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1. Alien clay
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2 stars
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APRIL 26 IS ALIEN DAY
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"The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there.In the midst a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders...
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Hannah Swensen mysteries volume 21.
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3.3 stars
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APRIL 19 IS NATIONAL BANANA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO BANANA-RELATED FICTION
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New York Times Bestseller: After a glorious honeymoon, baker Hannah Swensen must deal with a ghastly homicide...
A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up back in Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as anticipated.
Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams...
A romantic seven-day cruise is the perfect start to bakery owner Hannah Swensen's marriage. However, with a murder mystery heating up back in Minnesota, it seems the newlywed's homecoming won't be as sweet as anticipated.
Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams...
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4 stars
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APRIL 7 IS NATIONAL BEER DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO BEER FICTION
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"It's ski week in everyone's favorite Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington. Sloan Krause and her brewing partner in crime Garrett Strong are pouring pints of their deliciously decadent obsidian IPA and serving up slices of peanut butter chocolate pretzel bars. The mid-winter has everyone buzzing with excitement, especially Garrett. His family is arriving for a long overdue visit to Nitro. He can't wait to show them around the village, spend...
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4.3 stars
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APRIL 10 IS NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SIBLINGS FICTION
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"Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. South Carolina, Present Day. Avery Stafford has lived...
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4 stars
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APRIL 18 IS ADULT AUTISM AWARENESS DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO FEATURES A CHARACTER ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
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3.8 stars
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APRIL 29 IS NATIONAL DANCE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DANCE FICTION
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At long last, the legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with a heartfelt novel of womanhood, a wild heart, and the healing power of love.
Run, run, as fast as you can!
When life throws her one setback too many, midwife and young widow Tess Hartsong takes off for Runaway Mountain. In this small town high in the Tennessee mountains, surrounded by nature, she hopes to outrun her heartbreak and find the solace
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Lucy Stone mysteries volume 28.
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3 stars
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APRIL 20, 2025 IS EASTER
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"Part-time reporter Lucy Stone isn't about to put all her eggs in one basket during a frantic Easter in Tinker's Cove--especially when it comes to cracking a deadly mystery ... Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town's retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of...
8. Jazzed
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APRIL 30 IS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO JAZZ FICTION
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"Academic geniuses, Wilhelmina "Will" Reinhardt and Dorothy "Dolly" Raab, become roommates at Barnard in the early 1920s, a time when college for women was a rarity. Socially awkward Will, grieving her mother's death, is fascinated by Dolly, a beautiful, charming rebel with an insatiable taste for adrenaline. Both musicians, they come alive at Harlem jazz clubs and Prohibition-era speakeasies. Dazzled by the world they are discovering together, their...
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Battle hymn cycle volume 5.
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3 stars
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APRIL 9 IS APPOMATTOX DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO CIVIL WAR FICTION
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A dramatized retelling of the last days of the Civil War.
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3.8 stars
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APRIL 6 IS NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO LIBRARY FICTION
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11. Lies
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4.3 stars
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APRIL 4 IS TELL A LIE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO LIE FICTION
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"Six days ago, Joe Lynch was a happily married man, a devoted father, and a respected teacher living in a well-to-do London suburb. But that was before he spotted his wife's car entering a hotel parking garage. Before he saw her in a heated argument with her best friend's husband. Before Joe confronted the other man in an altercation where he left him for dead, bleeding and unconscious. Now, Joe's life is unraveling. His wife has lied to him. Her...
12. Linked
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4.3 stars
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THE THURSDAY OF THE SECOND FULL WEEK IN APRIL (APRIL 18, 2024) IS CELEBRATE TEEN LITERATURE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO TEEN LITERATURE
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"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...
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APRIL 5 IS READ A ROAD MAP DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO MAP-RELATED FICTION
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"An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post-Cultural Revolution China that reckons with the costs of pursuing one's dreams and the lives we leave behind"--
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4 stars
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APRIL 6 IS NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY
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"For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter's birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves--with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella--Sally's only child--fled to Australia twenty-one years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back. And though Sally still dutifully adds a new paperback to the shelves every time the clock strikes midnight on July 11th, her hopes of...
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Miss Peregrine volume 1.
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4 stars
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APRIL 27 IS NATIONAL SUPPORT TEEN LITERATURE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO A YOUNG ADULT BOOK THAT ADULTS WILL ENJOY
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After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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3.4 stars
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APRIL 10 IS NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY
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"When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reeses Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story"--
17. One Killer Force
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Delta Force novels (Dalton Fury) volume 4.
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2.8 stars
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APRIL 6 IS ARMY DAY
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"Still recovering from his near fatal wounds suffered at the Yellow Creek Nuclear Plant, Delta Force Commander Major Kolt 'Racer' Raynor is thrust into a new battle with some of the toughest killers he's ever faced: US Navy SEALs. Government austerity measures have the Joint Chiefs of Staff contemplating the unthinkable--combining Delta Force and the SEALs into a single unit: One Killer Force. In this installment of [Fury's] series, Kolt's career...
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Oxford girl mysteries volume 1.
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5 stars
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APRIL 3 IS WORLD PARTY DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PARTY FICTION
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"Internationally bestselling author of Bergdorf Blondes Plum Sykes returns with a charming murder mystery set at Oxford University in the 1980s. After Oxford's most popular classmate is found dead, new students Ursula Flowerbutton and Nancy Feingold believe she has been murdered and work to solve the mystery."--
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Paws in the city volume 2.
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APRIL 11 IS NATIONAL PET DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PET FICTION
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"Self-proclaimed hot mess Scout Myers is determined to prove she's finally got her act together. Raised by grandparents who saw her as her wayward mother's wayward daughter, Scout's used to being written off. So when the opportunity for a promotion arises at Paws in the City, the talent agency where she works, Scout is desperate to rise to the occasion. With shared custody of her little sister also on the line, Scout can't afford a single mistake...like...
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5 stars
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APRIL 24 IS SCREAM DAY; RECOMMENDED IN CASE YOU NEED HELP WITH SCREAMING!
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"Screams From the Dark is a chilling anthology featuring 29 all-original tales of monsters from bestselling and award-winning authors, edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the top editors in horror. From werewolves and vampires, to demons and aliens, the monster is one of the most recognizable figures in horror. But what makes something, or someone, monstrous? In Screams From the Dark, award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Richard...