The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

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The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

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From the colorful and beautiful cover art to the page turning adventure inside, every single page of this book is delightful.  I especially like the extra touch on the back cover-our adventuress Lenora is holding a lantern and the cover is glossy where the light would shine out.  Very well done.

Lenora is lucky in many ways-she’s highly intelligent, has wealthy parents, and her nanny is completely inattentive.  You would think that riding around in a limo all day would be exciting, but to Lenora, it’s just like riding along with anyone else as they do errands for themselves and completely ignore you. You know, like grocery shopping?   All that changes when Lenora’s nanny visits the Library to find a book that will impress one of her friends. While there, Lenora sneaks off and is quickly caught up in a strange and wonderful adventure. Lenora finds herself working as a Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian under the watchful eyes of Malachi, the Chief Answerer.  From there, she helps out time-travelling robots, the King of Starpoint, ants, and tardigrades! Flying through space, being shrunk and unshrunk, and even riding an ant are just the beginning of Lenora’s adventures as a Librarian. But it’s not all fun and games. There are evil people lurking about in bowler hats and trench coats-that’s how you know they’re evil, it’s always a trench coat-and they are intent on stopping Lenora from succeeding at her job.  What they don’t know is that Lenora is fearless and determined. She doesn’t back down from any task and is willing to jump right in to save her patrons.

I ordered this for the Youth Department at the Library and I couldn’t wait to read it over my lunch break.  Ok, so I may have read half of it while the Boss was gone and then read the other half over my break, but really, does it matter?

It’s a fast paced story with a new adventure every few pages which will keep kids engaged.  Lenora is a really well written character-she’s smart, courageous, and willing to try anything once, but she’s also not a snotty brat who is really annoying.  As Lenora helps out her Patrons her name badge changes to add different titles such as “MOOSE Pioneer” and it was fun to see how her accomplishments would be worded on her badge after each adventure.  I’m hoping there will be more books after this that follow Lenora on to bigger and grander adventures-maybe even to train an apprentice herself. That would be cute.

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The Living God by Kaytalin Platt

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The Living God by Kaytalin Platt

Available May 21, 2019

The life of a princess is supposed to be filled with opulence, wealth, and filling your time doing good deeds and getting your hair done.  Saran, daughter of the King of Adrid, lives in constant danger and violence. With the ability to alter time, she is used as a weapon and a pawn in his political endeavors.  Along with her lover Keleir, she works to overthrow her father and end his cruel reign. But when she uses her magic to save a village, the King binds her magic leaving her feeling helpless and putting Keleir’s life at risk.  Keleir is possessed by an Oruke, a demon that overtook his body at birth. Saved by Saran’s powerful magic, Keleir’s power over the demon is threatened after Saran loses her magic to the bind.

Together with Keleir’s brother Rowe, they race to find the key to Saran’s magical bind, overthrow the King, and save as many innocent people as they can.

This book is fast paced and action packed.  I really enjoyed the author’s vivid descriptions of Saran and the others using their magic.  Saran is an incredibly powerful and intelligent character and her loyalty to her people becomes the key to her survival.  She is raised by her Healer after her mother’s death and even after years of her father’s abuse, she is able to focus on the people of her kingdom and protecting others. One of the more interesting aspects of the book is the setting.  In this world, there are three worlds-The First, The Second, and The Third. Saran lives in the First, a medieval and magical world where mages rule. The First is very much like where we live currently. The Third is a world of death and destruction ruled by horrid rulers that steal slaves from the other worlds.  Crossing between the worlds requires magical ability and meetings between important officials from the different worlds do occur. The ending definitely set up this up to be a series and I’m very curious if the next book will focus on the same characters but in one of the different worlds-or maybe new characters working with the old characters but in a different world?  The possibilities are endless.

I highly enjoyed this book and would recommend it for anyone who loves, or wants to try out, fantasy.  

