Staff Picks

  • Staff Picks: Books on Tap Horror pt 1

    September 1, 2024Staff Picks: Books on Tap Horror pt 1
    Looking for a seasonally scary book? Check out this list curated by previous Books on Tap meetings and bring your own recommendations to Bath Brewing at 6pm on October 10.   Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn Bone Harvest by James Brogden House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Devil House by John Darnielle Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie Never Whistle at Night: ...
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  • Staff Picks: Aurora’s Anticipated Non-Fiction: August

    August 28, 2024Staff Picks: Aurora's Anticipated Non-Fiction: August
    Should We Go Extinct? by Todd May For philosopher and New York Times columnist Todd May, the question of his title is more than eye-grabbing rhetoric. May is genuinely asking, and what’s more, he’s asking readers to take the question seriously. Would human extinction be a good thing? Would life on earth and the earth itself ...
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  • Staff Picks: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow

    August 22, 2024Staff Picks: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
    A work of historical fiction that poses the question, “what if witches were real and supported women’s right to vote?” It’s set in “New Salem”, MA and follows the story of three sisters navigating the beginning of the suffragette movement while also hiding their witchcraft from the world at large. I love the author’s use ...
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  • Staff Picks: I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S Beagle

    August 15, 2024Staff Picks: I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S Beagle
    This fantasy includes dragons, a dragon catcher/exterminator, a magical villain, and a prince and princess who are not like what we usually see in fairy tales. While there is lots of humor, there is also some sadness, but the events around that are part of the characters’ growth. That character growth is what I enjoyed ...
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  • Staff Picks: Books on Tap Titles from July

    August 8, 2024Staff Picks: Books on Tap Titles from July
    Books on Tap is a book club for people who don’t want to be told what to read.  We meet the third Thursday of the month at 6pm a rotating location of local breweries and pubs to talk about all things books.  Below is a list of (almost) all the books we talked about. The next ...
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  • Staff Picks: Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

    July 31, 2024Staff Picks: Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
    I just finished reading Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty, and I have to say, it’s one of the most eye-opening books I’ve come across. This collection of short stories weaves together the lives of indigenous people growing up on a reservation in Maine, and it hits hard. Talty doesn’t shy away from showing ...
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  • Staff Picks: What We’re Reading, July 2024

    July 24, 2024Staff Picks: What We're Reading, July 2024
    It’s hot!  Here’s what PFL Staffers have been reading to beat the heat. All titles with links are owned by PFL and can be placed on hold!   I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S Beagle     “An unconventional fairy tale.” Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson     “A fun read, especially for fans of Indiana Jones and ...
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  • Staff Picks: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

    July 19, 2024Staff Picks: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
    In the not too distant future, a civil servant in the UK is offered a complicated, top secret job.  The British government has recently figured out time travel, and are gathering people from different moments throughout history and bringing them to the present to see what happens.  The government chooses only people who would have ...
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  • Staff Picks: Aurora’s Anticipated Non-Fiction, July

    July 10, 2024Staff Picks: Aurora's Anticipated Non-Fiction, July
    Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes  Before there were cat memes, there was Louis Wain. The British illustrator was the Victorian era’s foremost feline portraitist, famed for his drawings of goggle-eyed cats and kittens partaking in such genteel pastimes as playing cricket, Christmas caroling, tea-partying in the garden, and ...
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  • Staff Pick: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

    June 29, 2024Staff Pick: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
    Twenty two year old Violet is fresh out of prison from a drunk driving accident that killed a local kindergarten teacher, alone in a city where she knows no one.  Middle aged Harriet, who runs the book group in the women’s prison that housed Violet, is about to watch the last of her children leave ...
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