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Amy

Currently Reading: Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and The Favorites by Layne Fargo

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Erica

Currently Reading: The Names by Florence Knapp and Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin

Likes to read: Romance, Mystery, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Teen & Youth Fiction

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Hannah

Currently Reading: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling and How To Be Well: Navigating Our Self-care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure At a Time by Amy Larocca

Likes to read: Romance, Literary Fiction, Horror, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Currently Reading: Heart the Lover by Lily King

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Currently Reading: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett and Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Likes to read: Mystery, Literary & Contemporary Fiction

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Erica’s Pick of the Week: This Story Might Save Your Life

April 28, 2026

These days, it’s rare for a book to keep me up late – in large part because I love sleep almost as much as I love reading. It takes a truly gripping title to disrupt bedtime. But thanks to its twisty plot, breakneck pacing, and appealing leads, Tiffany Crum’s debut, This Story Might Save Your…

Marianne’s Pick of the Week: Go Gentle

April 21, 2026

“It’s not Keep Calm and Carry On. It’s Change Your Perception So You Never Have to Keep Calm and Carry On. Stoics are very passionate people. The key is to be correct in your passions.” Go Gentle by Maria Semple Adora Hazzard is living her best life. A fifty-something divorcee residing in the historic…

Jenny’s Pick of the Week: The Anniversary

April 14, 2026

The Anniversary, Alex Finlay’s upcoming thriller, delivers a uniquely structured and gripping mystery that reviewers are calling his best book yet. The story unfolds over nine years, from 1992-2001, with each section firmly anchored on May 1st. This date, infamously known to Midwesterners as Death Day, is when an elusive serial killer strikes each year.…

Seasons of Iron and Glass: Stories cover image by Amal El-Mohtar: a rabbit hops through a cloudy time portal after a fox in a woodland scene

Hannah’s Pick of the Week: Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar

April 7, 2026

'"What? Oh." A pause; Amira has never seen a river. "No--it's nothing like that when they fly above you. It's...a creaking, like a stove door with no squeak in it, as if the geese are machines dressed in flesh and feathers. It's a beautiful sound--beneath the honking it's a low drone, but if they're flying…

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