Staff Picks

  • Staff Picks: What We’re Reading this Week

    August 18, 2022Staff Picks: What We're Reading this Week
    PFL staff love to read! Take a look at the titles we’ve been enjoying this week.   The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Vol. 1 The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson Foundation by Isaac Asimov Roots for Kids by Susan Provost Beller  Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond The Emma Project by Sonali Dev “The fourth ...
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  • Staff Picks: Beach Reads

    August 11, 2022Staff Picks: Beach Reads
    Beat the heat this summer by bringing one of these relaxing reads down to the beach or pool!  Unwind with a light comedy, cool off with a spine-chilling thriller, or turn up the heat with a sizzling romance! Whatever your go-to vacation genre is, we have it!  (Just try not to drop it in the ...
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  • Staff Pick: The Bear by Andrew Krivak

    August 4, 2022Staff Pick: The Bear by Andrew Krivak
    A gorgeous blend of fairy tale, magical realism, fantasy, and literary fiction. A young girl and her father live in the wilderness after the collapse of civilization. When the girl finds herself suddenly alone in the wild, she turns to the creatures of the forest to help her find her way back home. Krivak’s blend ...
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  • Staff Pick: Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran

    July 28, 2022Staff Pick: Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
    This year’s Read ME selection bills itself as “a misfit’s memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in.”  Can you get any better than that?   A coming of age story told through the lens of classic literature, Phuc Tran’s memoir tells the story of his family’s immigration from war torn Saigon ...
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  • Staff Pick: My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

    July 19, 2022Staff Pick: My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey
    Elementary school teacher Taylor goes on vacation to Cape Cod where she stumbles upon a murder scene and unwittingly links up with a rough and tumble bounty hunter to solve the crime. It was a fun summer read (warning – very spicy!).
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  • Staff Pick: Nobody Gets Out Alive and Still Points North by Leigh Newman

    July 14, 2022Staff Pick: Nobody Gets Out Alive and Still Points North by Leigh Newman
    Leigh Newman’s short story collection – Nobody Gets Out Alive – is a delight.  I consumed it over a weekend, and have been recommending it to people ever since.  All the stories in this debut collection (2022) are loosely but skillfully connected; all are set in or about Alaska, the author’s home state.  The stories ...
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  • Staff Pick: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

    July 7, 2022Staff Pick: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
    This collection of nine short stories focuses on several generations of Black women caught between their religion’s double standards and their own longings, loves, and identities. Philyaw’s prose is sharp and lyrical, her dialogue is spare and honest, and her characters are gratifyingly complex.
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  • Staff Pick: The Colony by Audrey Magee

    June 30, 2022Staff Pick: The Colony by Audrey Magee
    In the summer of 1979, during “the troubles” in Ireland, two men arrive on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. One man, an artist, to paint the beautiful, wild cliffs. The other, a linguist, to record and write about the language of the island residents which is spoken by fewer and fewer people. ...
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  • Staff Picks: Pride Recommendations

    June 23, 2022
    Happy Pride Month! All June long we have been featuring staff favorite LGBTQA+ titles. Of course there are too many great books to ever feature them all, so we have compiled a list of a few more of our favorites: Other Boys by Damian Alexander The Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Fun Home by Allison Bechdel Tell ...
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  • Staff Pick: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

    June 16, 2022Staff Pick: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
    Jessa-Lynn has a problem.  Actually, she has a whole family of them.  In the wake of her father’s suicide, Jessa-Lynn takes over his failing taxidermy business, even as her mother seems to be actively sabotaging what little dignity the business has left by sneaking in at night and posing the animals provocatively.  Her brother, Milo, ...
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