BostonPL_BPL Staff Picks: November 2022Like this list

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• The Only Good Indians

  Jones, Stephen Graham

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  Horror. A decade after a hunting trip gone wrong, four Blackfeet men are haunted by a malicious entity. This Indigenous revenge horror novel is gory, disturbing, and eerie as all get-out -- everything you want in a horror novel! Despite all the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A History of Kindness

  Poems

  Hogan, Linda,

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  Poetry. Poems from Pulitzer Prize finalist Linda Hogan explore new and old ways of experiencing the vagaries of the body and existing in harmony with earth’s living beings. (Author is Chickasaw - Liz B., Fields Corner Branch Library

• Graceling

  the Graphic Novel

  Cashore, Kristin,

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  Teen Graphic Novel. For Katsa's whole life, she has been valued only for her skill at killing. But when she meets a mysterious prince from another kingdom and gets invested in his quest, she begins to realize that there is more to her than her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our History Is the Future

  Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

  Estes, Nick

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  Nonfiction. Estes begins with the 2016 Indigenous protest movement aimed at blocking the Dakota Access oil pipeline from crossing onto Indigenous lands. He then backtracks several hundred years into the past to showcase the systematic stealing of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lucy Checks in

  Ernst, Dee,

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  Fiction. Finally, a book set in France that doesn't take place in Paris or Provence! A quick romantic read featuring a woman in her forties starting over in Europe. This was exactly what I needed: a light-hearted story with a fresh setting and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eleutheria

  Hyde, Allegra

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  Fiction. The basic plotline: a young woman finds meaning by joining a serious group of climate change activists at a point in the not too distant future, where it might possibly already be too late. The structure is engaging and works like a song;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost That Ate Us

  the Tragic True Story of the Burger City Poltergteist

  Kraus, Daniel, 1975-

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  Fiction. Fans of True Crime and atmospheric fiction will find this a chilling read. - Elise, Lower Mills Branch Library

• De Profundis

  Holland, Merlin • Wilde, Oscar

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  Nonfiction. De Profundis is the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his former lover Alfred Douglas from Reading Prison. Beautifully written, and beautifully read by Simon Russell Beale, it is both a harrowing post-mortem of a toxic relationship and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Oleander Sword

  Suri, Tasha

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  Fantasy. Following the events of The Jasmine Throne, Malini has crowned herself Empress of Parijatdvipa and assembled an army to march against her brother, while Priya remains in Ahiranya to help her people rebuild after overthrowing their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wiggles, Stomps, and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down

  Parker, Lindsey Rowe,

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  Children's Picture Book. A neurodivergent child lists all the things that calm her down, like tapping her fork and feeling cold water. Even when she gets overstimulated, her mom is there to remind her that there's nothing wrong with that. As someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Glad My Mom Died

  McCurdy, Jennette

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  Memoir. A fascinating look into the life of a child actress and her complicated relationship with her mother. - Shane J., Central Library

• The Tyrannosaur Chronicles

  the Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs

  Hone, David W. E.,

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  Nonfiction. This enthusiastic, well-illustrated, accessible book covers all aspects of tyrannosaur paleobiology, from phylogenetics and morphology to integument, physiology, and ecology. Hone does a fine job of summarizing the scientific consensus…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Sun

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  Fantasy. The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. - Karie, Central Library

• Vision Quest

  Davis, Terry,

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  Teen Fiction. A high school wrestler struggles mightily to cut his weight to get into a lower weight class and wrestle the top guy. Same wrestler falls in love with a young woman passing through town. It's complicated, it's sweet, a bit like Thomas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Collected Stories

  Dahl, Roald

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  Fiction. Filled with devilish plot twists, these stories blend macabre humor with the absurdly grotesque and showcase Dahl's gift as a born storyteller. - Denise, Central Library

• The Lady From the Black Lagoon

  Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

  O'Meara, Mallory,

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  Biography. When O'Meara discovered that it was a woman who had been behind the creation of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, she made it her mission to discover everything she could about the mysterious Milicent Patrick. Through archival research,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yoga

  Carrère, Emmanuel, 1957-

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  Memoir. In his attempts to write "a subtle little book on yoga" Carrère does indeed consider yoga and meditation, but as well he writes of his life and thoughts, terrorism and tragedy. His style is associative and digressive -- and relentlessly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We All Play

  Kimêtawânaw

  Flett, Julie,

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  Children's Picture Book. Cree-Métis author Julie Flett celebrates the interconnectedness of life by showing how animals play just like children do. The beautiful pictures are paired with Cree phrases. This joyful picture book educates non-Indigenous…Read moreRead more of this annotation