{"id":10667,"date":"2019-10-14T15:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/?page_id=10667"},"modified":"2025-02-23T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T00:58:15","slug":"new-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/new-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"#fantasy\">Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#hfic\">Historical Fiction<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#horror\">Horror<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#mystery\">Mystery<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#rfic\">Realistic Fiction<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#romance\">Romance<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"#scifi\">Science Fiction<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Below is a list of some of our featured New Fiction Titles available in the ReaderSpace at Smith Library! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Click on your preferred genre above or scroll through to see them all.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"Link Title\" name=\"fantasy\"><\/a>Fantasy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1123219123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/td.jpg\" alt=\"td\" width=\"141\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society\u2026 Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one\u2014the historian\u2026Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities\u2014and discovers a world her people left behind long ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Deep\/Rivers-Solomon\/9781534439863\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFor all its complexity in origin and concept, The Deep is an elegantly concise and simple novel. Yetu&#8217;s plight is an essential, emotionally fraught conflict between duty and sacrifice, between tradition and progress, between the individual and the common good, and between vengeance and forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Heller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/11\/07\/776948306\/the-deep-sings-with-many-voices\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-deep\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1054836121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/gn-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/gn-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/gn.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. ..<\/p>\n<p>Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/publishing.tor.com\/gideontheninth-tamsynmuir\/9781250313195\/\">Tor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt is altogether its own thing \u2014 brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through. With a snorting laugh and two middle fingers, the whole thing burns end-to-end. It is deep when you expect shallow, raucous when you expect dignity and, in the end, absolutely heartbreaking when you least expect it.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Sheehan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/09\/755170550\/smart-snarky-gideon-the-ninth-swears-her-way-through-the-stars\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/gideon-the-ninth\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1079848575\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/nh-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"nh\" width=\"129\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/nh-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/nh.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Galaxy \u201cAlex\u201d Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale\u2019s freshman class\u2026by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide\u2026 But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world\u2019s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What\u2019s the catch, and why her?\u00a0 Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale\u2019s secret societies. Their eight windowless \u201ctombs\u201d are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful\u2026But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ninth-House-Leigh-Bardugo\/dp\/1250313074\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ninth+house&amp;qid=1575287750&amp;sr=8-1\">com<\/a>; Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250313089\">MacMillan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c&#8221;Ninth House,&#8221; is wry, uncanny, original and, above all, an engrossing, unnerving thriller\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ellen Morton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/after-dominating-ya-leigh-bardugo-delivers-a-fantasy-novel-for-adults-with-ninth-house\/2019\/09\/30\/7cb4fd2e-e383-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See other reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/ninth-house\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1076376934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/sse-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"sse\" width=\"120\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/sse-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/sse.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages\u2026he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this \u2026Zachary uncovers a series of clues that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians\u2014it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/535366\/the-starless-sea-by-erin-morgenstern\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhat did work for me, deeply and wholesomely and movingly, was the whole affect of the book, its warmth, its helpless love of storytelling and beautiful, polished fables. It&#8217;s a book that&#8217;s a pleasure to dwell in, a delicious experience to dip in and out of\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amal El-Mohtar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/11\/03\/775436518\/youll-float-away-on-the-warm-waters-of-the-starless-sea\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-starless-sea\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1050273125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10850 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/mfl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it. Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life \u2013 or at least, she\u2019s perfectly fine. She doesn&#8217;t in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ivy Gamble is a liar.<\/p>\n<p>When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister\u2014without\u00a0 losing herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus.macmillan.com%2Fbooks%2F9781250174611&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6CcZ2WC-6vJ0hyDWMKyx_eSnWWA\">Macmillan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGailey\u2019s debut is an energetic modern fantasy that plays rough with relationships and personal beliefs, from youth to adulthood. Ivy\u2019s emotional investigation will strike a chord in anyone who has ever felt like they don\u2019t belong. Highly recommended for all collections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kristi Chadwick, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbookverdict.com%2Fdetails.xqy%3Furi%3DProduct2019-05-01-9465455.xml&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8iOs4c1m33UKUaGPnn2WA1G2dSQ\">Library Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fmagic-for-liars%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxGiMVVltXXCYHfbgMynnkr7YOUQ\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1051778939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/crow-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/crow-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/crow.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcentralpublishing.com\/titles\/kira-jane-buxton\/hollow-kingdom\/9781538745816\/\">Grand Central Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Buxton takes a joyfully original approach to apocalyptic fiction. See, instead of us humans being the focal point in the story of our own extinction, it&#8217;s the plethora of life that we leave behind that takes center stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Ilana Masad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/10\/749457565\/humans-are-gone-in-hollow-kingdom-so-its-up-to-the-crows\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/hollow-kingdom\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"Link Title\" name=\"hfic\"><\/a>Historical Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1038438184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/huntress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a>&#8220;From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-huntress-kate-quinn?variant=32207051980834\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s still engrossing, suspenseful, and authentic, a book to give you a new perspective on women, war, and the wheels of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bethane Patrick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/28\/697797237\/women-show-the-faces-of-war-in-the-huntress\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-huntress\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1090706582\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/such-a-fun-age.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains\u2019 toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store\u2019s security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping\u2026A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix\u2019s desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix\u2019s past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/605904\/such-a-fun-age-by-kiley-reid\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis is a book that will read, I suspect, quite differently to various audiences \u2014 funny to some, deeply uncomfortable and shamefully recognizable to others \u2014 but whatever the experience, I urge you to read Such a Fun Age. Let its empathic approach to even the ickiest characters stir you, allow yourself to share Emira&#8217;s millennial anxieties about adulting, take joy in the innocence of Briar&#8217;s still-unmarred personhood, and rejoice that Kiley Reid is only just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ilana Masad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/12\/28\/791747689\/such-a-fun-age-is-a-complex-layered-page-turner\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/such-a-fun-age\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1088908754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/second-sleep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>&#8220;1498. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts\u2013coins, fragments of glass, human bones\u2013which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes\u2013about himself, his faith, and the history of his world\u2013will be tested to destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/607954\/the-second-sleep-by-robert-harris\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe Second Sleep develops into something more contemplative: an exploration of a world that is both unfamiliar and as old as time, and of the consequences of our flagrant disregard for the existential perils of our own era.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clare Clark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/sep\/07\/the-second-sleep-robert-harris-review\">The Guardian (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-second-sleep\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1090006765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/dh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>&#8220;From the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, comes Ann Patchett&#8217;s most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062963673\/the-dutch-house\/\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPatchett\u2019s prose is confident, unfussy and unadorned. I can\u2019t pluck out one sentence worth quoting, but how effective they are when woven together \u2014 these translucent lines that envelop you like a spider\u2019s web. It can feel old-fashioned: her style, her attachment to a very traditional kind of storytelling \u2014 a vision of the novel as a Dutch house, with a clarity and transparency of purpose and method, a refusal of narrative tricksiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parul Sehgal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/21\/books\/review-dutch-house-ann-patchett.