If you're looking for a queer western set in a dystopian wild west, look no further! Anna North's Outlawed (ebook) has got you covered. Seventeen year old Ada, a midwife's assistant, is married off and starts her journey to fulfill her life's purpose: bearing...
Beginning last fall, some of the Noble reference staff have been getting together for a staff book club each month. It's been really fun getting to spend time with coworkers outside of work, doing something we all love; discussing books! I've really enjoyed it because...
Over the past several weeks I've been watching a Discovery Channel series called The Last Alaskans about several families that have the last housing permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's an interesting show about their lives out in the Alaskan...
I finished this book a few months ago, and the essays have stuck with me every since. I find myself going back to the lists of books by Black women and am amazed at how vast they are in genre, and time of publication. We don't often see a lot of different Black...
Have you ever looked back on your life and thought that if you'd only made one choice differently your life could have gone in a completely different direction? You Were There Too (Ebook/Audiobook) by Colleen Oakley explores this in the most interesting way. Mia...
Last year I read Chloe Benjamin's The Immortalists (Overdrive Ebook/Audiobook) and absolutely loved it, so when I came across her debut novel, The Anatomy of Dreams (Overdrive Ebook/Audiobook) a few weeks ago, I was excited to fall back into her world. This story...
These days with the news I've been finding myself drawn to really light reading. It's comforting in a time when there doesn't seem to be a lot of comfort out in the "real" world, so having a bright spot in books is always welcome! I absolutely adored The Secrets of...
If you are a fan of Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow, you will surely love his debut work, Rules of Civility. Katey and Evelyn are two best friends and roommates, out on the town for New Years Eve 1937. The two dress in their best dresses, sharing clothing with the...
Have you ever started reading an author, really loved that author's work, and decided to just read through all of their novels? That's what has happened to me in the past few weeks with author Sally Hepworth! Her stories all revolve around family dynamics, and they...
Like many of you, I'm missing the library and browsing the shelves since the closure. Luckily, we still have access to Overdrive and Hoopla to fill our book cravings! Since we've been closed, I've been reading a mix of genres, but I did notice that I've read a lot of...