by: Bernhard Schlink Goodreads Description: From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the wounds of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter. It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier […]
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Hate Mail
by: Donna Marchetti Goodreads description: Naomi and Luca have been pen-pals since fifth-grade. Well, more like bitter rivals caught in an epic battle of insults and verbal jousting… But what starts as a hilarious chain of hate filled letters, slowly develops into a friendship spanning coasts and years. That is until one day, years later, […]
More or Less Maddy
by: Lisa Genova Goodreads Description: A breathless, riveting novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder whorejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy. Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a […]
The Three Lives of Cate Kay: A Novel
by: Kate Fagan Goodeads Description: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past. Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that […]
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March 2025 Tidbit
Let’s talk the Over/Under on the Oscars! Helen saw every film nominated. Imagine that! Helen says: What a weird year for the Oscars…the films just get weirder and weirder…I liked Anora, Conclave and The Brutalist. I tolerated A Real Pain and A Complete Unknown. I loathed Emilia Perez and The Substance. I never saw Wicked, […]
Good Material
by: Dolly Alderton Goodreads description: Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can’t work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . Without a home Waiting for his stand-up career to take off Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn’t looking Set adrift on the sea […]
Little Bee
by: Chris Cleave Goodreads description: We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this: This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one […]
Us Against You (Beartown #2)
by: Fredrik Backman Goodreads description: After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team […]
The Wedding People
by: Alison Espach Goodreads description: It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest […]
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