Staff Picks for Thanksgiving Weekend
Happy Thanksgiving from Borrow. Read. Repeat.!
Check out what everyone on our staff is reading, watching, and listening to this holiday weekend.
Maureen Meekins
Marketing Manager, Library Marketing
Reading: Rental House: A Novel by Weike Wang
Watching: Tulsa King on Paramount+
Listening to: The Cure’s new album, Songs of a Lost World
Rental House: A Novel by Weike Wang
*A LibraryReads Pick*
From the award-winning author of Chemistry, a sharp-witted, insightful novel about a marriage as seen through the lens of two family vacations.
Available in Hard Cover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
Jennifer Rubins
Associate Director, Library Marketing
Reading: Long Island Compromise: A Novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Watching: The Diplomat on Netflix
Listening to: The new Wicked movie soundtrack (alongside the original Broadway cast recording, too!)
Long Island Compromise: A Novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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Elizabeth Fabian
Senior Director, Library Marketing
Reading: The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore
Watching: Madam Secretary on Netflix
Listening to: “Stargazing” by Myles Smith
The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore
*A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick*
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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Sharnell Johnson
Marketing Manager, Library Marketing
Reading: Earls Trip: A Novel by Jenny Holiday
Watching: Somebody Somewhere on Max
Listening to: Samara Joy’s album, Portrait
Earls Trip: A Novel by Jenny Holiday
Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton for a 19th century spin on The Hangover in USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday’s laugh-out-loud bromantic comedy featuring three Regency-era Earls on their annual trip—ride-or-die buddies offering one another unconditional support in everything from Lady problems to family woes.
Available in Trade Paperback.
Kate McManus
Assistant, Library Marketing
Reading: Good Material: A Novel by Dolly Alderton
Watching: Silo on Apple TV+
Good Material: A Novel by Dolly Alderton
*A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick*
From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both.
Available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
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Rachel Tran
Associate Marketing Manager, Library Marketing
Reading: Advanced Readers’ Copy of The Original Daughter: A Novel by Jemimah Wei
Watching: Interior Chinatown on Hulu
Listening to: Kendrick Lamar’s new album, GNX
The Original Daughter: A Novel by Jemimah Wei
In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Coming May 2025 in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.
Miriam Tuliao
Senior Marketing Manager, Library Marketing
Reading: Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority by Anne Anlin Cheng
Watching: The Daily Show
Listening to: The Brian Lehrer Show
Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority by Anne Anlin Cheng
The most personal writing yet to come from a noted scholar of race: a bold and moving look at race, gender, aging, and immigration that examines, through lenses both intimate and political, what it means to be an Asian American woman living in America today.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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Jennifer Childs
Vice President, Library Marketing
Reading: Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Watching: Cobra Kai on Netflix
Listening to: Christmas music!
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural world.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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