Great Reads – September 2021

The Henna Artist By Alka Joshi This lush and vivid novel set in 1950s India was an amazingly immersive read. A young woman named Lakshmi escapes an abusive marriage to make her own way in the city of Jaipur. On the cusp of modernity, the ancient city is the perfect...

Great Reads – August 2021

The Maidens By Alex Michaelides Fans of “The Silent Patient” will love the latest psychological thriller by Alex Michaelides. Set in England at Cambridge University, group therapist Mariana Andros becomes obsessed with discovering who murdered the friend of her niece....

Great Reads – July 2021

Firekeeper’s Daughter By Angeline Boulley Daunis Fontaine is a biracial young woman who has struggled to fit in among the community of her hometown of Sault Ste. Marie and the nearby Ojibwe reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. After a series of tragic...

Great Reads – June 2021

Beneath a Scarlet Sky By Mark Sullivan In 1943 in Milan, Italy, Pino Lella is a teenager who is more concerned about chasing girls than a war that still feels so far away. But when Milan is bombed and his family home is destroyed, Pino begins working in secret for the...

Great Reads – May 2021

Arsenic and Adobo By Mia P. Manansala This hilarious new cooking-themed cozy mystery will have your mouth watering over the delicious Filipino food and laughing at the outrageous aunties of Lila Macapagal. Lila has just recovered from a breakup gone bad and moved back...

Great Reads – April 2021

Libertie By Kaitlyn Greenidge Inspired by the life of one the first Black female doctors in the United States, this work of historical fiction set in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn follows the coming of age of Libertie Sampson. As a free-born Black girl, Libertie...