Monday, December 14, 2020

WooReads Adult Challenge: Turn a New Page

 


Tis the season to be reading! We have lots of new books at WPL just waiting to be read. Click here to browse our latest titles. If you like what you see, place a hold for curbside pick-up. Log any books you've read for our WooReads Adult Challenge: Turn a New Page. Help us reach our community goal of 3,000 books read by May 2021. Check out the adult patron book reviews below for suggestions on your next read. 


The Radium Girls by Kate Moore 

Although challenging to keep reading because it is so sad and depressing, there is some legal resolution in the end. Not unlike other industrial pollution/workplace fallout tales, this is the story of many young women who died young due to the unknown - then known but covered up - effects of hand-painting numbers on clocks and military instruments that would glow in the dark. Fascinating, thorough, well-written investigation into the effects of radium poisoning. ~ Linda J.



The artwork is mesmerizing and is very busy. I loved the story with its intense twist and mythological fantasy that the world brings.
~ Maximino M.

Great character development! ~ Susan M. 
Cutting Edge Short Story Collection 

This is a collection of short stories by talented authors, some more well known than others. They are a bit dark, but all wonderfully written. I listened to the book and it was narrated by XE Sands. She does a very good job, drawing the listener in.
~ Katherine R.

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