book recommendations

We’re trying something different for our first video of 2022! Cailey and Meg recommend four books from outside of their reading comfort zones. They are all either in genres or on topics that Cailey and Meg don’t usually read. They are:

1. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
2. Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
3. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley
4. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks

Most of the books we discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using Hoopla or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

By the way, we’re offering a Winter Reading Challenge that’ll reward you for reading outside of YOUR comfort zone this January and February. Our Winter Reading Challenge form has 15 different reading challenges that are designed to introduce you to new authors, genres and topics. You may even find your new favorite! Complete at least five of the reading challenges and bring the form back to the reference desk at our Main Branch, and you’ll be entered into a raffle for a gift basket.

Cailey and Meg share four of their favorite Christmas reads (and Cailey’s in a particularly Hallmarky mood!)

1. So, This Is Christmas by Tracy Andreen
2. The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler
3. A Lot Like Christmas by Jennifer Snow
4. Christmas with Kim-Joy: A Festive Collection of Edible Cuteness

Most of the books we discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using Hoopla or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

Hallmarky can be a word, right?

It’s spooky season so Cailey and Meg are sharing some of their favorite YA horror novels. (There’s some gore in a few of these recommendations, so they definitely skew toward older teens.) Their suggestions include:

1. Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller
2. The Haunted by Danielle Vega
3. The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky
4. There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Most of the books we discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.

It’s our 50th episode and back-to-school season! Whether your high school is for “troubled” teens or has a Portal of Doom in its gym, it’s still HIGH SCHOOL. Cailey and Meg share four of their favorites for incoming high-schoolers, including:

1. Kind of Sort of Fine by Spencer Hall
2. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
3. The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Sheinmel
4. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Most of the books we discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card.