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MarianLiberryan

MarianLiberryan

Joined September 2016

Reading Resourceress in Kansas City; Director of Readers' Services @KCPL; Bibliofile guest for KCUR 89.3FM; book columnist for Booklist.
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Mean | Myriam Gurba
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This book is the current selection of KCPL/KS Star FYI Book Club & it‘s a speedy true crime ghost story memoir. Yeah you read that right.

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Dead Man Switch | Matthew Quirk
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The author is teaching my library patrons how to pick locks & slip out of handcuffs! I love literature where I learn stuff & contemplate a new career.

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The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas
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Bound to be one of the most popular & important juvenile titles this year. Relatable characters, energetic pacing, realistic dialogue, & a story that will encourage conversation in reading circles. A great book for book groups of all ages

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Among the Gorgons: Poems | Michelle Boisseau
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Mister Monkey: A Novel | Francine Prose
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This comic novel has the kind of humor that twinges, cringes, and comes unhinged. #FrancineProse #MisterMonkey

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Into The Water | Paula Hawkins
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This follow up to Girl on the Train has just as many unreliable unlikeable characters as Hawkins debut. Which is why I liked it more. Lots of twists kept me from guessing where the story was going next. Speedy pace, minimal exposition & description, some cliched plot elements, a surprising ending. *possiblespoileralert*
I think there's a big loophole at the end. It's easy to overlook in the wake of all the surprises. Let me know if you find it.

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Into The Water | Paula Hawkins
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Giving up on going out tonight because I'm at the good part! Which has been every chapter seems like. #psychologicalsuspense #NOTLIKEGirlOnTheTrain #DiveIn

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This book is shaking my world. Looking forward to Dr Anderson's visit at Kansas City Public Library

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I had no idea I had already created a "hyggekrog." As soon as the huskat leaves I'll take his place with a kaffehygge.

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A hold-your-breath murder comedy. Great characters in a cinematic plot that keeps the reader guessing multiple times who-dun-it. Have fun guessing which IRL comic inspired which soon-to-be-dead fictional one. Then hope the movie rights have been snapped up. Comedy box office gold in a classic murder mystery.

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Some Dead Genius: Novel | Lenny Kleinfeld
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Clever, snarky, tightly plotted crime novel with great characters & a lively pace. Did I mention how much I laughed? Reminded me of Don Winslow's Neal Carey series.

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The Mothers: A Novel | Brit Bennett
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Getting ready for Brit Bennett's Kansas City visit next week!

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Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien
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Another Sunday devoted to reading & ignoring email. #VietnamWar #MarinerBooks

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A book after a Luddite's heart & intellect. I can't stop writing in it. #DavidSax #PerseusBooks #PublicAffairsBooks #printisnotdead #neitherisvinylfilmorboardgames

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Universal Harvester | John Darnielle
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What Sunday morning looks like around here. I was also reading this book at 3am.