=921d9d9e-2d8c-5bf2-942a-bee0a45a0a6e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us</a> by Ed Yong<br />The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and
vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of
animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble,
perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In <i>An Immense World</i>, Ed
Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive
the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that
surround us. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d4cd8b42-947b-51e6-8650-9bb1c9940904&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder</a> by David Grann<br />From the author of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45d4d479-ac35-5969-96c7-261cbec48fbc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>, a
page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court
martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the
deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only
the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@albrb?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Alejandro Barba</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/book-club?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash<br /></a><br /></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-58228492364426685972023-07-07T15:59:00.000-05:002023-07-07T15:59:13.428-05:00July is Disability Pride Month<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9TGEiXlpfsoRggiJl1SsifdDHvVbGQ1ocnt--8qulP5DjSdWKbbYZpSMPx0iCkM4TIGJOqGu8UWVnyefszikGWVcOWXJgKwMTjvz_4Ubtf1XXX3JPLN1P-yxhy0pMlPxIYeBOOzttVwsdhcaGvExpJ-8zBEYdF8mCbHDR3jJ32QuHaQh9laCiHD903c/s1280/1657193626488.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9TGEiXlpfsoRggiJl1SsifdDHvVbGQ1ocnt--8qulP5DjSdWKbbYZpSMPx0iCkM4TIGJOqGu8UWVnyefszikGWVcOWXJgKwMTjvz_4Ubtf1XXX3JPLN1P-yxhy0pMlPxIYeBOOzttVwsdhcaGvExpJ-8zBEYdF8mCbHDR3jJ32QuHaQh9laCiHD903c/w239-h134/1657193626488.png" width="239" /></a></div>Disability is a part of the rich tapestry of human
diversity, and something that nearly all of us will experience at some point in
our lives, yet people with disabilities have been marginalized and
misunderstood for generations. Disability Pride Month is celebrated every
July and is an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and
struggles of the disability community. Why July? It marks the anniversary
of the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark legislation that broke down
barriers to inclusion in society. But barriers still exist, which is why we
need to honor every kind of disability, the people who identify with them, and
the wide range of supports they need to thrive. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">nonfiction</span><o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a0e134a4-aac4-5004-9e7c-ce86637ad6cd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally</a> by Emily Ladau<br />An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally
to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and
what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more inclusive
place.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=dd323625-5e49-5092-aeac-b8d2246209e2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World</a> by Ben
Mattlin<br />An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community
as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have
evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1f79de03-e4fc-513e-96e8-853daa46e865&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up</a> by Selma Blair<br />Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting
memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant
and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal
violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and,
finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eb8b8bf5-827a-5cca-b603-afeea91417d6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride</a> by Nadina Laspina<br />Written as continuous narrative and in a subtle and intimate
voice, Such a Pretty Girl is a memoir as captivating as a novel. It is one of
the few disability memoirs to focus on activism, and one of the first by an
immigrant.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a2afb8fd-92ed-5e4f-bbb2-02570d5df2de&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Crip Up the Kitchen: Tools, Tips, and Recipes for the Disabled Cook</a> by Jules Sherred<br />A comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the
economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45993a34-4cf7-5c2a-b5e5-3658bd9cdebd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure</a> by Eli Clare<br /><i>Brilliant Imperfection</i> reveals cure to be an ideology
grounded in the twin notions of normal and natural, slippery and
powerful, necessary and damaging all at the same time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2e2b7823-325c-53f7-bc09-aa3db72ba893&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body</a> by Rebekah Taussig<br />A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of
the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of
memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves
differently than most.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Sick%20:%20a%20memoir&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Sick: A Memoir</a> by Porochista Khakpour<br />A powerful, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness,
misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fc521736-3e60-5a6e-986d-2a009340245e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays</a> by Esme Weijun Wang<br />An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and
directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic
illness, <i>The Collected Schizophrenias</i> cuts right to the core. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22ten%20steps%20to%20nanette%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation</a> by Hannah Gadsby<br />Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with their
show <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611" target="_blank">Nanette</a>. Now they take us through the defining moments in their life
and their powerful decision to tell the truth—no matter the cost.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4264063e-87dc-50f4-a33a-9212f1a468e5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space</a> by
Amanda Leduc<br />Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when
you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is
mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45af0534-fa31-5087-b120-4190754a76a0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness, Lessonsfrom a Body in Revolt</a> by Tessa Miller<br /><i>What Doesn’t Kill You</i> is the riveting account of a
young journalist’s awakening to chronic illness, weaving together personal
story and reporting to shed light on living with an ailment forever.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d15447f0-822c-555a-aafc-5f4becc976c9&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability RightsActivists</a> by Judith Heumann<br />One of the most influential disability rights activists in
US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an
education, have a job, and just be human.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0a2b859c-c17b-59c3-9eb7-cba863d44870&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Disability History of the United States</a> by Kim Nielsen<br />Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the
present, this is the first book
to place the experiences of disabled people at the center of the American
narrative.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=06215521-6c39-557e-a322-6755c6caf1b9&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s</a> by John Robison<br />A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving,
darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding
guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. It’s a strange, sly,
indelible account—sometimes alien yet always deeply human.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eb0f974d-7f87-57fc-b73d-78944b978c6c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma</a> by Bessel van der Kolk<br />A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s foremost
experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a5cc2f72-6e86-5104-818a-b4cbe13ebb98&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law</a> by
Haben Girma<br />The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first
Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from
isolation to the world stage.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e276d8f9-69e9-52a4-9f29-463b5f657681&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Golem Girl: A Memoir</a> by Riva Lehrer<br />The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist
born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society
afraid of strange bodies.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1150b606-03c5-5546-b75c-57062108d5ac&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism</a> by Elsa
Sjunneson<br />A Deafblind writer and professor explores how the
misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the
disabled community and everyone else.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=fc56b616-1bb6-5e27-8605-3dcd50eb1092&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life</a> by Alice Wong<br />This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's
journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for
disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility
Project.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">fiction</span><o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=21a06dac-05e8-5679-b478-cec306cf7bb8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Always Only You</a> by Chloe Liese<br />Get ready for an emotional ride filled with laughter,
longing, and a sweet slow-burn in this sports romance about love’s power not in
spite of difference, but because of it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=13219af6-fdea-52f2-b9ec-e77175dea4a4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One Two Three</a> by Laurie Frankel<br />Laurie Frankel has written a
laugh-out-loud-on-one-page-grab-a-tissue-the-next novel, as only she can, about
how expanding our notions of normal makes the world a better place for everyone
and how when days are darkest, it’s our daughters who will save us all.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22get%20a%20life,%20chloe%20brown%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Get a Life, Chloe Brown</a> by Talia Hibbert<br />A witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who’s tired
of being “boring” and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbor to help her
experience new things—perfect for fans of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cefa289d-c2a3-11ea-a32c-03e04b4bfb1f&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Sally Thorne</a>, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=20146b29-c2a6-11ea-97d5-09a9170d075f&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Jasmine Guillory</a>, and
<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=03c0fb92-c2a6-11ea-a32c-d50ef09a59a1&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Helen Hoang</a>!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9a1b38f3-a4f3-5d7d-96d6-1398d4ce3d4c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">True Biz</a> by Sara Novic<br />This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability
and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all,
great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and
relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a
universal celebration of human connection.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=919e330e-d768-572e-b111-1d2c07b26750&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Accidents of Nature</a> by Harriet McBryde Johnson<br />It's the summer of 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean has
cerebral palsy, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else.
