MOVIE - All Is True

PG-13 (1:41)

Limited release 5/10/2019

Viewed Memorial Day, 2019 at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield, MI - a pretty cool theater

IMBd: 5.9/10

RT Critic:  72  Audience:  76

Critic's Consensus:  Impressively cast and beautifully filmed, All Is True takes an elegiac look at Shakespeare's final days.

Cag:  5/Loved it 

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also starred

Sony Pictures Classics

Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench 

My comments:  A pretty decent movie.  All is true?!?  That's what I kept wondering as I watched this movie...how much is true and how much is just of the author's imagination?  How much is based on tidbits of information?  There's so much controversy about Shakespeare, the man and the myth, lol!  There's even a huge faction that say it wasn't even a guy named Shakespeare that did the actual writing of any of the plays.  This movie was totally interesting, thought-provoking, and whether it is true or not, was a great piece of historical storytelling.  The poor older gent behind me fell asleep, I suppose it was slower going than the adventure-packed stuff that is thrust down our throats for the last couple of years.  I really enjoyed this one a lot.  And Branagh's depiction of the bard is a blast to watch!  AND with Judith Dench as Anne...be still my heart!

RT/ IMDb Summary  The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war.

Picture Book - The Neighbors by Einat Tsarfati

Illustrated by the author
Translated from Hebrew by Annette Appel

2017/Israel 2019/Abrams Books for Young Readers, NY

$16/99 HC

40 pgs.

Goodreads rating:  4.21 - 212 ratings

My rating:  5 A terrific picture book!

Endpapers:  mustard yellow with white line drawings of something from each apartment

1^st line/s:  "I live in a building that is seven stories high."

My comments:  This clever picture book entertains up to the very end - and what an ending!  It's all about a little girl's imagination, with lots and lots and LOTS to look at in each illustration.  It's also about what her life is about to become, I think!  SO MUCH to talk about and share with kids in this one.

Goodreads:   As a young girl climbs the seven stories to her own (very boring!) apartment, she imagines what’s behind each of the doors she passes. Does the door with all the locks belong to a family of thieves? Might the doorway with muddy footprints conceal a pet tiger? Each spread reveals—in lush detail—the wilds of the girl’s imagination, from a high-flying circus to an underwater world and everything in between. When the girl finally reaches her own apartment, she is greeted by her parents, who might have a secret even wilder than anything she could have imagined!

Picture Book - Cicada by Shaun Tan

Illustrated by the author

2019 Arthur A. Levine Books

$19.99 (ridiculous anymore!)

32 pgs.

Goodreads rating:  4.12 - 1853 ratings

My rating:  2

Endpapers:  (Front) gray city blocks with no personality (Back) the forest and a beautiful sunrise/sunset

1^st line/s:  
    " Cicada work in tall building.
      Data entry clerk.  Seventeen year.
      No sick day.  No mistake.
      Tok Tok Tok!"

My comments:  This poor cicada works for seventeen years for low pay, zero respect, and is constantly bullied and discriminated against.  Okay, I get it.  The ending, yes, is a treat.  But the message is bleak and depressing and much more for an adult than a kid.  And what on earth is "Tok Tok Tok?"  Am I missing something?  Is that supposed to be the sound a cicada makes??  Sorry to say, this book didn't do it for me.  And the jury's out on how most kids would enjoy it.... (I really did like the little guy and felt so sorry for him for those 17 years!)

Goodreads:  From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers and beyond
          Cicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does. But in the end, just when you think he's given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. A metaphor for growing up? A bit of inspiration for the unappreciated striver in all of us? Yes, yes, and more.

Picture Book - A Poem in Your Pocket by Margaret McNamara

Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
2015 Schwartz & Wade Books

HC $16.99

32 pgs.

Goodreads rating:  3.94 - 355 ratings

My rating:  5, It's a terrific book

Endpapers:  Deinm blue with denim pockets with slips of papers (with words) sticking out of each
  

1^st line/s:  "Mr. Tiffin's class had never had an author visit them before."

My comments: This is a terrific book, telling both the story of a teacher and his class and the cool way he teaches them about poetry - including similes, metaphor, concrete poetry,  acrostic poetry, and haiku.  And, so importantly, that poetry doesn't have to rhyme!  There's a bit of a theme about not trying to be perfect, as one of the clever kids in the class never writes a poem because she doesn't think it's good enough.  (Funny that no one's ever written a book about kids writing really bad poems...)

Goodreads:  Usher in National Poetry Month with Mr. Tiffin and his students, stars of the hugely popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? and The Apple Orchard Riddle. 
          Once again, Margaret McNamara sets her playful, child-friendly story in the classroom, and this time, poetry—from metaphors to acrostics to haiku—is the name of the game. The focus here is on Elinor, whose confidence falters as she tries to write something "perfect" for Poem in Your Pocket Day and impress a visiting poet. G. Brian Karas's accessible, adorable illustrations add to the fun.
          Includes a list of Mr. Tiffin's tips for celebrating Poem in Your Pocket Day.
          "A nimble introduction to poetry as well as a sensitive look at the perils of perfectionism." —The New York Times
          "Pair this book with the works of Shel Silverstein, Paul B. Janeczko, Jack Prelutsky, Douglas Florian, or Robert Louis Stevenson." —School Library Journal, Starred

47. Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

listened to on Chirp
read by Caitlyn Green
Unabridged audio (8:55)
2009 Simon & Schuster
420 pgs.
YA Fantasy
Finished 5/20/2019
Goodreads rating:  3.99 - 517,264 ratings
My rating:  3
Setting: Contemporary Coldwater, Maine

First line/s:  "I walked into Biology and my jaw fell open."

My comments:  Well...this is just the sort of book a young teenage girl would enjoy greatly.  Romance, cute boys, a little bit of mystery, an "innocent" protagonist who is daring one minute and shaking in her boots the next.  As an adult, of course, I spent much of the read (or should I say listen) rolling my eyes.  But it's perfect for a 13-year-old fantasy lover.  I do think I'll pass on the rest of the series, myself....

