BostonPL_BPL Staff Picks: June 2023Like this list

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• Counting Down with You

  Bhuiyan, Tashie

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  Teen Romance. When Karina's parents leave to spend a month in Bangladesh, she is free to live without their many rules for the first time in her life. She doesn't plan to rebel much, but unexpectedly finds herself fake dating (and falling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cloud Roads

  Wells, Martha

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  Fantasy. Trying to hide his shapeshifting from the groundling tribe that sheltered him, Moon is cast out when his secret is discovered. He's rescued by a winged shapeshifter who introduces him to a new world and a common enemy. This is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Keep House While Drowning

  A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

  Davis, KC

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  Nonfiction. A guide to cleaning and other housework written specifically for a neurodivergent audience or anyone who struggles with getting it all done. The thorough focus on accessibility made this so much more approachable for me and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Likeness

  French, Tana

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  Mystery. Detective Cassie Maddox used to be on the murder squad, but now she will do anything to forget her last case. When a woman is killed who looks like Cassie's twin, she is asked to go undercover and track down the murderer. I could…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ander & Santi Were Here

  A Novel

  Villa, Jonny Garza

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  Teen Romance. Ander is a muralist who is spending their gap year making murals for their community. When they meet Santi both their worlds change, especially when ICE gets involved. This book is an incredible queer love story and a tale…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding

  Higgins, Chencia C.

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  Romance. Kris and D'Vaughn are paired together on a reality show where they must convince loved ones that they're getting married, but they don't expect real feelings to bloom. Full of queer and Black joy, this book has become one of my…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deep & Dark Blue

  Smith, Niki,

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  Children's Graphic Novel. Royal twins Hawke and Greyson flee a political coup in disguise as the nuns "Hannah" and "Grayce" to hide with an order of female monastics. Hawke is ready to reclaim his throne, but Grayce doesn't want to give up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

  Fawcett, Heather

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  Fantasy. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde's research trip to the remote village of Hrafnsvik isn't going quite as planned... she's offended the locals, her academic rival has followed her (with his graduate students in tow), and she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Less

  a Novel

  Greer, Andrew Sean,

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  Fiction. After receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a novelist approaching his fiftieth birthday, sets out on an international journey that finds him nearly falling in love, risking his life, and learning many…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.

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  Middle Grade Fantasy. This is a modern classic for a reason. It's full of action, adventure, mystery, friendship and heart. I liked the relationship between Harry and this friends. - Shane J., Charlestown Branch Library

• Piñata

  Gout, Leopoldo,

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  Horror. An accident at Carmen's worksite not only cuts her job short, but reveals a stash of artifacts from a culture no longer remembered. She flies home with her two daughters only to realize that with increasing malevolence and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Singer and the Scientist

  Rose, Lisa,

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  Children's Nonfiction. This is the true story of how one of the most famous scientists of all time met, befriended, and offered hospitality to one of the most celebrated contralto singers of the twentieth century when nobody else would! I…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Bowls

  Vegetarian Recipes From An American Buddhist Monastery

  Farrey, Seppo Ed

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  Nonfiction. This book is full of simple, creative vegetarian recipes from a Zen monastery in the Catskill Mountains. Interspersed with the recipes are thoughtful excerpts that lend a lovely additional dimension to the meals presented. I…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witch's Heart

  Gornichec, Genevieve

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  Fantasy. Angrboda is a witch from Norse mythology who married Loki and had three children by him: Hel, a half-dead human daughter, Fenrir, a wolf, and Jörmungandr, a serpent. Betrayed by Loki, her children are taken from her and she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witness Tree

  Seasons of Change With a Century-old Oak

  Mapes, Lynda, 1959-

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  Nonfiction. This is an account of a year observing a hundred year old red oak in the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. It's a nice blend of local history, scientific history, and accounts of the current scientific projects,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The English Understand Wool

  DeWitt, Helen, 1957-

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  Fiction., Maman has abandoned Marguerite, leaving her in an expensive London hotel suite. And so the 17-year-old, raised to appreciate the finer things in life, engages a literary agent to sell her memoir for seven figures. DeWitt's…Read moreRead more of this annotation