She's never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp
Courage. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes
to question her old beliefs and look at the world in a new light. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22good%20kings%20bad%20kings%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Good Kings Bad Kings</a> by Susan Nussbaum<br /><i>Good Kings Bad Kings</i> challenges our definitions of what
it means to be disabled in a story told with remarkable authenticity and in
voices that resound with humor and spirit.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">TEENS</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7a7a48f9-313b-518a-b91b-0c7917926f5d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me</a> by Keah Brown<br />From the disability rights advocate and creator of the
#DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming
collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a
mostly able-bodied white America.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f7b71787-55e4-5251-af0b-638b736cce1a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today, Adapted for Young Adults</a> by Alice Wong<br />The accounts in this collection ask readers to think about
disabled people not as individuals who need to be “fixed,” but as members of a
community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse
perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations. It is
essential reading for all.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a7514d75-2786-5133-a305-ae9dfec796bf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome</a> by
Ariel Henley<br />At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and
Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in
the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Unbroken%20:%2013%20stories%20starring%20disabled%20teens&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens</a> by Marieke
Nijkamp<br />This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told
from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With
stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and
more, <i>Unbroken</i> will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the
lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=05cb3603-0e72-5e8a-a659-15daf7f08c0c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Love from A to Z</a> by S.K. Ali<br />From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an
unforgettable romance that is The Sun Is Also a Star meets Anna
and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break
trip.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6de15087-4875-586a-8962-a3b267e4a932&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Curse So Dark and Lonely</a> by Brigid Kemmerer<br />In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of <i>Beauty and the
Beast</i>, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance
perfect for fans of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=09ced162-c2a6-11ea-a32c-8f4677a9453e&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Marissa Meyer</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f3f4f42f-6044-558a-9df6-31472a48b910&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Blindsided</a> by Priscilla Cummings<br />Fourteen-year-old Natalie O'Reilly's world is turned upside
down with the news that she will soon go blind and must now attend a school for
the blind to learn Braille and how to use a cane. As Natalie tackles the skills
that will help her to survive in a sighted world, she inwardly hopes for a
miracle that will save her sight. But will that miracle come, or will she need
to learn to embrace her new life?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d05589db-2cee-58be-bc94-72d58915bf3c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Silence Between Us</a> by Alison Gervais<br />Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing
school for the first time. As if that wasn’t hard enough, she also has to
adjust to the hearing culture, which she finds frustrating. As Maya looks past
graduation and focuses on her future dreams, nothing, not even an unexpected
romance, will derail her pursuits or cause her to question her own self worth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4cf01f58-11c3-53be-a8c0-851eaeb11ae2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Meet Me in Outer Space</a> by Melinda Grace<br />Smart and unflinching, this #OwnVoices debut contemporary
novel stars an ambitious college student who refuses to be defined by her
central auditory processing disorder.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c11ee03c-8c8b-500f-8dcc-edaaa00111fd&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Run</a> by Kody Keplinger<br />Bo Dickinson is a girl with a wild reputation, a deadbeat
dad, and a mama who's not exactly sober most of the time. Agnes Atwood has
never gone on a date, never even stayed out past ten, and never broken any of
her parents' overbearing rules. Rules that are meant to protect their legally
blind daughter. So when Bo shows up in the middle of the night, with police
sirens wailing in the distance, desperate to get out of town, Agnes doesn't
hesitate to take off with her. But running away and not getting caught will
require stealing a car, tracking down Bo's dad, staying ahead of the
authorities, and-worst of all-confronting some ugly secrets. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=32e48433-76cc-5ffa-9ea5-18326a5f4f60&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">All the Right Reasons</a> by Bethany Mangle<br /><i>The Bachelor</i> meets <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=gilmore%20girls&searchType=title&pageSize=10&materialTypeIds=g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls</a> in this
laugh-out-loud young adult romance about a girl who joins her mother on a
reality dating show for single parents—only to fall for a contestant’s son.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ce99de33-0756-5b79-bacd-6bcbc55c37b6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One for All</a> by Lillie Lainoff<br /><i>One for All</i> is a gender-bent retelling of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20three%20musketeers%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Three Musketeers</a>, in which a girl with a chronic illness trains as a
Musketeer and uncovers secrets, sisterhood, and self-love.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cd158f19-1b4d-58bc-b4de-c093fcb4a285&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Magonia</a> by Maria Headley<br />Neil Gaiman’s <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=stardust%20gaiman&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Stardust</a> meets John Green’s <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=the%20fault%20in%20our%20stars&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Fault in Our Stars</a> in this New York Times bestselling story
about a girl caught between two worlds, two races, and two destinies.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a5dc95ad-b056-5eb8-92c1-22deb5373874&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Cursed</a> by Karol Silverstein<br />Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, this debut
novel thoughtfully and
humorously depicts teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with a recent chronic illness
diagnosis.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1c17289c-f7c6-5aa2-b303-e0eb34c57d66&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Taxonomy of Love</a> by Rachael Allen<br />The moment Spencer meets Hope the summer before seventh
grade, it’s . . . something at first sight. He knows she’s special, possibly
even magical. The pair become fast friends, climbing trees and planning world
travels. After years of being outshone by his older brother and teased because
of his Tourette syndrome, Spencer finally feels like he belongs. But as Hope
and Spencer get older and life gets messier, the clear label of “friend” gets
messier, too.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">CHILDREN</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f0e0dfbf-9e77-5548-8bf2-abb1f46986cf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything</a> by Annette Pimentel<br />Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer
Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this inspiring
autobiographical picture book. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=219ce959-d84b-507a-85b7-bb41c5a44e8d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability</a> by Shane Burcaw<br /><i>Not So Different</i> offers a humorous, relatable, and
refreshingly honest glimpse into Shane Burcaw’s life. Shane tackles many of the
mundane and quirky questions that he’s often asked about living with a
disability, and shows readers that he’s just as approachable, friendly, and
funny as anyone else.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=98763b3b-abe4-5918-b104-05651279e463&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Born Just Right</a> by Jordan Reeves<br />From tween advocate for limb difference and founder of
Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about
how every kid is perfect just the way they are.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9116c1e1-3e88-5ec6-8e21-42c5c39eebe5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Chance to Fly</a> by Ali Stroker<br />A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl
who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations—and
gravity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=d7615ffd-cea5-5ef2-a13d-5a72bc02b834&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Roll With It</a> by Jamie Sumner<br />In the tradition of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=35287751-1db8-59d5-8ebe-27860e27611e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Wonder</a> and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=sharon%20draper%20out%20of%20my%20mind&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Out of My Mind</a>,
this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible girl
with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she moves to a new
town.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=329fc941-1a36-548a-99f3-b1409c456a42&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Paperboy</a> by Vince Vawter<br />A boy who stutters comes of age in the segregated South,
during the summer that changes his life.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22we%27re%20all%20wonders%22%20palacio&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">We’re All Wonders</a> by R.J. Palacio<br />This New York Times bestseller celebrates
kindness, belonging, and friendship inspired by the unforgettable blockbuster
book and movie <i>Wonder</i>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=58802669-c219-5615-a3ee-12bd811b5381&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay</a> by Cari Best<br />Zulay and her three best friends are all in the same first
grade class and study the same things, even though Zulay is blind. When their
teacher asks her students what activity they want to do on Field Day, Zulay
surprises everyone when she says she wants to run a race. With the help of a
special aide and the support of her friends, Zulay does just that.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0e8d0736-1afb-5799-b32f-3091f9217a50&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Show Me a Sign</a> by Ann Lezotte<br />Deaf author Ann Clare LeZotte weaves a riveting story
inspired by the true history of a thriving deaf community on Martha's Vineyard
in the early 19th century. This piercing exploration of ableism, racism, and
colonialism will inspire readers to examine core beliefs and question what is
considered normal.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=el%20deafo&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">El Deafo</a> by Cece Bell<br /><i>El Deafo</i> is a book that will entertain children, give
hearing-impaired children a hero of their own, and challenge others to consider
an experience unlike their own. Like other great works for children, it
provides the opportunity for young readers to consider how they would act or
react in a similar situation, helping to build empathy and understanding
through the power of story.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=787e30a0-1299-5d67-b4ee-0c924f09a85b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus</a> by Dusti
<br />Bowling<br />A spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette
syndrome navigate the challenges of middle school, disability, and
friendship—all while solving a mystery in a western theme park.</p><p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-19183403984836532392023-06-29T13:07:00.000-05:002023-06-29T13:07:23.794-05:00tasty stories<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa3uVAcpJIGeRSNcX43Xnx9ZZm-WLd6cxgHk6t8TTqBw1NhuefYx-MjAZpMqKV6kRkvQ9r5W4hbQ_XElLbzm6oUrW3uGW5c1hUZBRjFv7r8vUZwXYWWCgOhKaP7LBMm96ZU3hGjSNTMl5SQ-lP9vJGQF2NflywbWTk6cFzwT-6I8to0KG04rTbdx-U54/s731/foodie%20fiction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="731" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa3uVAcpJIGeRSNcX43Xnx9ZZm-WLd6cxgHk6t8TTqBw1NhuefYx-MjAZpMqKV6kRkvQ9r5W4hbQ_XElLbzm6oUrW3uGW5c1hUZBRjFv7r8vUZwXYWWCgOhKaP7LBMm96ZU3hGjSNTMl5SQ-lP9vJGQF2NflywbWTk6cFzwT-6I8to0KG04rTbdx-U54/s320/foodie%20fiction.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) meeting is on <a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6648596" target="_blank">Tuesday,July 18th at 6:30pm</a> at the temporary library location at 3100 Overton Road,
35223. It is one of our biannual Reader’s Choice meetings so there is no
assigned topic, share anything you’ve been enjoying this summer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The August meeting topic is ecology and the
meeting location is up in the air at the moment, but Zoom will definitely be
available. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This week BAB met to chat about foodie fiction, novels that feature
either a setting, occupation, hobby, or character trait that centers around
food.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=66eddcda-5844-5850-a4b2-781c1eda29e0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Cinnamon and Gunpowder</a> by Eli Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Cinnamon and Gunpowder </i>is a swashbuckling epicure's
adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story―with a dash of the
strangest, most delightful cookbook never written. Eli Brown has crafted a
uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on
its head, at sea, with food.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4e9eb91a-da22-5e82-b0d5-6e28e25e40d8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The House of Hunger</a> by Alexis Henderson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society
where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author
of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=569f294a-f72f-5cb6-a14a-a43361dd1f12&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Year of the Witching</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8e662012-0aba-5eb3-bb87-9281cd5dab8b&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Legends & Lattes</a> by Travis Baldree<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging
up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh,
opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals
stand in the way of success ― not to mention the fact that no one has the
faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her
and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true
rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And
whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup,
they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have
dreamed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Whip, Stir, and Serve </i>by Caitlyn Frost (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whip-Stir-Serve-Caitlyn-Frost-ebook/dp/B079WRF21F/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=whip+stir+and+serve+caitlyn+frost&qid=1688055991&sprefix=whip%2C+stir%2C+and+serve%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon only</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maggie Jensen has one goal: make cinnamon buns, from
scratch, for her father's retirement party. She’ll do whatever it takes to
finish the job and prove she isn't a klutz in the kitchen. She’s more
comfortable in the wood shop, but how hard can this possibly be? But after her
first attempt ends in disaster, Maggie knows she needs a good luck charm to
make this happen. Enter Liam, the eye candy behind the deli counter. Their
relationship is sweet, but their chemistry is hot. Liam is in control of the
kitchen - and Maggie is ready to serve. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b91d5676-7ffc-5799-af60-07f384518137&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</a> by Mary
Ann Shaffer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is
some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect
readers.”</i> January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second
World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who
could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a
native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a
book by Charles Lamb. . .Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters,
this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of
finding connection in the most surprising ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</i> (<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80223371" target="_blank">streaming on Netflix</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Directed by Mike Newell, the film stars Lily James, Matthew
Goode, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown Findlay, and more. In 1946 a
London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of
Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the
island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f3e0af0e-3ef4-5486-8377-f313e972cace&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Love & Saffron</a> by Kim Fay<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the vein of the classic <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=84%20charing%20cross%20road&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">84, Charing Cross Road</a>, this
witty and tender novel is a sensuous experience of food and a deep friendship
between two very different women in 1960s America.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0541e170-fe10-59ce-8291-42b1097d0fd6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Menu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a
coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes)
has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=a%20chef%27s%20life&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">A Chef’s Life </a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A new character-driven PBS documentary and cooking series
that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband
Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town
Eastern North Carolina.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi</i> (<a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/taste-the-nation-with-padma-lakshmi-53d48a66-d254-4e4f-89a1-277ec6c57368" target="_blank">streaming on Hulu</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Award winning cookbook author, host and executive producer
Padma Lakshmi, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich
and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people
who have so heavily shaped what American food is today. From indigenous
communities to recent immigrant arrivals, Padma breaks bread with Americans
across the nation to uncover the roots and relationship between our food, our
humanity and our history - ultimately revealing stories that challenge notions
of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c57896ef-e74a-56de-9c79-d4a5c1aa5e14&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Big Night</a> (streaming on Kanopy)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Stanley
Tucci) are immigrant brothers from Italy who open their dream restaurant,
Paradise, in New Jersey. However, Primo's authentic food is too unfamiliar for
the local tastes, and the restaurant is struggling. When famous
Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima is scheduled to appear at Paradise, the
two brothers put all of their efforts into the important meal, which will
likely decide the fate of their restaurant.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=tortilla%20soup&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Tortilla Soup</a> (streaming on Kanopy and Hoopla)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Three grown sisters, Maribel (Tamara Mello), Leticia
(Elizabeth Peña) and Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) try to cope and live with
their father Martin (Héctor Elizondo) ; a veteran chef who is slowly losing his
sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and
attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A rift in the family develops
when the sisters develop relationships and an obnoxious woman (Raquel Welch)
sets her sights on Martin's affections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b0df920f-1e19-55e5-93e9-7b7b30a2088a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Waitress</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jenna (Keri Russell) works in a diner in a small Southern
town and is a genius at creating luscious desserts, but her marriage to an
overbearing lout (Jeremy Sisto) makes happiness impossible. When she discovers
she is pregnant, she makes plans to skip town before her condition is obvious.
