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Virtual Event: An Evening with Kiley Reid in Celebration of Such a Fun Age’s Paperback Release

April 16, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction

You’re invited to join us at an incredible virtual event celebrating the paperback release of Kiley Reid’s best-selling novel Such a Fun Age!

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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and How to Choose Happiness

April 15, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction

A story about life, living, and the regrets in between, The Midnight Library is a unique invention created to tell a universal truth. It allows the reader to make some secret personal applications with the lessons of our protagonist and her desire to end it all. This story is like our better selves, begging us to listen, putting the medicine in the candy, and it does it all within 300 pages.

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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

April 1, 2021
Tagged as: Black Writers, Fiction, Women Writers

Freedom is knowing who you are while unobstructedly stretching toward your potential or something like that. Look, we’re not as deep as Toni Morrison, but after reading this, the author’s third novel, we were inspired to wax poetic about existential topics like survival and identity.

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and Can You Indeed Find Purpose and Happiness In Your Job

March 18, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction, humor and comedy, Women Writers

As Beyoncé said, "This is for the 30-somethings that didn't turn out exactly how mom and dad wanted you to be." Convenience Store Woman is the deadpan tale of one woman's happy life in a simple occupation before conformity-obsessed friends, family members, and strangers pressure her into confusion and despair.

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The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene and the Strange Case of Adnan Syed

February 25, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction

Our headstrong heroine must rely on happenstance and privilege to complete her fiendish mission and remain the queen bee of her hive. The messy meddler: Nancy Drew.

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Interview: Author Liz Moore Talks About the Real People Who Inspired Her Book, Long Bright River

February 18, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction, Interview, Women Writers

AN EXTRA SPECIAL EPISODE: Acclaimed author Liz Moore joins us – US?! – to discuss her book, Long Bright River.

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman and the Importance of Having “Golden Friends”

February 11, 2021
Tagged as: Fiction

“You can have too much choice in this world. And when everyone has too much choice, it is also much harder to get chosen. And we all want to be chosen.”⁠ ― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club⁠

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Kindred by Octavia Butler and How to Deal with Hostile People

October 8, 2020
Tagged as: Black Writers, Fiction, Women Writers

This week’s theme: How to Deal with Hostile People. The book on which our theme’s based: It is the first published science fiction novel written by a black woman, the story of a 26-year-old writer...

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Fear and Violence

October 1, 2020
Tagged as: Black Writers, Fiction

Circa 1890, somewhere in the southeast of present-day Nigeria, a powerful man has built his life on the foundations of pride and fearlessness. Determined to be the exact opposite of his lazy father, he rules...

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Gossip

September 24, 2020
Tagged as: Fiction, Women Writers

The theme this week: Gossip. One death leads to another in this case involving two influential families in one small town. Word on the curb is that a few people could be the murderer, and...

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Tag: Fiction

Virtual Event: An Evening with Kiley Reid in Celebration of Such a Fun Age’s Paperback Release

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and How to Choose Happiness

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and Can You Indeed Find Purpose and Happiness In Your Job

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene and the Strange Case of Adnan Syed

Interview: Author Liz Moore Talks About the Real People Who Inspired Her Book, Long Bright River

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman and the Importance of Having “Golden Friends”

Kindred by Octavia Butler and How to Deal with Hostile People

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Fear and Violence

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Gossip

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