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Jazmin writes about nonfiction (self-help), graphic novels, YA fiction, and audiobooks. |
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Zoe writes about YA fiction, manga, nonfiction, fantasy, and science fiction. |
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Kim writes about nonfiction (true crime, disasters, investigative journalism, pop culture, history), thrillers, YA magical realism, science fiction, dystopias, and graphic novels/manga. |
Plus! We have guest bloggers from our branches every month to share their latest reads!
August 10, 2022
Lore Olympus is one of those stories I had heard about for years before I actually picked it up. And then, of course, I started it on a whim and stayed up until 3AM devouring the entire story. A must-read for anyone who was a mythology kid, Lore Olympus is a modern retelling of the famous Hades and Persephone myth.
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August 3, 2022
As a linguist whose father was raised in the Church of Synanon (a 1970's cult), author Amanda Montell has always had a special interest in "cultish" language. Through learned skepticism, she was able to side-step the Church of Scientology and from being recruited by former classmates from MLMs (Multi-level Marketing companies, i.e., Amway). Curious, she began to investigate why many in society, however, are so seamlessly lured in.
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July 27, 2022
Have you ever been to a funeral for someone you hardly know? It’s personal yet communal and inevitably points toward life. Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong is that experience. And though the funeral is long since over – as Vuong writes this in the couple years since his mother’s death – there are elegies still to be said.
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July 20, 2022
We’re well into the 2022 summer season, which also means that we’re keeping an eye on the tropics— we in Calcasieu Parish are still picking up the pieces from the devastation of the 2020 storms. There’s no doubt that more than a few books will discuss the impact and aftermath of Hurricanes Laura and Delta on our area. I hope one of these books will capture the experience of our community in the same way that author Nola Mae Ross captures the Cameron Parish community’s brush with 1957’s Hurricane Audrey.
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