September Activity Calendar Reads

Observe a daily holiday by reading a book!
 

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1. City of girls

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Author:
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 18 IS NATIONAL FIRST LOVE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO ROMANCE FICTION
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"[A] unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance....

2. The institute: a novel

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Author:
King, Stephen, 1947-
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 21 IS STEPHEN KING'S BIRTHDAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WRITTEN BY STEPHEN KING
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same...

3. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

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Author:
Graff, Garrett M.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 11 IS PATRIOT DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO 9/11 HISTORY NONFICTION
Formats:
Audiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham

​"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal

"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been...