Librarian's Reading Recommendations

Hoopla Recommendations

Paper Bullets by Jeffrey H. Jackson- Paper Bullets is the first book to tell the true story of an audacious anti-Nazi resistance campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair: two French women-Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe-who drew on their skills as Parisian avant—garde artists to write and distribute wicked insults against Hitler and calls to desert-a PSYOPs tactic known as "paper bullets"-designed to demoralize Nazi troops occupying their adopted home of Jersey in the British Channel Islands. Hunted for years by the secret field police, Lucy and Suzanne were finally betrayed in 1944 by a local Jersey woman who grew suspicious of their behavior. The Germans searched and then confiscated their home, put them in prison, and tried them in a court martial, sentencing them to death for their actions. Even in jail, they continued to fight the Nazis by reaching out to other prisoners-including imprisoned German soldiers-and spreading a message of hope.

Learning to Speak Southern by Lindsey Rogers Cook- Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's college graduation, but now she's got a chance to read her journals, to try and figure out what sent her mother spiraling all those years ago.

Freed by E.L. James- E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe.

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