Goodreads synopsis:
A SACRED OATH
A FALLEN ANGEL
A FORBIDDEN LOVE
          Romance was not part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.
          But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
          For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.

Movie - Breakthrough

PG (1:30)

Wide release 4/17/19

Viewed Sunday, May 19th, 2019 in Chambersburg

IMBd: 4.5/10

RT Critic:  60  Audience:  83

Critic's Consensus:  Like its lead character, Breakthrough is fiercely focused on faith -- but its less subtle elements are balanced by strong performances and an uplifting story.

Cag:  4.5 Liked it a lot despite so many religious overtones

Directed by Roxann Dawson

20th Century Fox

Based on the book by the mom, Joyce Smith (not the Joyce Smith I grew up with....)

Topher Grace, Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Mike Colter

My comments:  Interesting, well-done, and not too religious.  Based on a true story.  A faith-based movie about a young man who drowned and should've never lived, but did.  Without brain damage, without lung damage, and with the whole town pulling for him.  Definitely a miracle, but was open ended enough so that if you don't believe in "God" it gives you lots of food for thought.  I didnn't feel like faith or belief-in-God and Jesus was being shoved down my throat.  My favorite person to watch was Topher Grace, who played the pastor.  He was just terrific, as was Mike Colter who played the firefighter who finally found John and pulled him out of the water.  A solid 4...maybe even a 4.5....

RT/ IMDb Summary  BREAKTHROUGH is based on the inspirational true story of one mother's unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith's adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. From producer DeVon Franklin (Miracles from Heaven) and adapted for the screen by Grant Nieporte (Seven Pounds) from Joyce Smith's own book, BREAKTHROUGH is an enthralling reminder that faith and love can create a mountain of hope, and sometimes even a miracle.

46. Open Season by Linda Howard

listened to Audio - Chirp
read by Deborah Hazlett
Unabridged audio (8:47)
2001 Pocket Books
320 pgs.
Adult romance with a bit of mystery....fun!
Finished 5/17/2019
Goodreads rating:  4.01 - 17,200
My rating: 4
Setting: 2001 Alabama

First line/s:  from prologue:  "Carmela nervously clutched the burlap bag that heeld her other dress, some water, and a small package of food she had been able to save for the trip north, across the border."
from Chapter 1:  " 'Daisy, breakfast is ready!' "

My comments:  This book was a riot!  I snickered and guffawed all the way through it.  It was a mystery and it was a romance (quite sexy, actually, for its 2001 copyright) and it was a makeover story, all rolled into one...and it was loads of fun.  The narrator, Deborah Hazlett, used just the right touch of southern/Alabaman accent to really pull the whole thing off.  Greatly enjoyed it!

Goodreads synopsis:  On her thirty-fourth birthday, Daisy Minor decides to make over her entire life. The small-town librarian has had it with her boring clothes, her ordinary looks, and nearly a decade without so much as a date. It's time to get a life—and a sex life. The perennial good girl, Daisy transforms herself into a party girl extraordinaire—dancing the night away at clubs, laughing and flirting with abandon—and she's declared open season for manhunting. But her free-spirited fun turns to shattering danger when she witnesses something she shouldn't—and becomes the target of a killer. Now, before she can meet the one man who can share her life, first she may need him to save it.     
          Seamlessly blending heart-pounding romance and breathless intrigue, Linda Howard delivers a stylish and provocative novel that absolutely defies readers to put it down.

Poetry - Outside the Box: A Book of Poems by Karma Wilson

Illustrated by Diane Goode

2014 Margaret K. McElderry Books

HC $17.99

172 pgs.

Goodreads rating:  3.85 - 221 ratings

My rating:  4.5 

My comments:  In this homage to Shel Silverstein, funny, clever, rhythmic poems (including poems with no flabby rhyming) are not only dedicated to the great children's poet, but they even look and sound somewhat like his creations.  Such fun!  A few follow...

Goodreads: This laugh-out-loud poetry collaboration from a New York Timesand Publishers Weekly bestselling author and a Caldecott Honor illustrator is anything but ordinary.
          Dive in to Karma Wilson's latest collection of more than 100 poems: some humorous, some poignant, and all of them Outside the Box. Illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Diane Goode, Outside the Box has something for everyone. Appealing to kids and parents alike, poems such as Sick Day, My Pet Robot, Balloonaphobia, and Aliens Under My Bed are sure to delight and entertain.

Bubble Trouble

I bought myself two packs of gum.

I chewed and chewed some more.

I blew a bubble round a fat,

and bigger than ever before!

I blew and it grew

and grew

and grew

and grew!

None of my friends could believe it.

The biggest bubble ever blown,

and I was the kid to achieve it!

I kept on blowing, it kept on growing.

When would it ever stop?

It all seemed like such an awesome plan

till my sister made it

POP!

Man in the Moon

When you look at the face

of the Man in the Moon,

what kind of face do you see?

Is it aged and wise, sad, surprised,

or happy and beaming with glee?

Is it angry and stern, full of concern,

wistful, or filled with delight?

What mood do you see

in the face that shines down

and kisses the darkness with light?

A Lump of Clay

It’s just a lump of clay,

that’s it.

But pick it up

and squeeze a bit.

Now roll it, pat it,

poke it, too.

Pinch the clay

a time or two.

With imagination

and elbow grease,

you’ll create

a masterpiece

Pound it down

to a lump, and then

pick it up and

start again.

Shades of Gray

The shadows of trees, the clouds in the sky.

The wings of a wren as she flutter on by.

The face of the moon as he watches the night,

not quite black, but not quite white.

The hue of the world

when the sun slips away.

Beautiful shades of gray.

Moose on the Bus

There’s a moose on the bus,

and he caused quite a fuss

when he clambered aboard, big and brown.

We screamed for police

to restore general peace,

but they weren’t anywhere to be found.

