Check it out at the Library this week
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Howard County Library patrons can join readers from 16,000 public libraries and colleges across the United States enjoying this year's Together We Read: US digital book club selection. From March 1 to 15, Jennifer Givhan's book River Woman, River Demon is available as an ebook and audiobook with no waitlist through March 15. Readers can join hundreds of thousands of others accessing the digital book with no waitlists or holds by downloading the Libby app. Join Together We Read: US and be part of the online discussion by going to https://togetherweread.com/us/join-the-discussion/river-woman-riverdemon/. Learn more about setting up Libby by visiting our Digital Collections page from our website at howard-county. ploud.net. Join us Tuesday and Thursday for Babytime and Storytime in the children's room at 10 a.m. for stories, crafts, and play.
This week's review are fiction titles.
River Woman, River Demon tells the story of Eva Santos Moon, a burgeoning Chicana artist who practices the ancient, spiritual ways of brujería and curanderisma. She's at one of her lowest points, suffering from disorienting blackouts, creative stagnation, and a feeling of disconnect from her magickal roots. When her husband is taken into custody for the shocking murder of their friend, Eva doesn't know whom to trust, least of all, herself. She soon falls under suspicion as a potential suspect, and her past rises to the surface, dredging up the truth about an eerily similar death from her childhood. Struggling with fragmented memories and self-doubt, an increasingly terrified Eva fears that she might have been involved in both murders. As she fights to keep her family out of danger, Eva realizes she must use her magick as a bruja to protect herself and her loved ones, while confronting her own dark history.
When Val Champion returns to the family ranch, she's ready to put her past behind her in Whiplash-the Champion Series Bk 2 (F DAI J) by Janet Dailey. Her dreams of a Hollywood acting career have become a nightmare of fear. But once she sees rodeo man Casey Bozeman facing down a bull in the arena, she knows she's no safer at home. Face to face with her first and only true love, Val can't deny her still powerful feelings for Casey. Feelings she can never act on again. Val's the one who got away, the woman who broke his heart so hard he still feels the sting. But there's no denying Casey's still drawn to the fiery beauty. And there's no way he can stand by when the high stakes Professional Bull Riding finals in Vegas bring out the danger Val's been running from. Suddenly the rugged cowboy is willing to risk it all for her once more, even if it means facing down those secrets lurking in her unforgettable eyes.
Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the general manager's unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950, in Bloomsbury Girls (F JEN N) by Natalie Jenner the world is changing, especially
the world of books and publishing, and at Bloomsbury Books, the girls in the shop have plans. Vivien Lowry: Single since her aristocratic fiancé was killed in action during World War II, the brilliant and stylish Vivien has a long list of grievances, most of them well justified and the biggest of which is Alec Mcdonough, the Head of Fiction. Grace Perkins: Married with two sons, she's been working to support the family following her husband's breakdown in the aftermath of the war. Torn between duty to her family and dreams of her own. Evie Stone: In the first class of female students from Cambridge permitted to earn a degree, Evie was denied an academic position in favor of her less accomplished male rival. Now she's working at Bloomsbury Books while she plans to remake her own future. As they interact with various literary figures of the time - Daphne Du Maurier, Ellen Doubleday, Sonia Blair (widow of
George Orwell), Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and others, these three women with their complex web of relationships, goals and dreams are all working to plot out a future that is richer and more rewarding than anything society will allow.
The Latecomer (F KOR J) by Jean Hanff Korelitz follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF. As children, the three siblings, Harrison, Lewyn, and Sally, feel no strong familial bond and cannot wait to go their separate ways, even as their father becomes more distanced and their mother more desperate. When the triplets leave for college, Johanna, faced with being truly alone, makes the decision to have a fourth child. What role will the “latecomer” play in this fractured family?
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