Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
I was initially drawn to Rumaan Alam's Leave the World Behind by its unique premise. While vacationing in a rented home far more luxuriou...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Van's Pick: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Everyone has heard the name Dracula and how it is associated with one of the greatest vampire figures of all time. The author Bram Stoker...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
In the midst of our own modern day pandemic, Emma Donoghue delivers The Pull of the Stars, a historical fiction novel that follows Julia,...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
If you are looking for a twisty suspense novel that will actually surprise you, look no further than Aimee Molloy's Goodnight Beautiful. ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Laura's Pick: One by One by Ruth Ware
A beautiful and remote chalet in the French mountains is the setting for a Snoop business retreat. Snoop is the latest social media app t...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: The Vacation by T.M. Logan
Four vacationing friends in the south of France with families and baggage in tow. What could go wrong? Turns out ... EVERYTHING. After Ka...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Katina's Pick: Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup
Shakespeare’s violent. His writing, that is. People suffer, people die…even in the comedies. In Death by Shakespeare, chemist Kathryn Har...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: The Operator by Gretchen Berg
All of us have played the classic children's game Telephone growing up. One person whispers a secret to another, and the secret grows and...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Katie's Pick: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Looking for a saucy series to sink your teeth into? Look no further than Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress series. Book one in the series, ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
She was once the infamous Napoleon's fiancee before she was abruptly cast aside for another woman. Later, she would marry the love of her...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Dione's Pick: Total Power by Vince Flynn
I am a devoted fan of the fictional character Mitch Rapp created by Vince Flynn. Flynn passed away years ago, but fellow author Kyle Mill...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Today is your last day on Earth. Will you spend it locked in your home, trying to ward off death, or will you venture out in the world an...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Crystal's Pick: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker
If you enjoy suspenseful psychological thrillers, Don’t Look for Me by Wendy Walker should be added to your “To Be Read” list. Years afte...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
All's fair in love and ... Twitter wars? Emma Lord's debut YA novel Tweet Cute is an adorable rom-com romp that pits a wildly successful ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Laura's Pick: Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Selena Murphy is commuting from work one evening, after just watching her husband having an affair with their nanny, Geneva, on the nanny...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: What You Wish For by Katherine Center
What You Wish For is my first Katherine Center book, and I must say that I will be making my way down her back-list because I truly enjoy...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Kathy's Pick: A-Z of Smocking by Search Press
This comprehensive guide to all things concerning the art of Smocking is arranged in an A to Z format, with an in-depth index to help you...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
Dione's Pick: Shadows by Kristen Proby
I’m starting to really believe that someone put a “gris-gris” on 2020. With voodoo on my mind, I picked up a new book by one of my go-to ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
In Neal Shusterman’s Scythe, natural death on a future Earth is simply not possible. People are no longer inflicted with disease, countri...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: All of Us by A. F. Carter
Carolyn Grand is not an "I" - she is a "we." Afflicted with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) stemming from horrific sexual abuse in c...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 8, 2020
- 3 min
Van's Pick: The Stand by Stephen King
The Stand is one of horror master Stephen King’s most monumental novels and many argue that it is one of his best. It was also released a...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Laura's Pick: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker
Don’t Look For Me is a suspenseful, psychological thriller that will leave you up at night, just to see what happens. Molly Clarke has go...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callan
The incredibly heart-breaking and poignant A Breath Too Late opens with a teenage girl learning that she has died by suicide. Ellie has k...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Brooke's Pick: The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day
When something tragic happens in our lives, some people try to push away the memories, while others run toward them. Alice was kidnapped ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
Katie's Pick: The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known the world over for his compositions during the classical period of music. He was a child prodigy, compos...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
Sophie is spending the summer before senior year in her tiny Illinois town hanging out with her best friends, working at Safeway, and try...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
Dione's Pick: Hidden by Laura Griffin
Laura Griffin writes books set in Texas featuring law enforcement characters. Hidden is the first in a new series called The Texas Murder...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: The Comeback by Ella Berman
In the Author's Note, Ella Berman shares that she started writing The Comeback before the #metoo movement took hold in recent years, and w...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Crystal's Pick: What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross
Can you imagine being twenty-one years old and discovering the mother who raised you committed a crime so she could be your mother? Lucy ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
If you’re from Louisiana, you may have heard the term “passe blanc” thrown around before - a French phrase used to indicate that a black ...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Shannon's Pick: Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
My favorite author of all time! A woman who defies her time Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and i...
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Lafourche Parish Public Library
- Sep 18, 2020
- 3 min
Brooke's Pick: Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
Like many women of my generation, I grew up watching the "Magnificent Seven" win gymnastics gold at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Gymnas...
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