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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...
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Fool novels volume 3.
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4 stars
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APRIL 23 IS TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SHAKESPEARE-RELATED NONFICTION
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Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging--last seen in The Serpent of Venice--washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of...
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4.7 stars
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APRIL 25 IS NATIONAL DNA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DNA NONFICTION
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"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals live and how their bodies are organized: the evolution of fish to land-living creature, the origin of birds,...
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4 stars
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APRIL 20 IS CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FROM CHINESE
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In the fictional Chinese city of Yong'an, an amateur cryptozoologist is tasked with uncovering the stories of its fabled beasts, which draws her deep within a mystery that threatens her very sense of self.
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APRIL 5 IS NATIONAL SELF CARE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SELF CARE NONFICTION
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"In Take Care of Your Type, Enneagram expert and social media sensation Christina S. Wilcox uses her knowledge of the Enneagram to illuminate how each of the nine Enneagram types can practice better self-care. Answering questions ranging from "What is the best morning routine for my type?" to "What boundaries are important to set based on my individual personality traits?" this handy guide filled with beautiful color illustrations will help you recenter...
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Tatami galaxy volume 1.
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APRIL 15 IS NATIONAL ANIME DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO THIS BOOK INSPIRED AN ANIME
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"Our protagonist, an unnamed junior at a prestigious university in Kyoto, is on the verge of dropping out. After rebelling against the dictatorial jock president of the film club, he and his worst and only friend, the diabolical creep Ozu, are personas non grata on campus. For two years, our protagonist has made all the wrong decisions, and now he's about to make another mistake. He and Ozu are preparing for revenge--a fireworks attack at the film...
47. Tea leaf secrets
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APRIL 21 IS NATIONAL TEA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO TEA-RELATED FICTION
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3.3 stars
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APRIL 26 IS ALIEN DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO SCIFI
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A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
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April 4 is Vitamin C Day
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"Price offers a ... journey through [what she sees as] our cherished yet misguided beliefs about vitamins, and reveals a ... path to enjoyable eating and good health"--Amazon.com.
"The startling story of America's devotion to vitamins-and how it keeps us from good health. Health-conscious Americans seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe...
50. Weather: a novel
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APRIL 20 IS INTERNATIONAL CLIFI DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO CLIMATE FICTION
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"Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years, she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. She's become...
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APRIL 8 IS NATIONAL ZOO LOVER'S DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO ZOO NONFICTION
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For animal lovers of all ages, the true story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife founded England's Jersey Zoo. The book begins with an account of Durrell's third trip to the British Cameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family, they have nowhere to put them as they haven't yet secured a place for their zoo. Durrell's account of how he manages...