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-dutch-house\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1111812185\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/wsg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"204\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling authors of\u00a0<em>The Glass Ocean<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Forgotten Room<\/em>\u00a0return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris\u2019 legendary Ritz hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Description and image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062931092\/all-the-ways-we-said-goodbye\/\">HarperCollins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cA great choice for anyone looking for clever historical fiction with plenty of drama, action, and surprises in every chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stacey Hayman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/?reviewDetail=all-the-ways-we-said-goodbye-a-novel-of-the-paris-ritz\">Library Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1096387073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/wund-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"wund\" width=\"118\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/wund-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/wund.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Things had never been easy between Ava Fisher and her estranged mother Ilse. Too many questions hovered between them: Who was Ava\u2019s father? Where had Ilse been during the war? Why had she left her only child in a German orphanage during the war\u2019s final months? But now Ilse\u2019s ashes have arrived from Germany, and with them, a trove of unsent letters addressed to someone else unknown to Ava: Renate Bauer, a childhood friend. As her mother\u2019s letters unfurl a dark past, Ava spirals deep into the shocking history of a woman she never truly knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/588866\/wunderland-by-jennifer-cody-epstein\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cA wealth of history turns Wunderland into a novel that\u2019s both beautiful and devastating. Author Jennifer Cody Epstein (The Painter From Shanghai\u200a) taps into the 1930s prewar era, laying out an unsparing narrative that details tragic events and horrifying legacies.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Clark, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookpage.com\/reviews\/23936-jennifer-cody-epstein-wunderland-i-class-fa-fa-star-i-fiction#.XMWniJNKhAZ\">Bookpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on Literary Hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_4dRhhFc5Tk2z\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1106558393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/golden-hour-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/golden-hour-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/golden-hour-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/golden-hour.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Beatriz Williams, the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives, is back with another hot summer read; a dazzling epic of World War II in which a beautiful young \u201csociety reporter\u201d is sent to the Bahamas, a haven of spies, traitors, and the infamous Duke and Duchess of Windsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_8rxiWOo2T6XY\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Description and image from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062834751%2Fthe-golden-hour%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvPYg0dUCkithq0M3yDiKuJuDL4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_CTDThdxDT6XZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cFrom the opening chapter, the book brims with mystery and danger &#8230; Lulu&#8217;s Bahamas\u00a0 story line acknowledges the American obsession with British royalty \u2014 but thankfully also delves into the not-so-glamorous politics of the times\u2026All in all, however, the novel reminded me of fresh taffy. Warm, salty, a little bitter, and sweet \u2014 it pulls the reader in steadily without breaking apart. Elegant prose and imagery grace every page\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_q6Am03IET6XZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Denny S. Bryce,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F07%2F14%2F740866194%2Fthe-golden-hour-is-a-refreshingly-bittersweet-read&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQOIpd_snPoXQ-h9Dg1sJNoG4B2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_-2cyEJDAT6Xa\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-golden-hour%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGI5PcMaCXnxtGq6-qZQ265GUkP5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bpwcLj6ZPWaB\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1053574363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/electric-hotel-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/electric-hotel-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/electric-hotel-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/electric-hotel.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a>\u201cFor more than thirty years, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films \u2026 [he] now spends his days foraging for mushrooms in the hills of Los Angeles and taking photographs of runaways and the striplings along Sunset Boulevard. But when a film history student comes to interview Claude about The Electric Hotel\u2014the lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montrose\u2014the past comes surging back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_isFK_HyDUHGC\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus.macmillan.com%2Fbooks%2F9780374146856&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpuXCie6muoLkDt2nOKUL3GzVHXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacMillan<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_g5nebnsnUHGE\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026a vital and highly entertaining work about the act of creation, and about what it means to pick up and move on after you\u2019ve lost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_DHyrkJfhUHGE\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Stephanie Zacharek,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F06%2F04%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fdominic-smith-electric-hotel.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8ch0e7jELcRW_qZf4yGtcPrq8Jg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times Book Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_BRq-63PrUHGF\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-electric-hotel%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEw3MlY-tsJuGVRFr56jgkRLeV01g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_tMWKS6loPW5G\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_545i8CExPW5K\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1080251732\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Deep-River-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Deep-River-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Deep-River-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Deep-River.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIn the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia\u2019s imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings\u2014Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino\u2014are forced to flee to the United States. Not far from the majestic Columbia River, the siblings settle among other Finns in a logging community in southern Washington, where the first harvesting of the colossal old-growth forests begets rapid development, and radical labor movements begin to catch fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_o8KY-vpeVkjZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgroveatlantic.com%2Fbook%2Fdeep-river%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFIiA4BYCcHFyZ_Bi7un8PIQj8IJw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grove Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_RyrjkC-TVkja\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cDeep River is an engrossing and commanding historical epic about one immigrant family\u2019s shifting fortunes&#8230; Deep River is a feat of lavish storytelling; Marlantes ably balances details about the logging industry and the black markets its cheapskate owners help foster\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_-C7u46h_Vkja\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Mark Athitakis,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fdeep-river-bucks-every-literary-trend-and-thats-what-makes-it-so-charming%2F2019%2F07%2F05%2F539d9458-92cc-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html%3Futm_term%3D.901544489745&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZA3_6eAQO7ZfYwuvrFDF3cm0lxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_EBtPmPPyVkjb\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See other reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fdeep-river%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2maGYckO3QpOomOLgmrtX2EGtdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_x41SVyicXCfk\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_XQ9rTLxLXCfo\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1044540759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lost-roses-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lost-roses-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lost-roses-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lost-roses.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;It is 1914, and the world has been on the brink of war so often, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia\u2019s imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortune-teller\u2019s daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_pMaFCvE4ffoU\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F557018%2Flost-roses-by-martha-hall-kelly%2F9781524796372%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4vofLZHjO1Hd6SGWZbEn0ysOk-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_x28eZ4KtffoV\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026Kelly memorably portrays three indomitable women who triumph over hardships and successfully brings a complex and turbulent time in history to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_TDSmdMTOffoW\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-1-5247-9637-2&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsNf_vubePDRb_9ikPCiUNUaszog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publishers Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc L6cTce-purZT L6cTce-pSzOP\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_PEM0d0eilaQH\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1041205692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln-338x500.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Courting-Lincoln.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;A page-turning novel about the brilliant, melancholic future president and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate), Joshua Speed, and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_xiuB2kN6nbww\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.workman.com%2Fproducts%2Fcourting-mr-lincoln&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEmgM3PDlqBed7V-WFxeYLOETMgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workman<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_31NUttlWnbwy\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cCourting Mr. Lincoln\u201d is intimate, warm and, above all, compassionate. Bayard is concerned with the possibilities of the human heart, and he presents an enigmatic Lincoln seen \u2014 and loved \u2014 from two other points of a romantic triangle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_j0lPBV1Lnbwz\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Connie Ogle,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Flouis-bayard-courting-mr-lincoln-review-1.30118453&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHXSorYfwtfBzuBtELPg4sPkzQxAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsday<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bll8K8FEnbwz\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fcourting-mr-lincoln%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE28B3eSsW9RCTQPYm8xbr5Iqx5cQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"link name\" name=\"horror\"><\/a>Horror<\/strong><\/h3>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_pFXXOVogXDJL\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1054834655\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/poison-thread-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/poison-thread-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/poison-thread-326x500.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/poison-thread.