May 2022 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Amara: Lately anything Nordic Noir is amazing to my eyes and ears. Nordic Noir authors include Stieg Larsson, Åsa Larsson, and Camila Lackberg.
- Anne: Caramel Pecan Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke
- Connie: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- Holly: Transformers Prime (TV series)
- JC: Dark History by Bailey Sarian (podcast)
- Quinn: Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
- Sir James: Books: Ms. Marvel Vol 1, Prodigy – Marie Lu. Movies: XXX series with Ice Cube, Samuel Jackson, & Vin Diesel; Magnificent 7; Cheaper By the Dozen; The Martian; Elysium; Man on Fire; Courage Under Fire; The Forever Purge; John Q; Training Day; The Equalizer. TV: The Rising of the Shield Hero; Attack on Titan; Hunter x Hunter Vol 2 & 3
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April 2022 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Dawn: Don’t Order Dog by C.T. Wente, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- Jennifer: Encanto (2022 film), West Side Story (2022 film)
- Jessica: Leverage (TV series)
- Kathy: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
- Sir James: Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series), Black Clover by Yuki Tabata, Drillbit Taylor (2008 film), Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021 film), and 9-1-1 (TV series)
- Taylor: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
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March 2022 Newsletter
February 2022 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Black Widow (2021 film)
- The DPL Writers’ Group: Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell series by Chelsea Cain, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon, West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge
- Jessica: Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
- Lisa: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Best Friend in the Whole World by Sandra Salsbury, The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book editor in chief Maile Carpenter, Little Dandelion Seeds the World by Julie Richardson
- Taylor: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
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January 2022 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Holly: The Journey by Kathryn Lasky
- Jessica: Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Lisa: Everything Mediterranean Instant Pot Cookbook by Kelly Jaggers, Meals in Minutes edited by Gooseberry Patch, Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman
- Sir James: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld, Black Clover, Volume 2. Those Who Protect by Yuki Tabata, The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden, Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee, A Promised Land by Barack Obama; 12 Monkeys (2005 film), Black Widow (2021 film), Cloverfield (2008 film); The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020 TV series), The God of High School (202 TV Series), Diff’rent Strokes (1970s TV series), and Cobra Kai (2019 TV series)
- Stuart: Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories by Raymond Carver
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December 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Isn’t It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams, Dear Mr. Knightly by Katherine Reay, and The Blacklist (TV series)
- Amara: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapeña, You (Netflix series by on the book by Caroline Kepnes), Ponyo (2008 film), and Dreamland by Glass Animals (music album)
- Connie: Wildlife Ranger Action Guide by Mary Kay Carson
- Kaileigh: Red (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift (music album)
- Lisa: Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann, Talking Leaves by Joseph Bruchac, and The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Nancy: Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman and Loren Long, The Farmer’s Away! Baa! Neigh! by Anne Vittur Kennedy, and A Twist of Fate by Kalley Armstrong
- Sir James: Leviathan by Scott Westerfield, Replicas (2018 film), “What is Folklore?” (Stuff You Should Know podcast), “How Feng Shui Works” (Stuff You Should Know podcast), TED Talks Daily (podcast), Jujutsu Kaisen (TV series), Re: Zero, Starting a Life in a New World (TV series), Welcome to Demon-School, Iruma-kun (TV series), and I’m Standing on a Million Lives (TV series)
- Stuart: Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World by Scott Russell Sanders
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November 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Connie: Peyton Picks The Perfect Pie: A Thanksgiving Celebration by Jack Bishop (includes an apple pie recipe)
- Jennifer: The Lost Boys (movie) and Now Playing (podcast)
- Jessica: Dune by Frank Herbert, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu TV series), Tiny Desk Concerts (podcast)
- Nancy: Little Sap: the Magical Story of a Forest Family by Jan Hughes and Ruth Hangeveld, Best Nerds Forever by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, and Last Guard by Nalini Singh.
- Sir James: The Library Book by Susan Orlean, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Film), The Kitchen (film), Abigail (Film), New Amsterdam (TV series), Brat Loves Judy (TV series), My Hero Academia (TV Series), Demon Slayer (TV series), and Tokyo Revengers (TV series)
- Taylor: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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October 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Connie: Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho
- Jessica: Stargazer: Oblivion by Michael Jan Freidman
- Nancy: The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs, The Movies that Made Us (Netflix series), and A World Together by Sonia Manzano
- Sarah: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Sir James: 007 Skyfall (2021 Movie), Are We There Yet (TV Series), The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, My Son (2021 Movie), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017 Movie), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011 Movie), We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal, What Do You Say? by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
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September 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Connie: Keep an Eye on Ivy by Barroux
- Jessica: Aya: Love in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie
- Lisa: The Book Without a Story by Carolina Rabei, Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Sanjay Gupta with Kristin Loberg, and Pirate’s Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry and Matt Myers
- Nancy: Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder and The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- Sarah: A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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August 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Reignited and Reawakened by Colleen Houck
- Connie: Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Kindness by Kimberly and James Dean
- Gaye: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley, The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva, and Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict
- Jessica: Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come by Jessica Pan
- Karen: Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America’s Bravest Warriors by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
- Lisa: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey and The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon
- Nancy: Legacy by Nora Roberts and Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival
- Sarah: Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds and Pablo Leon
- Taylor: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
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July 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Amara: The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty and The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
- Cindy: I’ve Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark and Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark
- Connie: Venetian Lullaby written by Judith L. Roth and illustrated by Kendra Binney
- Karen: The Rose (1979) and Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buzbaum
- Lisa: Bindu’s Bindis written by Supriya Kelkar and illustrated by Parvati Pillai, Book’s Big Adventure written by Adam Lehrhaupt and illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell, and Soul (2020)
- Nancy: Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman, A Distant Shore by Karen Kingsbury, and Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Sir James: Black Clover (2017 Anime), Fatherhood (2021), The Fugitive (2020 TV Series), The Good Doctor (2017 TV Series), New Amsterdam (2018 TV Series), The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, When They Find Her by Lia Middleton, and Ziggy, Stardust & Me by James Brandon
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June 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
- Connie: The Boy Who Loved Everyone by Jane Porter, illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring
- Jessica: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Kaileigh: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Karen: Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies by Laura Stampler and Silkwood (2003)
- Lisa: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly and A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
- Sarah: Dune (1984)
- Taylor: The Inequality Machine: How College Divides Us by Paul Tough
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May 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Desperate Girls by Laura Griffin and The High Note (2020)
- Gaye: The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
- Jessica: Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series)
- Nancy: A World Together by Sonia Manzano, The Path to Sunshine Cove by RaeAnne Thayne, and The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (Audiobook)
- Patty: This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live by Every Day by Hoda Kotb and Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side by Theresa Caputo
- Quinn: Lucifer (TV Series – “If you want a devilishly good time.”)
