BostonPL_BPL Staff Picks: May 2020Like this list

31 items

• All Systems Red

  Wells, Martha,

  Add All Systems Red to your for later shelf

  Science Fiction. Murderbot is a SecUnit -- a cyborg security guard owned by an evil and very petty corporation -- that has secretly developed free will and a soap opera addiction. All Murderbot wants is to be left alone to watch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mere Wife

  A Novel

  Headley, Maria Dahvana

  Add The Mere Wife to your for later shelf

  Fantasy. This is a modern retelling of Beowolf. In Herot Hall, life is perfect, and the network of gates and cameras at the edge of the suburb prevent anything from disturbing that. Enter Dana and her son, Grendel. Grendel is different,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lady from the Black Lagoon

  Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

  O'Meara, Mallory

  Add The Lady from the Black Lagoon to your for later shelf

  Nonfiction. The Lady from the Black Lagoon tells the story of Milicent Patrick, one of the first female animators at Disney and the previously uncredited designer of Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon. Author Mallory O'Meara weaves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

  McKillip, Patricia A.

  Add The Forgotten Beasts of Eld to your for later shelf

  Teen Fantasy. Sybel lives in solitude, the latest in a long line of wizards who act as caretakers to a mystical garden populated by singular, unique, magnificent beasts. Sybel’s pursuit of the elusive Liralen, her hoped for contribution to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing to See Here

  A Novel

  Wilson, Kevin

  Add Nothing to See Here to your for later shelf

  Fiction. A novel both tender and hilarious, both moving and outrageous. Nothing to See Here tells the story of a woman who finds surprising meaning in her life when she spends a summer caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Autobiography of a Face

  Grealy, Lucy

  Add Autobiography of a Face to your for later shelf

  Biography. At age nine, Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this candid memoir, she tells her story of great…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bone to Pick

  Moore, Ta

  Add Bone to Pick to your for later shelf

  M/M Romantic Suspense. A k9 cop and an FBI agent have to work together while they try to save a kidnapped kid. These two complex men fight having more than just attraction and hot sex. - gt

• Home Cooking

  A Writer in the Kitchen

  Colwin, Laurie

  Add Home Cooking to your for later shelf

  Nonfiction. This classic book is chock full of good essays and great recipes (the gingerbread is especially delicious). The food isn't fancy and the equipment and ingredients used aren't exotic. Comfort food in reading form for sure. -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For

  Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

  Walker, Alice

  Add We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For to your for later shelf

  Nonfiction. A collection of "meditations," many of them delivered as talks––to graduating students, teachers, Buddhists, yogis. Walker writes: "I have experienced many difficulties and hardships in my life and yet despair is a state in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jackaby

  Ritter, William

  Add Jackaby to your for later shelf

  Teen Fantasy/Mystery. Newly arrived in New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings. When a serial killer stalks the streets, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Irish Girl

  A Novel

  Montefiore, Santa

  Add The Irish Girl to your for later shelf

  Historical Fiction. Escape to the lush, green rolling hills of Ireland in this epic historical saga. It has everything you need to become engrossed in a story--forbidden romance, strong female friendships, castles, and a bit of magic, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wake of Vultures

  Bowen, Lila

  Add Wake of Vultures to your for later shelf

  Supernatural Western. Nettie Lonesome is a half-black, half-Injun girl who was stolen from her parents as a baby and taken in by two hateful white adoptive parents. Now, she wants nothing more than to leave home, break broncs, and live a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Watch Me Disappear

  a Novel

  Brown, Janelle,

  Add Watch Me Disappear to your for later shelf

  Fiction. Brown writes incredibly twisty and suspenseful family dramas that will easily grab, and keep, your attention. In Watch Me Disappear, a year after Billie Flanagan's death her grieving husband and daughter become convinced she may…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Navy Brides

  Books #1-2

  Macomber, Debbie

  Add Navy Brides to your for later shelf

  Romance. Two navy brides learn to cope with the stresses involved in being married to naval officers. - ES

• When You Are Engulfed in Flames

  Sedaris, David

  Add When You Are Engulfed in Flames to your for later shelf

  Humorous Stories/Essays. David Sedaris delivers a collection of essays that celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from a flower vase to a drug purchase in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Children of Green Knowe

  Boston, L. M.

  Add The Children of Green Knowe to your for later shelf

  Children's Fantasy. When Tolly is sent to stay with his Great-Grandmother Oldknow he isn't sure what to expect. He certainly doesn't expect a house that is nearly like a castle, nor the other children who are not and yet are always there.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Are New

  Knisley, Lucy

  Add You Are New to your for later shelf

  Children's Picture Book/Fiction. Lucy Knisey is mostly known as a graphic novel memoirist, but in 2019 she turned her hand to trying out writing and drawing a picture book and she succeeded! The colors in this book are bright, the rhyming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jonathan Edwards Teaching Series

  Nichols, Stephen

  Add Jonathan Edwards Teaching Series to your for later shelf

  Theological Biography. This is a series of short lectures on the life of the famous 18th century American theologian Jonathan Edwards. It recounts his experiences as a pastor in Northampton, MA during the 1st Great Awakening and his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zed

  A Novel

  Kavenna, Joanna

  Add Zed to your for later shelf

  Fiction. Tech behemoth Beetle reaches into every aspect of daily life. Its algorithms -- "lifechains" -- predict (and encourage) citizens' actions down to the tiniest detail. Not predicted was a Beetle employee's murder of his wife and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Swimming in the Dark

  A Novel

  Jedrowski, Tomasz

  Add Swimming in the Dark to your for later shelf

  Historical Fiction. Two young men struggle to make their forbidden relationship work in 1980s communist Poland. Swimming in the Dark is new adult fiction at its finest, combining history, sexuality, and social issues with a gripping…Read moreRead more of this annotation