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Hazel and Holly: A Fantasy Adventure by Sara C. Snider

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Hazel and Holly:  A Fantasy Adventure by Sara C. Snider

Available May 16, 2019

Ok Reader Friends, isn’t this the most gorgeous cover? Every time I look at it I want to pick out one of the colors and paint a room in my house.

Hazel and Holly is a fun and rollicking adventure through magical woods, mystical spells, and finding hope in unlikely places.  

Hazel and Holly are sisters who share a home in the Grove, a wonderfully slow and magical place where magic is divided into schools such as Hearth and Wyr, each with their own special focus.  When the sisters are invited to the home of Hawthorn and Hemlock, warlocks and very eligible bachelors, Holly is insistent on their attendance. Hazel, on the other hand, would rather stay home and away from the nosey gossips who spread nasty rumors about their family and their father’s dabbling in Necromancy.  Necromancy is the one magical discipline that is not tolerated in the Grove.

But Holly wins and the sisters attend the ball and true to fashion, nothing goes as planned.  The one bright moment from the disastrous night is a new alliance with the brothers. With their help, the sisters might finally be able to track down their father and free their mother’s soul that has been entrapped for years.  

Together, the witches and warlocks face one obstacle after the other, and all the while, they become closer and better friends with every mishap.  With the help of a magical mouse, Holly’s innocent eagerness, Hemlock’s dry humor and reluctance to dirty his clothes, and Hazel and Hawthorn’s focus and planning, the group sets out to find the secret hiding place of the necromancers.  Unfortunately for our adventurers, nothing ever goes as planned or remotely close to easily. Their one promising link to their father, a necromancer named Elder, betrays them. Spells misfire, intentions are misinterpreted, and along the way, they pick up a cellar gnome with a penchant for beer who turns up in the most unlikely of places.  

Full of humor, magic, and adventure, Hazel and Holly was a fun and entertaining read.

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The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

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The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

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Set in an alternate history America, The Philosopher’s Flight is a delightful, and insightful, coming of age story set in the early 20th century.  Empirical philosophy, the ability to control the wind to fly, heal, and move objects is a science dominated by women.  Female Philosophers have long used their abilities to fly great distances while transporting critically injured patients, move large armies across countries to surprise enemies, and are just all-around badasses who are counted on to save the day.  

Raised by one of the greatest fliers of all time, Robert Weekes is determined to become one of the first male members of the US Sigilry Corps’ Rescue and Evacuation Department members.  Considering men have barely enough ability to get their toes off the ground, Robert is soundly laughed off. But when he proves his skills during a daring mission he is given the chance to study at Radcliffe and pursue his dreams.  

Or so he thinks.  

The women at Radcliffe make their disdain and disgust about a male student joining their female dominated studies very well known.  Struggling against deep rooted sexism and constant harassment, Robert is forced to prove himself at every turn. When Robert falls for Danielle Hardin, an outspoken activist, their relationship quickly catches the attention of the Trenchers, a group determined to end the philosophy movement at any cost.

FIghting for his place amongst the elite fliers, against the growing threat of the Trenchers, and for his love of Danielle, Robert will be pushed to his limits.

This was such a great book!  There is so much to unpack with how Robert and the other male students deal with the sexism and disrespect every day at Radcliffe-and just every day in general.  The women truly dominate the field of flying and they have no patience for a man trying to enter their domain. Danielle has to deal with constant anti-semitism and constant attacks from the Trenchers on top of dealing with-what I assume is-some form of PTSD from serving in the Great War.  Robert’s mother has a long history with battling the Trenchers and leaving her behind in Montana is incredibly stressful for him. It’s just an incredibly tense story but there are plenty of times that it becomes quite whimsical and funny.

I found this book absolutely delightful and I couldn’t recommend it enough.  This was a backlist title that I picked up through Book of the Month and I can see why it was selected-it really is that good.