- Sir James: The Transcended series by Anthony James (Audiobook), Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson (Audiobook), White Squall (1996), Archenemy (2020), Driveways (), My Hero Academia (TV Series), Attack on Titan (TV Series), Superstore (TV Series), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV Series), and Secrets of Sulphur Springs (TV Series)
- Taylor: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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April 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Amara: Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple, Japanese Vapor Wave artist MACROSS 82-99, Dateline NBC podcast, and Mythology podcast
- Connie: Wanted! Criminals of the Animal Kingdom written by Heather Tekavec, illustrated by Susan Batori
- Holly: Zephyrus by The Oh Hellos
- Jacquie: The Monsters We Make by Kali White
- Karen: Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson, Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King, and Somewhere in Time (1980)
- Leann: Surviving Hitler: The Unlikely True Story of an SS Soldier and a Jewish Woman by O. Håkan Palm
- Nancy: Attack of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman, Kent State by Deborah Wiles (on audio), The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris, and Second Sight by Sharon Sala
- Quinn: Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich
- Taylor: Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
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March 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: The Tiger’s Curse series by Colleen Houck and Pearl Harbor: Into the Arizona (2016)
- Jacquie: The Monsters We Make by Kali White
- Jessica: American Born Chinese by Gene Leun Yang and And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson,
- Julie: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Karen: Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson and Till Death by Jennifer Armentrout
- Lisa: Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties Kevin Gascoyne, Francois Marchand, Jasmin Desharnais, Hugo Americi, editors; New Kid by Jerry Craft; and The Donut King (2020)
- Nancy: Do Not Go in There! by Ariel Horn; The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm; and All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz
- Quinn: Still Life by Louise Penny
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February 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: If I Run by Terri Blackstock, Jumanji: The Next Level (2020) ( and The Judge (2014)
- Jessica: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Julie: Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates and The Upside (2017)
- Nancy: Wild Symphony by Dan Brown
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January 2021 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: A Snow White Christmas (2018)
- Connie: When Winter Comes: Discovering Wildlife in Our Snowy Woods by Aimee Bissonette
- Jessica: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers and How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Julie: The Santa Clause (1998)
- Leann: The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper
- Lisa: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz from the Alex Rider series
- Mary Jane: The Adventurer’s Son by Roman Dial
- Melody: The Answer Is…:Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
- Nancy: The Awakening by Nora Roberts and Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series by Chris Grabenstein.
- Penny: Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Taylor: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
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December 2020 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Left Fur Dead by J. M. Griffin and Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting and 21 Bridges Starring (film, 2019)
- Connie: Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
- Jessica: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Julie: Women of Conscience: Social Reform in Danville, Illinois 1890-1930 by Janet Duitsman Cornelius and Martha LaFrenz Kay
- Lisa: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin and Female Firebrands by Mikaela Kiner
- Melinda: Dadblamed Union Army Cow by Susan Fletcher
- Nancy: Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker
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November 2020 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Amara: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan and Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
- Anne: Sherlock Holmes (film, 2009)
- Cindy: The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews and Ricochet by Sandra Brown
- Connie: The Coast to Coast Murders by James Patterson
- Jessica: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunyrū Suzuki
- Julie: From Pompeii by Ingrid Rowland and The Greatest Showman (film, 2017)
- Lisa: The Pigeon HAS to Go to School by Mo Willems, Hello Now by Jenny Valentine, and The Prairie Fire by Marilyn Reynolds
- Nancy: The Willoughbys Return by Lois Lowry and Anthem by Deborah Wiles
- Reno: Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum
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October 2020 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Anne: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (film, 2020)
- Connie: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Never Wear Red Lipstick on Picture Day (and Other Lessons I’ve Learned) by Allison Gutknecht
- Jessica: Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
- Jim: Pacific Crucible by Ian Toll
- Josh: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
- Karen: The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak and Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
- Lisa: The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
- Mary Jane: 18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb
- Nancy: Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
- Penny: Apple Cake by Dawn Casey
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September 2020 Newsletter
Staff Picks:
- Amara: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins and It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
- Anne: Blackhat (film, 2015), Charlie’s Angels (film, 2019), and Jem and the Holograms (film, 2015)
- Carla: Never Wear Red Lipstick on Picture Day (and Other Lessons I’ve Learned) by Allison Gutknecht
- Jennifer: The Next Always by Nora Roberts
- Jessica: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink
- Johnson: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Karen: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver and How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
- Leann: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
- Mary Jane: People of the Canyons by Kathleen O’Neal & W. Michael Gear and Harvest the Vote by Jane Kleeb
- Patty: Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- Taylor: Ever After (film, 1998)
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