Staff Picks Adult

November 2020

Plain Bad Heroines

by Emily M. Danforth

This horror-comedy and highly imaginative novel focuses on a cursed boarding school for girls in New England. Flo and Clara, innocent girls who can easily be lead astray are obsessed with a darling young author Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. With mysterious deaths, sly humor and gothic mischief Plain Bad Heroines is a book you don’t want to miss. This title is also available on OverDrive.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

October 2020

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)

by Naomi Novik

Whoever said magic school was going to be easy? This is a magical school for the gifted where failure means certain death (literally). To the students survival is more important than any letter grade because the school will not let them leave till they either graduate or die. The rules are simple: don’t go anywhere alone and beware the monsters lurking in the shadows. But when a student, El, comes and starts to unlock the school’s secrets, could there be a way to actually get out of this place alive? This title is also available on OverDrive.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

Confess

by Colleen Hoover

Auburn Reed is in a bind but is determined to make her way out of it with no help from anyone. But when she meets Owen Gentry, her resolve fails her. Is he the one to help her or is he just an unneeded distraction? This realistic romance contains great characterization. This title is available in Large Print and OverDrive.

Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager

Posted in: Adult Fiction

September 2020

Little Bookshop of Murder: Beach Reads Mystery, #1

by Maggie Blackburn

Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor is hanging by a thread. But soon that no longer seems to be a problem when she is called back home to Brigid’s Island when her mom shuffles off the mortal coil from what appears to be a heart attack. But when Summer finds a note in her mother’s bookshop that say “Sell the bookstore or die.” It’s clear that someone helped her mother leave this world and now it’s up to Summer to find out who wanted her mother dead and why. Also available on OverDrive.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

For Whom the Book Tolls: An Antique Bookshop Mystery, #1

by Laura Gail Black

Trouble seems to follow Jenna Quinn. Fleeing some unsavory doings in her hometown, Jenna thinks going to visit her Uncle might do her some good. Soon after she arrives, Jenna finds him dead at the bottom of the stairs and now Jenna who is his primary beneficiary has now become the prime suspect.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

Booked for Death: a Book Lover’s B&B Mystery

by Victoria Gilbert

Widow and former schoolteacher Charlotte Reed inherits the Chapters Bed and Breakfast from her great aunt Isabella. This reader’s paradise is nestled in the historic waterfront town of Beaufort, North Carolina. But soon the peaceful B&B becomes the scene of a grisly murder and with the victim’s daughter pointing the finger at Charlotte, she is more than ready to find the real killer before it’s too late.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

August 2020

Conventionally Yours

by Annabeth Albert

Love isn’t the only thing on the line when two “big name fans” go head-to-head at a convention. When Conrad the charismatic popular guy who seems to have it all but is really just trying to keep his life from falling apart ends up going on a cross country trip to the biggest convention ever with his worst enemy, the smart endlessly driven Alden who should be the poster boy for perfection, their rivalry takes an unexpected backseat. But with both of them having their own reasons for wanting to win the gaming tournament at Odyssey Con will the bond they have been building through out this road trip be broken once the Con is over? Will they lose their one chance at something truly magical?

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Nikki’s life is not working out the way her family would have liked. Instead of marrying a good Punjabi man and starting a family, Nikki is a college dropout living in a flat above a pub where she is employed. So when an ad for a teacher for an English Creative Writing class at the Punjabi temple in the town of Southall, Nikki jumped at the opportunity to have a respectable job to tell her family about, even though it was only 2 nights a week. Nikki was in for a big surprise when her first class was comprised of several Punjabi widows who didn’t want to write stories, they wanted to learn to write in English. The class grew interested in the storytelling aspect and soon each widow was sharing an erotic story with the class. If that’s not enough to grab your attention, mix in a mysterious death and possible murder, a rocky romance, a conservative group called The Brotherhood, and a lot of laughs. I highly recommend this title, particularly the audiobook version. Available as a physical copy, on Overdrive, and on Hoopla.

Recommended by: Brandi Smits, Youth Services Manager

Posted in: Adult Fiction

July 2020

The Little Book of Hygge, Danish Secrets to Happy Living

by Meik Wiking

The word Hygge is pronounced ‘hoo-ga’ or ‘hoo-guh’ and is a Danish philosophy that places an emphasis on a person’s well-being or general happiness. This book offered a pleasant guide to assist us in the ways in we can experience Hygge. Experiences such as Hygge cooking (recipes are included), how to create Hygge lighting in your home (lanterns that are not overly bright), to a Hygge outing (such as going to a fruit orchard with the family) plus other topics are discussed. And although we all may have done some of these things, it was very interesting to read about another culture. If you enjoy being an armchair traveler, give this book a try. Also available on Hoopla and OverDrive.

Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction

Eight Perfect Murders

by Peter Swanson

Malcolm Kershaw is a quiet bookstore owner, widowed, and with few friends. But his quiet life is interrupted when a young woman with the FBI wants to ask him questions about an article he wrote years ago titled ‘Eight Perfect Murders.’ Someone is using this list of perfect crime books to commit murder and it just so happens that Malcolm knows the victims. Our narrator, Malcolm, does give up new information about his own personal, quiet life as the story progresses. And as he gives us those clues about his life, some good twists and turns follow which had me wondering ….who in his small group of acquaintances could be a murderer? Although the pace of the book was slow at first, it does pick up. I was glad I stuck with it to the finish because the ending was very thrilling and I have added ‘eight’ authors to my ‘to be read’ list. If you like Ruth Ware, I would recommend trying Peter Swanson.

Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Shelver

Posted in: Adult Fiction

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