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Mad Sisters of Esi
Tashan Mehta
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Hi everyone, we're excited to share the 4 selections for the Fall Readalong, running September - November! We announce Readalong titles a month in advance to give everyone time to place library holds. The Seasonal Readalong page will be updated soon with the books below, but in the meantime, feel free to add them to your TBR!
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann: A darkly funny horror novel featuring group therapy, fairytale retellings, and feminism.
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: A sapphic dark academia fantasy set at an elite boarding school, where our heroine is a powerful demonology teacher on a mission.
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: A genre-bending sci-fi novel that interweaves the story of Zelu, a disabled Nigerian-American writer, with chapters from the novel she's writing, blurring the boundary between the real world and the created world.
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton: A cozy and whimsical Victorian era romcom with 2 rival ornithologists, travel via parasol, and a lot of scheming and flirting.
Excited to read with everyone in the coming months!
Happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
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Can you believe I never knew the story of Dracula until now? Made it 27 years before I learned more than "this is a story about a vampire".
This book had such a strong start. I loved the time we spent with Harker in Dracula's castle, seeing him slowly be consumed by the madness of knowing death was imminent. I'd have loved a full book about this!
Unfortunately, once we left the castle and introduced the other characters (who I do love by the way), the plot seemed to get a bit lost. Too much time was spent on rather unimportant details in comparison to the end, which was short and lacking.
I did enjoy the book and love that it's one of the classics that lead to such a vast collection of vampire stories today.
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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
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The Book of Fallen Leaves
A.S. Tamaki
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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
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The Night Circus
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
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You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance
Chani Nicholas
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You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance
Chani Nicholas