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Why Sci-Fi?: The Best Dystopian, Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books Published in 2019
We're highlighting the newest and most critically acclaimed books within the dystopian, fantasy and science fiction genres. This year’s best of selection includes an eerily familiar New York City, an ocean of spirits, magical libraries and schools, dragons, political intrigue, a war with Mars, undis...
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The Best Books of 2019
Your librarians have curated a collection of their favorite books published this year and we thought we should share it with the world! Did you read any of these? Did we miss any amazing titles? Click on the title to place a hold on that book in our catalog. FICTION: The Most Fun We Ever H...
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Humorous Books for Young Readers
Urgency Emergency! Humpty’s Fall (series) JA ARCHER Hi! Fly Guy (series) JA ARNOLD Otto’s Backwards Day JC CAMMUSO It’s Shoe Time! JC COLLIER Hello, Crabby! JF FENSKE The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow JG GRIFFITHS The Good for Nothing Button! JH HARPER We Are Growing! JK KELL...
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Best Books of 2019 (so far)!
Check out Kate and Liz's favorite books of 2019 so far, with a few 2018 favorites mixed in! Click on the title to go to the catalog and place a hold. Mystery/Thrillers: Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock. Revenge! Isn’t it sweet? One time socialite and ric...
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10 Books About Siblings
It's National Siblings Day today, so we're celebrating with what else, books about siblings! Sibling relationships are like no other. Your siblings know you from a young age. You spend your childhood fighting, making up, covering for one another, playing together, and shaping the people yo...
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Lake Forest Librarians 20 Best of 2018!
Kate’s Picks: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (and Liz) | Would you want to know the date that you are going to die? These siblings do. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn | Reminiscent of Hitchcock’s Rear Widow this book will keep you up late into the night. The Great Be...
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Books to Help You Host this Holiday Season
It's the most wonderful time of the year! But, it can also be the most stressful time of the year. Especially if you are hosting for the holidays. Check out some of our favorite books to ease the stress and enjoy the holidays with family and friends! Click on a title or cover to place a book on hold...
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National Picture Book Month Recommended Books!
Children’s Librarian, Lorie Rohrer recommends the best new picture books! BOOKS ABOUT ANIMALS Heartbeat by Evan Turk Call # JQ TURK Ages 5-10 “A memorable journey for sophisticated readers.” -Kirkus ...
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What to Read Next: Big Little Lies edition
What started out as a best-selling novel, Big Little Lies was recently turned into a popular HBO series starring Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. Big Little Lies encompasses themes of domestic violence, suburban communities, gossip, bullying, marriage, divorce and more. A Safe Place, a domest...
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Books You Need to Read this Fall
Fiction There There by Tommy Orange | Fiction Tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and he...
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What to Read Next: Daniel Silva Edition
Daniel Silva is one of our most popular authors here in Lake Forest. He is considered one of the greatest American spy novelists. Silva's first novel in 1997, The Unlikely Spy, was a bestselling novel. However his fourth novel,The Kill Artist introduced us to the art restorer and somet...
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What to Read Next: All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin Edition
All We Ever Wanted: All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin has landed itself as number two on the New York Times Best Seller List this week and has been quite popular with the residents of Lake Forest. If you liked this book or looking for something similar to read while you wait for it, yo...
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10 Books on Friendships
In honor of #BestFriendsDay we wanted to share ten of our favorite books about friendships- all kinds of friendships, the good, the bad, and the complicated. Who are some of your favorite literary friends? My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante This is a rich, intense and g...
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18 Books You Need to Read this Summer
FICTION: The Ensemble by Aja Gabel Four young friends navigate the cutthroat world of music and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love in...
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What to Read Next: Before We Were Yours Edition
Our readers can't get enough of Lisa Wingate's Before We Were Yours. This well written historical fiction novel is based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals, in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy famili...
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