Bent Northrop Memorial Library

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It's a long way from a basement apartment in a Montreal suburb to a new life on a fictional planet, but that's the destination our unnamed narrator has set his sights on, bringing readers with him on an off-beat and often hilarious journey. Along the way, he writes poems, buys groceries at the dollar store, and earns minimum wage at a dead-end supermarket job. In between treatments for his cystic fibrosis and the constant drip-drip-drip of disappointment,...

2) Among the Mushrooms: Selected Stories From NPR's Bailey White

Author

White, Bailey

Publisher

Phoenix Books, Inc

Pub. Date

1994

Language

English

Description

Book, Audio Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print Book

In this collection of stories about life and living from Bailey White—the former first-grade teacher, avid gardener, and frequent host of NPR's All Things Considered—recalls anecdotes about her rural upbringing, her eccentric mother, and other tales tinted with her southern charm. In addition to "Among the Mushrooms," the stories in this recording include "Flying Saucer," "Music," "Sidewalk Diagnosis," "In the Bleak Mid-Winter," "Movie

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3) The librarianist: a novel

Author

Dewitt, Patrick

Language

English

Formats

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"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from...

4) The Second Chance Hotel: A Novel

Author

Godfrey, Sierra

Publisher

Sourcebooks

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

Description

It's all fun and games until you accidentally marry a stranger in Greece and inherit a hotel.

Amelia Lang's life is kind of a mess. She's stuck living at home with her narcissistic mother. Her tech bro ex-boyfriend deliberately sabotages her at work, and she gets fired after throwing a mug at his head (it's okay! She missed.) Then she has a major falling out with her best friend. So Amelia does what Amelia does best: She

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5) Off the map: a novel

Author

Doller, Trish

Series

Beck sisters volume 3

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

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"On the road to love, you don't need a GPS... Carla Black's life motto is "here for a good time, not for a long time." She's been traveling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn't do love and she doesn't ever go home. Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he's the one who's...

6) Why did the monster cross the road?

Author

Stine, R. L

Publisher

Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

Book, Audio Book on PlayAway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Why did the monster cross the road? To BITE someone on the other side! Turn scary to silly with this laugh-out-loud joke book. Why did the monster cross the road? Hunny is little and Funny is big. And they are monster best friends! So when Hunny is feeling sad, Funny knows the perfect thing to cheer his friend up... jokes! -- adapted from jacket

7) Leeva at last

Author

Pennypacker, Sara

Language

English

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Description

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.

8) The last love note: a novel

Author

Grey, Emma

Publisher

Zibby Books

Language

English

Formats

Description

Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she's grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball--and yet clinging to her sense of humor. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who's determined to matchmake Kate with her hot new neighbor. When an in-flight problem leaves Kate and her...

9) Beirut Hellfire Society: a novel

Author

Hage, Rawi

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Description

Picking up his late father's arrangement with an anti-religious sect that performs secret burials for marginalized outcasts, an eccentric undertaker in 1970s Beirut confronts perspectives on death in the face of war.

10) Big Nate strikes again

Author

Peirce, Lincoln

Series

Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 2
Big Nate novels volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Book, Media Kit

Description

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.

11) Assistant to the villain

Author

Maehrer, Hannah Nicole

Series

Assistant to the Villain

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Description

"ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer--naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect,...

12) Big Nate on a roll

Author

Peirce, Lincoln

Series

Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 3
Big Nate novels volume 3

Language

English

Description

Nate's a big deal in his scout troop ... until Artur - aka Mr. Perfect - joins up. Now Nate's stuck in second place. And Artur means business. Will Nate take the grand prize? Or wipe out, big time?

13) Queen Charlotte

Author

Quinn, Julia

Series

Bridgerton series

Language

English

Formats

Description

"In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent--not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed because George had secrets-- secrets with the potential to...

14) Hotel of secrets: a novel

Author

Biller, Diana

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

"Diana Biller's Hotel of Secrets is chock full of banter-filled shenanigans, must-have-you kisses, and romance certain to light a fire in the hearts of readers everywhere. During ball season, anything can happen- even love. It's ball season in Vienna, and Maria Wallner only wants one thing: to restore her family's hotel, the Hotel Wallner, to its former glory. She's not going to let anything get in her way - not her parents' three-decade-long affair;...

15) Unfortunately yours: a novel

Author

Bailey, Tessa

Series

Vine mess volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Description

Book, Audio Book on PlayAway, eAudiobook

To access her trust fund, Natalie Vos must get married, and with no prospects, proposes to a man she wants to kill and kiss in equal measure, failing vineyard owner August Cates, but their sham wedding turns into something more due to their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.

16) Imogen, obviously

Author

Albertalli, Becky

Language

English

Appears on list

Titles for Pride Month

Formats

Description

"Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but shes got the Worlds Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili--newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends....

17) Text appeal: a novel

Author

Roberts, Amber

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Description

"As the only woman programmer at her firm, Lark is thrilled to land an account for a huge client. But her dream job quickly becomes a nightmare when she accidentally projects a scandalous (and completely unsolicited) picture from her phone onto the screen during a presentation. Before she can recover, her coworkers jump in to steal the account, leaving Lark jobless and broke. When a friend suggests text message-based sex work as a stopgap between...

18) The Trouble With Tinsel

Author

Giglio, Juliet

Publisher

Sourcebooks

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

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"A fun fresh twist as satisfying as Christmas candy." —Nancy Naigle, USA Today bestselling author

"A cinematic happily-ever-after that readers will swoon over!" —Codi Hall, bestselling author

"Delightfully madcap! Come for the juicy Hollywood drama and stay for the cheer-worthy second chance romance." —Timothy Janovsky, bestselling author

What could be more magical

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19) The boyfriend candidate

Author

Winstead, Ashley

Language

English

Formats

Description

After a freak lightning storm which interrupts her first one-night stand, shy librarian Alexis Stone is thrust into the spotlight when photographers catch her in the arms of the hotshot candidate running for governor of Texas who, to squelch rumors, demands she pretends to be his girlfriend until election day.

20) 10 Things That Never Happened

Author

Hall, Alexis

Series

Material world (Alexis J. Hall) volume 1

Publisher

Sourcebooks

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

Formats

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