Book Review: ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You,” by Sally Rooney
In “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” the novelist and her stand-ins chew over questions about fame, sex, idealism and other subjects.
Newly Published, From Water Statues to the Supreme Court
A selection of books published this week.
Book Review: ‘Matrix,’ by Lauren Groff
“Matrix” tells the life story of an orphan who is cast out of the royal court and put in charge of an impoverished abbey.
‘Three Rooms,’ by Jo Hamya: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Three Rooms,” by Jo Hamya
Intimacy Is Nothing To Be Ashamed Of In Helen Hoang's Powerful New Romance
Fans of Hoang's work will be happy to see Quan — a side character in previous novels — come back for his own Happy Ever After with Anna, a violinist grappling with burnout and family issues.
(Image credit: NPR)
The Stenographer Who Married Dostoyevsky — and Saved Him From Ruin
“The Gambler Wife,” by Andrew D. Kaufman, recounts the life of Anna Dostoyevskaya, the Russian writer’s second wife, who took dictation of his books, endured his gambling addiction and eventually published his work herself.
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
UnCovered
review by Filomena Scotto DiVetta, ACLS Galloway Branch
I listened to “The Lager Queen of Minnesota” by J. Ryan Stradal on the Libby app that the library provides. It was fun listening to it on my way to and from work. I was so intrigued by the story that I also listened to it around my house!
This book is about two sisters, Edith and Helen, who are raised on a farm in Minnesota. As the years go by they grow apart - each one with their own differences and struggles. Helen is more rigid than her sister Edith, who is always taking care of people in her life. Helen inherits the farm with a plan to make her dream come true of owning a successful brewery. This puts a strain between the sisters who go years without talking. Diana, Edith’s granddaughter, ends up living with her grandmother and develops the same interest for running a brewery as her great-aunt Helen.
This book will make you laugh and cry. You will enjoy getting to read or listen to the characters as they go through life. The author does an amazing job of making the characters unique and different from each other.
Borrow eBooks, eAudiobook, and eMagazines from the ACSL Overdrive digital collection for free with the Libby app. Go to www.atlanticlibrary.org/overdrive to how.
This Sweet, Mid-Grade Story Is Perfect For Budding Romance Fans
If your kids aren't quite old enough for classic teen love stories, Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai is a just-right read with a heroine who still spends Saturday nights playing board games with her family.
(Image credit: Scholastic)
'Image Control' Is A Plea For Artistic Ethics In What Author Calls 'Fascist Times'
In order to track Patrick Nathan's ideas, one must to get on board with his habit of invoking fascism broadly, emphasizing its aesthetic and imaginative tendencies over its concrete manifestations.
(Image credit: Counterpoint)
The deep
Author: Cutter, Nick author.
Published: 2016 2015
Call Number: F CUTTER(711828.6)
Format: Books
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of The Troop--which Stephen King raved "scared the hell out of me and I couldn't put it down....old-school horror at its best"--comes this utterly terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The Shining. A strange plague called the 'Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small things at first, like where they left their keys...then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then their bodies forget how to function involuntarily...and there is no cure. But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Marianas Trench, an heretofore unknown substance hailed as "ambrosia" has been discovered--a universal healer, from initial reports. It may just be the key to a universal cure. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab, the Trieste, has been built eight miles under the sea's surface. But now the station is incommunicado, and it's up to a brave few to descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths...and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine. Part horror, part psychological nightmare, The Deep is a novel that fans of Stephen King and Clive Barker won't want to miss--especially if you're afraid of the dark"--
Published: 2016 2015
Call Number: F CUTTER(711828.6)
Format: Books
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of The Troop--which Stephen King raved "scared the hell out of me and I couldn't put it down....old-school horror at its best"--comes this utterly terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The Shining. A strange plague called the 'Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small things at first, like where they left their keys...then the not-so-small things like how to drive, or the letters of the alphabet. Then their bodies forget how to function involuntarily...and there is no cure. But now, far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, deep in the Marianas Trench, an heretofore unknown substance hailed as "ambrosia" has been discovered--a universal healer, from initial reports. It may just be the key to a universal cure. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab, the Trieste, has been built eight miles under the sea's surface. But now the station is incommunicado, and it's up to a brave few to descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths...and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine. Part horror, part psychological nightmare, The Deep is a novel that fans of Stephen King and Clive Barker won't want to miss--especially if you're afraid of the dark"--
This YA Yarn Would Be A Bit More Bewitching If Its Witch Made Better Choices
Laura Sibson's Edie in Between follows our heroine as she learns her own magic and unravels a family mystery. If only we didn't have to keep yelling at her to stay out of the metaphorical basement.
