January 4, 2021
Adult Fiction
The Secret Lives of
Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw.
“The Secret Lives of
Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls
dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good.
The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters
grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the
church's double standards and their own needs and passions."-- Provided by
publisher.
The Land of Nod by Daniel Rose.
Maggie Stump is the eldest
daughter from a family of four children who were all named from the Bible. But
there is nothing holy about the Stump family. They are an old-ball mix of
druggies and drunks, linked together through shared history and common sorrows.
Predictably dysfunctional, they all appear to be going nowhere fast. Then enter
one catalyst in the form of a wild crazy circus clown whose tattoos suggest
interplanetary alignments, and change enters the formula. Maggie discovers
talents that she didn’t know she possessed, and just in time as her entire
family is perched on the brink of disaster. It is only through Maggie’s newly
acquired psychic skills that she is able to save her brothers and sister from
certain self-destruction.
The Law of Innocence by Michael Connolly.
"Defense attorney
Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the
trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is charged with murder and can't make the exorbitant
$5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to defend
himself and must strategize and build his defense from his jail cell in the
Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles, all the while looking
over his shoulder--as an officer of the court he is an instant target. Mickey
knows he's been framed. Now, with the help of his trusted team, he has to
figure out who has plotted to destroy his life and why. Then he has to go
before a judge and jury and prove his innocence."-- Amazon.com.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris.
“By reckoning with the big
challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from
her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris
offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis
management, and leadership in challenging times. Through the arc of her own
life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared
struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home
truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to
convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do,
but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living
our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and
this great nation, now and in the years to come."-- Provided by publisher.
Rage by Bob Woodward.
An essential account of
the Trump presidency draws on interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes,
diaries, and confidential documents to provide details about Trump's moves as
he faced a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Pirate Stew by Neil Gaiman. E
"Long John has a
whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and--for one boy and his sister--he's about
to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a
pirate moon."—Provided by publisher.
Don’t Turn Out the
Lights by Jonathan Maberry. J
Featuring stories from
R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology curated by
New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry is a chilling tribute to
Alvin Schwartz s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. A life-size baby doll that
stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A
haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in
common? They’re scarier in the dark!
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