Children's Librarian Alexandra Vallejo recommends Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. I’ll admit it: I love watching adaptations of summer romance novels. Sure, they’re often cringey-cheesy dialogue and rushed pacing, but there’s something fun about watching these stories come to life on screen. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune is no exception. I watched the series before reading the book, going against my golden rule of always reading the book first. I came across the story … [Read more...] about Book Review: Every Summer After
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Book Review: The Great Gatsby
Processing Associate Yosef Ore Lopez recommends The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a novel about the upper class in the 1920s, showing their luxury, crazy parties, and the search for the American Dream. The story is told by Nick Carraway, who gets to know his rich and mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws huge parties at his mansion, but as the book goes on, you realize his main goal is only to get back together with Daisy Buchanan, the woman he’s been … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Great Gatsby
Book Review: The Kite Runner
Communications Manager Kyla Merwin recommends The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Of the zillion books I’ve read – from Go Spot Go to my current obsession, The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus – I only closed the cover of two books with tears spilling down my cheeks. One of them was Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. (Spoiler alert: Inman dies at the end. I read this book twenty-five years ago, and I’m still upset about it.) The other was The Kite Runner—a book that refuses to let go … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Kite Runner
Book Review: The Compound
Haley Christianson, Children's Librarian and Programming Assistant, recommends The Compound by Aisling Rawle. Two things that I love include reading dystopian novels and watching reality TV shows. So, when I heard that The Compound by Aisling Rawle was being described as Love Island mixed with Lord of the Flies, I had to give it a try. The Compound follows 20-year-old Lily as she competes in a … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Compound
Review: Ghosts of Hiroshima
Finance Manager Tamara Mortenson recommends Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino. In Ghosts of Hiroshima, the author and his team cultivated vastly detailed accountings. While graphic and sort of cold – or maybe detached is a better word – in the recounting, it is still deeply moving. One central figure is Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a 29 year-old naval engineer who miraculously survived the blast at ground zero in Hiroshima. Horribly burned, he took a train returning home to his family in … [Read more...] about Review: Ghosts of Hiroshima
Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl
Information Systems Manager Will Duke recommends Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. I love absurdity, I’m not ashamed of a little whimsy. Song lyrics, poetry, short stories, TV shows, movies: give me something weird, and I’ll check it out. But I don't usually read books where the hero’s most meaningful relationship is with a talking cat. I didn’t choose this book; my wife made me read it. Thank you, baby. Now, I just finished book eight. Matt says the series will be nine books, but … [Read more...] about Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl
