#BookBingoNW2020 - Recommended by a Library or an Independent Book Store
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2020 category: Recommended by a library or an independent book store.
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Orange World and Other Stories
Pierce County Library recommends this book if you are having a hard time concentrating. Why not try some short stories? Russell's third collection beckons like a will-o'-the-wisp across the bog, with eight crisp stories that will leave longtime fans hungry for more. (Kirkus)
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The Au Pair
Spokane Public Library recommends this suspense novel. An unfamiliar photo causes a British woman to question her identity and investigate long-hidden family secrets in this debut thriller. (Kirkus)
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So Lucky: A Novel
North Central Regional Library system recommends this novel. A narrative of disability and its consequences. (Kirkus)
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The Martian: A Novel
Central Skagit Library system recommends this science fiction novel. When a freak dust storm brings a manned mission to Mars to an unexpected close, an astronaut who is left behind fights to stay alive. (Kirkus)
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Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of A Movement
Recommended by Estelita's Library in Seattle. Collected essays, interviews, and speeches, from Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. (Publisher)\n
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Everything I Never Told You: A Novel
Recommended by Invitation Bookshop in Gig Harbor. The novel begins with the death of a teenage girl and then uses the mysterious circumstances of her drowning as a springboard to dive into the troubled waters beneath the calm surface of her Chinese-American family. (Kirkus)\n
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Orphan X
Recommended by Ballast Book Co. in Bremerton. A young Evan Smoak, a one-time government assassin works as a pro bono equalizer—one call brings a criminal to justice. (Kirkus)\n
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The Language of Flowers: A Novel
Recommended by Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo. Cleverly combining tender and tough, Diffenbaugh’s highly anticipated debut creates a place in the world for a social misfit with floral insight. (Kirkus)\n
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The Tenth Muse: A Novel
Recommended by Brick and Mortar Books in Redmond.\n“A brilliant mathematician attempts to solve the greatest unsolved mathematical hypothesis while also reconciling her family history. A unique and compelling read!”\n
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So You Want to Talk About Race
Recommended by Three Tree Books in Seattle.\nStraight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism.\n
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