The moose thought awhile,

then strolled down the aisle

and sat in the seat next to me.

He is kind, more or less,

and I have to confess,

he makes for polite company.

But one thing I’ve found

while the bus drives around

and I sit with a moose at my side,

He’s friendly and all,

but he’s really quite tall,

and his antlers are rater too wide.-

45. Spider Woman's Daugter by Anne Hillerman

Leaphorn &Chee #19
listened on Audible
read by Christina Delaine
Unabridged audio (9:53)
2013 Harper
301 pgs.
Adult Murder Mystery
Finished 5/15/2019
Goodreads rating:  3.97 - 9354 ratings
My rating:  3.5
Setting: Contemporary Navajo reservation, New Mexico

First line/s:   " 'I get this call out of the blue.  A woman.  First, she reminds me that I saved her life.  Then she says she wants me to do her a favor...' "

My comments:  It took me a long while to get through this one. I listened to it. The narrator spoke with a strong Navajo accent for both Chee and Bernadette.  The pronunciation was slow and drawn out, and it wasn’t at all the voices or accents I’ve had in my head for them. It was too slow — slowed down the action, slowed down their thinking, slowed down the story. I didn’t like it. There were three or four places that 2+2 equaled 15, but it gave them clues in the right direction. Huh? A bit disconcerting. Not the same kind of writing, which is to be expected, but I’ll get used to it and continue on with the series.

Goodreads synopsis:  Legendary tribal sleuths Leaphorn and Chee are back! The supremely talented daughter of New York Times bestselling mystery author Tony Hillerman continues the popular series with this fresh new Navajo Country mystery-her debut novel-filled with captivating lore, startling suspense, bold new characters, vivid color, and rich atmosphere
          It happened in an instant: After a breakfast with colleagues, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manualito saw a truck squeal into the parking lot and heard a crack of gunfire. When the dust cleared, someone very close to her was lying on the asphalt in a pool of blood.
          With the victim in the hospital fighting for his life, every officer in the squad and the local FBI office are hellbent to catch the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation, despite regulations strictly forbidding eyewitness involvement. Her superior may have ordered her to take some leave, but that doesn't mean she's going to sit idly by, especially when her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, is put in charge of finding the shooter.
          Pooling their skills, Bernie and Chee discover that a cold case involving his former boss and partner, retired Inspector Joe Leaphorn, may hold the key to the shooting. Digging into the old investigation with fresh eyes and a new urgency, husband and wife find themselves inching closer to the truth with every clue . . . and closer to a killer who will do anything to prevent justice from taking its course.

Movie - The Hustle

PG-13 (1:33)

Wide release 5/10/19

Viewed on Mother's Day 5/15/19 RC Hanover Theater, early afternoon
IMBd: 5.3

RT Critic: 14   Audience:  48

Critic's Consensus:  The Hustle's stars might make an effective comedy team in a different setting, but this gender-flipped remake of a remake adds little beyond its feminine twist.

Cag:  4/liked it quite a bit, funny
Directed by Chris Addison

MGM

Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway

My comments:  Well that was fun.  Cute and entertaining.  Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson played off each other really well as two con artists working both against each other and together.  Entertaining, lush setting, and funny.  Not hysterical, but enough good laughts.  Finally, a comedy that is funny but not stupid, yippee.

RT/ IMDb Summary:  Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway have winning chemistry as a pair of con artists plying their trade in a stunning seaside town in the south of France. Josephine Chesterfield (Hathaway) is a glamorous, seductive Brit with a sprawling home in Beaumont-sur-Mer and a penchant for defrauding gullible wealthy men from all corners of the world. Into her well-ordered, meticulously moneyed world bursts Penny Rust (Wilson), an Aussie who is as free-form and fun-loving as Josephine is calculated and cunning. Where Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars, Josephine fills her safe with massive diamonds after ensnaring her prey in glitzy casinos. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece so they con the men that have wronged women. Wilson's talent for physicality and Hathaway's withering wit are a combustible combination as the pair of scammers pull out all the stops to swindle a naïve tech billionaire

44. A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tehereh Mafi

Listened to audio on Chirp
read by Priya Ayyar
Unabridged audio (6:43)
2018 Harper Teen
310 pgs.
YA
Finished 5/14/2019
Goodreads rating:4.30 - 13,629 ratings
My rating:  4.5
Setting:  2002 anywhere America

First line/s:  "We always seemed to be moving, always for the better, always to make our lives better, whatever."

My comments:  What an exceptionally written story!  Set about a year after 911, from the point of view of a 16-year-old Muslim American girl who has decided to wear a hijab, even though people's reactions are unbelievably cruel.  Shirin is the new girl in a new school, trying to be invisible, but with sassy responses whenever anyone gives her a hard time, which is frequent.  She doesn't take any shit from anyone.  Her only friends are the three guys who hang out with her older, senior-year brother, and who she joins in creating a break-dancing routine.  Then along comes a guy named Ocean.  And the story twists and turns from there.  Twists and turns in a very believable way.  Watching these two characters grow and change and really use the lessons their lives are throwing at them is a treat.  So well written!

Goodreads synopsis:  It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.
          Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments—even the physical violence—she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.
          But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.