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When Dorothea\u2019s charitable work brings her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted by the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology\u2026But when she meets one of the prisoners, the teenaged seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another strange idea: that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread\u2013because Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches. The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creations\u2014of bitterness and betrayal, of death and dresses\u2014will shake Dorothea\u2019s belief in rationality, and the power of redemption\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_R6AeYqxWgf3e\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F600571%2Fthe-poison-thread-by-laura-purcell%2F9780143134053%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSz50PiMLdrH03svWilywcQYq4ag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_FGD1ZHGNgf3h\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026a compelling slice of early Victorian gothic\u2026Vivid and well researched, this book is an evocative portrait of a society that punishes women who dare to contravene social norms\u2026as well as a splendid mystery with suitably melodramatic flourishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_dUjQo979gf3h\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Laura Wilson,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2018%2Fsep%2F21%2Fthe-best-recent-crime-novels-review-roundup&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkx6yX00Cusdj_H-FRSny9PePe2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_f46vXBq67fUZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1052901490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/unraveling-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/unraveling-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/unraveling.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/unraveling-323x500.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\u201cA newborn\u2019s absent face appears on the back of someone else\u2019s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he\u2019s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient\u2019s room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to objectivity, is immune to the distortions of human perception. Here, self-deception is a means of justifying our most inhuman impulses\u2014whether we know it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_6v-YleFn8aLo\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcoffeehousepress.org%2Fproducts%2Fsong-for-the-unraveling-of-the-world&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEa6pEARNUCEzx1JwP5aZiR-X-_Vg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coffee House Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_8ihlEJ-f8aLr\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cSong is a skillfully crafted, cleverly executed, and extremely entertaining collection\u2026I wouldn&#8217;t call it just a scary book. Instead, I&#8217;d call it something that&#8217;s harder to achieve: deeply unsettling. Evenson has carved out a space between the weirdness of Jeff VanderMeer and the short-form brilliance of Diane Williams by writing fiction for adults that tickles the backs of our necks, the same way good scary stories did to us in our childhoods.\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_5keFZs478aLr\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Gabino Iglesias,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F06%2F12%2F731726812%2Funraveling-sings-a-cohesive-unsettling-song&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHhUKNUx9TE90fmL4tZvUiWHmORGQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_5y442Nz_8aLr\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fsong-for-the-unraveling-of-the-world%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFujER3xNXUtgATYMyTBbiz0S_kcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"Link Title\" name=\"mystery\"><\/a>Mystery<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1111198138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/mr-nobody.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When a man is found on a British beach\u2026 with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him, to international medical experts who are baffled by him, to the national press who call him Mr. Nobody, everyone wants answers\u2026 Dr. Emma Lewis is asked to assess the patient in a small town deep in the English countryside. This is her field of expertise\u2026and this case could make her name known across the world. But\u2026Emma left this same town fourteen years ago and has taken great pains to cover all traces of her past since then\u2026 And the more time she spends with her patient, the more alarmed she becomes that he knows the one thing about her that nobody is supposed to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/562898\/mr-nobody-by-catherine-steadman\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c\u2026a highly imaginative tale tinged with Hitchcockian tension and kinetic pacing\u2026Steadman\u2019s deliciously provocative novel dishes up enough questions to fill the entire space devoted to this review. She cleverly cloaks them in more mysteries, turns and shocking revelations.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carol Memmott, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/best-known-for-her-role-on-downton-abbey-catherine-steadman-is-making-a-splash-as-an-author\/2019\/12\/30\/1fb59072-0fa0-11ea-9cd7-a1becbc82f5e_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/mr-nobody\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1031528808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lost-man.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet\u2026While they grieve Cameron\u2019s loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250105684\">Macmillan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cLike the country it describes, this is a &#8220;big&#8221; book, and one likely to cement Harper&#8217;s place as one of the most interesting Australian crime writers to emerge in the past decade. Her sense of place is acute, but it is her attention to the relationships that are shaped by this unforgiving, magnificent landscape that will linger long after the mystery of stockman&#8217;s grave is finally revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sue Turnbull, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/the-lost-man-review-jane-harpers-third-novel-seals-her-spot-as-one-of-the-best-20181119-h182z9.html\">The Sidney Morning Herald<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-lost-man\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1074377799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lw-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"lw\" width=\"120\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lw-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lw.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with another electrifying thriller in the beloved Will Trent mystery series, this time pitting Will and Sara against a mysterious group planning to unleash a deadly epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062858085\/the-last-widow\/\">HarperCollins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother strong novel by Slaughter, with complex characters to root for and an antagonist you hope gets what he deserves. With a well-written, intriguing plot and an edge-of-the-seat ending, this is sure to keep readers up late into the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jodi Gheen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/?reviewDetail=the-last-widow\">Library Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-last-widow\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>&#8220;The n<a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1056479011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lock-every-door-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lock-every-door-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lock-every-door.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a>ext heart-pounding thriller from <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Riley Sager follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York\u2019s oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays.\u201d<\/section>\n<p id=\"h.p_wm3AUnmASe8Z\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Description and image from <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F606723%2Flock-every-door-by-riley-sager%2F9781524745141%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmD4ci4EzUpiF-SB814OgEGgfP2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_fRhXapfOSe8a\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cThe author\u2026relates ominous events and spooky developments with skill, adding an element of social commentary and a surprise twist ending\u2014elevating this exercise in terror above the ordinary shocker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_ATOlnjNtSe8a\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Tim Nolan, <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fmysteries-the-sudden-vacancies-down-the-hall-11561731858&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfAqoZrV56DrVtuqrtCUTAE-By7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Wziyc86gSe8a\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Flock-every-door%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRm1-NQ2GgXbgeYPKvW3sPFdmhoA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"mYVXT\">\n<div class=\"LS81yb VICjCf\">\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_lE2ZGY2YS1A8\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd baZpAe\">\n<div class=\"t3iYD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1059250052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lady-lake-image-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lady-lake-image-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lady-lake-image-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/lady-lake-image.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_kgYaLmQYSlrG\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_n1_Kp44TS_MY\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Description and image from <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062390035%2Flady-in-the-lake%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbtztoUTHM6U2a1xmX1RSVBxBZzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_-oo9WKVZS_MZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cLippman walks a fine line, balancing a cracking good mystery with the story of a not always admirable woman working to stand on her own. Lippman never loses sight of Maddie\u2019s options and her obstacles &#8230; she never loses touch with the twin mysteries at the center of her story &#8230; Lippman answers all outstanding questions with a totally cool double twist that your reviewer \u2014 a veteran reader of mysteries \u2014 never saw coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_CD9TshVPS_MZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Stephen King, <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F07%2F18%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Flaura-lippman-lady-in-the-lake.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzRjjqYBp4BFJ9ybe2_NaOcZkpkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times Book Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_IO5nILeWS_Ma\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Flady-in-the-lake%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGf2FG53ljnUEd6iuzZVj_1VeFUWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section>\n<section id=\"h.p_B-z5dEjbjhJF\" class=\"yaqOZd\">\n<div class=\"mYVXT\">\n<div class=\"LS81yb VICjCf\">\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_-jISxQuBjhJw\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_tb8M3j6DjhJ5\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1091685256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/westside-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/westside-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/westside-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/westside.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;A young detective who specializes in \u201ctiny mysteries\u201d finds herself at the center of a massive conspiracy in this beguiling historical fantasy set on Manhattan\u2019s Westside\u2014a peculiar and dangerous neighborhood home to strange magic and stranger residents\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_sUrIlZKDjzpi\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062853998%2Fwestside%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_0-mKLY6SWPS0ggKueRfeGsj49w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_J5pXVKs1jzpi\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201ca fantasy novel that is both literary and convention bending, reading as horror, crime fiction, dark noir, pulp slasher novel, action, and adventure gaming script, hidden-door-anthropological-history, delayed coming-of-age novel\u2026gumshoe mystery, a love letter to pre-Prohibition New York City, and\u2026a disquieting dystopian fable reminiscent of Lewis Carrol\u2019s Alice in Wonderland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_ahDyc3hrjzpj\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Anjanette Delgado,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyjournalofbooks.com%2Fbook-review%2Fwestside-novel&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6iY-rMpcXygnekUkv5Xw2NjTorA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Journal of Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_yorM0wQWjzpj\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fwestside%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTjJ1UgkEVCg4ZvmAJBpcwzztkkQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_lY8Gm3ftPXFQ\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_9kXEpOqIPXFW\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1098292900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/one-good-deed-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/one-good-deed-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/one-good-deed.