What PFL Staff are Reading this Week

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

Emotional Healing: How to Put Yourself Back Together Again by Dr. Harry Barry

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

“A really terrific audio book, and for some reason I was surprised at how good the story is.”

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr.

“Totally fascinating. I read it AND listened to it on audiobook and that combo with the audio recordings of Huguette Clark’s voice with the pictures in the book was such a great experience.”

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers

The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier

“Wowzer!”

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

“A lovely novel that raises important questions about humanity and subjective reality.”

Naturalist: a graphic adaptation of E.O. Wilson’s book by Jim Ottaviani and C.M. Butzer

Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake up Your Creativity and Find your Joy by Andrea Scher

Fabulous ideas on how to cultivate a sense of wonder

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time by Annabel Streets

“As an (almost!) daily walker, I’m always looking for motivation to keep up the habit, and this book gives an impressive number of scientific examples of how the sights, smells, sounds, and sensations of walking are so good for the human mind and body.”

 

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