The Librarians Suggest

What's On Sarah's Bookshelf?  Horrorstor  by Grady Hendricks: You know that scene in  I Am Legend  when Will Smith's dog runs into the abandoned building and Will goes in after Samantha (His German Shepard),  you see  zombies all huddling together  and you want to scream because it's creepy af. That is what I kept envisioning while reading this story. It's a combination of  I Am Legend  meets the recent television adaptation of the  The Mist in a store that resembles an  Ikea . Ghost haunting in a furniture store? Count me in!  Bitch Planet  by Kelly Sue DeConnick: The first book in a series of adult graphic novels,  Bitch Planet  focuses on exploitation and women in an off-planet prison. The narrative moves back and forth through time, so we learn how each character is arrested and their experience within the prison. Although I quit after a few seasons, it's basically  Orange is the New Black ...

I don't come across many books that I think everyone should read. I read this for one of our book clubs at work and I found The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas well deserving of all the hype. It's one of the most honest reads I've read in a long time. I mostly read adult fiction/nonfiction but every now and then I like to pick up a YA or children's book and I'm really glad we picked this for book club.  Starr Carter witnesses the death of her childhood best friend Khalil, who was unarmed, at the hands of a white cop. Living in a poor neighborhood but attending a fancy prep school, Starr finds it even harder to navigate both of her worlds with the decision to speak out about what happened weighing heavily on her and her family.  I try to avoid spoilers so I'm going to leave it at that! It's beautifully written, powerful and thought provoking. This book doesn't hold back and it is a great reminder of how powerful your voice can be and that you shou...

Hello and welcome to The Librarians Suggest! Gina, Sarah, and I are, yep, you guessed it, librarians! Gina is a Teen Librarian, Sarah, a Children's Librarian, and I, Jade, am a Reference/Adult Services librarian. Right now, our plan is to discuss both on the blog and through our podcast about books that are under 250 pages or less. We have a ton of books to get to as it is so we are trying to make it a little easier on ourselves. For now. I'm sure once we get this really going we'll be expanding the episodes/posts to be about other books of all shapes and sizes but I can't tell you when that will be. Our first book that we discussed was Act of God by Jill Ciment. A mold outbreak occurs in the summer heat in Brooklyn and what follows is the devastation this outbreak brings causing the main characters to lose everything they hold dear. It's an exploration of relationships, secrets, what happens when everything breaks down and love. We're on SoundCloud...