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci introduces an unforgettable new character: Archer, a straight-talking former World War II soldier fresh out of prison for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_P7ys9Id4WFRO\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grandcentralpublishing.com%2Ftitles%2Fdavid-baldacci%2Fone-good-deed%2F9781549151941%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBx4cYHVia41eQ3ILwhXe5ChuFAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Central Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_XhxIYm6EWFRP\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cOne Good Deed is filled with the aroma, sounds, hopes, and fears of post-World War II America. Insightful and entertaining, Baldacci has captured the time and events perfectly with authenticity, beauty and flawless prose. Archer is a terrific anti-hero with plenty of longevity and originality built into him for future books. The supporting cast is just as memorable. Gripping from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_cfyqEX9SWFRQ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Sam Millar,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyjournalofbooks.com%2Fbook-review%2Fone-good-deed&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJnqQO2KJ-ifBlrQLgrm8tToR4-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Journal of Books<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_TbjqSfV1XDTz\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_JhQB_yAZXDT2\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1054834657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/body-lies-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/body-lies-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/body-lies-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/body-lies.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it\u2019s meant to be a fresh start\u2026But despite the distractions of her new life\u2026her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative-writing class. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes herself as the main character in his book\u2013and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it\u2019s too late?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_VkOn8VZ0lTYY\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/603659\/the-body-lies-by-jo-baker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_RjH-0USRlTYZ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cWhen the denouement comes, it is well timed to feel both shocking and inevitable: early enough for satisfying resolution afterwards and late enough to keep the reader up long into the night. There is violence, but there is also a very modern interrogation of violent fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_tm0_bEqAlTYa\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Sarah Moss,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2019%2Fjul%2F05%2Fthe-body-lies-by-joe-baker-review&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEV9-XpVD4wWefiCtWCQGsAGCfhww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_fxzXpakWlTYa\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-body-lies%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGN7LYidWVLn4ovcRzF329Vb9HEPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_vYVY0m0rlatu\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1061814532\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Gone-to-long-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Gone-to-long-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Gone-to-long-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Gone-to-long.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, ten-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia, home. Armed with skills honed while caring for an alcoholic mother, she must battle to survive the days and months ahead. Seven years later, Imogene Coulter is burying her father\u2014a Klan leader she has spent her life distancing herself from\u2014and trying to escape the memories his funeral evokes. But Imogene is forced to confront secrets long held by Simmonsville and her own family when, while clearing out her father\u2019s apparent hideout on the day of his funeral, she finds a child. Young and alive, in an abandoned basement, and behind a door that only locks from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_w40qkPzY3EJe\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F556597%2Fgone-too-long-by-lori-roy%2F9781524741969%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHs08PxD9-LuiRdzULstpeUeKBfHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_eKCkY1Gg3EJf\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cIt\u2019s the kind of writing you would expect from the Edgar-winning author, but it\u2019s made even more powerful here, filled with the purpose of exposing a hateful legacy and issuing a timely warning of its historical ebb and flow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_xzF_3ZJp3EJf\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Christine Tran,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booklistonline.com%2FGone-Too-Long-Lori-Roy%2Fpid%3D9716430&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHlk0X94oopr7QpM38wxhIhO5_8bQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booklist<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_vpNT_YKm3EJf\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fgone-too-long%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAHH8k-8iayAmEQZ3ajbdu9ajtlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_05eoQdZ43wr7\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_91GW6oWz3wr-\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1078967020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-house-guest-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-house-guest-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-house-guest.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local and a summer girl\u2014but that\u2019s just what happens with visitor Sadie Loman and Littleport resident Avery Greer. Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable\u2014until Sadie is found dead. While the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can\u2019t help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie\u2019s brother, Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they\u2019re saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name, before the facts get twisted against her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_iu4sEYHp4OYd\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonandschuster.com%2Fbooks%2FThe-Last-House-Guest%2FMegan-Miranda%2F9781501165375&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyH9iLB2XVTFVaV4doHaCp5MmGcQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_2pJ5-dAw4OYg\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cSharply drawn characters both ground and elevate the bombshell-laden plot, while evocative prose heightens tension and conjures place. Miranda delivers a clever, stylish mystery that will seize readers like a riptide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_h43WInBr4OYh\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-1-5011-6537-5&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyEhHZRFLUeGIIs2FLrwUt9_F3FA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_gc34Fr0-4OYh\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-last-house-guest%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-Z-dJ-8JQoXnfrhjbTKZ5xe5fEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_1wriuofa3xgv\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1041801482\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/cemetery-road-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/cemetery-road-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/cemetery-road-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/cemetery-road.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Sometimes the price of justice is a good man\u2019s soul. When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Qb0b7dEB7TjM\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062824615%2Fcemetery-road%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEYatpMuSgY_UfsU6mEThAY7SifMQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_FEgeS0_s7TjO\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cThough strictly speaking a suspense novel, &#8220;Cemetery Road&#8221; is, in fact, a great deal more. In the precision and power of its language and its sheer amplitude of detail, Iles&#8217;s latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and an absolute commitment to the material at hand\u2026Greg Iles is back and at the top of his game. He couldn&#8217;t be more welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_pFp3Rira7TjP\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Bill Sheehan,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fgreg-iles-bounced-back-from-a-catastrophic-car-crash-with-a-monumental-trilogy-hes-not-done%2F2019%2F02%2F27%2Ff59947aa-3abd-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFng1OYmMvjZEupcu4t_FM4qukxyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_ql2sSSUD7TjP\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fcemetery-road%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGngUWqRAT_WkiTFVIBOddd4y3e1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_rY_tkqE_7fiR\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_NBhWbTSs7fiS\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1043303737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/disappearing-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/disappearing-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/disappearing-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/disappearing.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls\u2013sisters, eight and eleven\u2013go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p__Ij4Uj3u8y1n\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F563710%2Fdisappearing-earth-by-julia-phillips%2F9780525520412%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_G6LzR-dBc-zL0_wf7wG67LETbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_wPgTXO9v8y1p\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cIt has the makings of a lurid thriller, but first-time novelist Julia Phillips\u2026does something more sophisticated than that and turns her unshakable debut into a meditation on the lives of women in a far-flung corner of the world, spanning generations and ethnicities, in the months that follow the disappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Ud44Y-Fs8y1q\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Barbara VanDenburgh,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fbooks%2F2019%2F05%2F14%2Fjulia-phillips-disappearing-earth-striking-portrait-russia%2F1154923001%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbuonl9tAJCeeCpYuT6Xx759w6QQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_-BxdX0sC8y1q\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fdisappearing-earth%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXzXgaQSefyARTkUqx2-k4CogxVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1032293005\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10852 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/mlw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We\u2019re your neighbors, the parents of your kid\u2019s friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with. We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive. Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F570125%2Fmy-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing%2F9780451491725%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHwq4PoE2jKWUS2AJcF1WaFiOx1QQ\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDowning\u2019s tale unfolds slowly and sinuously, building tension about the couples\u2019 fate while revealing the origins of their homicidal hobby. The first-person, present-tense narration makes readers feel uncomfortably complicit in all that transpires, underscoring the plot\u2019s grim and twisted nature. Readers will eagerly await Downing\u2019s next thriller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-0-451-49172-5&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDf4sXJNZFVk4wcCAWo5jBPkEeFw\">Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fmy-lovely-wife%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0lFZA0tR4cpHIODcE56_BIh-52w\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1105755895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/tc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Your phone rings. A stranger has kidnapped your child. To free them you must abduct someone else&#8217;s child. Your child will be released when your victim&#8217;s parents kidnap another child. If any of these things don&#8217;t happen: your child will be killed&#8230;&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>You are now part of the chain&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mulhollandbooks.com%2Ftitles%2Fadrian-mckinty%2Fthe-chain%2F9780316531269%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHspJDeXX6nSOWfMWf7GC5JYY8NQ\">Mulholland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8221;The Chain&#8221; is that rare thriller that ends up being highly personal. Yes, there\u2019s a shadowy force dictating the action, but when it all comes down to its (necessarily) explosive conclusion, the actions of characters are boiled down to familial ethics, understandable motivations, and good old-fashioned revenge, which makes for a satisfying and deeply rewarding read, no matter the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tod Goldberg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2F2019%2F07%2F08%2Fadrian-mckinty-the-chain-thriller-book-review%2F1662440001%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqSUDoAGE1VE7PWlZ7uMWC2vTqxA\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1109390897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/of.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>&#8220;FBI agent Drex Easton is relentlessly driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston Graham. Over the past thirty years, Weston has assumed many names and countless disguises, enabling him to lure eight wealthy women out of their fortunes before they disappeared without a trace, their families left without answers and the authorities without clues. The only common trait among the victims: a new man in their life who also vanished, leaving behind no evidence of his existence . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcentralpublishing.com\/titles\/sandra-brown\/outfox\/9781455572175\/\">Grand Central Publishing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cSandra Brown is a master when it comes to rogue characters, increasing the level of tension to cause the pace of the narrative to move faster and faster, with scenes of supersteamy sex. This time she not only nails a story that has several surprises, but also maintains the quality that everyone expects in her novels.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Ayers, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b30921e210874386b4fae75282401667\">Associated Press<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section><\/section>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <a title=\"link name\" name=\"rfic&quot;\"><\/a>Realistic Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1097575695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/american-dirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Lydia Quixano P\u00e9rez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they&#8217;ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy\u2014two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia&#8217;s husband&#8217;s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250209764\">Macmillan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a literary novel, to be sure, with nuanced character development and arresting language; yet, its narrative hurtles forward with the intensity of a suspense tale.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maureen Corrigan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/01\/14\/796218804\/to-stand-still-is-to-die-a-new-novel-follows-migrants-to-american-dirt\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/american-dirt\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1082327363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/dear-edward.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>&#8220;One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles\u2026Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor. Edward\u2019s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery\u2014one that will lead him to the answers of some of life\u2019s most profound questions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/604754\/dear-edward-by-ann-napolitano\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Dear Edward\u2019 is such an optimistic diversion that you might not even notice how important and finely made it is. Never soppy, the novel provides pitch-perfect understanding of human vulnerabilities. When you\u2019re reading, you\u2019re deep in the pleasure of good storytelling, but when you\u2019re done, you know that you\u2019ve experienced a brush with literary virtuosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Merrell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/entertainment\/books\/dear-edward-ann-napolitano-1.40225597\">Newsday<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/dear-edward\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1057241361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/ei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a>&#8220;In these eight powerful, emotionally absorbing stories, a romance unexpectedly sparks between two wounded friends; a marriage ends for what seem like noble reasons, but with irreparable consequences; a young woman holds on to an impossible dream even as she fights for her survival; two lovers reunite after unimaginable tragedy, both for their country and in their lives; a baby&#8217;s christening brings three generations of a family to a precarious dance between old and new; a man falls to his death in slow motion, reliving the defining moments of the life he is about to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/570151\/everything-inside-by-edwidge-danticat\/9780525521273\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stories in \u201cEverything Inside\u201d were published over a 12-year period\u2026What brings them together\u2026 are Danticat\u2019s precise yet emotionally charged prose and the way she has curated this slim volume, bringing its elements together to create a satisfying whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aminatta Forma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/27\/books\/review\/everything-inside-edwidge-danticat.html\">NYT Book Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/everything-inside-stories\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1112888264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/gwo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London\u2019s funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley\u2019s former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole\u2019s mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter\u2019s lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/groveatlantic.com\/book\/girl-woman-other\/\">Grove Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cGirl, Woman, Other is a breathtaking symphony of black women\u2019s voices, a clear-eyed survey of contemporary challenges that\u2019s nevertheless wonderfully life-affirming\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ron Charles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/books\/bernardine-evaristos-girl-woman-other-received-half-a-booker-prize-but-it-deserves-all-the-glory\/2019\/10\/28\/b22212fa-f97a-11e9-8906-ab6b60de9124_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/girl-woman-other\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1052450975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/oe-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"oe\" width=\"123\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/oe-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/oe.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family\u2019s history that began before he was born \u2014 a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam \u2014 and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/600633\/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOcean Vuong&#8217;s devastatingly beautiful first novel, as evocative as its title, is a painful but extraordinary coming-of-age story about surviving the aftermath of trauma\u2026Vuong&#8217;s language soars as he writes of beauty, survival, and freedom, which sometimes isn&#8217;t freedom at all\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/05\/729691730\/on-earth-is-gorgeous-all-the-way-through\">Heller McAlpin, NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See other reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_gyFa4IhAUNU1\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1057305541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bookish-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bookish-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bookish-3-332x500.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/bookish-3.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe author of Other People\u2019s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone\u2019s radar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Bc_YL-26UmRV\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Description and image from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F572648%2Fthe-bookish-life-of-nina-hill-by-abbi-waxman%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhOd5C7t-ItDmStiXOT6bsSSRAhQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_MQ_4_P6pUmRW\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026a feel-good book that shines, one that offers a heroine we can root for from page one. Nina\u2019s fight against chaos\u2014her pleas to be left alone, left to her planning and schedules and quiet\u2014feels authentic &#8230; You will impress at your next dinner party or, who we are kidding, book club meeting, if you spew even a few of the trivia facts Nina hordes in her always-on head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_UraGBlxbUmRW\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Angela Haupt,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2Fin-the-bookish-life-of-nina-hill-abbi-waxman-introduces-a-modern-day-elizabeth-bennet%2F2019%2F07%2F09%2F23b4ef4c-a24f-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html%3Futm_term%3D.321343220a2e&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoVQzz4HXEnQueIVqZgYb6jhFCww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_O0IEkfGmUmRX\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-bookish-life-of-nina-hill%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEyODcgnnBgtRjMP8sbk_MbNXxZig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1052462126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/tmf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that\u2019s to come. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are each in a state of unrest: Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator-turned-stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt when the darkest part of her past resurfaces; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she\u2019s not sure she wants by a man she\u2019s not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects. Above it all, the daughters share the lingering fear that they will never find a love quite like their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F591571%2Fthe-most-fun-we-ever-had-by-claire-lombardo%2F9780385544252%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVETowfW31330KstRourhs-wEsNg\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fun\u2014well, that\u2019s in the reading of the novel, which nicely blends comedy with pathos and the sharp with the soft-edged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Joanne Kaufman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fthe-most-fun-we-ever-had-review-an-assured-debut-11561128125&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEj2pX1BfY-EWtYLyCZllyOT_5V4g\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-most-fun-we-ever-had%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSerMMpazFtubSE_Vu2JVZkDe8EQ\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1052463742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10854 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/fit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated\u2026He could not have predicted that one day\u2026Rachel would just drop their two children off at his place and simply not return. He had been working so hard to find equilibrium in his single life. The winds of his optimism, long dormant, had finally begun to pick up. Now this. As Toby tries to figure out where Rachel went\u2026 his tidy narrative of the spurned husband with the too-ambitious wife is his sole consolation. But if Toby ever wants to truly understand what happened to Rachel and what happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen things all that clearly in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F573460%2Ffleishman-is-in-trouble-by-taffy-brodesser-akner%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYDpcddfBlMOFWMGiisAUEbOOY1Q\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe author\u2019s sharp wit and descriptions of a certain urban privileged life are dead-on and often hilarious. The novel feels fresh and modern with a satirical edge, but enough truth to sting even the schmoopiest of married couples\u2026Infusing candor, humor and social commentary, this book holds up a mirror to all of us, demanding that we take a hard look at how we live and how we love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Brooke Lefferts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2F95ed3f3e9fba4d84868dde961d07449e&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4eb8DyB7Ws0OvdOM2dhtUvY3deg\">Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Ffleishman-is-in-trouble%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGEcNqEmmZYHBF1iPZgSbYcHturrw\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_IJivwBCGVBcc\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1048936648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Queen-Bee-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Queen-Bee-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Queen-Bee-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Queen-Bee.