Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Elizabeth Strout Genre: Fiction 289 pages, published October 15, 2019 Reading Format: e-book on Hoopla Summary The sequel to Olive Kitteridge, Olive, Again continues the story of the unique Olive Kitteridge as she enters old age, struggling to make sense of her own life and the lives of others in […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Rutger Bregman Genre: Non Fiction, Science, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Public Policy 462 pages, published June 2, 2020 Reading Format: Audiobook Summary In Humankind, author Rutger Bregman rejects the widely accepted idea that human beings are by nature selfish and self-interested and instead presents and supports his thesis that […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Joni Renee Author: Dervla McTiernan Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Foreign 380 pages, published July 3, 2018 Reading Format: Audiobook on Hoopla Summary The Ruin (Book no. 1 in the Cormac Reilly series) opens with DI Cormac Reilly discovering the body of Hilaria Blake in her crumbling Georgian home, dead from […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Ian McEwan Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction 306 pages, published April 18, 2019 Reading Format: e-Book on Overdrive Summary Author Ian McEwan tells the story of a world where fully functional robots that closely resemble humans are introduced in an alternate reality 1980’s Britain. The UK has lost the Falklands war, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Ken Follett Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Foreign 916 pages, published September 12, 2017 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary A Column of Fire is the third book in Ken Follett’s series of historical fiction that focuses on the town of Kingsbridge, England during succeeding time periods. In this book, the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Jason Riley Genre: Non Fiction, Race, History, Politics, Public Policy 129 pages, published May 30, 2017 Reading Format: Book Summary In False Black Power, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member Jason Riley challenges the identity politics and Critical Race Theory advocated by Black civil rights leaders as a dead end […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Kate DiCamillo Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Children, Fantasy 200 pages, published February 14, 2006 Reading Format: Book Summary The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a children’s fable about an impeccably dressed china rabbit named Edward Tulane. Edward was owned by a girl named Abilene who treated him with the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction 304 pages, published March 2, 2021 Reading Format: Book Summary Klara and the Sun is set in the near future and is told from the perspective of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities. When she is purchased to serve as a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Benjamin Lorr Genre: Nonfiction, Public Policy, Nutrition 336 pages, published September 8, 2020 Reading Format: Book Summary The Secret Life of Groceries is a behind the scenes investigation into the human lives that contribute to the modern miracle of the American grocery store. Lorr looks at what it takes to […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Ray Kurzweil Genre: Non Fiction, Science, Public Policy 652 pages, published September 26, 2006 Reading Format: e-Book on Overdrive Summary Written by acclaimed futurist Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near explores the role of technology in our post human future. Kurzweil discusses what he believes will be the next step […]