However, she begins an affair with the new town doctor (Nathan Fillion), who is
the only one who knows her secret.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cb8c7d8f-2d49-5338-b1af-ca177dff135c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Babette’s Feast</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beautiful but pious sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel)
and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their
strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one
day, Philippa's former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette (Stéphane
Audran) to serve as the family cook. Babette's lavish celebratory banquet
tempts the family's dwindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures
as fine foods and wines.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ae3cf8a1-913a-56fe-bb1b-cf08a7725a70&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Like Water for Chocolate</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita
(Lumi Cavazos) is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi).
Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for her mother, Pedro weds her
older sister, Rosaura (Yareli Arizmendi), though he still loves Tita. The
situation creates much tension in the family, and Tita's powerful emotions
begin to surface in fantastical ways through her cooking. As the years pass,
unusual circumstances test the enduring love of Pedro and Tita.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Flavorful Origins</i> (<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80991060?source=35" target="_blank">streaming on Netflix</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chinese food is popular in America, and this series brings
viewers information about a certain type of the ethnic food, Chaoshan cuisine.
Each episode focuses on an ingredient that is often used in Chaoshan cooking,
exploring where the ingredients come from and what they are used for, as well
as bringing to light the stories of the people behind the cuisine's creation.
The featured ingredients range from common foods like olives to more exotic
fare like yusheng, a freshly sliced raw fish that is eaten with vegetables and
dipping sauce.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=56c58017-35b3-50a3-85dd-f11efb511c73&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Certain Hunger</a> by Chelsea Summers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is
defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Summers’ <i>A
Certain Hunger</i> introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath
and an exciting new voice in fiction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Fresh</i> (<a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/fresh-3c0c50d1-17be-462c-aa61-c5b12b86d8bc" target="_blank">streaming on Hulu</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FRESH follows Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who meets the
alluring Steve (Sebastian Stan) at a grocery store and -- given her frustration
with dating apps -- takes a chance and gives him her number. After their first
date, Noa is smitten and accepts Steve's invitation to a romantic weekend
getaway. Only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual
appetites.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e6e42188-82ad-5793-bfcc-7ffed5a4f8b4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lessons in Chemistry</a> by Bonnie Garmus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meet Elizabeth Zott, a gifted research chemist, absurdly
self-assured and immune to social convention in 1960s California whose
career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV
cooking show. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Love%20%26%20other%20disasters&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Love & Other Disasters </a>by Anita Kelly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first openly nonbinary contestant on America’s favorite
cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic
comedy debut that USA Today hailed as “an essential read.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=f52f6640-1fce-5050-b7ed-595459162bee&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cook</a> by Maylis de Kerangal<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person
than a novel, The Cook is a coming-of-age journey centered on Mauro,
a young self-taught cook. The story is told by an unnamed female narrator,
Mauro’s friend and disciple who we also suspect might be in love with him. Set
not only in Paris but in Berlin, Thailand, Burma, and other far-flung places
over the course of fifteen years, the book is hyperrealistic―to the point of
feeling, at times, like a documentary. It transcends this simplistic form,
however, through the lyricism and intensely vivid evocative nature of Maylis de
Kerangal’s prose, which conjures moods, sensations, and flavors, as well as the
exhausting rigor and sometimes violent abuses of kitchen work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=77038781-c14f-5e2c-a60c-5e8f0ac91e56&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The School of Essential Ingredients</a> by Erica Bauermeister<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Once a month on a Monday night, eight students gather in
Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. The students have come to learn the
art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks
a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the
aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create....<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=85ad78f8-5a53-5bc3-9239-af9f32d86133&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Garden Spells</a> by Sarah Addison Allen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a
small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to
bear a very special sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison
Allen tells the story of that enchanted tree, and the extraordinary people who
tend it....<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22mastering%20the%20art%20of%20french%20murder%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Mastering the Art of French Murder</a> by Colleen Cambridge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight,
recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather,
is on her own journey of discovery. Paris isn’t just the City of Light; it’s
the city of history, romance, stunning architecture . . . and food. Thanks to
her neighbor and friend Julia Child, another ex-pat who’s fallen head over
heels for Paris, Tabitha is learning how to cook for her Grandpère and Oncle
Rafe. Between tutoring Americans in French, visiting the market, and eagerly
sampling the results of Julia’s studies at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school,
Tabitha’s sojourn is proving thoroughly delightful. That is, until the cold
December day they return to Julia’s building and learn that a body has been
found in the cellar. Tabitha recognizes the victim as a woman she’d met only
the night before, at a party given by Julia’s sister, Dort. The murder weapon
found nearby is recognizable too—a knife from Julia’s kitchen.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a7666a8b-e77c-5d3f-8375-468ac1ff5337&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Thick and the Lean</a> by Chana Porter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A startling fable of the entwined perils of capitalism, body
politics, and the stigmas women face for appetites of every kind, Chana
Porter’s profound new novel explores the reclamation of pleasure as a
revolutionary act. In Lambda Award finalist Chana Porter’s highly anticipated
new novel, an aspiring chef, a cyberthief, and a kitchen maid each break free
of a society that wants to constrain them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://poets.org/text/great-anthologies-food-poems" target="_blank">https://poets.org/text/great-anthologies-food-poems</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/145091/poetry-and-food" target="_blank">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/145091/poetry-and-food</a></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-25921041791520263742023-06-23T13:58:00.004-05:002023-06-23T13:58:51.960-05:00binging books and screens<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYhP4cUpqbQOzmINUoCLswAPkOJEfufH5sHgq68VWAYMUk-yLkWcg1bI1tbovG9PJSAUKvg3isGBEhP67_iFp5iWC7N5lPWefxyyvm8DksrQsyWYp4E5iT_ZIfaIznb_0boLSAaw3Ar3yfT_Umnf2wbpMQvZYYzBoPF_QMDLrNEPaxq6Qg8vlu0SuYqw/s936/still_watching_netflix.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="936" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYhP4cUpqbQOzmINUoCLswAPkOJEfufH5sHgq68VWAYMUk-yLkWcg1bI1tbovG9PJSAUKvg3isGBEhP67_iFp5iWC7N5lPWefxyyvm8DksrQsyWYp4E5iT_ZIfaIznb_0boLSAaw3Ar3yfT_Umnf2wbpMQvZYYzBoPF_QMDLrNEPaxq6Qg8vlu0SuYqw/w401-h207/still_watching_netflix.png" width="401" /></a></div><br />Book Riot emails are frequently the highlight of my day and
I love sharing them with you here! These
tv show/film & book pairings go out to my fellow book/tv show bingers!!<p></p><p>____________________</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e1282cfa-470c-5cef-9387-e3746fc740ea&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">SQUID GAME</a> (available in library system, streaming on Netflix)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cd21aed7-40b2-597a-b9cc-811260e266ab&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS</a> BY NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Dystopians with deadly
games used to show society’s ills.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">_____________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>DARBY AND THE DEAD</i> (streaming on Hulu)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=9ce29ea2-d150-5390-8f14-1302b76eba04&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">UNDEAD GIRL GANG</a> BY LILY ANDERSON<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Dead cheerleader needing
help from living non-friend, humor, and enemies finding friendship.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">____________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>GINNY & GEORGIA</i> (streaming on Netflix)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5f0395f1-92c1-5608-99d7-150e3aeaeef8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">THE HOLLOW INSIDE</a> BY BROOKE LAUREN DAVIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Both have crime and
mysteries, dark humor, women all in on revenge, and mother-daughter
relationships that aren’t the healthiest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">______________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>SHRINKING</i> (streaming on Apple TV+)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22maybe%20you%20should%20talk%20to%20someone%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE</a> BY LORI GOTTLIEB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Watching a therapist(s)
with their own problems, while being a fly on the wall for their therapy
sessions with patients. Both balance heartfelt and funny.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">______________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>POKER FACE</i> (streaming on Peacock TV)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=722af0c9-f27a-52dc-a683-58ce36ab9fc3&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">THE LOST ONES</a> (NORA WATTS #1) BY SHEENA KAMAL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Both MCs operate as
human-lie detectors, solving mysteries, while not having much in the way of
friends and family, and going on cross-country trips.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">_______________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POËT</i> (streaming on Netflix)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20widows%20of%20malabar%20hill%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL</a> (PERVEEN MISTRY #1) BY
SUJATA MASSEY<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Both are feminist
historical mysteries with women fighting for rights and solving mysteries as
lawyers during time periods when it was illegal for women to be lawyers. And
both are based on real women in history.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>HARLEM</i> (streaming on Amazon Prime Video)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22wash%20day%20diaries%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">WASH DAY DIARIES</a> BY JAMILA ROWSER, ROBYN SMITH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: A group of four friends
in NY with the ups and downs of life, filled with a range of emotions including
Black joy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EXTRAORDINARY (streaming on Hulu)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bb2a8a35-6840-5f80-a492-963f3cbd3fdc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">HENCH</a> BY NATALIE ZINA WALSCHOTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Fun, fresh, creative
takes on the super hero story.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">_________________</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>KILL BOKSOON</i> (streaming on Netflix)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ada80ea1-253a-5bd6-a6dc-30469e854ce8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE</a>: A NOVEL BY GU BYEONG-MO,
CHI-YOUNG KIM (TRANSLATOR)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What they have most in common: Starring older South
Korean hit women with a look at their current life predicament and how they
came to be — neither shies away from violence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you’re a fan of pop culture and TV book pairings check
out <a href="https://bookriot.com/matching-books-and-cure-albums/" target="_blank">Matching Books and Cure Albums</a>, <a href="https://bookriot.com/mystery-books-like-dead-to-me/" target="_blank">5 of
the Best Mystery Books Like DEAD TO ME</a>, and <a href="https://bookriot.com/loved-these-shows-films-read-these-books/" target="_blank">Loved These Shows & Films? Read These Books!</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the full article, go here: <a href="https://bookriot.com/show-film-book-pairings/">https://bookriot.com/show-film-book-pairings/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-92139952899807185252023-06-21T10:53:00.005-05:002023-06-21T10:53:59.145-05:00reading summer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8c7i63pDZH_1INwcmSrQFpoUIcX3ZqNmzyiU67DNvoDA0Kxr7hFAD53hnKeaOzRO7jmR3b3H5Z4t8xRQI3Hpabs8Y2BaiYTBBNqek7cdtX7qDJVeWrDuoIgtb6gueAE0Sk740B0Tu8jAjaEJizIFBfJupg7_J7-SrEkE4GvXApm6X0vgD75ghxJKocY/s5072/gettyimages-740519485_wide-bd96eb92c2064caa6f965556ab07b679e9bf27d0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="5072" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8c7i63pDZH_1INwcmSrQFpoUIcX3ZqNmzyiU67DNvoDA0Kxr7hFAD53hnKeaOzRO7jmR3b3H5Z4t8xRQI3Hpabs8Y2BaiYTBBNqek7cdtX7qDJVeWrDuoIgtb6gueAE0Sk740B0Tu8jAjaEJizIFBfJupg7_J7-SrEkE4GvXApm6X0vgD75ghxJKocY/w227-h128/gettyimages-740519485_wide-bd96eb92c2064caa6f965556ab07b679e9bf27d0.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today is the official first day of summer! The books on this list all take place during a favorite reading time, with all of its seasonal delights, desires, and diablerie!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=356a7af5-ea9d-5cac-92b3-75f3f12d3903&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Instructions for a Heatwave</a> by Maggie O’Farrell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Her 2013 novel is set during the record-setting 1976 London
heatwave during which the patriarch of an Irish family clears out his bank
account and disappears, leaving his family to puzzle out where he went, and
why. In the aftermath, the three adult children respond to their mother's plea
for help and descend on their parents' home for the first time in ages. Soon
the three are working (and squabbling) together as they try to determine what
might have happened to their father. As the search progresses, secrets from the
parents' marriage and the adult children's struggles and insecurities are
revealed. The story takes us from London to Ireland and New York City as we
wait to see what happened to the father, and what will happen next in each
character's life.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4beffc96-6741-535d-8283-639633b35f5f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Mothers</a> by Brit Bennett<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">In this coming-of-age story, debut author Bennett shows us
how grief predictably consumes a 17-year old girl growing up in a tight-knit
community in Southern California, and how two friends get pulled into the
tangled aftermath during that tumultuous summer. Bennett tells the story
through the eyes of the community's mothers: though we may expect these
community pillars to show up with casseroles when someone is sick, in </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">this</span></em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> story the mothers' vicious gossip causes nothing but
trouble. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4e5a0a89-ec67-555e-984e-eac10dcd248c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Shore</a> by Katie Runde<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Brian and Margot live a dream life with their teen daughters
Liz and Evy in a beach town on the Jersey Shore, as year-round residents who
make their living renting vacation homes to tourists. But when Brian is
diagnosed with a rare and personality-altering brain tumor, everything changes.
