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First Look Club: Jean reviews The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Posted on June 19, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. Read Jean's review on the blog.

First Look: Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on April 8, 2021| Posted in First Look Club

A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—her first in nearly a decade, and the first novel Lahiri has written in Italian and translated into English.

First Look Club: Jean reviews Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on April 8, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

A marvelous new novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies—her first in nearly a decade. Read Jean's review on the blog.

First Look Club: Jean reviews A Wild Winter Swan

Posted on October 27, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

After brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans," transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York.

First Look: Just Like You by Nick Hornby

Posted on September 26, 2020| Posted in First Look Club

Nick Hornby's warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected.

First Look Club: Jean reviews Just Like You

Posted on September 26, 2020| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club

Nick Hornby's warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected.

First Look: When You Trap a Tiger

Posted on March 13, 2020| Posted in First Look Club

Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. Think Walk Two Moons meets Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!

"If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." --Booklist, Starred Review