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APRIL 28 IS GREAT POETRY READING DAY
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"A stunning new volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the U.S., informed by her tribal history and connection to the land."--Publisher's description.
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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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5 stars
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APRIL 28 IS NATIONAL GO BIRDING DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO BIRDING GUIDE
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"A colorful and comprehensive handbook packed with all the basic skills and knowledge you need to become a better birder"--
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4 stars
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APRIL 26 IS GET ORGANIZED DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO ORGANIZATION NONFICTION
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4 stars
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APRIL 19 IS NATIONAL DOG PARENT APPRECIATION DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DOG NONFICTION
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5 stars
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APRIL 15 IS TAX DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO TAX NONFICTION
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4 stars
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APRIL 17 IS INTERNATIONAL HAIKY POETRY DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO HAIKU
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An anthology of more than 800 poems that were originally written in English by over 200 poets from around the world. This collection tells the story for the first time of Anglophone haiku, charting its evolution over the last one hundred years and placing it within its historical and literary context.
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4.7 stars
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APRIL 30 IS HAIRSTYLE APPRECIATION DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO HAIRSTYLE GUIDE
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5 stars
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APRIL 22 IS EARTH DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PLANET PROTECTION NONFICTION
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"Examines the inextricable link between environmentalism, racism, and privilege, and promotes awareness of the fundamental truth that we cannot save the planet without uplifting the voices of its people-- especially those most often unheard ... [This book is] simultaneously a call to action, a guide to instigating change for all, and a pledge to work toward the empowerment of all people and the betterment of the planet"--Back cover.
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APRIL 9 IS NATIONAL UNICORN DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO UNICORN-RELATED NONFICTION
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"In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer now, no westerner had glimpsed a live saola before Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it...
14. Lies
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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...
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APRIL 26 IS NATIONAL AI DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO AI NONFICTION
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"What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of life processes as they evolve from bacteria (1.0) to humans...
16. 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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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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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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APRIL 28 IS GREAT POETRY READING DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO POETRY NONFICTION
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"Poetry never goes out of style. An ancient writing form found in civilizations across the world, poetry continues to inform the way we write now, whether we realize it or not--especially in social media--with its focus on brevity and creating the greatest possible impact with the fewest words. Poetry 101 is your companion to the wonderful world of meter and rhyme, and walks you through the basics of poetry. From Shakespeare and Chaucer, to Maya Angelou...
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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...