While Margot tries to keep their bustling real estate business afloat, the
girls adjust to caretaking for their father and continuing to do normal teenage
stuff like trying new summer jobs and trying on new personas. This moving,
heart-wrenching, and ultimately hopeful story of love, family, and grief in a
tourist town made for a wonderful and touching listening experience</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0ccaef36-2121-50bf-a766-ed87c2aba280&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Beach Read</a> by Emily Henry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">January is a 29-year-old romance writer who no longer
believes in happily-ever-after. Demoralized and broke, she moves into the lake
house she inherited when her father died, hoping to lick her wounds and finish
her current manuscript. But then, in a cruel twist of fate, she discovers her
neighbor is the beloved literary fiction writer Augustus Everett, her college
rival (and crush), whom she was hoping to never see again. It turns out Gus has
troubles of his own, and so the two make a bet to get their writing back on
track.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=643a585d-61c8-529d-8542-58c7a5a0a864&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Who is Maud Dixon?</a> by Alexandra Andrews<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Aspiring writer Florence is determined to get her stories
published, no matter what it takes. But after her initial underhanded efforts
to get a book deal result in getting fired from her low-level publishing job,
she receives a fortuitously-timed offer to play assistant to a blockbuster
novelist whose identity is a closely-guarded secret. Soon she's privy to the
secrets of “Maud Dixon,” who hit the bestseller charts with her debut about a
sinister Southern murder, but whose sophomore novel is long overdue to the
publisher. When the prickly writer invites Florence to accompany her on a
research trip to Morocco, Florence can't say yes fast enough...</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1e8ef4c5-4e06-531b-a55b-a0abf9755ba5&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sex and Vanity</a> by Kevin Kwan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">This contemporary story puts a fresh spin on </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22a%20room%20with%20a%20view%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">A Room with a View</a></span></em><span style="background: white; color: black;">, but
you don't need to be familiar with E.M. Forster's classic to enjoy this
glittery, glamorous, and gossipy novel that opens on an island holiday in
Capri—and then jumps forward several years to a decadent summer vacation in
East Hampton.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7dcd0cf6-c8ff-5255-8b26-ffe61389a179&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">One Italian Summer</a> by Rebecca Searle<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">When twenty-something Katy loses her mother to cancer, she
loses her best friend in the world, and she has no idea what to do next. She
makes the difficult decision to travel to the Amalfi Coast—painful, because she
and her mother had planned to take this trip together. At a charming hotel in
Positano, Katy imagines what her own mother's visit must have been like many
years before, when she first visited the hotel in which Katy is finding solace.
But then—Katy's mother appears, in the flesh, though she isn't yet Katy's mother,
because she's just thirty years old. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=09399bfe-755b-5ca2-ace6-922922663a7a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Narrowboat Summer</a> by Anne Youngson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">From the author of </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2f09f44f-e907-52c5-8ece-5c337c1f2227&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Meet Me at the Museum</a></span></em><span style="background: white; color: black;">, a
story of three women brought together by a small narrowboat who embark together
on a journey through the river canals of rural England. One woman anxiously
awaits a surgery, one has given up her ordinary life to become a free spirit,
one is unsure if she'll return to her husband when the journey is done—but
until those looming realities need to be faced, they'll spend the summer
together (along with one small dog) enjoying the scenery as they wend their way
down the river at 4mph.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=mary%20jane%20jessica%20anya%20blau&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Mary Jane</a> by Jessica Anya Blau<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">This 1970s coming of age story features 14-year-old Mary
Jane, a sheltered girl from a respectable Baltimore family whose life changes
the summer she nannies for a local doctor ... whose best client is about to
become a live-in rock star in rehab. Mary Jane can't tell a soul what she sees
in that house: the rock star's presence is a tightly-kept secret, plus her prim
parents would make her quit if they grasped just how much their family
sensibilities differ from those of her employers. She's left on her own to process
her introduction to the baffling adult world of sex, drugs, friendship, and
rivalry, as well as her burgeoning friendship with the rock star's wife, an
actress she's long admired.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2d2b9e78-4fe0-56e5-8bb0-67f69e54cfcc&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Idea of You</a> by Robinne Lee<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">To her great surprise, 39-year-old gallery owner Solène falls
madly in love with a 20-year-old member of the boy band August Moon, embarking
on an initially secret and then all-too-public relationship that unfolds in
glamorous (read: seriously fun to read about) settings all over the world.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1d1d91e7-eeff-5ac0-bbb7-e119d0650974&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Hotel Nantucket</a> by Elin Hilderbrand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">The titular hotel’s Gilded Age glory days are long gone: it’s
a real dump (and in a fun plot twist—haunted!) when London billionaire Xavier
Darling buys it sight unseen. The new owner hires local restaurateur Lizbet
Keaton to make his hotel the best property on the island, if not the whole
Eastern seaboard. And that means The Hotel Nantucket has to wow Shelly
Carpenter, the influencer who’s become a national obsession for her blog Hotel
Confidential. The influential critic regularly reviews hotels for her eighteen
million followers and awards each property anywhere from one to five keys. The
staff is energized by this audacious goal, because no hotel has ever earned
five keys from Shelly Carpenter. To earn the coveted fifth key, they’ll have to
do everything right.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=0a22e2ae-658b-58ab-bc2b-f788ea007f73&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Lincoln Highway</a> by Amor Towles<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">In this summer novel, three friends embark on a road trip on
the Lincoln Highway, the very real road that stretches between San Francisco
and New York City. Each eighteen-year-old has their own reasons for wanting to
escape their circumstances and find a better place. Along the way they meet all
kinds of characters and embark on adventures big and small, making decisions
that are sure to change the course of their lives forever. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">YOUNG ADULT</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22loveboat,%20taipei%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Loveboat, Taipei</a> by Abigail Hing Wen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">In this fast-paced YA debut, a girl travels halfway around
the world to find herself—and maybe find love, too. Ever Wong is an
eighteen-year-old Asian American girl in Ohio, a talented dancer who harbors
dreams of pursuing professional dance, though she hides those ambitions from
her family. When her parents find out she’s considering dance instead of med
school, they send her to Taiwan to spend the rest of the summer at Chien Tan,
an immersive high school program devoted to language and culture. When Ever
arrives she’s surprised to discover that far from the scholarly experience she
expected, the students themselves call the program “Loveboat,” because it’s
tons of fun and so many long-term relationships begin here.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=348d9a27-9be4-583e-bd41-c876a5d8944f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Summer I Turned Pretty</a> by Jenny Han<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Isabel "Belly" Conklin lives for summers at the
beach with her family—and her mother's best friend and her so<br />ns Jeremiah and
Conrad. They've always been her summer companions, extra brothers to annoy her
from June through August. But this summer, everything changes as Belly has to chose where her affections will lie</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=cf3b0ecc-d538-589c-86d8-7f7fe9626102&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Where the Rhythm Takes You</a> by Sarah Dass<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">In this tropical YA spin on </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=persuasion%20jane%20austen&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Persuasion</a></span></em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, Reyna and Aiden grew up and fell in love on the island of
Tobago. Reyna feels stuck on the island, because her family owns a beautiful
seaside resort she promised her mother she'd take ownership of one day. But
Aiden's band hit it big, so he left to pursue his dreams. After a two-year
absence, circumstances bring the two together again, and Reyna can't help but
remember why she once thought they'd be together forever. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-83909516067193734252023-06-07T11:55:00.002-05:002023-06-07T13:22:25.365-05:00summer's hottest ebooks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJWCwV5-_gKNVHLl6Gk_j4XTUhpYw_TShazqn2D0ehdN8J0InjtPVlrtoI99EJiWrZe21-p9KraF_FvDKj58HmPjJjWhVIeOcEyLcA56L1QuH-Q3H9qxM2U9rIX3z_Ez4_pSAYEw-v5CzhhryLHw9rECGNuntpGsLrRbf4jX6jIdyfPTze9sQ1f-C/s896/Free-e-books-and-audiobooks-main.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="896" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJWCwV5-_gKNVHLl6Gk_j4XTUhpYw_TShazqn2D0ehdN8J0InjtPVlrtoI99EJiWrZe21-p9KraF_FvDKj58HmPjJjWhVIeOcEyLcA56L1QuH-Q3H9qxM2U9rIX3z_Ez4_pSAYEw-v5CzhhryLHw9rECGNuntpGsLrRbf4jX6jIdyfPTze9sQ1f-C/w407-h122/Free-e-books-and-audiobooks-main.png" width="407" /></a></div> "Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting."<br />--"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini<p></p><p>We know waiting is difficult, but here are some suggestions to tide you over while you wait for the summer's hottest ebooks and eaudiobooks!</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Download the Hoopla app and log in with a valid library card
for instant, anytime access to Hoopla's entire catalog of ebooks, eaudiobooks,
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communities: Birmingham, Center Point, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale,
Leeds, Mountain Brook, Pinson, Pleasant Grove, Trussville, Vestavia Hills, and
Warrior.</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">These are the top 5 most popular ebook titles with the
longest holdlists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whet your appetite
with something else while you wait!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Happy Place by Emily Henry<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver <b>(<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=demon+copperhead&artistName=kingsolver" target="_blank">THISTITLE IS INSTANTLY AVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND EAUDIOBOOK ON HOOPLA!</a>) </b><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">HAPPY PLACE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Stay</i> by Allie Larkin (<a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=stay%20allie%20larkin&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a>)<br />
Savannah “Van” Leone has been in love with Peter Clarke since their first day
of college. Six years later, Peter is marrying Van's best friend, Janie. After
the wedding, nursing her broken heart with a Rin Tin Tin marathon plus a vodka
chaser, Van accidentally orders a German Shepherd puppy over the Internet. When
“Joe” turns out to be a hundred-pound beast who only responds to commands in
Slovak, Van is at the end of her rope-until she realizes that sometimes life
needs to get more complicated before it can get better.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>You Had Me at Hello</i> by Mhairi McFarlane (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12681933?utm_source=MARC" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all
fell apart. Ten years after they said goodbye, Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy
day. As they talk, the years melt away. But life has moved on. Ben is married.
