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Golden State

The State of Truth Author: Ben H. Winters In Underground Airlines author Ben H. Winter forced us to examine the relentless nature of the past, the violence of survival, the horrors of government and technological oversight, and the skewed nature of our individual moral compass. In Golden State, he’s back to do the same. To take the world as we know it and flip everything, to make us question past and future, our motives and morals, and the lies that we take for granted. In Golden State truth is law – literarily. To lie is more than to sin. To lie [...]

2022-09-18T20:14:33-07:00September 18th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

I Owe You One

Destiny or Duty? Author: Sophie Kinsella Fixie is all about family. She is, after all, the fixer. The responsible one. The quite one. The one who cleans up messes. So, when Fixie’s mom, who runs the family’s store, is forced by her health to go on an extended holiday, Fixie is all about keeping the family enterprise together. But her siblings have other plans. Her flighty sister is only interested in yoga and avoiding her husband. Fixie’s brother is worse: his bad business deals could put the family store – their dad’s life’s work and legacy – under. But while Fixie [...]

2022-09-18T17:01:46-07:00September 18th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Joyland

Coming of Age and Killers Author: Stephen King Devin Jones is having a strange summer. It’s half magical, and half deadly. His long-time girlfriend has recently dumped him, and now that he is growing up, still a virgin, he is experiencing his first heartache. Everywhere at the college reminds him of the girl who left, and so this summer, instead of working at the college, he goes to a small-town amusement park in North Carolina, named Joyland, to get away from it all. He is seeking isolation, but what he finds is a strange kind of magic. Some of it is [...]

2022-09-17T21:03:10-07:00September 17th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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