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Beekeeper Holly McNee Jensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivan&#8217;s Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library\u2026Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she&#8217;s quite ill but that doesn&#8217;t stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly&#8217;s sister Leslie married and moved away\u2026Holly&#8217;s escape is to submerge herself in the lives of the two young boys next door and their widowed father, Archie. Her world is upended when the more flamboyant Leslie returns and both sisters, polar opposites, fixate on what&#8217;s happening in their neighbor&#8217;s home&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_uW-mflIfVOB2\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062861214%2Fqueen-bee%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcawZWJ1tV20iN5ywDMpZv0PsZQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_g01vaBBOVOB5\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cFull of Low Country flavor and brilliantly imagined characters, this laugh-out-loud-hilarious novel with a wistful edge will satisfy anyone who wants to see flawed people getting second chances.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_LryOQEAqVOB5\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-0-06-286121-4&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYJn-3dHhSSn_oQRFIqtXNvQr0Fw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_S_2BmHZ1iSo0\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd baZpAe\">\n<div class=\"t3iYD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1083265156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-romantics-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-romantics-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-romantics-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/last-romantics.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_fR3kSIFsiRJ8\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_9hv1ukkIiasB\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2F9780062358202%2Fthe-last-romantics%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtgkGTliw6yYAtvyKtdrEOiX-oMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_GjeRB7rWiasC\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cTold through a retrospective lens, the tales of these four carry an almost mythological weight, and Conklin\u2019s wise, sharp prose makes this book the sort you want to press into the hands of someone you love as soon as you finish\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_mfrXxwD9iasC\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Eliot Schrefer,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fbooks%2F2019%2F02%2F22%2Freview-the-last-romantics-moving-and-utterly-engrossing-read%2F2941515002%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRZ1abOuwNqW-dBXOFkg4c6eypVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Qam1Bwh0iasD\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-last-romantics%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRv1OL9TZ-gpuiLSecuE5u7kJFuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_zCUjtYWfUwmq\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd baZpAe\">\n<div class=\"t3iYD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1077962337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lager-Queen-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lager-Queen-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lager-Queen-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lager-Queen.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\u201cTwo sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can\u2019t help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_yGmeZVNRPWlt\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_1xjbvgAoU2da\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F535883%2Fthe-lager-queen-of-minnesota-by-j-ryan-stradal%2F9780399563058%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGIF2LHUClcKrzTpTmP2imJOt74hg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bH8qIXX_U2db\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026weaves together a bittersweet but heartwarming generational story of family, tragedy, perseverance and forgiveness\u2026This hopped-up story will make your smile with its droll humor, and its poignant moments will stop you to reread and confirm that they are really that good. In beer-geek slang, Stradal\u2019s novel is &#8220;crushable&#8221; \u2013 easygoing, well-balanced, super-drinkable with tons of flavor \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_B8TYmXntU2db\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Don Oldenburg,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fbooks%2F2019%2F07%2F24%2Fj-ryan-stradal-lager-queen-minnesota-book-review%2F1796511001%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4ePQsq4Xkvg_NWJVWyaULZGdE1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_-ZIWlu4_U2dc\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-lager-queen-of-minnesota%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSPxW-TbIxeYQtpDoIYZZ2hz1Ckw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_e4d7uggsPXRj\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1044545802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lights-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lights-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lights-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Lights.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world\u2026is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter, has miraculously taken an interest in him. But all is not right in Ilya\u2019s world: he\u2019s consumed by the fate of his older brother Vladimir\u2026Just before Ilya left, the murders of three young women rocked the town\u2019s usual calm, and Vladimir found himself in prison. With the help of Sadie\u2026Ilya embarks on a mission to prove Vladimir\u2019s innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_gVtzTaxlWvjQ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F567064%2Flights-all-night-long-by-lydia-fitzpatrick%2F9780525558736%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNElkyEkJ1OtuqGmUZ0hdsW_oe2cIg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_u3EALYIgWvjS\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cFitzpatrick does so many things right in \u201cLights All Night Long,\u201d it\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s a debut novel. As a mystery, it\u2019s paced perfectly\u2026Fitzpatrick proves to be an expert at building suspense; it\u2019s hard not to read the book in a single sitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_EpF-odyqWvjT\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Michael Shaub,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbooks%2Fla-ca-jc-lydia-fitzpatrick-lights-all-night-long-review-20190402-story.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcmcR01E0ss1AGisgSADuF0P7JHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_ijFXFfWGWvjT\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See other reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Flights-all-night-long%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFiTyME6FQ-kAFdun5cVeWkK-7q0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_Fmn8hSNHXCV1\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1053993382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead-324x500.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Mostly-Dead.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business, while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. For the first time, Jessa has no choice but to learn who these people truly are, and ultimately how she fits alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_rexnVXTHZS7u\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftinhouse.com%2Fproduct%2Fmostly-dead-things%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpShtKWD5B1W9IMfXy5vol6mOZSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tin House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_rEYeDadgZS7v\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c..it&#8217;s darkly funny, both macabre and irreverent, and its narrator is so real that every time I stopped reading the book, I felt a tiny pull at the back of my mind, as if I&#8217;d left a good friend in the middle of a conversation &#8230; \u201c<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_MwlOd09cZS7w\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Ilana Masad,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F06%2F08%2F730592827%2Fmacabre-and-irreverent-mostly-dead-things-is-a-satisfying-journey&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHu_EX-4CIUtnZbkhmxkxjM9vbEZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_PkacXiOuZS7w\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fmostly-dead-things%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEoho7XryLbHZSJVgUhPsooFUelyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p__SACTAh7XC-w\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_JYAp93dLXC-1\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1051775497\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Nickel-Boys-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Nickel-Boys-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Nickel-Boys-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Nickel-Boys.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_oWqJzZraf6y2\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F223161%2Fthe-nickel-boys-by-colson-whitehead%2F9780385537070%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9ktG48Hi4bqlatU668GsSZmxEYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_t7F3tOUyf6y4\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a masterpiece squared, rooted in history and American mythology and, yet, painfully topical in its visions of justice and mercy erratically denied.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_t8dF7FDLf6y5\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Maureen Corrigan,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F07%2F16%2F742129946%2Frooted-in-history-the-nickel-boys-is-a-great-american-novel&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9INzQPUsBIzFlFNKvYDOxWqdJPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_dxbbG6PFf6y5\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-nickel-boys%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH19t2erFktbwTAWNc4by1jrP21Ow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc L6cTce-purZT L6cTce-pSzOP\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bIfcHKdslZpp\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1039363273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/queenie-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/queenie-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/queenie.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she\u2019s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places\u2026including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, \u201cWhat are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?\u201d\u2014all of the questions today\u2019s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_IHkD2590lri4\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonandschuster.com%2Fbooks%2FQueenie%2FCandice-Carty-Williams%2F9781501196010&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsEXZsTSy68JsIZnBaHTkgM1Z56w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bEU01YhMlri5\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cQueenie as a tragicomic story of womanhood, updated for the Tinder age perhaps, with a black body occupying a space already familiar to its white predecessors. But that would be to profoundly underestimate this debut novel, which tells a far deeper story than the one it has been compared to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_eXryOTkIlri6\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Afua Hirsch,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5554283%2Fqueenie-candice-carty-williams%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvRYXJxL7bvdBVVKSA6xFSy0tvIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_p7kn7HX7lri6\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fqueenie%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN_3h_B8V6F4pZNLv8S9q1eIfVfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_lTdAJ-YmlZ8k\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1039368254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/island-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/island-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/island.