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How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox

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How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox

Available May 7, 2019

How it Feels Float is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel about love, loss, friendships, and family.  Elizabeth, better known as Biz, has her best friend Grace, her mom, and her brother and sister-the twins.  She also has her dad, who visits her when she needs him most, except that her dad died when she was young.

Biz has a lot on her mind.  She’s struggling with who she is, who is she attracted to, should she reach out to the new guy, what does she want to do with her life, why does she feel like she can float above herself?  When Grace gets a new boyfriend, Biz feels left behind and confused by all the changes to their core group of friends. After a drunken party, Biz’s rejection of a popular boy turns into slut shaming and rejection by everyone, including Grace.  When Grace finally comes to her senses, her and Biz seek retribution only to find themselves cooling their heels in a jail cell. What follows is a slow spiral into depression where Biz is left completely adrift without anyone or anything to ground her.  

When her mother finally forces her into therapy, Biz begins the slow recovery process of therapy sessions, medication, and a plan for photography classes to try and find some direction with her life.  New friendships and a quest to learn about her father lead Biz on a new path, but it will be a path full of obstacles and heartbreak.

Beautifully written, this novel sucks you on the first page and doesn’t let go until the very end.   I found myself thinking about this novel for days after reading it. It’s an incredible look at mental illness and how we deal with grief through the eyes of a teenager in today’s society.  

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5 under $5 Romance Edition

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Looking for a new read and don’t want to break the bank? Here are some romance deals that range from super steamy to super spooky.

From the Publisher: Matt Stone doesn’t believe in ghosts. But there are those who are convinced his home, a historic Virginia estate that dates back to the Revolutionary War, is haunted. Pressured to get at the truth about some strange happenings at Melody House, he agrees to let Harrison Investigations explore the house.

But he isn’t ready for beautiful, intriguing Darcy Tremayne. As a paranormal investigator, Darcy has learned to believe in the unbelievable. And she’s given Matt fair warning: sometimes people don’t like the skeletons she finds. She never dreamed that warning would apply to herself. For she’s about to discover that Melody House holds much more than a simple mystery from the distant past. What it holds is a very real and lethal danger, one that will cast her into a struggle against the worlds of both the living and the dead.

From the Publisher: Rancher Staten Kirkland, the last descendant of Ransom Canyon's founding father, is rugged and practical to the last. No one knows that when his troubling memories threaten to overwhelm him, he runs to lovely, reclusive Quinn O'Grady…or that she has her own secret that no one living knows. 

Young Lucas Reyes has his eye on the prize—college, and the chance to become something more than a ranch hand's son. But one night, one wrong decision, will set his life on a course even he hadn't imagined. 

Yancy Grey is running hard from his troubled past. He doesn't plan to stick around Ransom Canyon, just long enough to learn the town's weaknesses and how to use them for personal gain. Only Yancy, a common criminal since he was old enough to reach a car's pedals, isn't prepared for what he encounters. 

From the Publisher: Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic…forever. Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined—animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic. An Excisioner—a practitioner of dark, flesh magic—invades the cottage and rips Thane’s heart from his chest. To save her teacher’s life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thane’s still-beating heart—and reveal the very soul of the man. From the imaginative mind of debut author Charlie N. Holmberg, The Paper Magician is an extraordinary adventure both dark and whimsical that will delight readers of all ages.

From the Publisher: Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury’s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne’er-do-wells by night. Now there’s a new item on the list. He needs an heir—which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar’s daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she’ll do.

His terms are simple:

- They will be husband and wife by night only.

- No lights, no kissing. 

- No questions about his battle scars.

- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s pregnant with his heir, they need never share a bed again.

But Emma is no pushover. She has a few rules of her own:

- They will have dinner together every evening.

- With conversation.

- And unlimited teasing.

