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Page Turners
Second Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m.
The Librarians by Sherry Thomas - February 10
In Austin, Texas, a small library welcomes the public. But the patrons who love the staff don’t always realize that their librarians are human, too. When two patrons turn up dead after the library’s inaugural murder mystery–themed game night, the librarians’ quiet routines come crashing down.
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - March 10
Joan has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program.
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - April 14
Monica spends most days coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and counts the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue to her family’s past.
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton - May 12
Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.
Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman - June 9
Bunny grew up poor. Now in his twenties, working in Denver, he has simple dreams. His best friend Jerry LeClair fantasizes about moving to California. The problem is, they don’t have any prospects. Enter: Helen McCalla, an attorney with an ax to grind against her ex-husband.
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis - July 14
The night of the Met gala, one of the Egyptian art collection’s most valuable artifacts goes missing. Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, and a hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she’d never return: Egypt. But if they have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past.
From the Reservation to Washington by Debra Goodrich - August 11
The first person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was once a household name but has become a footnote in American history. He holds the distinction of being the only person of Native American heritage to be elected vice president of the United States.
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - September 8
Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz – just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy – collapsed and died on a sidewalk.
The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans - October 13
When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn’t prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father’s startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years.
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz - November 10
When a group of robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way making food for the humans of San Francisco. When a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.
Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove - December 8
Following her daughter’s death, Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr’s father never talked about the reservation, but the tribe needs a new marshal. In the past decade, too many young women have disappeared. Now Starr falls into an investigation that leaves her drowning in memories.
City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim - January 12
On a White Night, prima ballerina Natalia returns to St. Petersburg two years after an accident stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past. She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother, her absentee father, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall.
Queer Book Club
Third Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H - January 21
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir.
So Many Stars by Caro De Robertis - February 18
So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world.
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - March 18
Edie is done with crime. One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsen - April 15
Margaret has just taken a bow as Lady Macbeth. At home, she plays wife to her best friend Wesley, even if she doesn’t hold his sole attention romantically. After a public breakdown, Wesley is invited by an eccentric director to an inaugural Shakespeare performance in the desert, Margaret decides to accompany him, but the world she finds is filled with duplicity and betrayal.
I Leave It Up To You by Jinwoo Chong - May 20
A coma can change a man, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes. Lost and disoriented, he makes a reluctant homecoming back to the bustling Korean American enclave of Fort Lee, New Jersey. As he steps back into the life he abandoned he embraces new roles, too.
Hello Stranger by Manuel Betancourt - June 17
Hello Stranger is a book about chance encounters—at a bar, through social media, in a bathhouse—and what a stranger can reveal about who we are and who we could still yet be. A stranger, after all, is a site of endless possibilities.
Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan - July 15
Funny, sharp, and poignant, Disappoint Me is a sweeping exploration of love, loss, trans panic, race, millennial angst, and the relationships—familial and romantic—that make us who we are.
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham - August 19
Not long after her conviction for a robbery, Carlotta began to live as a woman, an embrace of selfhood that prison authorities rejected. Carlotta is at last granted conditional freedom. She struggles to reconcile with the son she left behind, to reunite with a family reluctant to accept her true identity, and to avoid any minor parole infraction that might get her consigned back to lockup.
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters - September 16
A group of lumberjacks working in an winter logging outfit plan a dance. When the plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal.
The Lamb by Lucy Rose - October 21
Mama loves strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her appetite by picking apart their bodies. But when a beautiful stray turns up, Margot must confront the dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires, and make her bid for freedom.
Hiding For My Life by Karen Solt - November 18
Karen is working at a gas station when a Navy recruiter railroads her into enlisting. It's 1984: being gay in the Navy is considered a crime. Discovery means being kicked out. So she learns to hide her secret and find a way to serve. But concealing her truth ultimately leads to devastating consequences.
Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars - December 16
By day, Joe is an accountant, sitting behind their desk and playing by the rules. By night, donned in sequins, they take to the stage as Misty Divine, a star of the London drag scene. But when Misty’s drag mother is found dead in her dressing room, Misty must solve the crime before the culprit strikes again.
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