There's A Book for That: Friday the 13th #FRIDAYREADS: We’ve been waiting for you Friday the 13th! Though its origins are unclear (and could date back to biblical times), Friday the 13th is considered a day of bad luck by the superstitious in the Western Hemisphere and has entered popular culture as an auspicious date. We know the horror movie franchise it spawned, but did you know that there is a word for a fear of Friday the 13th? It is Paraskevidekatriaphobia - from the Greek words paraskeví (meaning ‘Friday’), and dekatreís (meaning ‘thirteen’). We don’t wish to make light of anybody’s…
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May is almost here and we have six great new reads that will be coming to a library near you! Be the first to check these titles out! SWEETBITTER You will develop a palate. A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of taste. Eating becomes a discipline, language-obsessed. You will never simply eat food again. These are the words that introduce us to Tess, the twenty-two-year-old narrator of Sweetbitter—and you will never again read a debut coming-of-age novel as stunning as this one. A LibraryReads Pick for May. THE…
By ELIZABETH BRUNDAGE A rich and complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage, this is also an astute study of the various taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community. A dark, riveting, beautifully written book that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder. "Succeeding as murder mystery, ghost tale, family drama, and love story, her novel is both tragic and transcendent.” —Publishers Weekly Click for More Information.
By CHRIS PAVONE From the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident. When a beautiful woman makes Will Rhodes an offer he can’t refuse, he’s drawn into a tangled web of international intrigue. As he races across Europe, it becomes clear that the network of deception ensnaring him is part of a deadly conspiracy with terrifying global implications—and that the people closest to him may pose the greatest threat of all. "It’s hard to believe this is only Pavone’s third book—he’s already an automatic must-read for me.” –Lee Child, author of the #1 New York Times…
By LYNDSAY FAYE “Reader, I murdered him.” A reimagining of Jane Eyre as a gutsy, heroic serial killer, this satirical romance about identity, goodness, and the nature of lies is a brilliant and deeply absorbing book inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s classic heroine. "Faye’s skill at historical mystery was evident in her nineteenth-century New York trilogy, but this slyly satiric stand-alone takes her prowess to new levels. A must for Brontë devotees; wickedly entertaining for all." —Booklist (starred review) Click for More Information.