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village\u2019s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook\u2019s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger\u2026 The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_iIV5SQDGmmjz\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonandschuster.com%2Fbooks%2FThe-Island-of-Sea-Women%2FLisa-See%2F9781501154850&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6kwCJj_P8xGVuUwcw6RugkGKFqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_rhL4-S3zmmj1\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cA stupendous multigenerational family saga, See\u2019s\u2026latest also provides an enthralling cultural anthropology highlighting the soon-to-be-lost, matriarchal haenyeo phenomenon and an engrossing history of violently tumultuous twentieth-century Korea. A mesmerizing achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_TB_D1nD9mmj2\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Terry Hong,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booklistonline.com%2FThe-Island-of-Sea-Women-See-Lisa%2Fpid%3D9713352&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3fDujoCnx1wcUMC07LSGkY2qmIg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booklist<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_z2BHikGgmmj2\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-island-of-sea-women%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFA798zgGgj8qN_eOYIc6TtpTZe3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_H8g1v7Tblai5\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1048937390\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Guest-Book-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Guest-Book-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Guest-Book-336x500.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Guest-Book.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;No. It is a simple word, uttered on a summer porch in 1936. And it will haunt Kitty Milton for the rest of her life. Kitty and her husband, Ogden, are both from families considered the backbone of the country. But this refusal will come to be Kitty\u2019s defining moment, and its consequences will ripple through the Milton family for generations. For while they summer on their island in Maine, anchored as they are to the way things have always been, the winds of change are beginning to stir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_g54lprMT2lut\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus.macmillan.com%2Fbooks%2F9781250220868&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFR-R7mXRhyowJz371cKJCyxa0uPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacMillan<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_jYVufDhG2luu\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026The Guest Book proudly owns the appeal of an old-fashioned sweeping storyline, and in so doing, complicates many of its characters beyond their shallow first impressions. In fact, one of the most engaging characters here defends the essential human yearning for a good story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_gT5ZDXHB2luv\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Maureen Corrigan,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F05%2F03%2F719964856%2Ffrom-family-drama-to-global-apocalypse-these-two-novels-keep-you-riveted%3Ft%3D1557173255696&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3i3BHDReEuSOFNCarMRY0ONHGXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_6dXUF-Hy2luv\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fthe-guest-book%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcIS9E9B8w4YZX-3lD-37qPjUmVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"mYVXT\">\n<div class=\"LS81yb VICjCf\">\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_SEHAfr8b4xxS\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-ibL1re purZT-AhqUyc-ibL1re pSzOP-AhqUyc-ibL1re jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd baZpAe\">\n<div class=\"t3iYD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1049849672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/home-remedies-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/home-remedies-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/home-remedies-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/home-remedies.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Xuan Juliana Wang\u2019s remarkable debut introduces us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions. In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces and stories of a new generation never before captured between the pages in fiction.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p_YDeZ-CNI3w6O\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_5ZGysqNJ5Ye7\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F598676%2Fhome-remedies-by-xuan-juliana-wang%2F9781984822741%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZIRhnW5hqUrMRopSYLE9EBywb6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_PWxU85de5Ye-\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cWang\u2019s style has an authenticity that derives from a \u201cglobal\u201d workshop-free perspective, an authorial fluidity that reveals a thoroughly enlightened study of character beyond all cultural expectations. Her characters are millennials and Chinese or Chinese Americans, but their lives, like Chekhov\u2019s characters, are ordinary lives set in bold relief against the ordinary. The extraordinary appears and is magically absorbed into the familiar, like a dazzling new coat slipped on over old clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_UrWdduJ85Ye_\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Carol Muske-Dukes,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Flareviewofbooks.org%2Farticle%2Fwonderful-chaos-on-home-remedies-stories-by-xuan-juliana-wang&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5QVfw60M3RKvFYWgo3xGGoO9qUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Review of Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_kAmV91v75Ye_\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fhome-remedies%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKIG1JtYcbA1tWQkTJ7PT-MmSYBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_mElbpWh33xGT\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1090059949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Women-Talking-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Women-Talking-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Women-Talking-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Women-Talking.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins. Now that the women have learned they were in fact drugged and attacked by a group of men from their own community, they are determined to protect themselves and their daughters from future harm. While the men of the colony are off in the city, attempting to raise enough money to bail out the rapists and bring them home, these women-all illiterate, without any knowledge of the world outside their community and unable even to speak the language of the country they live in-have very little time to make a choice: Should they stay in the only world they&#8217;ve ever known or should they dare to escape?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_9jMgzQgi6FvD\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fus%2Fwomen-talking-9781635572582%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrrt8I79uu4AkxHwYj3p8UKhhJzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomsbury Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_PytTbBkK6FvG\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u201cWomen Talking\u201d is a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism and, above all, forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_lSZX_yYg6FvG\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Jennifer Reese,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F04%2F10%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fwomen-talking-miriam-toews.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrrH2RHqg5Nza8BtsmCO0nFk4lcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times Book Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_XyP6xUoC6FvH\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fwomen-talking%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCdvXoAG9hZi_xsQYiHmuh1CBuaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_va4LJQ063xTr\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1089012580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/calm-sea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Bette Howland herself was an outsider\u2015an intellectual from a working-class neighborhood in Chicago; a divorc\u00e9e and single mother, to the disapproval of her family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and perfection. Each of these facets plays a central role in her work. Mining her deepest emotions for her art, she chronicles the tension of her generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Ezlftvo56z4F\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapublicspace.org%2Fbooks%2Fcalm_sea_and_prosperous_voyage&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGMqobA06Z2pJtpaMiNKfhYuNyCIg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Public Space<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_vRvgPcby6z4I\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cLargely autobiographical and incredibly self-aware, Howland\u2019s stories conjure vivid portraits of her home city of Chicago and bring to life the hypnotic thoughts of her narrators among their wide casts of vividly drawn characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_DITHkmVU6z4I\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F978-0-9982675-0-0&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1QmY0nEMZY-gfn9FS7L3j0fXvqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Q7pkU4-U6z4J\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fcalm-sea-and-prosperous-voyage%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUJtZD4sH1Ejrqa5Ha6MxIcSfFfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"link name\" name=\"romance\"><\/a>Romance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1112211941\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/gl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost\u2014but not quite\u2014dying, she\u2019s come up with seven directives to help her \u201cGet a Life\u201d, and she\u2019s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family\u2019s mansion\u2026. But it\u2019s not easy being bad, even when you\u2019ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062941206\/get-a-life-chloe-brown\/\">Harper Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c\u2026a tour-de-force romance that tackles tough problems like insecurity and chronic pain while still delivering a laugh-out-loud love story full of poignant revelations about human nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denny S. Bryce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/11\/04\/775207231\/in-get-a-life-chloe-brown-love-doesnt-cure-all-but-it-sure-is-fun\">NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/get-a-life-chloe-brown\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1078970334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/wd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Alexa is their best friend\u20262. They hate each other\u2026After an \u2018oops, we made a mistake\u2019 night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa\u2019s wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they\u2019re comfortable with\u2026 Two people this different can\u2019t possibly have a connection other than the purely physical, right? But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. First and foremost, don\u2019t fall in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/595119\/the-wedding-party-by-jasmine-guillory\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201ccharming in a perfectly relentless way, an incredibly human one.\u00a0 Maddie and Theo are flawed people who act like real human beings \u2013 stubborn, loving, soft, giving and tough and stubborn\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa Fernandes, <a href=\"https:\/\/allaboutromance.com\/book-review\/the-wedding-party-by-jasmine-guillory\/\"><em>All About Romance<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-wedding-party\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1055684274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lfo-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"lfo\" width=\"114\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lfo-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/lfo.