Library @ STA Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Shatter Me
Tahereh MafiLibrary @ STABook of the Week Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi “Is a young adult dystopian suspense series that follows the story of Juliette Ferrars, a girl that has the ability to take energy from other organisms. ” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/V3nHR25NdO
Paperback, 2018
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Brit BennettLibrary @ STABook of the Day – The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett “Centering on two twin light-skinned black girls who grew up in a strange town in the Jim Crow south, the book explores racism, colorism, sexism, and familial relationships.” drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/NZrubVXo8s
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Song of Achilles
Madeline MillerLibrary @ STABook of the Day The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller “Set during the Trojan War. Patroclus, a young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned and hold dear” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/mFVti8Cy27
Paperback, 2012
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila HarrisLibrary @ STA“New Book” The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris “ Dynamic thriller and sly social commentary for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or overlooked in the workplace, edge of your seat reading until the very last twist.” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/cuZ5cFHZCL
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ocdaniel
Wesley KingLibrary @ STA“Book of the Week” OCDaniel by Wesley King “ Daniel’s life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder—until he gets a mysterious note that changes everything.” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/jXJb4TDrAn
Paperback, 2017
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wade in the Water
Nyani NkrumahLibrary @ STABook of the Week - Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah “Explores the unlikely friendship between a precocious black girl and a mysterious white woman in a small Mississippi town in the early 1980s.” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/6kKVs1UU7A
Paperback, 2024
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Marrow Thieves
Cherie DimalineLibrary @ STANew Book Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline “Follow-up to The Marrow Thieves, about a dystopian world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted for their bone marrow and ability to dream” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/F9dloEUJwB
Paperback, 2017
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Homegoing
Yaa GyasiLibrary @ STABook of the Day Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi “ Two half-sisters, born in different villages in 18th-century Ghana, experience different lives and legacies marked by wealth, slavery, war, coal mining, the Great Migration and 20th-century Harlem.” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/elHvkEYQPX
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
V. E. SchwabLibrary @ STANew Book The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab “France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets” Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/6ATUQhmI5I
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silence That Binds Us
Joanna HoLibrary @ STABook of the Week The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho “May’s brother struggles with depression, and when he dies, racist accusations are hurled against May's parents and May challenges these ugly stereotypes." Drop by the Library and “Check it Out” https://t.co/bM3E5TbUL1
Paperback, 2023
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book