rich 1.0 Special guest Meccah from the Lansing Libraries joins us for a dive into favorite romance picks and the romance genre in general, along with our regular diverse range of picks for the month. Cheryl’s Books: Nothing Compares to you: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31329172?searchId=20861705&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b27565257?searchId=20861707&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Heather Clark London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/f76c7ad1-9aad-c4a5-5868-09aef851e2d2-eng/) by Patrick Radden Keefe Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life:  The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/8cf70da3-75e6-e356-2e10-26bc9d770b3f-eng/) by Marta McDowell Mentioned: Hanif Abdurraqib writing about Sinéad O’Connor (Instagram post) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/CvLb_DFxi3P/) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/878483bf-cb8c-4e64-197e-76cec7b918ef-eng/) by Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/b86046c6-598e-f253-2fa6-6bf95be668f2-eng/) by Patrick Radden Keefe Recollections of My Nonexistence (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/b86046c6-598e-f253-2fa6-6bf95be668f2-eng/) by Rebecca Solnit Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plants & Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/42333b6f-f26c-4c0a-e329-2a2ec78508c4-eng/Home?searchId=20861732&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Marta McDowell Jessica’s Books: Archangel’s Eternity (catalog.cadl.org/Search/Results?lookfor=Archangel's%20eternity%20Nalini%20Singh) by Nalini Singh Get a life, Chloe Brown (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/d8537b6f-2a6a-8eae-0c9c-b6f716ce8e69-eng/) by Talia Hibbert The Beginning Comes After the End (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/0b0af60b-3ece-4f57-7b25-2b5796c989dc-eng/) by Rebecca Solnit Mentioned: Angel’s Blood (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/a34f5d6a-5a8c-8398-4eb5-f60b70f49d42-eng/) (first book in series) by Nalini Singh Nalini Singh’s (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Singh%2C%20Nalini%22) wide range of titles. Talia Hibbert (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Hibbert%2C%20Talia%22) titles, “The Brown Sisters (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/d8537b6f-2a6a-8eae-0c9c-b6f716ce8e69-eng/Series) ” trilogy. The author I blanked on was Jasmine Guillory (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Guillory%2C%20Jasmine%22) . Men Explain Things to Me (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/5b596ff8-3590-a3b0-b5e9-aba9fdc30650-eng/) by Rebecca Solnit Mari’s Books: Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/e85cb292-bb08-a921-2652-fa38c54f0f13-eng/Home?searchId=20861610&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by R.L. Toalson The Bell Jar (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/c028e68c-c51f-c98d-8f02-b8b346cc313a-eng/Home?searchId=20860587&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local) by Sylvia Plath The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31085155?searchId=20861644&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Amy Novesky Navigating Night (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31645355?searchId=20861628&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Julie Leung Our Lake (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/350ed556-c231-a102-54bc-17cf437f3c9a-eng/Home?searchId=20861883&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Angie Kang Meccah’s Books: Before I Let Go (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/1e27c872-45af-673e-e258-a0cf93d6a032-eng/) by Kennedy Ryan More titles by Kennedy Ryan (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Ryan%2C%20Kennedy%22) Tia Williams (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Williams%2C%20Tia%2C%201975-%22) titles Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Love Story (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/dc6c932a-2ae9-10df-5fbd-3fa7b66afc02-eng/) by Jason Reynolds We Go Slow (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31401028) by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie Book Bound https://audioboom.com/channels/4923659-book-bound Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43625213/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8898112/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>