Not too much in the way of romance for this book stamped with a romance label. I’ll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos is a contemporary fiction novel that is part mystery with a hint of romance.

The alternating narrators, Clare and Edith, are revealing their stories piece by piece, each from their own lifetime. Edith is based mostly in the 1950s, while Clare, who mentions texting and Facebooking, is clearly present day.

As with many fiction selections, oftentimes the reader knows exactly where the story leads, hence why the term “foreshadow” exists. However, in I’ll Be Your Blue Sky, there are a few surprises in store that the reader won’t see until right in the moment that it happens.

If you like camping, vintage camping trailers, restoration or all things vintage this beautiful book is one you will want to pick up.  This book is just short of 200 pages of photographs and stories of vintage camper enthusiasts and their experiences with finding, restoring  and camping in vintage trailers.  Learn about a whole community of people from diverse backgrounds who form groups across the country.  These groups host rallys and attend events together forming families of friends who share memories.  For some this is a creative outlet, others it is a way to bond as a family or re-visit happy childhood memories and for many it has become a business and a way of life.  The stories are short and interesting, the pictures are wonderful.  This is a nice book to pick up and enjoy as you are relaxing.

Sometimes considered a taboo topic, race discussions are often swept under the rug. But not with this book. The author, Ijeoma Oluo, does not shy away from sensitive topics, with chapter titles such as "What is racism?," "How can I talk about affirmative action?" and "I just got called racist, what do I do now?"

Oluo provides excellent talking points and examples in each of her chapters often drawing on her own experiences and biases. The story of the basketball men visiting her group’s picnic shows she does not exclude or excuse herself for bias and insists we should all be so introspective.

This is an excellent read for any individual who wants explore the topic of race or to have open discussions with other willing community members.

This clever little book has 150 (most) commonly mispronounced words and descriptions of misuse.  Although this book may not include every word you have questioned it does include a wide variety.  Part of the fun in reading the book is that it will give several ways to correctly pronounce the word plus tell how it is normally mispronounced.  The authors have also included history of the word's use.  Some words you may have always hesitated to use and questioned how to pronounce and use it, while others never you might not realize "everyone" is pronouncing it incorrectly. The only downfall to the book was that it is limited to 150 words and some I always question where not included.  This was a quick,  fun read and an good resource.

The third book in the Sullivan's Crossing series introduces Dakota Jones who after spending years in the military is deciding what he will do with the rest of his life.  He comes to Sullivan's Crossing to reconnect with his brother and sister who have found a home and happiness in the small town in the Colorado mountains.  After arriving in town he is pursued by two beautiful women but is only interested the one woman he meets who isn't chasing after him.  The Jones family has an uncoventional family history and learning to  accept the past and move on is a part of their story.  If you like romance and family drama with likeable characters and set in wonderful small towns you won't be dissapointed. 

Life coach Jen Sincero uses inspiring life stories and funny advice to help readers find their inner greatness. Sincero wants readers to “understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of”. Whether you are looking for relationship, career or money advice, this book offers advice on a vast array of topics.

Creator of a very popular lifestyle blog and business, Rachel Hollis, releases her first non-fiction book that is part memoir, part motivator and a complete joy to read. Hollis designed each chapter to tackle a lie that every woman tells themselves. Each lie that Hollis told herself left her feeling undeserving, astounded and exhausted. Readers will enjoy Hollis’ writing style which makes you feel like your best friend is sitting next to you giving advice. Her goal is to remove the blindfold of the lies and help you lift yourself up to overcome. Once finished, you will be recommending this book to every woman you know.

Available at VCPL in Regular Print, eBook and eAudiobook. The author reads the eAudiobook and I HIGHLY recommend it.

Rachel Hollis also has two cookbooks available for check out in print at VCPL:

Upscale Downhome: Family Recipes, All Gussied Up

Real Life Dinners: Fun, Fresh, Fast Dinners from the Creator of The Chic Site

Bestselling author Nora Roberts takes on a plot that is all too realistic in our current lives-a mass shooting incident. Shelter in Place begins with a typical Friday night in the 90s with teenagers and families at a shopping mall. Simone and her friends are at the movies when a man steps into the theater and begins shooting.  Meanwhile, Reed is a waiter at a restaurant in the mall, and while on break he witnesses another man enters the mall in a well-planned attack. Not everyone survives that night and the survivors have to learn to live with the events that happened. Years later, the survivors and rescuers are targeted by an unknown assailant. Can Simone and Reed stay alive while trying to catch the murder?

As an avid reader of the Romance genre, this book might be my favorite Nora Roberts book in her vast catalog of stories. Roberts does not hold back and her story is horrifyingly realistic. It is a spectacular physiological thriller that readers will not want to put down.

Shelter in Place is available at VCPL in Regular Print, Large Print, Audiobook, eBook and eAudiobook.