Rachel is not. And slowly but surely, Rachel feels the return of the broken
heart she can′t do anything to mend.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Mhairi McFarlane also has other great titles available</i> in
ebook & eaudio on <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/4365364916" target="_blank">Hoopla</a> and <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=mhairi+mcfarlane" target="_blank">Libby</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Wedding Crasher</i> by Mia Sosa (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=the+wedding+crasher+mia+sosa" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
The USA Today bestselling author is back with a hilarious rom-com
about two strangers who get trapped in a lie and have to fake date their way
out of it...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Every Summer After</i> by Carley Fortune (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=every+summer+after+carley+fortune" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>) **<i>this may have as many holds as Emily Henry’s books but it’s a perfect
readalike and worth the wait!</i><br />Told over the course of six years and one
weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of
love and the people and choices that mark us forever.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao</i> by Martha Batalha
(<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12619691" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a>)<br />A darkly comic debut, bursting
with vibrant Brazilian spirit and unforgettable characters – a jubilant novel
about the emancipation of women.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Her Hidden Genius</i> by Marie Benedict (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14823340" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/6269877" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a>)<br />
Marie Benedict's powerful new novel shines a light on Rosalind Franklin, a
woman who sacrificed her life to discover the nature of our very DNA, a woman
whose world-changing contributions were hidden by the men around her but whose
relentless drive advanced our understanding of humankind.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Future of Another Timeline</i> by Annalee Newitz (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/4500036" target="_blank">ebook onLibby</a>)<br />
Two women’s lives, separated by 30 years, intertwine as war breaks out across
the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a
small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future.
Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible
for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child</i> by Bob Spitz
(<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/773328" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a>)<br />
A"rollicking biography" (People
Magazine) and extraordinarily entertaining account of how Julia
Child transformed herself into the cult figure who touched off a food
revolution that has gripped the country for decades.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Half Life</i> by Jillian Cantor (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/5557995" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a> and <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=half+life&artistName=jillian+cantor" target="_blank">ebook &
eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
The USA Today bestselling author reimagines the pioneering,
passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two
alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real life, one that explores the
consequences for Marie and for science if she’d made a different choice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">HELLO BEAUTIFUL<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Little Women</i> by Louisa May Alcott (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=little+women&artistName=alcott" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=little+women+alcott" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Meg - the sweet-tempered one. Jo - the smart one. Beth - the shy one. Amy - the
sassy one. <br />
Together they're the March sisters. Their father is away at war and times are
difficult, but the bond between the sisters is strong. Through sisterly
squabbles, happy times and sad, their lives follow different paths, and they
discover growing up is sometimes very hard to do. . . <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Maame</i> by Jessica George (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=maame" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Smart, funny, and deeply affecting, Jessica George's Maame deals with
the themes of our time with humor and poignancy: from familial duty and racism,
to female pleasure, the complexity of love, and the life-saving power of
friendship. Most important, it explores what it feels like to be torn between
two homes and cultures―and it celebrates finally being able to find where you
belong.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Pride</i> by Ibi Zoboi (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=pride&artistName=ibi+zoboi" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=pride+zoboi" target="_blank">ebook
& eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
In a timely update of Jane Austen's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, National
Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity,
class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant
reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ask Again, Yes</i> by Mary Beth Keane (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=ask+again%2C+yes+keane" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love
blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One
shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again
and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, <i>Ask
Again, Yes</i> is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage
and the power of forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Lost Family</i> by Jenna Blum (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=the+lost+family&artistName=jenna+blum" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Jenna Blum artfully brings to the page a husband devastated by a grief he
cannot name, a frustrated wife struggling to compete with a ghost she cannot
banish, and a daughter sensitive to the pain of both her own family and another
lost before she was born. Spanning three cinematic decades, <i>The Lost
Family</i> is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the
repercussions of loss and love.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Most Fun We Ever Had</i> by Claire Lombardo (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=the+most+fun+we+ever+had" target="_blank">ebook &
eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
With the unexpected arrival of a child placed for adoption by one of their
daughters fifteen years before, the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the
rich and varied tapestry of their past. As they grapple with years marred by
adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, they also find the transcendent
moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Shaky Town</i> by Lou Mathew (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14282555" target="_blank">ebook on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Welcome to Shaky Town, a place invisible on maps and found only in the secret
heart of its citizens. In this masterwork of panoramic style, Lou Mathews—a
former mechanic and street racer—weaves together the tragedies and glories of
one eastside neighborhood in the 1980s. A luminous achievement of peerless
authenticity, Shaky Town captures the grit and gold of working-class
Los Angeles and lays down Matthews's marker as one of the city’s great
chroniclers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">ROMANTIC COMEDY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Other ebooks by Curtis Sittenfeld <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search?query=Curtis%20Sittenfeld" target="_blank">on Libby</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Spoiler Alert</i> by Olivia Dade (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=spoiler+alert&artistName=olivia+dade" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Olivia Dade bursts onto the scene in this delightfully fun romantic comedy
set in the world of fanfiction, in which a devoted fan goes on an unexpected
date with her celebrity crush, who’s secretly posting fanfiction of his
own. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Dead Romantics</i> by Ashley Poston (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+dead+romantics&creator=ashley+poston&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of
her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from
national bestselling author Ashley Poston.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</i> by Gail Honeyman (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=eleanor+oliphant+is+completely+fine&creator=honeyman&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook
& eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, <i>Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely
Fine</i> is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in
love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully
unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in
love, too!” —Reese Witherspoon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Kiss Quotient</i> by Helen Hoang (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+kiss+quotient&creator=hoang&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not
enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: #2f5496;"><b>DEMON COPPERHEAD </b>(<i><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=demon+copperhead&artistName=kingsolver" target="_blank">THIS TITLE IS INSTANTLY AVAILABLE INEBOOK AND EAUDIOBOOK ON HOOPLA!</a></i>) <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>David Copperfield</i> by Charles Dickens (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=david+copperfield&creator=dickens&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a>, <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=david+copperfield&artistName=dickens" target="_blank">ebook
& eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />The story of a young man's adventures on his journey
from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as
a successful novelist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Prodigal Summer</i> by Barbara Kingsolver (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=prodigal+summer&artistName=barbara+kingsolver" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Hoopla</a>)<br />
Over the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the
lush countryside, this novel's intriguing protagonists—a reclusive wildlife
biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly,
feuding neighbors—face disparate predicaments but find connections to one
another and to the flora and fauna with whom they necessarily share a place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Most They Ever Had</i> by Rick Bragg (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+most+they+ever+had&creator=bragg&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>, <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10025534" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
In the spring of 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills of
northern Alabama had come to the edge of all they had ever known. Across the
South, padlocks and logging chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it
seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville that their mill still
bit, shook, and roared. This is a mill story—not of bricks, steel, and cotton,
but of the people who suffered it to live.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Winter’s Bone</i> by Daniel Woodrell (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=winter%27s+bone&creator=woodrell&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab,
and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court
date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has
to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the
Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be
a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers
unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at
any cost.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>White Trash</i> by Nancy Isenberg (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=white+trash&creator=isenberg&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in
America, Nancy Isenberg takes on our comforting myths about equality,
uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if
occasionally entertaining—poor white trash.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Blacktop Wasteland</i> by S. A. Cosby (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=blacktop+wasteland&creator=cosby&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S.