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;It all starts with a fall from a ladder\u2026But the accident, which happens while Maddie is sorting through long-forgotten personal mementos and photos, results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life.\u00a0 Spurred by old memories\u2026 Maddie embarks on a road trip.\u00a0 She hopes to answer questions about the men she loved and might have married\u2014but didn\u2019t\u2014in the years after she was left alone with three young children. Wearing a cast and driving a rented SUV, she sets off to reconnect with three very different men\u2026to know once and for all if the decisions she made long ago were the right ones. Before moving forward into the future, she is compelled to confront the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/551472\/lost-and-found-by-danielle-steel\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_gxwJyacJjto_\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1055686096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/evvie-drake-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/evvie-drake-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/evvie-drake.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;From the host of NPR\u2019s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast comes a heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who\u2019s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who\u2019s lost his game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_bKSMXHz3kZFD\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F573986%2Fevvie-drake-starts-over-by-linda-holmes%2F9780525619246%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGWXD1BLXB4145gkp4aZdKiPzF35A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_Y-04cxf3kZFE\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cLinda Holmes\u2019 debut novel\u2026is a nuanced, extraordinarily ordinary adult love story that is as romantic as it is real. Like most love stories, there are flirtatious moments that will bring a blushing smile to the faces of the sappiest romantics, but they are sweetly and sparingly intermixed with the melancholy and mundane moments that also make up all relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_A95FhUyUkZFE\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Mary Cadden,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fbooks%2F2019%2F06%2F25%2Flinda-holmes-evvie-drake-starts-over-book-review%2F1545607001%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5EKlM-5P21yU7byDOmUib7m2Qhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_d7aD8cxFkZFF\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fevvie-drake-starts-over%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNENaI0mpmEUF74QTHyK8BM7JmhlzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p id=\"h.p_tUs31X7o7gKS\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1080554458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Ayesha-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Ayesha-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Ayesha-334x500.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/Ayesha.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn\u2019t want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century. When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. Looking into the rumors, she finds she has to deal with not only what she discovers about Khalid, but also the truth she realizes about herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_8gcv12mS9Lnd\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F599656%2Fayesha-at-last-by-uzma-jalaluddin%2F9781984802798%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEANqF1eNyHY75MlGR5QhFWdUYHCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_gF7-KcOV9Lne\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cDespite the similarities in the premises, Ayesha at Last is more than just a Muslim retelling of Austen&#8217;s work; Jalaluddin constructs a timely and enlightening narrative that validates the experiences of many South Asians and Muslims today, while weaving in universal themes of identity, class, and discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_cOJeT25C9Lnf\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Kamrun Nesa,\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F06%2F09%2F730616351%2Fin-ayesha-at-last-a-take-on-austen-thats-sparky-and-sensitive&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHu9ay3Fpb1zQ89JBlQgahHeULBMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_4d9iuz1_9Lnf\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fayesha-at-last%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFI5gmGIuCNLhrPSzVWC4AtlQqb3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/section>\n<p id=\"h.p_D6_4siLT3zOq\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1057865304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/window-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/window-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/window-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/window.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Jenna Boltz\u2019s life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce from her surgeon husband nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive-care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved out, Jenna can\u2019t help but wonder what her future holds. Her best friend, Maureen, is excited for Jenna\u2019s newfound independence. Now is the perfect time to finally book the trip to Paris they\u2019ve been dreaming of since their college days. But when it comes to life\u2019s other great adventure\u2014dating\u2014Jenna still isn\u2019t sure she\u2019s ready to let love in . . . until an unexpected encounter begins to change her mind.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_xPrqoSkO7xpH\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/553681\/window-on-the-bay-by-debbie-macomber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_IXmRRBj57xpI\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201c\u2026this heartwarming story sweetly balances friendship and mother-child bonding with romantic love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_nGU321mY7xpJ\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kirkusreviews.com%2Fbook-reviews%2Fdebbie-macomber%2Fwindow-on-the-bay%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzdN2BQ_0AnY24O051DDp_-hxtaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kirkus Reviews<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1048944641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/thing-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"thing\" width=\"124\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/thing-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/thing.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>\u201cCassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she&#8217;s seen her fair share of them, and she&#8217;s a total pro at other people&#8217;s tragedies. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to give up her whole life and move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own. The tough, old-school Boston firehouse is as different from Cassie&#8217;s old job as it could possibly be. Hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities mean that the firemen aren&#8217;t exactly thrilled to have a &#8220;lady&#8221; on the crew\u2026 Except for the infatuation-inspiring rookie, who doesn&#8217;t seem to mind having Cassie around. But she can&#8217;t think about that. Because love is girly, and it\u2019s not her thing. And don\u2019t forget the advice her old captain gave her:\u00a0<em>Never date firefighters.\u00a0<\/em>Cassie can feel her resolve slipping&#8230;and it means risking it all\u2014the only job she\u2019s ever loved, and the hero she\u2019s worked like hell to become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Image and description from <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250047328\">MacMillan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCenter gives readers a sharp and witty exploration of love and forgiveness that is at once insightful, entertaining, and thoroughly addictive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/katherine-center\/things-you-save-in-a-fire\/\">Kirkus Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/things-you-save-in-a-fire\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"yaqOZd\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"link title\" name=\"scifi\"><\/a>Science Fiction<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1051079102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/les-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"les\" width=\"124\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/les-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/les-250x400.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/les.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that cannot last.\u00a0 A year after the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves at the center of the inevitable conflict, witness and victim to events that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/41459037-the-lesson\">Goodreads<\/a>; Description from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackstonepublishing.com\/the-lesson-cadwell-turnbull\">Blackstone Publishing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cA compelling read of an invasive occupation and emotional uprising, Turnbull&#8217;s debut is a must for all libraries. The author, who crafts speculative stories featuring black characters on par with Octavia Butler, is definitely one to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kristi Cadwick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/?reviewDetail=the-lesson\">Library Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See more reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.reviews\/reviews\/the-lesson\/\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"h.p_ANQsD-6cla4J\" class=\"yaqOZd\">\n<div class=\"mYVXT\">\n<div class=\"LS81yb VICjCf\">\n<div class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc\">\n<div class=\"JNdkSc-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"oKdM2c\">\n<div id=\"h.p__LAnXGAYla4V\" class=\"hJDwNd-AhqUyc-OiUrBf jXK9ad D2fZ2 OjCsFc wHaque GNzUNc\">\n<div class=\"jXK9ad-SmKAyb\">\n<div class=\"tyJCtd mGzaTb baZpAe\">\n<p id=\"h.p_T-fCcs0qla4X\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1043306168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/exhalation-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/exhalation-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/exhalation.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity\u2019s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_GWUUyFG43i7t\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Image and description from\u00a0<a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F538034%2Fexhalation-by-ted-chiang%2F9781101947883%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGA0rscnX16JMuDFnlLG_b2B28uNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_WDkPu7Pj3i7u\" class=\"zfr3Q\">\u201cReading this book felt like being seated at dinner with a friend, one who will explain the state of the sciences to you without an ounce of condescension, making you a participant in the knowledge. It is as generous as it is marvelous, and I\u2019m left feeling nothing so much as grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_ELn9WUI93i7u\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; Amal El-Mohtar, <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F05%2F29%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fnew-science-fiction-time-travel.html&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGG70L567QW8jnPJ3d9jh9rYuqSjQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times Book Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_EYrUzJGY3i7u\" class=\"zfr3Q\">&#8211; See more reviews on <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbookmarks.reviews%2Freviews%2Fexhalation-stories%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgMWXFjceUM5JbkpxMZgqWDacypA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literary Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hpulibraries.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1098191298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/test-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"test\" width=\"125\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/test-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/05\/test.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;More than fifteen years after the events of <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,<\/em>\u00a0the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.<br \/>\nTwo have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. 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