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The Fault in Our Stars was emotional in a very real way and didn’t feel overly dramatic. The characters felt genuine, and their conversations made the story feel honest and relatable. Even though it deals with heavy topics, there were moments of humor and warmth throughout. It made me think a lot about life, loss, and how people cope with difficult situations. Overall, it was a meaningful and memorable read.

Ladies in Waiting (2025), perfectly timed for Jane Austen’s recent 250^th birthday, is a charming collection of short stories featuring minor characters from Austen’s novels, such as Miss Bates, Georgiana Darcy, and Eliza Brandon.

The Hunger Games was a really intense and engaging book that pulled me in right away. The story does a great job showing how power and control can be abused, especially when people are treated as entertainment instead of humans. I liked how Katniss wasn’t a perfect hero but still stood up for what was right.

In The Passengers on the Hankyu Line (2025), we meet some people who travel on a train line in the Kansai region of Japan and hear their lightly interconnected stories. A man named Masashi develops an attraction for Yuki, who has similar reading tastes to his own.  Meanwhile, Shoko is on the train in a wedding dress, having just been to the wedding of her former fiancee.

For those who enjoyed the artwork of 'The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess' manga's adaptation, the artists brings a new story to life with Kamudo vol 1 by Akira Himekawa. Within a world run by demi-beings, before humanity was even a concept, demi-dragons maintained order within the skyborne paradise called 'Hinoaruchi'.

When Hazel gets the lead role in a slasher film, she's excited for the opportunity to prove herself as an actress and star in a horror movie, her favorite genre. The only issue is that the movie takes place in Pine Springs, the home of her father-- a convicted murderer known as the Pine Springs Slasher. But when strange "accidents" start happening on set, followed by an actual murder, Haze starts to wonder if her father was actually the killer all along.  

I really enjoyed Bunny (2019) by Mona Awad! For fans of dark academia and psychological thrillers, it’s one you can’t miss. It was so engaging that I finished it in about two sittings.

Written by Steph T., Tech Services

Get It Together: An Interior Designer’s Guide To Creating Your Best Life (2018), by Orlando Soria, is a nonfiction book about interior design. HOWEVER, it is also a super sarcastic, hilarious, self help masterpiece. Every page hits somewhere deep inside.

I'll Come to You (2024) chronicles one year in the lives of the characters connected by the marriage of Paul and Corinne. Paul's mother, Ellen is trying to adjust to being single after his father divorced her a year ago. Gary, with whom Ellen goes on a date, would like to have something more serious with her. Paul, in addition to becoming a father himself, reflects on the breakup of his parents' marriage.

I stumbled upon the novel Shy Creatures (2024), by Clare Chambers, while browsing Libby for my next audiobook listen. I am so glad I added it to my library--the writing was lovely and insightful, and the plot, setting, and characterization, which are loosely based on a true story, interested and moved me.

When Luna's twin sister, Solina, dies suddenly, Luna knows it wasn't an accident like the police are trying to make it out to be. Luna suspects Solina's death has everything to do with Kingswood Academy, the prestigious and reputable boarding school that Solina attended-- the school she wanted to drop out of with only one semester left. Kingswood Academy doesn't know that Solina is dead, so Luna takes the opportunity to pretend to be Solina and investigate her death.

Pachinko (2017), by Min Jin Lee, follows multiple generations of a Korean family from living in Korea to Japan.