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Staff Picks

Dot Journaling – A Practical Guide

Learn how easy it is to dot (or bullet) journal, and find the right methods for you to track, plan or get any aspect of your life - work, home, life, beauty, hobbies - under control.

Alexandra

Arlington Public Library

2018-12-10T11:39:32-05:00

Alexandra

Learn how easy it is to dot (or bullet) journal, and find the right methods for you to track, plan or get any aspect of your life - work, home, life, beauty, hobbies - under control.

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/dot-journaling-a-practical-guide/

A funny and thought-provoking look at how much society demands conformity and the strain and stress those demands put on those who cannot. Short and easily readable with a breezy tone, it packs a deceptive punch.

Jennie R

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:00:54-04:00

Jennie R

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/convenience-store-woman/

A Study in Scarlet Women

We all know Sherlock Holmes: enigmatic detective, solving the crimes of 19th century England. But what if Sherlock was actually a woman operating as a man in order to use her clever mind in a sexist society? Thomas's clever re-do of a well known character does not disappoint.

Kate M

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:04:19-04:00

Kate M

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/a-study-in-scarlet-women-2/

Winter’s Orbit

Winter’s Orbit is a lively mix of science fiction, murder mystery, political thriller, and romance with some fantastic world-building and humor to tie it all together. For fans of The Captive Prince and The Murderbot Diaries.

Sarah D

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:06:50-04:00

Sarah D

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/winters-orbit/

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei, best known as Star Trek’s Hikaru Sulu, recounts his family’s internment during World War II. Declared US enemies by President Roosevelt in 1942, thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent were imprisoned during the war.

Sarah C

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:10:41-04:00

Sarah C

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/they-called-us-enemy/

Lawless Spaces

This powerful novel in verse explores what it means to be sixteen, uncover family secrets, and discover that you have more in common with your family than you'd thought. Lawless Spaces is perfect for the #MeToo era and will stick with you long after you finish reading.

Andrea W

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:16:08-04:00

Andrea W

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/lawless-spaces/

Cyborg Detective

A razor-sharp poetic retort to the ableism found in Literature. Weise's incisive poems directly respond to the ways authors use disability as metaphor and the way disabled writers are expected to perform disability. Smart, moving, often funny, and very powerful.

Jennie R

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:18:22-04:00

Jennie R

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/cyborg-detective/

Borges and Me

By chance, Jay Parini, a Vietnam War draft dodger and grad student in literature at St. Andrew’s, meets the visiting blind Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges and winds up squiring him on an epic road trip through the Scottish landscape using Parini's eyes and imagination.

Stephen H

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:21:11-04:00

Stephen H

https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/borges-and-me/

Replay

For fans of good time-travel yarns, this one deserves a look. What would you do differently if you started over again at 18? Does foreknowledge prevent us from making mistakes? Can you make your life better, or just different?

Amy S

Arlington Public Library

2022-08-04T12:27:12-04:00

Amy S