A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man
pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of crime.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Signal Fires</i> by Dani Shapiro (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=signal+fires&creator=shapiro&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Urgent and compassionate, Signal Fires is a magical story for
our times, a literary tour de force by a masterful storyteller at the height of
her powers. A luminous meditation on family, memory, and the healing power of
interconnectedness.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Here are the top 5 most popular eaudiobook titles with the
longest holdlists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bide your time with a
listenalike!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle
Zevin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt <b><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=remarkably+bright+creatures" target="_blank">(THISTITLE IS INSTANTLY AVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND EAUDIOBOOK ON HOOPLA!)</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Happy Place by Emily Henry<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Followers</i> by Megan Angelo (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=followers&creator=angelo&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>,
<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=followers&artistName=angelo" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
“This dark, pitch-perfect novel about our dependence on technology for
validation and human connection is as addictive as social media itself.” —People Magazine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Overstory</i> by Richard Powers (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13534532" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers’s twelfth
novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from
antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific
Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow,
interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to
us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world
and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ready Player One</i> by Ernest Cline (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=ready+player+one&creator=cline&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really
feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most
of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he
leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop
culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast
fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Counterfeit</i> by Kirstin Chen (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=counterfeit&artistName=chen" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>,
<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=counterfeit&creator=chen&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia,
the story of two women who band together
to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise—an
incisive and glittering blend of fashion,
crime, and friendship<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/728008" target="_blank">Libby ebook</a> only for <i>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</i>
by Michael Chabon<br />
A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the
doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls
across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books,
and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on
the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe,
and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of
Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: #2f5496;"><b>REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES </b><i><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=remarkably+bright+creatures" target="_blank">(THIS TITLE IS INSTANTLYAVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND EAUDIOBOOK ON HOOPLA!)</a></i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ebook only on <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15239021" target="_blank">Hoopla</a> and <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/457433" target="_blank">Libby</a> for <i>The Sound of a Wild Snail
Eating</i> by Elizabeth Tova Bailey<br />A remarkable journey of survival and
resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our
own human existence, while providing an appreciation of what it means to be
fully alive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Art of Racing in the Rain</i> by Garth Stein (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=the+art+of+racing+in+the+rain&artistName=stein" target="_blank">ebook &
audio on Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+art+of+racing+in+the+rain&creator=stein&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
This New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein is a heart-wrenching but
deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope
as well as a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . .
. as only a dog could tell it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Inland</i> by Tea Obreht (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/4414508" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, <i>Inland</i> is grounded in true
but little-known history. It showcases all of Téa Obreht’s talents as a writer,
as she subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West, making them
entirely—and unforgettably—her own.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Britt-Marie Was Here</i> by Fredrik Backman (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/2484305" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
When Britt-Marie walks out on her cheating husband and has to fend for herself
in the miserable backwater town of Borg—of which the kindest thing one can say
is that it has a road going through it—she finds work as the caretaker of a
soon-to-be demolished recreation center. The fastidious Britt-Marie soon finds
herself being drawn into the daily doings of her fellow citizens, an odd
assortment of miscreants, drunkards, layabouts. Most alarming of all, she’s
given the impossible task of leading the supremely untalented children’s soccer
team to victory. In this small town of misfits, can Britt-Marie find a place
where she truly belongs?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Soul of an Octopus</i> by Sy Montgomery (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11418274" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
This “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast)
book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly
complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it
makes with humans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Klara and the Sun</i> by Kazuo Ishiguro (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/5558574" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world.
This magnificent novel is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence
might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and
loneliness” (The Associated Press).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dog on It</i> by Spencer Quinn (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13525948" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of <i>Dog on It</i>, and Bernie, a
down-on-his-luck private investigator, are quick to take a new case involving a
frantic mother searching for her teenage daughter. With Chet’s highly trained
nose leading the way, their hunt for clues takes them into the desert to biker
bars and other exotic locales—until the bad guys try to turn the tables and the
resourceful duo lands in the paws of peril.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Honorable mention, but not available digitally</i>: <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=b9c924c4-f5b5-5227-9d56-fee9bea368b0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Genesis</a> by
Bernard Beckett<br />
In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax’s examination to be
admitted into the Academy—the elite governing institution of her utopian
society—leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved
questions raised by science and philosophy. Centuries old, these questions have
gained new urgency in the face of rapidly developing technology. What is
consciousness? What makes us human? If artificial intelligence were developed
to a high enough capability, what special status could humanity still
claim? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">PINEAPPLE STREET<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Guncle</i> by Steven Rowley (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+guncle&creator=rowley&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
A warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose
unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Nest</i> by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+nest&creator=sweeney&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>, <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=the+nest&artistName=sweeney%27" target="_blank">eaudioon Hoopla</a>)<br />
A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and
the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their
lives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Mothers</i> by Brit Bennett (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+mothers&creator=bennett&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious,
grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent
suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one,
a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a
diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from
this teen romance—and the subsequent cover-up—will have an impact that goes far
beyond their youth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Family Trust</i> by Kathy Wang (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=family+trust&artistName=wang" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Spanning themes of culture, ambition, love and – most of all – family, this
sparkling debut is a sharp, funny and loving portrait of modern Asian-American
life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Exciting Times</i> by Naoise Dolan (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=exciting+times&creator=dolan&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting
Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater
uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan
dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life—and
announces herself as a singular new voice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Jetsetters</i> by Amanda Eyre Ward (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13534883" target="_blank">eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their
childhood aches and coming back together? The Jetsetters is a delicious
and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the
pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">HAPPY PLACE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Seven Days in June</i> by Tia Williams (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=seven+days+in+june&creator=williams&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the
joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, <i>Seven Days in June</i> is
a hilarious, romantic, and sexy-as-hell story of two writers discovering their
second chance at love.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Lot Like Adios</i> by Alexis Daria (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?q=a+lot+like+adios&scope=everything&type=direct" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=a+lot+like+adios&creator=daria&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
The national bestselling author of <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?q=you+had+me+at+hola&scope=everything&type=direct" target="_blank">You Had Me at Hola</a> returns with a seductive
second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best
friend who has finally returned home.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Summer Place</i> by Jennifer Weiner (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+summer+place&creator=weiner&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
From “the undisputed boss of the beach read” (The New York Times), <i>The
Summer Place</i> is a testament to family in all its messy glory; a story
about what we sacrifice and how we forgive. Enthralling, witty, big-hearted,
and sharply observed, this is Jennifer Weiner’s love letter to the Outer Cape
and the power of home, the way our lives are enriched by the people we call
family, and the endless ways love can surprise us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Bromance Book Club</i> by Lyssa Kay Adams (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+bromance+book+club&creator=adams&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook &
eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
Second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble and when he
loses his cool at their already strained relationship, Thea asks for a divorce.
Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret
romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their
current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys
coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery
words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win
back the trust of his wife.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Florence Gordon</i> by Brian Morton (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=florence+gordon&artistName=morton" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />
Meet Florence Gordon, a blunt, brilliant feminist. At seventy-five, Florence
wants to be left alone to write her memoir and shape her legacy. But when her son
and his family come to visit, they embroil Florence in their dramas,
threatening her coveted solitude. Marked with searing wit, sophisticated
intelligence, and a tender respect for humanity, <i>Florence Gordon</i> is cast with a
constellation of unforgettable characters. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Where’d You Go, Bernadette</i> by Maria Semple (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=where%27d+you+go%2C+bernadette&creator=semple&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook &
eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she
mysteriously disappears in this "whip-smart and divinely funny" novel
that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Female Persuasion</i> by Meg Wolitzer (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=the+female+persuasion&creator=wolitzer&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on
Libby</a>)<br />
Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power
and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, <i>The
Female Persuasion</i> is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside
of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time.
It’s a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how
those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled
into the light.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Bell Jar</i> by Sylvia Plath (<a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?title=the+bell+jar&artistName=plath" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Hoopla</a>)<br />Chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: young,
brilliant, beautiful, and enormously talented, but slowly going under—maybe for
the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther’s
breakdown with such intensity that Esther’s neurosis becomes completely
understandable and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as
going to the movies. Such thorough exploration of the dark and harrowing
corners of the psyche - and the profound collective loneliness that modern
society has yet to find a solution for - is an extraordinary accomplishment,
and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Memphis</i> by Tara Stringfellow (<a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/search/title?query=memphis&creator=stringfellow&sortBy=newlyadded" target="_blank">ebook & eaudio on Libby</a>)<br />
A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family
and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s
