Crime and Comfort: 90 Mysteries for Our Times Promise Escape and Coziness | Mystery Preview 2021
By Melissa DeWild

In coming months, cozy mysteries will make room for millennial and Gen Z sleuths; travel on pause drives reader desire for far-off settings; and readers can revisit familiar favorites in new titles and formats.

Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija

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Healing through Traditional Dance

Brazil’s dance “movement” was an outgrowth of African slave culture. Spiritual traditions were quashed, but they went underground as dance.  Connecting today and the past, this book helps persons of the African diaspora to process their heritage and the legacy of slavery through dance expression, rooted in traditional tribal practice.  

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Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert

 

Read-Alikes for Dark Sky by C.J. Box | LibraryReads
By Liz Kirchoff, Vicki Nesting, and Mamie Ney

Dark Sky by C.J. Box is the top holds title of the week (3/1/21). LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting for this buzziest book. The 21st Joe Pickett novel sees Pickett leading a tech baron on a hunting trip—but the prey here is human and Joe must once again save the day, himself, and his high-profile charge.

 

The Sum of Us, Every Day Is a Gift, and 51 Other Exceptional Titles | Starred Reviews, Mar. 2021
By LJ Reviews

Essential titles reviewed in our March 2021 print issue, spanning mystery & suspense, sf/fantasy, romance, fiction, self-help, social sciences, science and technology, and more.

 

Hidden Valley Road, Inside Instagram, the Secret History of Nuclear War and More in History of Science | Academic Best Sellers
By LJ Reviews

Best sellers, history of science, February 2020 to date, as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

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Jennifer Smith Turner’s Debut Novel Wins BCALA Prize

Founded in 1970, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) is a leading advocate for libraries serving the nation’s African-American community. The BCALA has given awards for traditionally-published poetry and prose for twenty years. In 2016, the BCALA launched the Self-Publishing Literary Award in cooperation with BiblioLabs, a Charleston-based software/media company.

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Names of New York | Featured Review
By LJ Reviews

 

"While toponymy, or the study of place-names, may appear to be an overwhelming topic, Jelly-Schapiro’s writing is informative, accessible, and entertaining. He is engaging throughout, and will leave readers thinking twice about the place-names they encounter on a daily basis."

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