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A Corner of White - Moriarty (Kindle) YA  Audio Available for $7.49
Cut to the Bone (#8 Body Farm) Jefferson Bass (Kindle)
Daemon - Daniel Suarez (Kindle)
The Dante Connection (#2 Genevieve Lenard) (Kindle)  No Audio Available
A Darkness More Than Night - (#2 Terry McCabe) Michael Connelly (Kindle)
Dead End in Norvelt - Jack Gantos (Kindle) MidGr  Audio Available for $7.49
The Debt Collector (#1 Jack Winchester) - Jon Mills (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
A Diamond in My Pocket - Lorena Angell (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
Don't Turn Around (#1 Persefone) Gagnon (Kindle) YA Thriller/Computer hacking
An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (Kindle)
Everything Everything - Yoon (Kindle)  YA
Fallout (#18 V. I. Warshawski) - Sara Paretsky (Kindle)
Finding Colin Firth - Mia March (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Five Quarters of the Orange - Harris (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49   (3:00)
The Gauguin Connection (#1 Genevieve Lenard) - Ryan (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Grandma Gatewood's Walk - Montgomery (Kindle)
Hades - Candace Fox (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
Hangman - Fay Kellerman (Kindle)
Hard Country (#1 Kerney family) - McGarrity (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.95
Harm None - Will North (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Helsinki White - James Thompson (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Here in the Real World - Pennypacker (Kindle)
The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning - Helgason (Kindle)  Audio Available for $1.99
Hokee Wolf - Clark Viehweg (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
Homefire - Kamila Shamsie (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
The Hunt for the Dingo - P J Nash (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Huntress Moon - Alexandra Sokoloff (Kindle)  No Audio Available
In-laws and Outlaws - Kate Fulford (Kindle)
Innocent Blood (#6 John Jordan) Lister (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
The Invisible Library (#1 Cogman) (Kindle) Mid Gr/YA?  Audio Available for $7.49
The Killer Inside (#1 Jessica Daniel) Wilkinson (Kindle)  No Audio Available
The King Tides (#1) Swain (Kindle)  Audio Available for $1.99
Last Light - Lyons (Kindle)  Audio Availa Audio Available for $1.99 ble for $1.99
The Last Woman Standing - Adams (Kindle) Hist Fict Female Tombstone  Audio Available for $1.99
Letters from Skye - Brockmole (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
LIFEL1K3 (Kindle)
Livia Lone (#1) - Barry Eisler (Kindle)  Audio Available for $1.99
The Marsh King's Daughter - (Kindle)  Audio Available for 8.49
The Middle of Somewhere - Yoerg (Kindle) 30-something female hiker  No Audio Available
Midnight Rambler (#1 Jack Carpenter) - James Swain (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
Midnight Winters (#2 in a Trilogy) - Dani Hart (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Moloka'i - Brennert (Kindle)  Audio Available for $7.49
The Moonlit Garden - Bomann (Kindle)  Audio Available for $1.99
Murder in the Woods - Ickes (Kindle)  No Audio Available
Murder Under the Bridge (#1 Palestine Myst) Raphael (Kindle)  No Audio Available
The Muse - Jessie Burton (Kindle)
Need to Know - Karen Cleveland (Kindle)  Audio Available for 8.49
Neverwhere - Gaiman (Kindle)
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah (Kindle)
No Turning BAck - Nancy Bush (Kindle)
The Notations of Cooper Cameron - Jane O'Reilly (Kindle)
One Step Too Far - Seskis (Kindle) Suspense Thriller
Onyx & Ivory - Mindee ??  (Kindle)
Past Crimes (#11 Shaw) Glen Erik Hamilton (Kindle)
Pistol Poets - Gischler (Kindle) Funny Suspense Thriller
The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman (Kindle)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness (Kindle)
The Reverend Finds His Calling - Winskye (Kindle)
Rhyme Schemer - Holt (Kindle)
The Ritual Bath - Faye Kellerman (Kindle)
A Road Unknown - Barbara Cameron (Kindle)
Roam - Armstrong (Kindle)
The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen (Kindle)
Sadie - Summers (Kindle)
The Searcher (#1 Solomon Creed) Toyne (Kindle)
The Secret Hour (#1 Midnighters) Scott Westerfeld (Kindle)
The Secret Wife - Gill Paul (Kindle)
Secrets of Worry Dolls (Kindle)
Self-Help - Lorrie Moore (Kindle) short stories
A Shade of Blood (#2 A Shade of Vampire) Bella Forrest (Kindle) have read #1
A Shot to Die For (#4 Ellie Foreman) Hellmann (Kindle)
Silent City (#1 Claire Codella) - Carrie Smith (Kindle)
Sisters of the Vast Black (Kindle)
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing - Mir Jacob (Kindle)
The Steerswoman (#1) Kirstein (Kindle)
The Storyteller's Secret (have read 36%) (Kindle)
A String of Beads (#8 Jane Whitefield) Thomas Perry (Kindle)
Sundown on Top of the World (#4 Hunter Rayne Highway Myst) - Donald (Kindle)
Tell No One - Coben (Kindle)
Tenth of December - George Saunders (Kindle)
That Darkness (#1 Gardiner & Renner) - Lisa Black (Kindle)
These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly (Kindle) YA
Thornyhold - Mary Stewart (Kindle)
Tin God (#1) Stacy Green (Kindle)
The Truth of All Things - (#1 Archie Lean) - Shields HistFict/Maine (Kindle)
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (Kindle)
Unbroken Threads - Jennifer Klep??? (Kindle)
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce (Kindle)
An Unsafe Pair of Hands - Dolley (Kindle) Brit Myst
We Are All Made of Molecules - Nielsen (Kindle) MidGrade
The Wednesday Sisters - Clayton (Kindle)
The Weight of Ink - RAchel Kadish (Kindle)
Wife 22 - Melanie Gideon (Kindle)
Winterkill (#3 Joe Pickett) C. J. Box (Kindle)
The Woman Left Behind - Linda Howard (Kindle)
Year of Pleasures - Elizabeth Berg (Kindle)
Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks  (Kindle)
Yellow Star - Roy (Kindle)
You Go First - Kelly (Kindle)