- Last, and most importantly… Once she’s seen the man beneath the scars, he can’t stop her from falling in love…

From the Publisher: Can a foul-mouthed, romance-impaired heroine with no edit button face her worst nightmare … a purpose?
When Nava half-drunkenly interrupts her twin’s induction ceremony into the Brotherhood of David, she expects to be chastised. What she doesn't expect is to take her brother's place among the previously all-male demon hunters. 
How does a smart-ass, self-cultivated hot mess even fight demons? Especially demons who are doubly motivated; bonus points for killing the first female hunter.
Now she’s on a mission to test her mettle, but her Brotherhood-appointed babysitter is distractingly hot. When you combine charisma and hard abs, how’s a girl to focus and what will it cost her in the end?
Odds of survival: meh. 
Odds of hooking up with a smoking hot rock star before she bites it: much better.



All prices accurate as of 5/8/19




The Farm by Joanne Ramos

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The Farm by Joanne Ramos

Available May 7, 2019

If you could live rent-free at an inclusive resort with daily massages and yoga classes would you?  What if meant you only had to carry a child for nine months, willingly hand it over, and never question what will happen to the child?  What if it also meant you could never leave, were constantly monitored, and had your diet and exercise routine strictly enforced? Would you still do it?

When Jane finds herself a single mother struggling to pay her bills and living in a less than ideal apartment situation, she jumps at the chance to become a Host-a surrogate mother for someone who desperately wants a child but is unable to carry one herself. Leaving her infant daughter is incredibly difficult, but with the extremely high paycheck she will be earning, Jane will be able to provide the very best for her daughter-in nine months.  

But will all things, what seems to be too good to be true, often is.  Jane discovers that the women they carry babies for are not infertile, they are highly successful women who don’t want a pregnancy to interfere with their career plans.  When Jane discovers that her own daughter is ill, she isn’t allowed to leave the Farm to see her. If Jane leaves without permission, is she also kidnapping the child within her?  Does she have any rights left? Why are all the Hosts young and mostly immigrants? What power does the Farm have over the women’s bodies?

The Farm raises all of the BIG questions about women’s rights over their bodies and how we view unborn children.  The Farm seems like such a great idea-help out young women who need to make money by providing surrogacy services to women who want to focus on their careers.  But how far will people go to monetize their services? Whois truly benefiting from these services and who is having their rights trampled on. How much is a child worth?  

The Farm is a gripping and chilling novel about what happens when we monetize women’s bodies.  It’s a completely plausible and realistic premise that feels innocent on the surface, until we dig deeper and start asking the really important questions.  

Extremely well written, I loved this novel and read it two short days-on the beach.  Yep, on the beach. Just rubbing that in. I found it completely fascinating and couldn’t put it down.  

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Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore

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Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore

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I’m pretty sure I heard of this series on one of the gazillion bookish podcasts I listen to but I can’t remember which one.  What really caught my attention about this backlist series was the premise- a necromancer who hates his job. So many fantasy/urban fantasy/paranormal series focus on the supernatural characters who are true to their species/creature/mythological figure and just go about their business doing what their nature dictates.  To find a series focused on a character who is really sick and tired of constantly running for his life, dealing with ghosts, and needing to use his own blood in rituals and spells-count me in!

Eric Carter is a necromancer.  After leaving town after his parent’s death from a fire elemental, Carter has spent his days putting evil spirits to rest-for a price.  When his sister is brutally murdered, Carter is forced to return home and face everything he has been running from. Gangsters with a grudge, friends he left behind, broken hearts, and the guilt of leaving his sister behind threaten to overwhelm Carter and divide his focus from the real threat.  Carter has gained the attention of Santa Muerte and she wants to hire Carter to kill an enemy of hers-and an enemy of his. But the job turns out to be more complicated than Carter could imagine and in the end, he loses far more than he gains after agreeing to take on the job.

I really loved this story.  The world building is fantastic and all of the spell work and magic was really well done.  Carter has immense power-and doesn’t realize he has it-and his ability to jump to the land of the dead was really interesting. There’s some really interesting characters that show up-goddesses, the Loa, different spirits and ghosts-and all of them felt very well developed.  Carter also possess the scariest magical device I have ever read about-a watch that can do some seriously scary shit. I’ll let you discover that one for yourself.