legacy.<br /></p><p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-78701016828659182102023-06-06T11:02:00.003-05:002023-06-06T11:05:10.307-05:00Succession success<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOA8oYEt7tt7Kp9znd6HPt_VxHd8u-tFw9XvyoqZQhO4AuqrmYXgKnmkwz_XVfc1sxiJeMK-3sWVY-QxYYjmKB2Uwhb8Ov8QU8fi19X5ZarUXCAHsOm35pP6Ha-4ORpIMQZfiiR5x5W8L7NNr87Z1I1GOYe6KCQ8yPsp34IgzF8ECEWAtMSeozWbl/s750/HBOs-Succession-A-Full-List-of-Cast-Characters-1-750x375.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="750" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOA8oYEt7tt7Kp9znd6HPt_VxHd8u-tFw9XvyoqZQhO4AuqrmYXgKnmkwz_XVfc1sxiJeMK-3sWVY-QxYYjmKB2Uwhb8Ov8QU8fi19X5ZarUXCAHsOm35pP6Ha-4ORpIMQZfiiR5x5W8L7NNr87Z1I1GOYe6KCQ8yPsp34IgzF8ECEWAtMSeozWbl/w425-h213/HBOs-Succession-A-Full-List-of-Cast-Characters-1-750x375.jpeg" width="425" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Not ready to say goodbye to the Roys' world of corporate
greed, family infighting, and dynastic wealth? Then keep the boom times rolling
with this juicy collection of books.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3777e413-58dd-57fd-9d76-d419cdea4934&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">We That Are Young</a> by Preji Taneja<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When an aging hotel tycoon attempts to split his
company shares among his three daughters, his youngest refuses to play into his
wishes, and a family-wide power struggle begins. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=92440e94-4d37-5de5-acc2-c6e3720da98d&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Darlings</a> by Cristina Alger</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After marrying the daughter of billionaire financier Carter
Darling, Paul Ross finds himself surrounded by all the trappings of New York
luxury. When he loses his job, he gratefully accepts a new role working as a
lawyer for his father-in-law’s hedge fund. Things take a quick, catastrophic
turn after it’s discovered that a member of the firm was running a Ponzi
scheme, thrusting Paul into the thick of SEC investigations that force him to
determine where his true loyalties lie.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2e456ff4-01be-51be-83a3-9f608c39f7e8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional
Dynasty</a> by James Reginato<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While most people have seen the Getty Images watermark
splashed across a photo or have heard tales of family patriarch Jean Paul
Getty’s notorious frugality, few know about the Getty family’s wide pool of
fascinating descendants. <i>Growing Up Getty</i> offers a comprehensive look
into the family offering a compassionate portrait of an American dynasty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a4553e8e-89dc-575d-8ac3-70f4456d9e94&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Heirs</a> by Susan Rieger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Falkes family deals with inheritance and grief after the family patriarch,
Rupert, dies. Rupert’s widow and five sons are forced to put their grieving on
hold after a stranger sues the estate with claims that Rupert fathered her two
sons. The damning allegations throw the children into a tailspin as they
grapple with matters of inheritance and questioning what kind of people their
parents really were.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20house%20of%20gucci%22%20sara%20gay%20forden&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed</a> by Sara Gay Forden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before it was a flashy Lady Gaga and Adam Driver-helmed
movie, <i>The House of Gucci</i> was a meticulously reported book. This
title fleshes out the multi-generational rise of the Gucci dynasty and the
family’s troubles, which eventually led to their separation from the brand. The
story hinges on Gucci heir Maurizio Gucci’s assassination, which his ex-wife
was eventually convicted for arranging, and the events that led up to his
tragic end. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22crazy%20rich%20asians%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Crazy Rich Asians</a> by Kevin Kwan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Rachel goes to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family
for the first time, she’s shocked to learn that he comes from one of the
richest families in Asia. Although her boyfriend, Nick, initially believed that
his family would accept his middle-class girlfriend after raising him to be
humble and frugal, things take a turn for the worse when Nick’s mother makes it
her mission to drive the young couple apart. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=77ecbf0e-ab7d-5a73-9550-49227dc111e0&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty</a> by Patrick Radden Keefe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the Sackler family’s involvement with pharmaceuticals
has previously been documented, it wasn’t until the release of <i>Empire of
Pain</i> that their true reach and impact was fully examined. In this book,
investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe details the family’s connection
to the drug industry, mainly in the form of Purdue Pharma, the company
behind the painkiller OxyContin. Through in-depth reporting, Radden Keefe
reveals the ways that the development, approval, and marketing of OxyContin
influenced the ongoing opioid crisis. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=daeb4db5-df57-5787-9fae-d9d115b3ddf8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Nest</a> by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the Plumb family patriarch originally created “The
Nest,” a joint trust fund for his four children, he intended for it to be a
reasonable sum of money that they could fall back on. By the time the siblings
are finally old enough to receive the money, the trust has grown exponentially,
thanks to the stock market—and so has the children’s need for it. Each
desperate in their own way, the siblings meet up after the eldest brother’s
drunk driving accident threatens their much-anticipated financial lifeboat. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e6c63c6b-e1a6-52fa-a89a-3d79fff870bf&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Thousand Acres</a> by Jane Smiley</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A King Lear reimagining (this one took home
a Pulitzer in 1992), <i>A Thousand Acres</i> puts a rural spin on the
classic tale. When a successful Iowa farmer tries to divide up his expansive
land holdings among his three daughters, his youngest rebukes him and gets cut
out of the will altogether. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=ef8fb6d1-3d5f-529e-a942-71188b56fe76&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson
& Johnson Dynasty</a> by Jerry Oppenheimer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Johnson & Johnson is a near-universally known brand,
but the dynasty is also characterized by scandal and tragedy. In <i>Crazy
Rich</i>, the Johnson family’s legacy of dysfunction is put under the microscope,
from the many marriages (and subsequent divorces) to the multitude of lawsuits. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=bc3e9080-098f-59d7-b35e-3bdeb3741fac&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Malibu Rising</a> by Taylor Jenkins Reid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the four Riva children gather for the eldest sister’s
annual end-of-summer party, they’re forced to grapple with the after-effects of
their upbringing and their parents’ tumultuous marriage. When their famous
singer father shares his hope to rejoin in their lives, the Rivas must decide
what grace fully-grown children are obligated to extend to their parents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=193a6dcf-6ae0-529f-b73e-e224c214cae7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Windfall</a> by Diksha Basu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When entrepreneur Mr. Jha’s latest internet venture pays
off, to the tune of $20 million, his first order of business is uprooting his
family from their cramped housing complex and into a notoriously wealthy part
of New Delhi. The Jhas quickly discover a brand new set of rules for their
newfound way of life, which just might make them question who they are at their
very core. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=31ab0d45-306e-5c0f-8c97-fd6f224b7bf8&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy</a> by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Unscripted</i> details the recent power play for what is now
Paramount Global after Sumner Redstone resigned from his role as executive
chairman following concerns about his competency. The book details the family’s
fight to maintain control of the corporation, with Redstone’s daughter Shari
shouldering the bulk of the responsibility. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=944f4fe8-d0b0-5ab0-ab56-bf475dab0475&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future</a> by Kara Swisher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Step back into the time machine of
meta-narratives and mergers with Pivot co-host (and official Succession podcast host)
Kara Swisher’s definite saga on the 2000 AOL–Time Warner merger implosion for a
look at how dramatic and devastating the effects of faulty strategy, poor
execution, and petty men can be.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20loudest%20voice%20in%20the%20room%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country</a> by Gabriel Sherman</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From his humble working-class
origins to his long tenure at the top of the media and political dogpile,
Ailes’s story is as engrossing as it is outrageous. If you’re in a viewing sort
of mood, Showtime also adapted the book into a 2019 miniseries starring
a disarmingly chilling Russell Crowe. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4b4d57f2-f685-549c-9f60-b60aa7cb6f47&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Disneywar: Intrigue, Treachery, and Deceit in the Magic Kingdom</a> by James B. Stewart</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy Strong likened DisneyWar to the War of
the Roses to GQ in 2018 and cited the text as an essential
reference for building Kendall’s character. In the same interview,
Nicholas Braun admitted to abandoning reading the book as part of his prep for
Greg. It’s a gripping account of how some incredible executive pettiness during
the rise and fall of Michael Eisner’s time at Disney shaped a great deal
of entertainment in the late ’80s and early ’90s. And in the continuing parallels
between real life and Succession, DisneyWar captures the rise of
a not-inconsequential executive named Bob Iger, who would take Disney
post-Eisner into a new age of success and to whom, in 2019, Rupert Murdoch
would sell Fox in a surprise acquisition deal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=238966a5-515b-5693-b688-b336f67ad3a6&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Pachinko</a> by Min Jin Lee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Pachinko</i> is the fictional saga of
a multigenerational Korean family living in Japan, rising from abject poverty, and highlighting not only how
family secrets and strife are carried from one generation to the next but also
how the indirect effects of colonial occupation and immigration are passed on. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22rich%20people%20problems%22&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Rich People Problems</a> by Kevin Kwan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Truly, the final book in Kevin Kwan’s <i>Crazy Rich Asians</i> trilogy
has the perfect title for any kind of story about the Über-wealthy. In
arguably his best book, Kwan closes the story of Rachel Chu and Nick Young by
following Nick’s bid to make amends with his family and inherit his
grandmother’s estate. It’s a candy-colored familial romp with a satisfactory,
surprising ending and sparkly descriptions of glitzy opulence, perfect summer
reading on one’s private beach or yacht deck.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=hamlet%20shakespeare&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Hamlet</a> by William Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">King Lear seems the logical choice but instead, revisit another iconic
sad boy and what happens when those with all the power fight over that power.
There is no innocent, redemptive Cordelia figure in Succession, and just
like in the Danish tragedy, there is perhaps no innocent figure among the
players of Succession. Also, Tom and Greg are totally Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20divine%20comedy%22%20alighieri&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Divine Comedy</a> by Dante Alighieri<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The layers of allusion, inspiration, and direct references
woven within Succession’s writing and art direction reflect how cerebrally
rich the show is. Its references to Dante’s journey through hell in the first
part of his “Divine Comedy” are perhaps both most and least subtle in the
second season: Center stage in the key art is William
Adolphe-Bouguereau’s Dante and Virgil, depicting the author and his guide
as they pass by two condemned men fighting each other in the eighth circle for
falsifiers and counterfeiters. Turn directly to Canto XXX in “Inferno” for the
corresponding, excoriating passage on truth, consequences, and bearing witness
to sinners.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=The%20Decline%20and%20Fall%20of%20the%20Roman%20Empire%3F&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</a> by Edward Gibbon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Caligula and Corialanus, Romulus and Remus, Nero and Sporus
… if you don’t know your ancient Roman history, you may be missing some of the
more explicit references that the characters themselves make to each other
throughout Succession. It is also likely not a coincidence that Gibbon’s
oft-cited work chronicles the decline and fall of an empire.</p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-88688534791700227932023-06-02T16:13:00.000-05:002023-06-02T16:13:22.326-05:00favorite fictional cats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4H-yviArkXRH_4DF8_MCOLnZRFjSxsTIvsSoiSHQ4ujtTAi-OwSZv3GMUYPifwlZvRKuMTHteWqVoO5ez0-CNW18P9W5oV9yeC0M1XkoJMxNjeJyLmmZU4aDmtYwoCm49fgXYlJ3uKSju2aG1eNjUqjjANfcC7EC1Rp5mB5gB8TMmjPF7bICyroV/s540/32513992._SX540_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="540" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4H-yviArkXRH_4DF8_MCOLnZRFjSxsTIvsSoiSHQ4ujtTAi-OwSZv3GMUYPifwlZvRKuMTHteWqVoO5ez0-CNW18P9W5oV9yeC0M1XkoJMxNjeJyLmmZU4aDmtYwoCm49fgXYlJ3uKSju2aG1eNjUqjjANfcC7EC1Rp5mB5gB8TMmjPF7bICyroV/w365-h301/32513992._SX540_.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FOR NEW ADULT/ADULT READERS:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The calico from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=5efaa1d8-6447-5c5c-96c3-884b4c36707c&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cat and The City</a> by Nick Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In Tokyo – one of the world’s largest megacities – a stray
cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she
brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers,
connecting them in unexpected ways. The cat orbits Tokyo’s denizens, drawing
them ever closer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nana from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22the%20travelling%20cat%20chronicles%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Travelling Cat Chronicles</a> by Hiro Arikawa,
translated by Philip Gabriel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The book is narrated by Nana, who is on a road trip with his
human Satoru. His voice is by turns grumpy, haughty, smart, selfish, sweet,
loving, affectionate. This is a warm, kind, bittersweet novel with lots to say
about friendship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tiger from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=da0cecb4-8be2-528c-9f23-aeb0cc2d6f81&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Cat Who Saved Books</a> by Sosuke Natsukawa,
translated by Louise Heal Kawai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tiger is a tabby who appears in a second hand bookshop at
just the right time. When a human named Rintaro inherits the shop from his
grandfather and isn’t sure how to keep it alive, he and Tiger go on a mission
to rescue books from people who didn’t appreciate them as much as they should.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Glen in <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=52756362-be15-59bf-a8ae-61e9e7e57f9e&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</a> by Gail Honeyman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contrary to what the title suggest, Eleanor Oliphant is not,
in fact, completely fine. She struggles to fit in and she’s deeply lonely. Over
the course of the book, she learns to care for and accept the love of others.