HISTORICAL FICTION to try
All the Ways We Say Goodbye (Williams/Willig/White) 1/14/20 1914/1942/1964
The Beantown Girls (Healey) 2019 WWII on AUDIBLE
Before We Were Yours (Wingate) 2017
The Book of Lost Friends (Wingate) 4/7/2020 1875 Louisiana On HOLD
Cartier's Hope (Rose) 1/28/20 1910 NYC Available through RBD /TPPL
The Chef's Secret (King) 2019 1577 Italy 
The Clockmaker's Daughter (Morton) 2018 1862 England
Clover Blue (Edwards) 2019 1970 California RDB TPPL Download
Daisy Jones & the Six (R) 2019 1970s LA
The Devil's Missal (Dobson) 2019 Occult, horror, contemp & 1300s
Disharmony of Silence (Rosen) 2020 1915/2010 mystery? Kindle Unlimited
The Dutch House (Patchett) 2019
The Familiars (Hollis) 2017 1612  On CHIRP
The Fifth Petal (Barry) 2017
A Gentleman in Moscow (Towles) 2019
The Glovemaker (Weisgarber) 2019 1885 Utah
The Indigo Girl (Boyd) 2017 1739 SC
The Jane Austen Society (Jenner) 3/26/2020 1946 Eng post-WWII
Letters to the Lost (Grey) 2015 on AUDIBLE
The Murmur of Bees (Segovia) 2019 1918 Mexican Revolution on AUDIBLE
The Night Watchman (Erdrich) 3/3/2020 1953 ND  reserved at TPPL
Once Upon a River (Setterfeld) 2018 England
One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow (Hawker) 2019 1870 Wyoming on AUDIBLE
Paper Wife (Ibrahim) 1923 China on AUDIBLE
Salt to the Sea (Sepetys) 2016
The Shadow Land (Kostova) 2017
Skeletons at the Feast (Bohjalian) 2008 1945 Germany
The Stars Are Fire (Shreve) 2017 1947 Maine
The Stolen Marriage (Chamberlain) 2017 1944 NC  On HOLD
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Morris) 2018
The Weight of Ink (Kadish) 2017
Where the Lost Wander (Harmon) 4/28/2020 1853 Oregon Trail

2020 Books Looking forward to.....
All the Ways We Say Goodbye (Williams/Willig/White) 1/14/2020
Alone in the Wild (#5 Rockton/Casey Duncan) 2/4/20 On RES CCLS
Bad Deed, No (Chavez) 2/18/2020
Beginning at the End, A  (Chen) 1/14/2020
Blaze, The  (Dundas) 1/21/2020
The Book of Lost Friends (Wingate) 4/7/2020
Cartier's Hope (Rose) 1/28/2020
Death in the Family (Wegert) 2/18/2020
Disharmony of Silence - Linda Rosen
Glass Hotel (Mandel) 3/24/2020 AUDIBLE
Hand on the Wall, the (#3 Truly Devious) (Johnson) out 1/21/20 On Hold CCLS
The Jane Austen Society (Jenner) 3/26/2020
The Night Watchman (Erdrich) 3/3/2020 1953 ND  
One Last Lie (#11 Mike Bowditch) (Paul Doiron) out 6/30/2020
Scavenge the Stars (#1) (Tara Sim) 1/7/2020 YA
Stars We Steal, The  (Donne) YA SciFi 2/4/2020
Tweet Cute (Emma Lord) YA out 1/21/20  On Hold CCLS
When She Was Good (#2 Cyrus Haven) Michael Robotham out 7/28/2020
Where the Lost Wander (Harmon) 4/28/2020
Yes No Maybe So (Albertalli & Saeed)  2/4/2020 On Hold Pima

2019 Books Looking forward to.....
10 Blind Dates (Ashley Elston) YA 4.02 2019
99 Percent Mine (Thorne) 3.51  2019
 A Woman is No Man (Rum) Conserv. Arab women in America 4.32 out 3/19 On Reserve PIMA
All of Me (Baron) MidGr overwt boy 4.88 out 6/11/19
Bloodleaf (#1 Bloodleaf) (Smith) YA Fant 3.89 out 3/19 CCLS eBk
Bloody Genius (#12 Virgil Flowers) (Sandford) out 10/8/19
Body in Question, The  (Ciment) 3.84 out June 2019 ON RESERVE
Body Keeper, The (#3 Jude Fontaine) (Frasier) 4.35 out 6/4/19
Bride Test, The  (#2 Kiss Quotient) "cute/smutty rom"  4.20 out 5/7/19 ON RESERVE
Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Abbi Waxman) Reserved at BOS
Bridge Home. The (Venkatraman MidGr CRF/India 4.47 out 2/19
