Deelibrarian Reading Log Blog

 Kelsey Worthington, an aspiring editor living in New York, wakes up one day in the hospital.  She had been hit by a car while on the sidewa...

 Emily's home life is less than ideal.  Her mother drinks, her grandfather sits in an armchair smoking and watching TV, and the whole ho...

 Louisa has been in the foster care system most of her life.  Her best friend has recently died, and now she is breaking into an art gallery...

 Jade is a "scholarship" student and one of only a few black students at an elite school in Washington. She knows she should feel ...

 On Sage's 13th birthday, her best friend is hit by a car and killed. Sage is overcome with grief, and works with councilors to try to d...

 As Khosrou struggles to find a place for himself in Oklahoma, he remembers stories from Iran: his own story, stories of his family, and Ira...

 An old man shows up in a small southern town. He calls himself Theo and has a charming Portuguese accent.  He finds a coffee shop and notic...

 Hercules Beal has a lot on his plate.  His parents have recently died, and his older brother has come home from his "dream job" t...

Patrick used to be a sit-com star, until his partner, Joseph, got killed in an accident and Patrick secluded himself in a large house in rem...

Chester lives with his mother, but he is convinced that his father works as a spy for the government. Chester knows how hard his mother work...

 Jenny Quinn is 77 years old and a great fan of the Britain Bakes TV show.  She is, herself an accomplished baker, and so decides to apply t...

Brett has moved in with his best friend's family while his adopted mom battles cancer. The loss of his home with her has thrown Brett in...

 Ali, age 15,  lives in the Bed Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York with his mom and sister.  His dad is an ex-con who his still working...

Wen Zhou's parents immigrated to Australia looking for a better life.  Instead, Wen's father gave up his medical training and is wor...

 Some of Ernest's early good memories involve playing with his mother's old electric typewriter.  He and his brother and sister used...

In the 1970's south, Ferris and her family are having a crazy summer. There are raccoons in the attic, Ferris' artistic uncle in the...

 Simon and his parents have just moved to Grin and Bear It Nebraska, near the large radio telescope. The town is a national radio quiet zone...

Jenny is the personal assistant to a Academy Award winning actress, Kay, who also happens to be her cousin.  When Kay gets engaged to her eq...

 Valdez Jones VIII calls himself "Wrecker" because his ancestors worked as wreckers, salvaging shipwrecks in the Florida Keys. Wre...

Lara knows that the global pandemic is a huge tragedy, but it has brought her three young adult children back to the cherry farm and she can...