Along the way, a new friend gives her a cat, who is very much part of that
journey.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chibi from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4a847d70-3adf-5c7f-8b6b-e202203688bb&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Guest Cat </a>by Takashi Hiraide, translated by
Eric Selland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Guardian</i> says about this novel: “It’s the kind of
work that makes you ask of its author: ‘”‘How on earth did he do that?’ as you
find yourself dabbing your eyes and pausing to look wistfully into the
distance…” Here <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a cat brings people
together, in this case a couple who are growing apart. Thanks to their feline
friend, the couple begin to see the world differently.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Puff the Magic Dragon from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=89599654-887c-588e-8c91-4d1577412034&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Night Magic</a> by Karen Robards (also an <a href="https://jclc.overdrive.com/jclc-emmetoneal/content/media/547" target="_blank">ebook on Libby</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Author Clara Winston was snuggling in for the night when the
strange men burst into her carriage house apartment, demanding the whereabouts
of the "real" Magic Dragon -- the one she had dedicated her last
romance novel to. "Under the bed," she managed to squeak out,
wondering why in the world they wanted her old gray Persian cat, Puff... When
they went to look, Clara escaped right into the strong arms of CIA agent Jack
McClain, code-named "Magic Dragon," a man running for his life and
taking Clara and Puff with him into a wild spill of hair-raising adventure,
deadly espionage... and unforgettable love.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lying Cat from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2bc64ae7-c2a1-11ea-97d5-afdd2928568d&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Saga</a> by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lying Cat is paid assasin The Will's sidekick. She
is a large feline, similar in appearance to a Sphynx cat with pale blue-green
skin and yellow eyes. Lying Cats have the ability to target lies when they are
deliberate and will respond by simply saying "Lying".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phil from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=6c182011-fd82-5370-ba7e-515d767784a4&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Bookish Life of Nina Hill</a> by Abbi Waxman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When we meet bookseller Nina Hill, her life is perfectly
under control, and that’s exactly the way she likes it: trivia once a week, a
job she loves, just the right amount of social interaction. Then she falls in
love, discovers a family she never knew, and has to save her beloved bookshop.
It’s a lot for anyone to cope with. Thank goodness Nina has the steadying
presence of her cat Phil in her life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All the cats from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=eb90a9c8-43b6-5d2f-8ebc-ba94cfbc6903&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">A Cat Café Christmas</a> by Codi Gary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What’s better than a cat? Lots of cats. And what’s
even better than lots of cats is lots of cats and coffee. And romance. And
Christmas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FOR TEEN READERS: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mogget from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22sabriel%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Sabriel</a> by Garth Nix<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mogget, a Free Magic spirit trapped in cat form, is
Sabriel's companion for a large part of her adventures. She first meets him at
Abhorsen's House, where he shocks her by talking and explains that he's been a
servant of the Abhorsen for a long time. A very long time, it turns out—Sabriel
notices that the magic on the binding collar keeping Mogget in cat form is over
a thousand years old. He may eat, purr, and sleep like a cat, but the spirit
inside his body is an unpredictable and unknown force.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Selma, AKA Eartha Kitty from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a21608fe-6030-51cf-b5cc-7725a6fd5225&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Voting Booth</a> by Brandy
Colbert<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marva is determined to help Duke exercise his right to vote.
Along the way, they fall in love while hunting for Marva’s Instagram-famous cat
who’s gone missing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buttercup from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22hunger%20games%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Hunger Games</a> by Suzanne Collins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buttercup is a "hideous-looking cat" that
belonged to Primrose Everdeen. Prim named him Buttercup because she insisted
that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright colors of the flower. Katniss
Everdeen and Buttercup mutually despise each other after she attempted to
drown him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Musubi from the manga, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=%22cat%20%2B%20gamer%22&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Cat + Gamer</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession
for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat! Having
no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her
in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through
a cat's worldview.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elvis from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=83cf2f29-7f17-57f7-a56e-b4f4a40d5d86&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Elvis and the World as it Stands</a> by Lisa Frankel
Riddiough and Olivia Chin Mueller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elvis the kitten has just been adopted and is grumpy about
it. All he wants is to go back to the shelter and to his sister. But he finds
the humans he’s been placed with fascinating, and he watches them and processes
their relationships. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FOR YOUNGER READERS:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Max from <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e129d1cf-8e90-5667-a826-e17131ca1803&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Negative Cat</a> by Sophie Blackall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This gorgeous picture book is about a cat with the best
name: Maximilian Augustus Xavier. But Max is sad. No matter that his humans
knit him a sweater, tickle him with a feather, or buy him gifts, he can’t seem
to cheer up. Until the littlest human starts reading to him and then Max feels
a lot better. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>https://bookriot.com/a-ranking-of-fictional-cats/</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2369394935408082543.post-33698154095159055512023-05-24T10:18:00.005-05:002023-05-24T10:18:54.694-05:00ancient Greece<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next Books & Beyond (BAB) meeting will be on Tuesday, June 27th @ 6:30pm, most likely on Zoom, and the topic up for discussion will be foodie fiction! Registration is <a href="https://emmetoneal.libnet.info/event/6648595" target="_blank">available here</a> (no library card is required, even though it looks like it is!). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">BAB met last night on Zoom to talk about ancient Greece.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=a3ae1667-3480-569a-9ec5-d867f9421d40&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Sacred Games</a> by Gary Corby</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Arakos from Sparta. When Arakos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else could have killed the second-best fighter in all Hellas but the very best? The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days' time, as soon as the Sacred Games have finished.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Complicating everything is the fact that Athens and Sparta are already at each other's throats, in the opening stages of a power struggle for control of Hellas. If an Athenian is found to have cheated at the Games by murdering a Spartan, it will be everything the hawks in Sparta need to declare open war the moment the Sacred Truce is over. And that's a war Athens cannot hope to win.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Nico and his partner in sleuthing, the annoyingly clever priestess Diotima, have four days to save their friend and avert a war that would tear their world apart.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e4078fc2-7efd-54ee-a29b-9ce68500ff6f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Morning Glory Milking Farm</a> by C.M. Nascosta</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">Morning Glory Milking Farm is a short human/monster </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important;">romance</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> novel, featuring a high heat slow burn with a lot of heart, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Content warnings are viewable on author's website. It is the first book in the Cambric Creek Monster Romance series, and can be read as a standalone. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Morning Glory Milking Farm offers full-time hours, full benefits, and generous pay with no experience needed . . . there’s only one catch. Milking minotaurs isn’t something Violet ever considered as a career option, but she’s determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1669a2ba-9ce3-5a28-b552-afa786e811b9&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code</a> by Margalit Fox</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins of a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization that flowered on Crete 1,000 years before Greece’s Classical Age, he discovered a cache of ancient tablets, Europe’s earliest written records. For half a century, the meaning of the inscriptions, and even the language in which they were written, would remain a mystery.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Award-winning </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic !important;">New York Times</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> journalist Margalit Fox's riveting real-life intellectual detective story travels from the Bronze Age Aegean—the era of Odysseus, Agamemnon, and Helen—to the turn of the 20th century and the work of charismatic English archeologist Arthur Evans, to the colorful personal stories of the decipherers. These include Michael Ventris, the brilliant amateur who deciphered the script but met with a sudden, mysterious death that may have been a direct consequence of the deipherment; and Alice Kober, the unsung heroine of the story whose painstaking work allowed Ventris to crack the code.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4b4abd1b-e807-56d6-887f-91f87110ffe2&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths</a> by Natalie Haynes</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tellers of Greek myths—historically men—have routinely sidelined the female characters. When they do take a larger role, women are often portrayed as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil—like Pandora, the woman of eternal scorn and damnation whose curiosity is tasked with causing all the world’s suffering and wickedness when she opened that forbidden box. But, as Natalie Haynes reveals, in ancient Greek myths there was no box. It was a jar . . . which is far more likely to tip over.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">Pandora’s Jar</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, the broadcaster, writer, stand-up comedian, and passionate classicist turns the tables, putting the women of the Greek myths on an equal footing with the men. With wit, humor, and savvy, Haynes revolutionizes our understanding of epic poems, stories, and plays, resurrecting them from a woman’s perspective and tracing the origins of their mythic female characters. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=plato%27s%20republic&searchType=title&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Plato's Republic</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">Plato's </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic !important;">The Republic</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge? </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic !important;">The Republic</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as "guardians" of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by "philosopher kings."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123381858-the-collapse-of-antiquity" target="_blank">Collapse of Antiquity</a> by Michael Hudson (not available in the JCLC)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This book traces the role of debt in Antiquity and suggests that it was the long-lasting curse of interest-bearing loans being handed out that could not be repaid. It eroded the fabric of society.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/340960.Theaetetus?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cBR8PR3WO8&rank=2" target="_blank">Plato's Theaetetus</a> (not available in the JCLC)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">The </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic !important;">Theaetetus </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest student, Theaetetus, it explores one of the key issues in philosophy: what is knowledge? Though no definite answer is reached, the discussion is penetrating and wide-ranging, covering the claims of perception to be knowledge, the theory that all is in motion, and the perennially tempting idea that knowledge and truth are relative to different individuals or states. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55149255-reality?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=FHeFhOP3lh&rank=1" target="_blank">Reality</a> by Peter Kingsley (not available in the JCLC)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">REALITY introduces us to the extraordinary mystical tradition that lies right at the roots of western culture. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">This is the true story of Parmenides, Empedocles, and those like them: spiritual guides and experts in other states of consciousness, healers and interpreters of dreams, prophets and magicians who laid the foundation for the world we now live in. REALITY documents the excruciating process that led to their work and teaching being distorted, covered over, forgotten. And most importantly, it presents these original teachings in all their immediacy and power -- revealing their ability, just as vibrant now as at the dawn of the western world, to awaken us to what reality truly is.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://friendsandfiction.com/" target="_blank">Friends and Fiction</a> podcast </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">New York Times Bestselling novelists Mary Kay Andrews,
Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry are four
longtime friends with more than seventy published books to their
credit. With chats, author interviews and fascinating insider talk
about publishing and writing, these friends discuss the books they’ve written,
the books they’re reading now, and the art of storytelling. With a
mission to support independent bookstores, they are always seeking new and
innovative ways to introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing. If
you love books and you’re curious about the writing world, you’re in the right
place. Join Friends and Fiction every Wednesday night at 7 pm EST
on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/218258812785773" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://parade.com/member/friendsandfiction/" target="_blank">Parade
magazine</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Snail on the Wall and the Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation are thrilled to host the four bestselling authors of</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Friends & Fiction! </span></span>Travel to Huntsville's Randolph School Thurber Arts Center on Tuesday, June 6th to meet all four authors and hosts of the popular web show and podcast, <a href="https://friendsandfiction.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Friends & Fiction</a>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">as they celebrate the release of <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kristin Harmel's newest work <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Paris Daughter</em></span>. <a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/AbWm9l9-oBEIiSicTWIoQQ" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a>.</span></span></h3><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><br /></span></div>Emmet O'Neal Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181461400514587766noreply@blogger.com0