Bury the Dead in Driftwood (#6 Garrison Gage) (Scott Wm. Carter) 4.41 2019
Clover Blue (Eldonna Edwards) 4.33
Collision (#3 Phobos) (Dixen) 4.02  2019 in US
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins)  Reserved at BOS
Dark Pattern (Mayne) #4 Theo Cray Oct. 2019
Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, The (Howe) 3.85 June 2019
Dear Lily (Drew Davies) 3.79  2019  Own-K
Downstairs Girl, The (Stacey Lee) YA 4.02 2019   CHIRP
Ellie and the Harpmaker (Hazel Prior) 4.05  Aug 2019 OWN K
Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape (Winger) 4.30  2019  Have on Kindle
Eventown (Haydu) MidGr Dystopia  4.03 out 2/19 read 4/19
Evvie Drake Starts Over (Holmes) (Maine) 4.05   2019  eBk & eAud ON RESERVE
Familiars, The (Halls) 3.90 May 2019
Flatshare, The (O'Leary) funny, light romance 4.22   April 2019 On Reserve PIMA
Glovemaker, The (Weisgarber) 3.81 Feb. 2019
Good Girl's Guide to Murder, A (Holly Jackson) 2019
Grace Year, The (Kim Liggiett)  4.19 2019  ON HOLD at BOS
Hope and Other Punchlines (Buxbaum) YA  4.33 out 5/7/19V
House of Salt and Sorrows (Craig) 4.17  out 8/6/19
How to Disappear (Roat) 4.32   2019
Huntress, The (Kate Quinn) 4.29  CCLS-both
Immortal Born (Lysay Sands) Reserved at BOS
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Shapiro)  4.07  out 1/19  CCLS-both
Islanders, The (Meg Mitchell Moore) 3.96 - 2019 Aud-CCLS
Lager Queen of Minnesota, The (J. Ryan Stradal) 4.11 2019 CCLS eBk
Last, The  (Jameson) Dyst thriller/apocolypse  3.69 out  4/19
Line Between, The (Tosca) 425 1/2019  Chirp
Lost Man, The (Harper) Australian standalone 4.26 out 2/19  CCLS-both
Lovely War (Berry) 4.31  March 2019 YA
Lying Next to Me (Olsen) 4.25  CCLS-MP3 only
Maybe a Mermaid (Cameron) MidGr 4.03 out 3/19 
Murder Once Removed (#1 Ancestry Detective) (Perkins) 3.80   2019
 (Jackson) 
Nine Elms  (#1 Kate Marshall) Robert Bryndza 4.33 2019 Have on KINDLE
On the Come Up (Thomas) YA 4.36 out 2/19 Aud WL @TPPL  CCLS-both
Other Words for Home (Warga) 4.57 YA-Syria coming 5/28/19
Pay Attention Carter Jones (Schmidt) Mid Gr 4.11 out  2/19
 (Reay) 4.09 CRF 
Recursion (Crouch) AdSciFiMyst (NYC cop)  4.36 out 6/11/2019
Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, The (Gemeinhart)  4.55 out 1/19
River of Salt (Warner) Australia/ex-hitman 4.00 out 4/1/19
Run Away (Coben) Standalone 2019
Serious Moonlight (Bennett) YA CRF/Rom 3.97 out 4/19 CCLS-eBk
Shamed (Burkholder #11) (Castillo)  out 7/16/19
Sixth Wicked Child (#3 4MK Thriller) (Barker)  4.66 Out 8/29/2019
Starless Sea, The (Morganstern) 4.38  11/2019 CCLS-eBk
Stay Hidden (#9 Mike Bowditch) Paul Doiron Have on Audible
Thornyhold (Stewart) 3.78 pub 1988 (have Kindle) Aud out in 11/2019
Toll, The (#3 Arc of Scythe) Neal Shusterman 4.39 2019 cag AUDIBLE
Unhoneymooners, The (Christina Lauren) 4.06  5/2019 
Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, The (Jaswal) 4.04 out 4/19
Unmarriageable (Kamal) Pride & Prej in Pakistan 3.83 out 1/19
Watcher in the Woods (Rockton #4) (Armstrong) 4.18 out 2/19 CCLS-both 
We Hunt the Flame (#1) (Faizal) 3.89  2019  Aud-CCLS 
Weight of Our Sky, The (Alkaf) YA 4.30 out 2/19
Well Met (Jen deLuca)  Reserved at BOS
Whispers, The (Howard)  3.97  Jan. 2019
Winterwood (Shea Ernshaw) YA 4.04 out 11/5/19
With the Fire on High (Acevedo) Reserved at BOS
Zenobia July (Bunker) 4.10  May 2019  CCLS-Aud

