by: Kristin Hannah Goodreads Description: Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great […]
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The Push
by: Ashley Audrain Goodreads Description: Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter–she doesn’t behave like most children do. Or is it […]
Upcoming books for April 2021
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February 2021 Tidbit
This arctic winter has got us all a little blue. Here in Wilmington, we are enjoying a cold, wet swamp this February. We are not very original in our tidbit ideas right now. Here are some things Helen and Holly are really digging to get us through the slump. Helen says: I just ordered Tieghan […]
One by One
by: Ruth Ware Goodreads description: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, […]
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
by: Marie Benedict Goodreads Description: Marie Benedict, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, uncovers the untold story of Agatha Christie’s mysterious eleven day disappearance. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks […]
Dear Child
by: Romy Hausmann Goodreads description: Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talents In a windowless shack in the woods, Lena’s life and that of her two children follows the rules set by their captor, the father: Meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed. He protects his […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by: V.E. Schwab Goodreads Description: A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling […]
The Stationery Shop
by: Marjan Kamali Goodreads description: A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea that explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles […]
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