The book had a bit of a Supernatural  feel to it-in a good way.  Carter has a special attachment to his car, plenty of seedy motels, and magic that requires complicated rituals and a body covered in protective tattoos.  

I thought this was a great start to a series.  I already have the next books on order and I can’t wait to find out what happens to Carter next.  

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Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

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Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Available April 30, 2019

If you have ever dealt with postpartum depression, please know that this book deals heavily with this issue.  There is an incidence of potential harm to small children and discussions of mental illness. This book may also be incredibly terrifying for new mothers-there is no way I could have read this in the first year of my child’s birth.  

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding is a chilling, disturbing tale of a new mother, her babies, and an ancient myth that has terrified parents for centuries.  

Following the long and painful birth of her twins, Lauren Tranter is immediately caught up in the constant feeding, changing, and care of her babies.  Exhausted and wrung out mentally, she is devastated to realize her husband has no interest in helping her care for the twins and is overwhelmed by the amount of responsibility now placed solely on her shoulders.  After a terrifying encounter with a woman at the hospital, Lauren is convinced her twins are in danger. Even after the police investigate and find nothing to back up Lauren’s claims, she remains steadfast in her belief that the unidentified woman is after her children.  

Now at home, Lauren cuts off her family from the outside world.  Refusing to leave the house and completely at the mercy of the babies feeding and sleep schedules, Lauren is exhausted and wrung out.  Living on little sleep, bags of chips and cookies, and eventually going so far as to keep her and the babies locked in her bedroom, Lauren is locked in a cycle of fear and paranoia.  Throughout all of this, her husband is only concerned with his own well being and offers criticism, but not help.

After a friend finally confronts Lauren about her behavior and lack of interaction with her friends, Lauren works up the courage to take the children on a play date with the other mothers from her parenting classes.  When Lauren suddenly finds herself waking up on a park bench and the infants nowhere in sight, she becomes hysterical. After the police become involved, dark secrets and betrayals come to light that will turn everyone’s lives upside down.  

This book was absolutely mesmerizing!  I was completely absorbed by every word on the page.  Melanie Golding weaves a magical tale that could be read as horrifying supernatural tale and at the same time, be read as a critical take on the stress and pressure we put on new mothers.  Patrick, Lauren’s husband, is the most worthless piece of trash. He is constantly thinking only of himself, offers no help to Lauren, and can’t tell his own kids apart. When someone finally takes an interest in Lauren’s health and well being, he is instantly concerned about how it will impact him.  Ugh. He’s horrible.

Alongside the story of Lauren, we also have the story of DS Joanna Harper who takes an interest in Lauren’s case and is convinced, even without solid evidence, that Lauren and the twins are in danger.  She is a wonderfully written character that is full of flaws and is willing to break the rules if she feels it’s justified.

This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it for lovers of horror, dark fairy tales, and suspense.  

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The Lady From the Black Lagoon by Mallery O’Meara

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The Lady From the Black Lagoon by Mallery O’Meara

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Full Disclosure:  I had no idea who Milicent Patrick was when I picked up this book.  I had heard amazing things about the author, about her writing, how this book was so amazing and everyone should read it-but never about the subject of whom it was written.  

Milicent Patrick is a badass.  

Milicent Patrick is the incredibly talented designer and artist who created the iconic costume for the iconic monster in The Creature from the Black Lagoon.  She led a truly interesting life. Daughter to one of the designers of Hearst Castle, Milicent was surrounded by lavish luxury and excess but lived a life of chastity and modesty.  Forbidden from dating or having male friends, Milicent grew up with her behavior tightly controlled by her parents. When she left her family to make her way as an animator in Hollywood, she was disowned by her family and cut off from her connections to her previous life.  