Adult Books Alphabetical by Title
A Closed and Common Orbit (Chambers) (#2 Wayfarers) SciFi  4.36  out in 2016
A Curious Beginning (#1 Veronica Speedwell) (Raybourn) 3.97  2015 K-3 CCLS-eBk
A Gentleman In Moscow (Towles) HF 1922 Humorous 4.363 2016  CCLS-both
A Merciful Secret (#3 Mercy Kilpatrick/Survivalist)  4.41 2018
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hosseini) Afghanistan  4.36 out in 2007
All Systems Red (Wells) 4.15  2017  Chirp
All the Beautiful Lies (Swanson) ME? mystery Have on Kindle
Alone (#1 Det. D. D. Warren) (Lisa Gardner) 3.97 out in 2005  E-CCLS
Anachronist: A Time Travel Adventure (#1 InfinityEngines) (Hastie) SciFi/Chg the past to save the future  4.22 out in 2017
Artifacts of Death (Manny Rivera #1) (Curtin) SE UT myst - grt. rev.  4.28  2011 K-Unl-free
Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers, The  3.68 out in 2018  K-2
Beneath the Depths (#2 Byron/Portland ME) (Coffin) 4.31 pub 2017
Bookshop on the Corner (Colgan) Bookmobile  3.85 out in 2016 Have on Chirp
Child Finder, The (#1 Naomi Cottle) (Denfeld) Female finds missing kids 3.99 2017 CCLS-Aud
Clockmaker's Daughter, The (Morton) Multivoices across time  3.76  out in 2018 eBk-CCLS
Closer Than You Know (Parks) StandaloneMyst  4.07 out in 2018
Conviction (#3 Rebekah Roberts (Dahl)  3.85 out 2017
Craven Manor (Coates) caretaker scary mansion  4.03  our 2017
Dante's Equation (Jensen) Codes/Toah/Bible/Myst grt rev.  3.70 2003
Dead to Me (#1 Det. Kate Matthews) (Edger) Myst/PolProc  4.05 out in 20178 K-3
Dead of Autumn (#1 Alexa Williams) (Knowlton) 4.18 out 2015
Dead of Summer (Knowlton) (#2 Alexa Williams) out in 2015
Dead Lemons (Bell) old hse & hist  4.25 out 2016
Debt of Tamar, The (Dweck) 16th Cent meets 21st Cent Turkey/Jews  3.76  2013
Desert Cut (#3 Lena Jones) (Webb) 3.86 out 2008  TPPL has Audio
Dream Queen (#6 Chloe Newcomb) (Thornton) Chloe prequel 3.00 2010 K-7
Elevation (Stephen King) a CastleRock story  3.70 out 2018  CCLS-both 
Fifth to Die, The ($MK #2) (Barker)  4.34 out in 2018  K-Unl-free
Force of Nature (#2 Falk) (Harper)  3.85 out in 2018 Have Audio and K
Forgotten Ones, The  (Holmes)  Fam Secrets 2 POV  4.02 out in 2018 K-Unl-free
Genealogy (Wood) Letters across generations  4.24 out 2018
Ghostwriter, The (Torre) 4.22 2017
Halfway Human (Gilman) AdSciFi Asexual  4.00  out in 1998 K-5
Hiding in the Past (#1 Forensic Genealogy) 3.88 2013
Home Fire (Shamsie) immig in US  4.08 iyt ub 2017  Have on Kindle
House at Ladywell, The (Slade) Recom by GeraniumCat  4.44  out 2017
Huntress Moon (#1) (Sokoloff) FBI fem detect hunts for fem serial killer 4.11 2012
Ice Cold Kill (#1 Daria Gibron (Haynes) ex-Israeli Secret Service, now US/Thriller  3.9  out in 2013
IQ84 (Murakami) dystopian/2 pov/LONG 3.91 out 2011
Jonny Appleseed (Whitehead) NatAm/cybersex worker  4.19  out in 2018
Keep Her Safe (Tucker) 4.08  2018 Have Audio
Last Runaway, The  (Chevalier) HF  3.80  2013  BOS-CD
Last Time I Lied, The (Sager) Myst from 15 yrs prior  4.08 out in 2018 CCLS-both
Leave No Trace (Mejia) psychol. thriller/reappearance of a boy 10 yrs later 3.59 2018 published CCLS-both
Leavers, The (Ko) 2 voices abanodoned Chinese boy & his mother  3.87 out in 2017
LIFEL1K3 (#1) (Kristoff) Post-apocal.Dyst  4.07 out in 2018
Livia Lone (#1 Eisler) (Kristoff) Post-apol. Dyst 4.14 2016 K-Unl-free
Lost Vintage, The (Hah) AdMyst thru the yrs to WWI  4.03  2018
Magpie Murders (Horowitz)  Myst within a Manuscript  3.93 out in 2015 eAud-CCLS  Have on Kindle
Marsh King's Daughter, The (Dionne) Contemp Thriller 3.87 out 2017 Have Kindle  CCLS-both
Mayan Star (Allan) Cont Myst 3.88 out 2018 read 5/19 
Name of the Devil, The (Mayne) #2 Jessica Blackwood (cop/ex-magician)  4.14  out in 2015
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (#1) (Molly Harper)  3.91  2009
Nine Perfect Strangers (Moriarty) CRF/suspense  3.52  out in 2018  CCLS-both
Nowhere to Run (#1) (Bush) Colleagues shot/secret past 3.86 2012
Once Upon a River (Setterfeild) HF/great rev  4.03 out in 2018  CCLS-both 
Orphan X (Hurwitz) BlackOps Thriller 4.09 2016 CCLS-eBk
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Marquez) Highly Rec 4.06 2003  CCLS-Aud
Open Season (Howard) Myst/Librarian/Makeover  4.01  out in 2001 Have on Chirp
Overlook, The (#13 Bosch) Next one up!  3.93 2007  CCLS-Aud
Play Dead (#4 Kim Stone) (Marsons) 4.40 2016  K-5
Playing with Bones (#2 Joe Plantagenet) (Ellis) 3.79 2009
Rabid (#8.5 Mike Bowditch) 4.11  6/5/18
Rick Steves Travel as a Political Act (Steves)  4.03 2014  CCLS-eBk
Sadness is A White Bird (Zecher) teenagers-Israeli/Palestinian  4.01 2018
Snowblind (#1 Dark Iceland) Jonasson) AdMurdMyst No. Iceland 3.56 2015  CCLS-eAud
Sotah (Rogen) Jerusalem/Hasidic sisters  4.12  2001 Have Kindle
Sourdough (Sloan) CRF funny-Iris recom. 3.76 2017 CCLS-both
Starflight (#1 Starflight) (Landers) Sci/fem protag.  3.87 out in 2016
Stay Hidden (#9 Mike Bowditch)  3.87  out 2018
Story of Arthur Truluv, The (Elizabeth Berg) 'sweet"  4.16  out in 2017
Tattooist of Auschwitz, The (Morris) HF  4.28  out in 2018 CCLS-both 
Tell No One (Coben) Myst Thriller Standalone  4.11 out in 2009
Their Last Words (#1 DS Ray Paterson) (Parker)  London cop  4.19  out in 2018
There There (Orange) 12 people NatAm pow wow  4.02  out in 2018 CCLS-both 
Truth and Lies (Mitchell) #1 DI Amy Winter) Eng myst-serial killer biol. mom!  4.35 2018
Unquiet Dead, The  (#1 Getty & Khattak) (Khan) Ad Canadian Muslim Myst  3.84 out in 2014
Unsheltered (Kingsolver)  3.64 out 2018  CCLS-both
UNSUB (#1) (Gardiner) Murd Myst clude/20yrs 4.04 2017  CCLS-both
Vanishing Girls (#1 Josie Quint) (Lisa Regan)  4.24  2018  Own K & Aud
Wake the Devil (#2 STurgis & Kale) Loved #1 4.07 2016
Walking the Perfect Square (Moe Prager #1) (Coleman) ex-cop/1998NYC-9 bks in acclaimed series 3.81  2002
Weight of Ink, The (Kadish) HF/1660/Contemp  4.18 out in 2017 Have on Kindle
Witchborn (Bowling) Fun Hist/Fant/1577 England 3.39 out 2018

