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WORD OF MOUTH: Early Winter Edition

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Posted on December 7, 2022 by Valerie Block
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Novel: Take My Hand — Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Novel: The Work Wife — Alison B. Hart

History: Polio: An American Story — David M. Oshinsky

Middle Grade Novel: Merci Suarez Changes Gears— Meg Medina

Podcast: Ask a Librarian, With Julie Chavez: Translating Ways of Being, with Meg Medina and Alexis Romay.

Anthology: Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness — Anjanette Delgado

TV: My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna

Movie: Vengeance — B.J. Novak

Music: Tinta y Tiempo — Jorge Drexler

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Posted in Ancient, Fiction, History, Movies, Music, Non-fiction, Not ancient, Podcasts, Race, Recommendations, Science, TV, Women | Tagged Alexis Romay, Aline Brosh McKenna, Alison B. Hart, Anjanette Delgado, B.J. Novak, David M. Oshinsky, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Jorge Drexler, Julie Chavez, Meg Medina, Rachel Bloom | Leave a reply

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DON'T MAKE A SCENE

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"A funny, smart and beautifully written homage to movies, New York, love and all the other things that make life tolerable."
-- Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan

Valerie Block uses tart humor in this fiercely intelligent look at how the movies shape and haunt us, and what happens when the eternal allure of classic movies collides with the daily indignities of contemporary life. DON'T MAKE A SCENE is a refreshing comedy about finding fascination, irritation and joy in unexpected places.

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NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

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“Not only is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS a terrific mystery story; it'll also be the funniest book you've read all year.”
-- David Montgomery, Chicago Sun Times

From the living rooms of Park Avenue to the Pastrami King on Queens Boulevard, Valerie Block turns a sharp eye on New York in this sophisticated cocktail of bad manners and criminal behavior. NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS has something for everyone: high-tech embezzlement, petty office politics, emotionally demanding strangers, overworked cops, identity theft and bad attitude.

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WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?

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“A true comedy of bad manners. . . an infectious celebration of neurotic love. Hands down, irresistible.”
— Sonja Kindley, ELLE

A comic love story about attraction, resistance and the absurdities of finding peace with another human being. It's not that they're made for each other, but perhaps they really do deserve each other.

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