The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy Reichert

Title: The Kindred Spirits Supper Club
Author: Amy Reichert 
Genre: Romance

This is a sweet, light, fun read about two people trying to escape their respective family legacies, and the complicated ways these haunt them. (Hint!) With a touch of the supernatural, lots of local small town politics and feuds, and some sweet romantic gestures, this is a delightful little concoction of a book. Set in the Wisconsin Dells, it has a lot of local flavor and references that were wonderful to see!

- Meagan

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Cold by Mariko Tamaki

Title: Cold
Author: Mariko Tamaki
Genre: Young Adult

Told through two alternating points of view, Cold shares the story of a teenager who died too young as well as the story of the teenagers around town discovering what happened to him. The narrators are Georgia, a young lady who didn't know the dead teen, but can't seem to shake the feeling that she had seen him before - at her own house; and Todd, the ghost? spirit? of the boy who died, trying to piece together his own memories of what happened leading up to his death outside, overnight, left in a cold park. This book was an interesting exploration of what it means to be missing some of the information, and what worth there may be in putting it all together for yourself.

- Katrina

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Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

Title: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Author: Adam Higginbotham
Genre: Non-fiction

This goes through the Chernobyl nuclear disaster almost moment by moment, but also provides detailed context and history of the Soviet nuclear program. It's truly horrifying, and makes you realize how much worse things could have been if only a few things had been different. It's a really great read for anyone who likes disaster books!!

- Meagan

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One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

 

Title: One Dark Window
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Fantasy; Dystopia

Elspeth Spindle should not still be alive. In her society, anyone who catches a specific disease has a tendency to develop magical abilities, and magic is forbidden in this society. Her father hid her and kept her safe...but in order to do so, he shipped her off to live with her aunt and uncle in the country, where she could be more easily sheltered and kept from society's prying eyes.

Elspeth has another entity trapped in her head, known as The Nightmare. It's a peculiar type of magic, and has brought her to the attention of the king's cousin who needs her help. But in order to help, Elspeth will have to share many of her long-protected secrets, and has to decide - is this the cause, and the person, who is worth the risk?

- Katrina

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The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

Title: The Widowmaker
Author: Hannah Morrissey
Genre: Mystery; Fiction; Suspense

Morgan heads back to her hometown of Black Harbor, a city in Wisconsin along Lake Michigan. She takes a job photographing the area's wealthiest family whose patriarch mysteriously vanished years before. Then she witnesses the death of a police officer who had been investigating the man's disappearance. As she becomes more involved with the family, she teams up with Ryan Hudson, the new lead investigator of the cold case. Great characters and an atmospheric setting make this mystery hard to put down.

- Sarah

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