Gibson-Esmond Station Staff Picks for August 2022Like this list

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• World of Wonders

  in Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

  Nezhukumatathil, Aimee

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  Everything about this book is beautiful. -Pick submitted by Amy.

• The Other Black Girl

  Harris, Zakiya Dalila

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  Bookpage Reviews states, "With a flair for metaphor and a carefully calibrated surrealist perspective, she stops just short of over-the-top, as in this claustrophobic internal narrative: "What concerned me more were the things I couldn't name: the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

  the Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

  Napoli, Lisa, 1963-

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  Booklist Reviews state, "Napoli's fascination with public radio reaches back to the start of her journalism career and shaped two of her three previous books, Radio Shangri-La (2011) and Ray & Joan (2016). She now brings all her biographical and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit

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  "Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-race identical twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ride of Her Life

  the True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-chance Journey Across America

  Letts, Elizabeth

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  What word or phrase would best describe a person who thought it was a good idea to ride a horse from Maine to California? With little money. Few provisions. In ill health. Right before the onset of winter. In 1954. It sounds kind of . . . what . . .…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• #Murdertrending

  McNeil, Gretchen

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  "Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media". -Pick submitted by Marisa

• The Regrets

  a Novel

  Bonnaffons, Amy

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  So weird and imaginative! - Pick submitted by Amy.

• Confessions

  Minato, Kanae, 1973-

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  This creeping horror story takes its time, slowly accelerating, starting with this: The homeroom teacher knows that two of her students murdered her 4 year old daughter. The police have ruled it an unfortunate accident. Yuko Moriguchi knows better.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wilder Girls

  Power, Rory

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  "Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island". -Pick submitted by Marisa

• The Ocean Calls

  a Haenyeo Mermaid Story

  Cho, Tina M.

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  "Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl dutifully consumes her grandmother's strength-building abalone porridge and practices her breath control before suiting up and overcoming fears to make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The National Road

  Dispatches From a Changing America

  Zoellner, Tom

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  The author, Tom Zoellner, lit out on multiple road trips to experience a constantly changing America. Sounds like a good idea. Probably was a better idea when gas was $1.50. -Pick submitted by Norm

• The Grace Year

  Liggett, Kim

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  Booklist Reviews states, "Tierney comes up against it all and emerges as a fully developed heroine whose brushes with danger, both physical and emotional, have a real impact on readers. But this also does a good job of exploring the dark undertones…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One of Us Is Lying

  McManus, Karen M.

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  "When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students, all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case". - Pick submitted by Sara

• Strawberried Alive

  McKinlay, Jenn

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  In the 14th Cupcake Bakery Mystery series, we reunite with our favorite Fairy Tale Cupcakes crew in a plot that has many twists and turns - way more than a usual cozy. Mel, owner of Fairy Tale Cupcakes, is shot at when closing up. Is it because…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Were Liars

  Lockhart, E.

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  "Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer". -Pick submitted by Marisa

• Matched

  Condie, Allyson Braithwaite

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  "All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Queen

  Aveyard, Victoria

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  "Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arsenic and Adobo

  Manansala, Mia P.

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  A new diverse cozy mystery perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay! "Arsenic and Adobo" follows Lila as she helps out in her family restaurant. Naturally, murder ensues, and Lila steps in to investigate in order to save her family's reputation and…Read moreRead more of this annotation