WooReads Adult Challenge: Turn a New Page

 

We're back WooReaders! Join us for the WooReads Adult Challenge: Turn a New Page. Help us reach our community goal of 3,000 books read by May 31, 2021. Readers who log 20 books or attend 3 author or book events will be entered into a drawing to win a Kindle Paperwhite. If you're looking for your next read, check out these booklists created by WPL staff. Don't forget to share your reviews with us! We look for reviews for our blog each week and we might choose one of yours. This week features reviews from all genres that our readers highly recommend. 

 

 

A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinkser

"A Song for a New Day" was the best book I've read this year. Keeping in mind that this story was published in 2019, pre-covid, it is remarkably prescient about what American society would be like post-pandemic. But SF should not be expected to be all about predicting the future. A good book of any genre is about humans, and the two human protagonists in this story are fully-realized. They grapple with deep emotions and anxieties, hopes, despair, family relations, alienation, and music... the pervasive thread for the leading characters is how music touches their souls and connects them to community. ~ Melody F.

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole 

This was a cute read that I had loaded onto my Kindle through the Harper Collins daily Bookperks. I'm a sucker for the Hallmark Movies about royals, especially those whose true identity is a secret at first. This book reminded me of a Hallmark royals movie meets Coming to America set partially in the fictional Thesolo, which is extremely high-tech and on its way to becoming a modern-day Wakanda. All in all, this was a fun read with a strong and smart female lead, a scientist whose interest is in infectious disease, which is rather apropos at this time. ~ Colleen J.

Six Years by Harlan Coben

This had me on the edge of my seat, yowser! It's a great one!

~ Daniel O.

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy by Ann Cleeves

A cleverly twisty British mystery novel by Ann Cleeves. Dorothea is not your typical vicar's wife. When she is found dead in the village park with a carnival nearby, there is an abundance of suspects. Interesting characters and atmosphere from the author of the Vera Stanhope and the Shetland Islands novels. I will look for more books in this series.
~ Mary R.