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Book Spotlight: Battle of Ink and Ice by Darrell Hartman

In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world’s attention. The American explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both claimed to have discovered the North Pole, sparking a vicious feud that was unprecedented in international scientific and geographic circles. At the same time, the rivalry between two powerful New York City newspapers—the storied Herald and the ascendant Times—fanned the flames of the so-called polar controversy, as

Elevation

Title: Elevation Author: Stephen King Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: 3/5 Plot Synopsis from Goodreads: Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That’s why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition he’s losing weight without getting thinner, and the scales register the same whether he is in his clothes or out of them, no

Ninth House

Title: Ninth House Author: Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: October 8, 2019 Ratings: 5/5 Plots Synopsis from Goodreads: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is

The Silent Patient

Title: The Silent Patient Author: Alex Michaelides Publisher: Celadon Books Publication Date: February 5, 2019 Ratings: 4/5 Plot Synopsis from Goodreads: Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots

Kingdom of Ash

Title: Kingdom of Ash Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Publication Date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: 5/5 Plot Synopsis from Goodreads: Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people ― but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she

Still Me

Title: Still Me Author: Jojo Moyes Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Ratings: 4/5 Plot Synopsis from Goodreads: Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second

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