The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan (Berkley Jove)

“Having built the Shameless platform to teach people how to find their own pleasure, Naomi wants to take that sex positivity to a lecture circuit, but no one will hire her. Enter Ethan, a young, handsome rabbi with a struggling synagogue. A seminar series on modern intimacy seems like a good way to build a sense of community and attract a younger congregation. What happens is their own lesson in intimacy, as two people passionate about their work and trying to make the world a better place sizzle with chemistry. Give to fans of The Roommate, The Kiss Quotient, and Meet Cute.” —Hebah Amin-Headley, Johnson County Public Library, Overland Park, KS NoveList read-alike: How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams April 2021 - The top ten books published this month that library staff across the country love.

Broken Dial A for Aunties Life's Too Short (in the best possible way) by Jesse Q. Sutanto by Abby Jimenez by Jenny Lawson (Berkley) (Forever) (Henry Holt & Co.) “Meddy’s blind date doesn't “Jimenez hits it out of the “Lawson is a hot mess of end as planned, and she now park again. She combines depression and anxiety. She is has a corpse to dispose of. Her real-world issues with the also funny as hell. In this book mother’s solution: call in the get-the-girl, lose-the-girl she lays herself open. She three aunties. What follows is a dynamics of a romance. In celebrates all those awkward roller coaster ride of a weekend this case, Adrian has a good and difficult parts of herself and with the Chan family trying to chance of losing Vanessa to invites to celebrate your get rid of the body while ALS. They both have own. She will make you laugh working at a high profile multiple family issues until you cry, and then she wedding. A fast-paced and including a hoarding father, wraps up the episode with darkly humorous debut with an abandoning parent, a some profound truth that sweet romantic moments sister with addiction issues, catches you unaware. For throughout. For fans of My and a baby niece that needs readers who like David Sedaris Sister, the Serial Killer and attention. Give to fans of Mia and Ali Wong.” Get a Life, Chloe Brown.” Sosa and Josie Silver.” —Beth Morrill, Canton Public Library, Canton, CT —Laura Eckert, Clermont County Public Library, Milford, OH —Maggie Holmes, Richards Memorial Library, North Attleboro, MA NoveList read-alike: That's Mental: Painfully Funny Things That NoveList read-alike: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim NoveList read-alike: Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill by Amanda Rosenberg Malice The Music of Bees The Night Always Comes A Novel A Novel A Novel by Heather Walter by Eileen Garvin by Willy Vlautin (Del Rey) (Dutton) (Harper) “Alyce is the sole Dark Grace in "Beekeeper Alice is an older "Lynette is trying to buy the Briar, a kingdom whose people family home from her love their Graces (the magical widow who is working to save her small town from big landlord as housing prices rise ladies who give them special around her. At the last elixirs). But Briar has a problem corporate greed. She forms moment, her mother says she with their princesses: they die at an alliance with two young will not cosign for the loan 21 unless they kiss their one true adults who both find and Lynette does not qualify love. Princess Aurora doesn't on her own. In a last-ditch seem to be interested in any of unexpected joy in nature. For those who enjoyed Eleanor effort, Lynette sets off on an the princes. This LGBTQ re-telling odyssey of collecting old of Sleeping Beauty is creative Oliphant is Completely Fine." debts and a miniature crime and fun, with a perfect ending. spree. For readers who like For fans of Spinning Silver and Raymond Chandler, John Gods of Jade and Shadow.” Banville, and Elmore Leonard." —Paulette Brooks, Elm Grove Public Library, Elm Grove, WI —Carrie Minthorne, Cedar Mill Library, Portland, OR NoveList read-alike: The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey —Mary Robinson, Vernon Area Public Library, Lincolnshire, IL NoveList read-alike: Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan NoveList read-alike: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

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—Joann Im, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA —Melissa Stumpe, Johnson County Public Library, Franklin, IN —Kathleen Fais, New York Public Library, New York, NY NoveList read-alike: Creep by Jennifer Hillier NoveList read-alike: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert NoveList read-alike: One Good Earl Deserves A Lover by Sarah MacLean Made in LibraryAware - www.libraryaware.com Find out more at www.LibraryReads.org APRIL 2021APRIL 2021

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