New Adult Fiction: Wednesday, December 20

If you have the week between Christmas and New Year’s off, you may be looking for something to occupy your time. Our recommendation? Read! We’ve got tons of new materials arriving daily, including the items below. Stop by and check out a book, CD, movie, or other material that you find interesting. We will continue to offer “Grab and Go” services for those who prefer to place their books on hold online and then pick them up in the cabinet inside the library.

Here are a few of the new books that have arrived at the library recently. We invite you to check them out!

There Should Have Been Eight

Seven friends. One last weekend.No room for lies. Someone is going to confess. Because there should have been eight. They met when they were teenagers. Now they’re adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others—none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine years ago. They’ve gathered to reminisce at Bea’s family’s estate. Best friends, old flames, secret enemies, and new lovers are all under one roof. But when the weather turns and they’re snowed in at the edge of eternity, there’s nowhere left to hide from their shared history.

A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written By Herself

In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury —bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood—is ready to take her life into her own hands. Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the crew of pirate Edward “Ned” Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides. Meanwhile, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah’s story together in 1930. At the center of Hannah Masury’s account, however, lies a centuries-old mystery that Marian is determined to solve.

The Kingdom of Sweets: A Novel of The Nutcracker

This gloriously transportive reimagining of The Nutcracker tells the tale of twin sisters, divided by envy and magic, set against each another one fateful Christmas Eve. Light and dark—this is the cursed birthright placed upon Clara and Natasha by their godfather Drosselmeyer. Charming Clara, the favorite, grows into a life of beauty and ease, while Natasha is relegated to her sister’s shadow, ignored and unloved. But Natasha seizes the opportunity for revenge one Christmas Eve, when Drosselmeyer arrives at the family gala with the Nutcracker, an enchanted gift that offers entry into an alternate world: the Kingdom of Sweets.