What We're Reading: February & March 2025Like this list

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• Beautiful World, Where Are You

  Rooney, Sally,

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  Another reflective, angst-filled story of four friends/two potential couples finding their way in the modern world. Friends from university, Eileen and Alice, trade emails discussing their futures, the future of the world and their relationships.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How the Word Is Passed

  a Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

  Smith, Clint,

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  How does America teach about slavery and the enslaved? That is the question being explored in this powerful book, taking the reader on a journey from Monticello to Angola Prison, Galveston and New York to better understand.

• We All Live Here

  Moyes, Jojo, 1969-

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  This charming new release explores the messy intersection of blended families and the impact of caring for both moody teens and aging parents while trying not to lose sight of self. Moyes at her best!

• See No Stranger

  a Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

  Kaur, Valarie,

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  Sikh author and peace activist Kaur shares her family's background and beliefs of the Sikh faith, with an emphasis on how we are all interrelated and if we can just see that in every other human, we'd be far more focused on each other's welfare. An…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night We Lost Him

  a Novel

  Dave, Laura,

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  When a man falls to his death at his cliffside California retreat, his adult children must navigate their complex and strained relationships to understand what truly happened.

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  This 2013 release is finding new audiences with the release of the YA version and "The Serviceberry," a short book about abundance in nature. This nonfiction book of Indigenous wisdom, natural abundance and reciprocity is filled with food for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Five-star Weekend

  Hilderbrand, Elin,

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  A woman grieving the loss of her husband decides she needs to bring together the best friends from throughout her life — her Stars — for a perfect weekend of food, hospitality and meaningful conversation. What could possibly go wrong?

• You Gotta Eat

  Real-life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible

  Eby, Margaret,

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  If you've fallen for "easy cookbooks" in the past only to find those recipes take a long time to prepare (I'm hungry now!) or use ingredients not usually found in a pantry (Looking at you, mushroom powder.) then this is the cookbook for you!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thunder Song

  Essays

  LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu,

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  Something like a memoir told via essays, this book has an amazing core of family and love running through it. Engaging, though sometimes hard to read, it's got wonderful writing and is a fantastic way to spend an afternoon or two!

• Caste

  the Origins of Our Discontents

  Wilkerson, Isabel,

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  A well-researched, deep dive into the unnamed societal boundaries in American culture, Wilkerson puts together an excellent argument that while the U.S. pretends to be a democracy, it is still fraught with classism entrenched in the very beginnings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• James

  a Novel

  Everett, Percival,

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  A wonderful retelling of "Huckleberry Finn" from Jim's point of view, revealing surprising insights into his life.

• Nuclear War

  a Scenario

  Jacobsen, Annie,

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  Should someone fire a nuclear warhead, it would take you longer to read this book than for the world to end. Deeply researched, Jacobsen's minute-by-minute account of what would happen in a nuclear war is so gripping you won't be able to put it down.