Books & Bagels Book Choices

by Evie WoodsYear Published: 2023

This is a magical story weaving together three extraordinary, charming, and peculiar characters– Opaline, Martha, and Henry, each striving to write their own stories or to simply find them.
These unique characters include a young woman in the 1920’s, a present-day young woman running away from an abusive marriage, and a present-day young scholar trying to find a lost manuscript. Amazingly enough, the fourth important character is the Bookshop itself, an amazing example of magical realism that charms you from the beginning. The Lost Bookshop takes
fictional writing to a whole new level for those who truly love books!
“When a book whispers, you intently listen to what it has to say”: this book speaks volumes about life and mystery and seriously doesn’t let you stop reading it until it is over!

— Horizon Books

The Last Flight

by Julia ClarkYear Published: 2020

Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he's not above using his staff to track Claire's every move, making sure she's living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn't know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. - Goodreads

The Authenticity Project

by Claire PooleyYear Published: 2020

The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love

Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other in real life at Monica's café.

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van PeltYear Published: 2022

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

(Amazon, 2023)

The Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline BoulleyYear Published: 2021

A Reese Witherspoon BookClub YA Pick

A YA thriller about a Naive teen who must root out the corruption in her community.