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• The Midnight Library

  Haig, Matt, 1975-

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  Matt Haig is the sort of author you will end up waiting around for, counting the days until his next work is released into the world. "The Midnight Library" may be his best book yet. It is about a woman who is given the chance to live every version…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anxious People

  a Novel

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  This story begins with a bank robbery. But what if the bank robber didn't really want to rob the bank in the first place? And what if the hostages didn't want the bank robber to get caught?

• Sanditon

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  Jane Austen fans, if you haven't seen Sanditon, you should. Created by the legendary Andrew Davies, this series is the only chance you may ever have to experience a Jane Austen story you don't yet know.

• Fable

  Young, Adrienne, 1985-

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  This is a story of survival. It is the story of a strong young woman. It is filled with adventure and intrigue and yes, even romance. And you will be thankful that Adrienne Young has another book in the works by the end.

• Miss Austen

  Hornby, Gill,

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  In many ways, this was the year of Jane Austen for me. I didn't include all the books I read about her (I freely admit, there were many), but this one stood out among the rest. Gill Hornby adeptly tells a tale revolving around the mysterious missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fargo Season 01

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  Some of the finest storytelling I have ever witnessed on television. And a stellar cast that changes by the season.

• The Dutch House

  Patchett, Ann

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  What could possibly be better than a new book by Ann Patchett? Why, a new book by Ann Patchett read to you by Tom Hanks.

• Schitt's Creek Season 1

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  I began watching this show for the legendary Eugene Levy/Catherine O'Hara pairing. I continued watching because it has so much heart you can't look away.

• Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away

  Medina, Meg,

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  Daniela's "número uno best friend" is moving away. Newbery Medalist Medina has never disappointed, and she more than captures the spirit of two girls who are about to face the complicated emotions that come with separation.

• Watchmen

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  I could do without most any superhero franchise. But this limited series is so much more than that.

• What We'll Build

  Plans for Our Together Future

  Jeffers, Oliver,

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  Oliver Jeffers created his book, "Here We Are" when his son was born. Now that he has a daughter, he has written a new book for fathers and daughters everywhere. Oh, the adventures that await.

• The Exiles

  a Novel

  Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-

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  Kline's latest novel had me interested from the very first time I heard of it. She delves into the not often explored topic of female convicts in the 19th century - women who were exiled, and sentenced to "the land beyond the seas." Van Diemen's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maud and Grand-Maud

  O'Leary, Sara,

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  Visits with Grandma were at the top of my list of things to be psyched about as a kid. This is the story of such a duo, who have all kinds of adventures whenever they meet. Beautifully illustrated and told with all the warmth and comfort of a visit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Land of the Cranes

  Salazar, Aida,

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  Author, Salazar, drew on her own experiences as an undocumented kid growing up in Los Angeles to tell the story of nine-year-old Betita Quintero, who is detained with her mother at the US-Mexico border.

• Apple Skin to the Core

  a Memoir in Words and Pictures

  Gansworth, Eric L.,

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  A memoir in verse, Gansworth tells of his childhood as an Onondaga child raised on the Tuscarora reservation, of the lasting impact of forced assimilation, and being part of a culture that often feels on the verge of vanishing.

• Into the Forest

  Dorion, Christiane,

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  Forests, flora and fauna, and the animals that inhabit them. This is the sort of book that will enthrall nature lovers everywhere. I couldn't put it down.

• My Dark Vanessa

  a Novel

  Russell, Kate Elizabeth,

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  This was not the sort of story I wanted to read at the outset. But I found it endlessly fascinating how accurate the perspectives of a teenage girl and a women in her thirties were depicted that I had to keep reading.