OBD Staff Picks July | Indian Prairie Public Library District

1) By the book

Author

Guillory, Jasmine

Series

Meant to be volume 2

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver...

2) Mexican gothic

Author

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemi knows little about the region. Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited...

3) So this is ever after

Author

Lukens, F.T

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Book, Audiobook CD

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Arek has managed to fulfill the prophecy and save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler, but the quest is not over because until they free the princess locked in one of the towers he has to assume the crown himself; only the princess proves to be very dead, and Arek is stuck as king; then he discovers that magic requires him to find a bride before his eighteenth birthday or wither away--but none of his female companions are interested, he does not...

4) The island

Author

McKinty, Adrian

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Pre-loaded Audio

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"After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking...

5) My body

Author

Ratajkowski, Emily

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Emily Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. This book is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski's life while investigating the culture's fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession...

6) House of Gucci

Formats:

Blu-ray / DVD Combo, DVD

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Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.

7) Cinder

Author

Meyer, Marissa

Series

Lunar chronicles volume 1

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"The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you've never seen it before, now with new cover art! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless...