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June 28, 2023 | 'Catfishing on CatNet' by Naomi Kritzer [YA Review]

6/28/2023

 
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Catfishing on CatNet

Kritzer, Naomi

2019, Tor Teen

Fiction

Grades: 7 - 9

Availability

EPLD: print
eBook: Boundless
How much does the internet know about YOU?

Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet—a social media site where users upload cat pictures—a place she knows she is welcome. What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I.

When a threat from Steph’s past catches up to her and ChesireCat’s existence is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph and her friends, both online and IRL, to save her.

Read a review by Joan Herron:

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June 28, 2023 | 'Leviathan' by Scott Westerfeld [YA Review]

6/28/2023

 
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Leviathan

Westerfeld, Scott

2009, Simon Pulse

Fiction

Grades: 7 - 9

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: large print, audiobook, & Playaway
​eAudiobook: Libby & Hoopla
Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.

Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.

With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.

Read a review by Nikki Smith:

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June 21, 2023 | 'The Lipstick Bureau' by Michelle Gable [Adult Review]

6/21/2023

 
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The Lipstick Bureau

Gable, Michelle

2022, Graydon House

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: large print
​eBook: Freading & Hoopla
​eAudiobook: Hoopla
Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost.

“A gripping, fascinating read.” —Kelly Rimmer,  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Warsaw Orphan

1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.

Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and others—now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau—find success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband.

As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she's been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death…

Read a review by Ann Reeves:

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June 21, 2023 | 'Booked on a Feeling' by Jayci Lee [Adult Review]

6/21/2023

 
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Booked on a Feeling

Lee, Jayci

2022, St. Martin's Griffin

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: large print
ILL: print
eBook: Libby & Boundless
eAudiobook: Boundless & Hoopla
Jayci Lee's romcom Booked on a Feeling features an overachieving lawyer. A failing bookstore. A childhood friend. And the chance of a lifetime…

Lizzy "Overachiever" Chung, Esq. has her life mapped out
* Become a lawyer. Check.
* Join a prestigious law firm. Check.
* Make partner. In progress.

If all goes to plan, she will check off that last box in a couple years, make her parents proud, and live a successful, fulfilled life in L.A. What was not in her plans was passing out from a panic attack during a pivotal moment in her career. A few deep breaths and a four hour drive later, Lizzy is in Weldon for three weeks to shed the burnout and figure out what went wrong. And what better place to recharge than the small California town where she spent her childhood summers with her best friend, Jack Park.

Jack Park didn't expect to see Lizzy back in Weldon, but now he's got three weeks to spend with the girl of his dreams. Except she doesn't know of his decades-long crush on her--and he intends to keep it that way. She's a high-powered attorney who lives in L.A. and he's a bookkeeper at his family's brewery who never left his hometown. He can't risk their friendship on a long shot. Can he? When Lizzy decides that the local bookstore needs a little revamp, of course, Jack is going to help her bring it back to life. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore there might be more than just friendship among the dusty shelves and books...

Sometimes the path to the rest of your life has been in front of you all along.

Read a review by Cindy O'Neill:

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June 14, 2023 | 'The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly' by Rebecca K.S. Ansari [Middle Grade Review]

6/14/2023

 
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The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly

Ansari, Rebecca K.S.

2020, Walden Pond Press

Fiction

Grades: 3 - 7

Availablity

EPLD: print
​eBook: Freading & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Hoopla
Charlie O’Reilly is an only child. Which is why it makes everyone uncomfortable when he talks about his brother. Liam, his eight-year-old kid brother, who, up until a year ago, slept in the bunk above Charlie, took pride in being as annoying as possible, and was the only person who could make Charlie laugh until it hurt.

Then came the morning when the bunk, and Liam, disappeared forever. No one even remembers him—not Charlie’s mother, who has been lost in her own troubles; and not Charlie’s father, who is gone frequently on business trips. The only person who believes Charlie is his best friend, Ana—even if she has no memory of Liam, she is as determined as Charlie is to figure out what happened to him.

The search seems hopeless—until Charlie receives a mysterious note, written in Liam’s handwriting. The note leads Charlie and Ana to make some profound discoveries about a magic they didn’t know existed, and they soon realize that if they're going to save Liam, they may need to risk being forgotten themselves, forever.

Read a review by Nikki Smith:

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June 14, 2023 | 'The Golden Spoon' by Jessa Maxwell [Adult Review]

6/14/2023

 
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The Golden Spoon

Maxwell, Jessa

2023, Atria Books

Fiction

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: large print, audiobook, & Playaway
eBook: Libby
​eAudiobook: Libby
For six amateur bakers, competing in Bake Week is a dream come true.

When they arrive at Grafton Manor to compete, they're ready to do whatever it takes to win the ultimate The Golden Spoon.

But for the show's famous host, Betsy Martin, Bake Week is more than just a competition. Grafton Manor is her family's home and legacy - and Bake Week is her life's work. It's imperative that both continue to succeed.

But as the competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it's small acts of sabotage. Someone switching sugar for salt. A hob turned far too high.

But when a body is discovered, it's clear that for someone in the competition, The Golden Spoon is a prize worth killing for...

Read a review by Cindy O'Neill:

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June 7, 2023 | 'Dea Librarian' by Lydia M. Sigwarth [Picture Book Review]

6/7/2023

 
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Dear Librarian

Sigwarth, Lydia M.

2021, Farrar Straus Giroux

Fiction

Grades: Pre-K - 3; Lexile: AD530L

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: audio-enabled book & book on DVD
eBook: Boundless & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Boundless & Hoopla (book on video also available)
When Lydia was five years old, she and her family had to leave their home. They hopped from Grandma's house to Aunt Linda's house to Cousin Alice's house, but no place was permanent. Then one day, everything changed. Lydia's mom took her to a new place -- not a house, but a big building with stone columns, and tall, tall steps. The library.

In the library, Lydia found her special spot across from the sunny window, at a round desk. For behind that desk was her new friend, the librarian. Together, Lydia and the librarian discovered a world beyond their walls, one that sparkled with spectacular joy.

Dear Librarian is a thank you to anyone who has offered a child love and support during a difficult time.

Read a review by Jill Martin:

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June 7, 2023 | 'The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise' by Colleen Oakley [Adult Review]

6/7/2023

 
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The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

Oakley, Colleen

2023, Berkley

Fiction

Availa​bility

EPLD: print
​ILL: large print
eBook: Libby & Boundless
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.

One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line -- Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one.

The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m. insisting that they leave town immediately?

Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.

Read a review by Ann Reeves:

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