I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella

Title: I Owe You One
Author: Sophie Kinsella

Genre: Women's Fiction

Fixie Farr can't help herself. As her nickname suggests, she can't let a task go undone or a project go untackled. However, there are some things that can't be corrected by her alone, like her posturing brother and her helpless sister who are supposed to help her run the family home goods store while their mom is taking a much-needed vacation. 

As if that weren't enough, Fixie's high school crush comes back to town. Plus, she's got to contend with a braggart uncle who is trading in a past favor for current freebies. When Fixie does an unexpected favor for a stranger in a coffee shop, her already chaotic life gets even more tangled. 

Can Fixie live up to her name and her dad's motto of "family first" or is it high time she changes that motto to "Fixie first"?

- Sarah R.

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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Title: Pumpkinheads
Author: Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
Genre: Graphic Novel, Young Adult, Contemporary

It's the last night of the season, and the last season before friends Josie and Deja head off to college after four falls of working together. The Pumpkin Patch is the perfect place to experience fall, with pumpkins, kettle corn, corn mazes, hayrides, and just about any pumpkin product you can think of. It’s also Josie’s last chance to talk to his crush, Marcy also known as "The Fudge Girl". His shyness is only matched by Deja’s enthusiasm to try all of the treats at the patch one last time.

Pumpkinheads is an all in one night epic story, told by Rainbow Rowell and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks. The pumpkin patch sets up a variety of obstacles for Josie, and of course the reader gets to experience the great pumpkin patch with the friends!  Josie is a nice guy who doesn’t quite know what he wants, while Deja is a bold girl who is the kind of friend everyone needs.

Readers will be cheering them on, and it's hard to not enjoy this literary equivalent of a pumpkin spiced latte.

- Katie

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography

Title: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography
Author: Eric Idle

Genre: Memoir

If you'd like a detailed recounting of a member of Monty Python's life, give a listen to Eric Idle's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography. While I did, of course, laugh-out-loud occasionally, there were also serious and sad bits so it's not all fun and games. There's also a ton of name-dropping so if that gets on your nerves, steer clear. Plus, as you might expect with one of this lot, there are expletives and inappropriate comments so if you're not a fan of their ribald humor, you, too, may want to give this a pass. Nudge nudge, know what I mean?

The audiobook is read by Eric Idle himself so if you enjoy an English accent and hearing words pronounced surprisingly, that'll be an added bonus for you.

- Sarah R.

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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Title: Where the Crawdads Sing
Author: Delia Owens

Genre: Fiction

Kya Clark, the "Marsh Girl" of Barkley Cove, has communed with the nature around her family's small shack all her life. She is more in harmony with the wildlife than with people. When the town's favorite son/quarterback turns up dead, the police are looking at Kya as a possible suspect. 

Will the town's prejudices manifest in a conviction, or will Kya be freed to feed her gulls again? Read the Where the Crawdads Sing to find out.

I would especially recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed Kristin Hannah's, The Great Alone.

- Sarah R.

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