Book Club

[Stargazer77]

The Nook Free Friday selection for February 3rd is Raccoon Racketeer: A Hilarious Cozy Mystery With One Very Entitled Cat Detective by Molly Fitz

Is this nosy trash panda a sleuth or a suspect?

Lately my life has seemed pretty perfect—great house, great gig as my own boss, great new boyfriend, and the world's most awesome talking cat. Turns out I shouldn't have let my guard down...

Even though my private investigation firm is brand new, I've already got some not-so-friendly competition, and it's coming from the sticky-fingered raccoon who lives under my front porch. I have no doubt he's robbing his clients since he's stealing from mine, too.

Things go from irritating to downright dangerous when he foists a little trinket from my attic, one that suggests dark secrets and spells big trouble for my beloved Nan.

I need to learn more, but that's not going to be easy since the person of interest lives under the same roof. Can I trust this raccoon racketeer with something so dear? Unfortunately, I haven't got any other options.

[beach-mom]

The Free Friday selection for February 10 is 

The Bequest.  by B.E. Baker

Two widows, six kiddos, and a will that leaves them a massive cattle ranch, but only if they work it for a year.


Abigail and Amanda may have married brothers, but they have almost nothing else in common (and really, they never did get along very well). After their husbands both pass away, they have no reason to interact. Their connection drops to an awkward phone call on birthdays and an exchange of holiday cards.

Until an eccentric uncle of their husbands' leaves a massive cattle ranch to the women's minor children. . . if they work the ranch themselves. A ranch that's located near a small town on the border of Wyoming that isn't too keen on outsiders.

They're both going to turn the bequest down, clearly. It's not like either of them could properly raise their kids or find love again in a backwater province like Birch Creek. But when things at home change dramatically—for both moms—they decide to give it a try. . . just for the summer.

What could possibly go wrong in a mere three months? (Or more importantly... what might go right?)

[beach-mom]

The Free Friday selection for February 17 is a series of 4 Manga (comic or graphic novels originating from Japan) titles:

A Condition Called Love by Megumi Morino

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can't help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way ...

A Sign of Affection by suu Mori******a

Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn't one of them. Can the two learn to communicate the budding feelings between them?

Can You Just Die, My Darling? by Majuro Kaname and Sousou Sakakibara

I want to kill you”—Taku Kamishiro’s crush on Mika Hanazono had always been one sided, until one fateful day, his feelings turn into murderous impulse instead… You won’t be able to predict what each new page will bring!

MARS by Fuyumi Soryo

Popular Rei and shy Kira are worlds apart, until one fateful day brings them together. Rei stumbles upon Kira in the harassing hands of her sleazy art teacher and saves the quiet girl from his clutches. And when the jock plants a kiss on a statue of Mars in the studio, Kira finds herself drawn in and even summons up the nerve to ask him to model for her!

Sounds interesting  - enjoy!  

ETA: The computer took out the middle part of suu's last name. You can Google or go to B&N if you need her complete name.

[beach-mom]

The Free Friday selection for February 24 is 

Lethal Incision  by Dobi Cross

When a series of nameless patients vanish after they arrive, Dr. Zora Smyth scrambles for answers. There's a dark secret...

Chief surgical resident Dr. Zora Smyth is used to the atypical: a sister that has disappeared, false murder charges from a serial killer, and a brush with death.

So when nameless patients show up on her operating table and subsequently disappear on her watch, Zora seeks to discover why.

But she soon realizes that the stakes are higher than ever when her sanity is questioned, and a hidden enemy—that wants the dark secrets covered at all costs—endangers everything she holds dear.

As Zora races to save herself and those precious to her, will she survive and win against the evil that threatens to swallow her up?

LETHAL INCISION is the second book in Dobi Cross' gripping suspense-filled series of medical thrillers. If you like page-turning non-gory medical thrillers filled with unexpected rollercoaster twists and intrigue, you'll love LETHAL INCISION.