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Happy Houseplants
Great for a novice or experienced gardener, this adorable small book is bright with detailed illustrations, and helpful information on different plant breeds. Anyone reading this book will take away great gardening tips.
Arlington Public Library
2018-04-03T12:46:37-04:00
Janelle O., Shirlington Branch Library
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/happy-houseplants/
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.
Arlington Public Library
2024-05-08T14:01:10-04:00
Jennie R
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/cyborg-detective-2/
One Big Open Sky
Told from the perspective of 3 female characters, the reader experiences what it was like in 1879 for African Americans traveling West for a chance of a new life. The eAudiobook version is a delight.
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:46:20-04:00
Lisa N
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/one-big-open-sky/
The Quiet Tenant
Aidan Thomas is a single father, a widower, an upstanding man in the community, keeping a woman captive in his shed. Told from the perspectives of his victims, his daughter, and his love interest, this is a chilling, victim focused, addition to serial killer thrillers.
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:43:43-04:00
Chrysalis C
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-quiet-tenant/
The Red Palace
Fans of smart young women with complicated family dynamics who are driven by love and honor to solve mysteries and catch murderers should try this novel about a young nurse named Hyeon, set in and around the royal palace in 1758 Joseon (Korea).
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:48:20-04:00
Alex Z
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-red-palace/
Kairos
The political is personal and vice versa in this novel that follows the dissolution of an affair during the collapse of the German Democratic Republic. Erpenbeck expertly examines themes of hope, obsession, and loss. This is one of the best books I've read in my life.
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:49:52-04:00
Elizabeth H
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/kairos/
Witchful Thinking
This debut novel is a fun supernatural romance set at the Jersey Shore. When a spell goes awry, a witch and a merman find themselves thrown together in a series of unexpected events that lead to romance. The perfect escape from reality with a magical happy ending.
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:51:42-04:00
Megan W
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/witchful-thinking/
Born to be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
This is a substantial look at writer and illustrator Edward Gorey, detailing both his life and his works, and especially his relationships with other people. It's a strong attempt to know someone who desperately wanted NOT to be known.
Arlington Public Library
2021-03-24T16:38:15-04:00
Heather C.
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey/
The Black God’s Drums
This fantasy novella is set in an alternate New Orleans, where air pirates roam the skies and the Haitian Revolution was won with the magic of West African gods. A quick read in a fascinating setting--I'm hoping the author writes LOTS of sequels.
Arlington Public Library
2019-12-05T11:30:27-05:00
Charlotte, Library Assistant
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-black-gods-drums/
Hip-Hop is History
A look back at 50 years of hip-hop from a member of The Roots and the director of Summer of Soul. Questlove grew up alongside hip-hop and this history is personal, informative, and fun to read.
Arlington Public Library
2025-03-27T10:55:11-04:00
Michelle M
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/hip-hop-is-history/
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