Honing her skills at Disney working as an animator, Milicent went on to have a successful career-and what would have been an extremely successful one if a string of jealous men hadn’t gotten in her way.  Dealing with daily misogyny and getting more attention for her figure than her talent, Milicent struggled to be taken seriously even as her work proved to be exceptional on all levels.

The Lady From the Black Lagoon is part investigative journalism, part biography, and largely a love letter to an incredibly talented woman who would spark the creative spirit in generations of young women.  Reading through this story, Mallory O’Meara shows us how difficult it is to research women from the past who have had their work either stolen from them by men, or who never received credit for their work.  We get to follow O’Meara’s journey up and down California as she tirelessly tracks down any scrap of information on Patrick she can. And let me tell you, Milicent Patrick and her ever changing names was not helpful in the least!  

Reading this book felt far more like sitting with a best friend and talking over drinks.  O’Meara writes with an engaging conversational tone and the footnotes are a must read.

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Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

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Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

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Outer Order, Inner Calm:  Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness is the book I’ve needed to jump start my own home organization project.  Gretchen Rubin provides us with practical advice on how to get rid of the excess clutter in our homes to create a more peaceful and thoughtful environment.  Throughout the book, Rubin uses humor and grace to help guide us through the tricky situations of eliminating unwanted items from our home, even if those items are family heirlooms.  

After reading the first half of the book I promptly tackled my office.  Now, my office is a very small space and yet somehow I had managed to pack away two large garbage bags of unneeded papers, outdated electronics, dozens of half-used chapsticks, and assorted junk that had no business being there.  Just disposing of those two bags feels like a huge victory and I’m reading to tackle the next room in need of a giant purging-my bedroom. One of the best tips I took from Rubin’s book was to not try to organize as you are cleaning out a room.  If you focus on eliminating items that aren’t needed first you have fewer items that need organizing. Seems incredibly obvious but seeing on paper really drove the point home.

The book itself is a cute little hardback in shades of calming blue fading into yellows and oranges-a bit like a sunset.  At only 208 pages, it’s the perfect size to keep in your bag or gift to someone special.

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Coming up next week: New Releases to get excited about for April 23, 2019

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Looking through the lists of new books coming out is my favorite part of Library shopping. I have to plan at least a month in advance for my orders and I realized that I never share what’s coming out ahead of time-only what’s out right now. So here’s a few of the books that I have ordered, wish I had the Library budget for, or am excited to read myself:

Have a great weekend everyone!

No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

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No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

Available April 16, 2019

After the halflings destroy Offi’s home and send his family off on a journey to find sanctuary amongst the humans, Offi teams up with a rag-tag crew of gnomes, halflings, ovitaurs, dwarves and a killer gryphon who loves eggs.  Together they must find out who is causing the increasing tensions between the gnomes and halflings and find out the mystery behind a golden metal man.

This book is both funny and snarky and it was an absolute pleasure to read.  The gnomes have a fascination with cardigans-and as a librarian I completely understand why-and the rules of beard and cardigan etiquette were quite funny.  I mean, there is a goth gnome in this story. Yes, a goth gnome! Gerd the Gryphon has been exiled from her flock because of her love of fluffy, gourmet omelets.  I don’t have any desire to partake in a fluffy omelet generously sprinkled with crickets and ladybugs, but Gerd is willing to do just about anything to make that happen.  

We also get some old friends in our story such as Goode Kingge Gustave the Greate, our former goat now King and is immediately invested in the gnome’s cause when he learns that both male and female gnomes have beards.   What other reasons does he need?

I found this story to be fast paced and absolutely hysterical. The different ways that the authors use word play and the tweaking of familiar tales was incredibly entertaining.  If you liked the first book in the series, Kill the Farm Boy, you won’t be disappointed.

With their hilarious wit and fun twist on the old fairy tale tropes, Dawson and Hearne have written an incredibly amusing tale of friendship and found family.  

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