Memoir
Becoming (Obama)  4.64  out in 2018
Heart Berries (Mailhot) Memoir/NatAm  3.88 2018
Rules Do Not Apply, The (Levy) Memoir  3.74 out in 2018
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders (Boylan) Memoir 3.92 out in 2004  eBk-CCLS
Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland (Shah) Memoir 3.83  2004

MidGrades Bks by Title
A Boy Called Bat (#1 (Arnold)  4.04 2014  K-Unl-free
A Dash of Trouble (#1 Love Sugar Magic) Meriano) Mid Gr magic/DoD  4.04 2018
Ahimsa (Kelkar) MidGr 1942 India/Gandhi  4.17 2017
Amal Unbound  (Saeed) MidGr Pakistan 4.23 2018  CCLS-eAud
Benefits of Being An Octopus, The (Braden) MidGr grt. rev.  4.47 out in 2018 E-CCLS
Bob (Mass)  MidGr/Australia/Fant 4.08 out in 2018  CCLS-both
Book Scavenger (Chambliss) (#1 in series) MidGr  4.16 out in 2015 CCLS-both Have on Kindle
Boy on the Porch, The (Creech) boy found on porch 3.90  2013  K-6
Boy, the Boat, and the Beast, The (Clark) MidGr/Amnesi/survival  4.05  out in 2018
Escape from Aleppo (Senzai) MidGr fleeing Syria  4.04 2018
Just Like Jackie (Stoddard) MidGr VtMale/bullies  4.34 2018
Just Under the Clouds (Sarno) MidGr/Homeless  3.99 out in 2018
Length of a String, The (Weissman) MidGr Jew/search for birth parents  4.37 out in 2018
Louisiana's Way Home (DiCamillo) MidGr  4.33 out in 2018  Aud-CCLS
Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Medina) MidGr CRF NEWBERY  3.85 out 2018
Miscalculations of Lightning Girl (McAnulty) MidGr genius/homesch/begins Mid Sch  4.256  out in 2018  eAud-CCLS
Navigating Early (Vanderpool) MidGr 1945 ME boys  4.06 2013
Night Diary, The (Hiranandani)  4.20  2018
Otherwood (Hautman) 3.92  2018
Paperboy (Vawter) Tn Stutterer 1959 3.95  2013  CCLS-Aud K-8
Parker Inheritance, The (Johnson) MidGr FoundLetter  4.21 2018
Refugee (Gratz) 3 stories tied tog @end 4.52 2017 CCLS-bk
Restart (Korman) kid loses memory, must restart  4.22  2017  CCLS-Aud
Rhyme Schemer (Holt) MidGr 7thgr bully/novel in verse  3.98 2014
Secret Tree, The (Standiford) 3.98  2012  K-4
Shadow Cipher, The (#1 York) (Ruby) 2017
Sky at Our Feet, The (Hashimi) MidGr Afghan Immig 3.78  out in 2018
Small Spaces (Arden) MidGr/Fun & Spooky  4.03  out 2018  Aud-CCLS
Song for a Whale (Kelly) MidGr CRF Deaf/Trip to AK 4.29 out 2018
Storm Keeper's Island, The (#1 Storm Keepers) (Doyle) 4.24  2018
Sure Signs of Crazy (Harrington) MidGr coming of age 3.94 2013  CCLS-bk
Unforgettable Guinevere St. Claire, The (Makechenie) MidGr Mystery  4.11 out in 2018
Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth (O'Connor) MidGr/Viet era  4.28  out in 2018
Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (Glaser) 4.24  2017 CCLS-eBk

Where the Watermelons Grow (Baldwin) MidGr Mom's Mental Illness  4.20 out in 2018

YA Bks by Title
A Very Large Expanse of Sea (Mafi) YA/Muslim/5stars  4.30  out 2018
American Road Trip (Flores-Scott) YA CRF male protag.  3.90 out in 2018
An Ember in the Ashes (#1) (Tahir) YA Fant  4.31 2016 CCLS-both
Anatomical Shape of a Heart  (Bennett) 3.93  2015  have on Kindle
And She Was (Verdi) YA teenager discovers mom is trans  3.76 out in 2018
Ascension (Phobos #1) (Dixen) YA SpeedDating in space  4.05 out in 2015 have BOOK
Caraval (#1) (Garber) YA Fant/Magic  3.95 out in 2017
Changeling (Harper) YA Fant 4.11 out 2018
Collision (#3 Phobos) YA Fant Book only-have
Darius the Great is Not Okay  (Khorram) PersAmerican boy goes to Iran 4.31 2018  CCLS-both 
Down and Across (Almadi) YA Coming of Age  3.55  2018 CCLS-Aud
Dread Nation (#1 Dread Nation) YA CivilWarEra/Fantasy  4.16  out 2018  RESERVED at CCLS
Flight Season (Marquadt) YA CRF/Seattle  4.18  2018
Forbidden Wish, The (Khoury) YA genies/rom  4.08 out in 2016  E-CCLS
Hush, Hush (Fitzpatrick) YA Fran  3.99 out in 2009 Have on Chirp
If I Was Your Girl (Russo) YA Trans MtoF  4.00  out in 2016  eAud-CCLS
If You're Out There (Loutzenhiser)  3.85  2019
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Bowling) YA HS girl w/no arms  4.33 2017
Letters to the Lost (Kemmerer) YA Ltr writing bet two unknowns 4.36 2017  K-5
Love, Hate and Other Filters (Ahmed) YA Crf Ind-Am Muslim  3.84 out in 2018
Midnight at the Electric (Anderson) YA SciFi  3.93 2017  CCLS-eBk
Neverworld Wake (Pessl) YA mystery  3.79 out in 2018  CCLS-both 
Nyxia Unleashed (Reintgen) (#2 Nyxia Triad) YA 4.22 out in 2018
Our Dark Duet (#2 Monsters of Verity) (Schwab) YA Vampires? Dyst  CCLS-both
Out of the Easy (Sepetys) YA/1950 New Orleans Myst  4.05 out in 2013  Aud-CCLS
Reached (Matched #3) (Condie)  3.56  2012  Aud-CCLS
Return of the Continuums (#2) (Brody)  YA 4.13 2016
Scream All Night (Milman) YA dark & funny CRF  3.77  out in 2018
Starry Eyes (Bennett) YA/Stranded in wilderness  4.04 out in 2018
Thunderhead (#2 Arc of Scythe) (Shusterman)  4.52 out 2018 have AUDIBLE
Treatment, The (#2 The Program) (Young) reread #1?? 4.02 2014
What to Say Next (Buxbaum) YA/Unlikely friendship 4.09 out 2017
Your Destination is on the Left (Spieller) YA Road Trip  3.78 out 2018