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Sep 24, 2019
Never Have I Ever posted by Robyn
Amy Whey is living an ordinary yet idyllic life. She is happily married with a baby boy, and has a great relationship with her teenage stepdaughter. Amy enjoys her career as diving instructor, and her best friend Charlotte runs the neighborhood book club, which Amy agrees to host in her home. One fateful night, Amy's secure lifestyle is threatened with the arrival of a new woman on the block. Angelica Roux is a single mom to a teenage boy. She is mysterious, beautiful, and dominant. This... Read More »
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Sep 05, 2019
Sharp Objects posted by Robyn
Sharp Objects, written by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, features Camille Preaker as... Read More »
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Aug 26, 2019
Island of Sea Women posted by Robyn
In Island of Sea Women, Mi-ja and Young-sook are two girls growing up on Jeju, a small Korean island in the 1940s. Young-Sook is the daughter of the leader of an all-female diving collective, where girls learn to support their families by working in the sea’s... Read More »
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Aug 07, 2019
The Summer Book posted by Robyn
Here’s a great title for adult summer reading particpants looking for a book with “Summer” in the title. The Summer Book is a quiet yet powerful novel about 6-year-old Sophia and her grandmother. Read More »
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Jul 22, 2019
Two Books by Erika Swyler posted by Robyn
In Light from Other Stars, Nedda Papas is an 11-year-old girl is 1986 who aspires to be an astronaut. Her father Theo is a laid off NASA scientist working on his own secretive project that proves to have severe consequences. Nedda and her classroom witness the horrific televised... Read More »
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Jul 16, 2019
Avon Library Book Discussion posted by Amy
The Avon Library Book Discussion Group will meet Wednesday July 17th at 6:30 pm to discuss The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. Drop ins are welcome. If you have any questions please contact the Avon Library at 970-949-6797. Read More »
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Jul 08, 2019
The Last Time I Lied posted by Robyn
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager is a page turning summer camp thriller where three girls go missing in the middle of the night near a nearby lake. Emma Davis is 13 and the youngest of four girls in the cabin at Camp Nightingale. As Emma dozes off one night,... Read More »
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Jun 24, 2019
Daisy Jones and the Six posted by Robyn
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a fictional tale about what goes on behind the scenes of a famous rock band. Read More »
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Jun 05, 2019
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn posted by Robyn
"Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber, as a word, was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound, but you couldn't fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it; especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer." Read More »
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May 24, 2019
The Incomplete Book of Running posted by Robyn
Peter Sagal, a popular personality on both NPR and PBS, writes about his running career in The Incomplete Book of Running, a funny yet inspiring account about his experiences as a marathoner. Sagal has completed over a dozen marathons, and was at the finish... Read More »
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