(Image credit: Viking Books for Young Readers)
In A Poet's Fiction Debut, One Woman's Story Guides A Journey Through Black History
Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers spent more than a decade working on her debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, which follows Ailey Pearl Garfield as she unearths the truths of her family.
(Image credit: Harper)
After Troy Falls, The Women Of This Novel Wait, Watch And Wish Things Were Different
Pat Barker returns to the scene of the Trojan War in The Women of Troy, but this time after the city has fallen and its women are grieving their old lives while trying to figure out their new ones.
(Image credit: Doubleday)
Well Educated, Well Employed, and a Paycheck Away From Disaster
Jo Hamya’s debut novel, “Three Rooms,” exposes the precarious state of life for a woman of color in publishing.
Lansky [DVD]
Author: Hoffman, Jeff, film producer. Barnum, Robert Ogden, film producer. Binns, Eric, film producer. Broda, Lee, film producer. Rockaway, Robert , screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LANSKY
Format: Video disc
Summary: When aging gangster Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars, Lansky spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LANSKY
Format: Video disc
Summary: When aging gangster Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars, Lansky spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Hitman's wife's bodyguard [DVD]
Author: Hughes, Patrick, 1978- film director. O'Connor, Tom (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Murphy, Phillip, screenwriter Murphy, Brandon, screenwriter O'Toole, Matt (Matthew James), film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HITMANS
Format: Video disc
Summary: In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HITMANS
Format: Video disc
Summary: In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
Peter Rabbit 2 [DVD]
Author: Gluck, Will, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Burleigh, Patrick, screenwriter. Nalbandian, Zareh, film producer. Bishop, Catherine (Producer), film producer. Hildebrand, Jodi, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: J PETER
Format: Video disc
Summary: Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Published: 2021
Call Number: J PETER
Format: Video disc
Summary: Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Till death [DVD]
Author: Dale, S. K., film director. Carvey, Jason, screenwriter. Fox, Megan, 1986- actor. Mulvey, Callan, 1975- actor. Macken, Eoin C., actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ACTION TILL
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a romantic evening in their secluded lake house, Emma awakens handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her husband's twisted plan.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ACTION TILL
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a romantic evening in their secluded lake house, Emma awakens handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her husband's twisted plan.
Death in Texas
Author: Windhauser, Scott, 1972- screenwriter, film director. Blevins, Ronnie Gene, film producer, actor. Ashton, John, actor. Dern, Bruce, actor. Boyle, Lara Flynn, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: SUSPENSE DEATH
Format: Video disc
Summary: An ex-convict with a wicked past must race against time to get the resources that will save his dying mother's life, even if it means stealing from the cartel.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: SUSPENSE DEATH
Format: Video disc
Summary: An ex-convict with a wicked past must race against time to get the resources that will save his dying mother's life, even if it means stealing from the cartel.
Rogue hostage [DVD]
Author: Solis, Mickey, screenwriter. Levine, Jordan Yale, 1985- film producer. Beckerman, Jordan, film producer. Keeyes, Jon, film director, film producer. Tyrese, actor, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ROGUE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Single father and former Marine Kyle Snowden must save his daughter and other hostages from a dangerous criminal who has trapped them inside a neighborhood store owned by Kyle's polarizing stepfather, Congressman Sam Nelson.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ROGUE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Single father and former Marine Kyle Snowden must save his daughter and other hostages from a dangerous criminal who has trapped them inside a neighborhood store owned by Kyle's polarizing stepfather, Congressman Sam Nelson.
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