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Book Picks - Oblong Books and Battenkill Books

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This week's Book Picks comes from Suzanna Hermans from Oblong Books in Rhinebeck and Millerton, NY and Suzanne Kulick & Heather Boyne from Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY.

Suzanna Hermans:

  • Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
  • Circle of Days by Ken Follett (event 9/24)
  • A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay
  • Your Places Board Books by Jon Klassen (event 9/25)
  • The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
  • Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo

Suzanne Kulick: 

  • The Everlasting by Alix E Hamilton
  • Grandmother Moon by Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason
  • The Bad Indians Book Club by Patty Krawec
  • The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi
  • We'll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida

 
Heather Boyne: 

  • Textile Protest: Artists, Activism, and the Historical Power of Resistance in Cloth by Julia Triston
  • Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle 
  • Art Work: On the Creative Life by Sally Mann
  • Cat Nap written and illustrated by Brian Lies
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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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