We asked the Library Staff what they would recommend students from our physical and online catalog. This is what they said....
From the classics we got Shock to the System by Richard Stevenson, Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Do you have a funny quip about Thursday Murder Club?
"on Thursdays we have murder club. before watching the Netflix movie, read the book.... or the whole series"
Why would you recommend The Road?
"McCarthy has an extremely characteristic, fascinating writing style that contributes to the atmosphere he presents in the book and plays perfectly into the world depicted. Through this style, he tells a beautiful story of tragedy, love, and survival framed around the journey of a man and his son as they struggle to cross a burned, post-apocalyptic United States."
Here's what our staff had to say about Shock to the System
"A twist on the hard-boiled detective genre--Donald Strachey is hired by three people to investigate the death of a gay man. The mother wants him to prove it's the boyfriend, the boyfriend wants him to prove it's the conversion therapist, and the conversion therapist wants to prove his innocence. All three end up firing him, leaving him to solve the murder on his own."
Newer releases include Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, and In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
What is your catchy hook for Not Quite Dead Yet?
"In 7 days Jet will be dead. 7 days to find her killer. 7 days to spend with her best friend. Will 7 days be long enough?"
What is your favorite thing about In the Lives of Puppets?
"a maybe evil robot nurse, a roomba obsessed with old movies, a reformed murder robot, and a discussion on what heart and humanity really mean."
Another Cinderella retelling? what's different about Cinderella is Dead?
"I love how this book challenges a well known fairytale that we all grew up with and gives it a dark spin. The story follows Sophia, a sixteen-year-old girl living in the kingdom of Mersailles, where the legacy of Cinderella has transformed into a patriarchal nightmare."
Stay tuned for more to come this October!
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