MPL Buzz – Our Staff Blog

• Pachinko July 18, 2019
  This month, the Light Bite Book Club read and discussed Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. This National Book Award finalist follows a Korean family through four generations, beginning in Japan-occupied Korea, and later in Japan where they are considered immigrants, even after four generations. The novel opens with the line “History has failed us, but […]
• DVDs Coming in August July 16, 2019
  Brightburn The Curse of La Llorona A Dog’s Journey Godzilla: King of Monsters The Hustle The Intruder Marvel’s Avengers Endgame Pokemon Detective Pikachu The Secret Life of Pets 2 The Sun is Also a Star
• New Fiction Coming in August July 16, 2019
  CJ Box – The Bitterroots Sandra Brown – Outfox Philippa Gregory – Tidelands David Lagercrantz – The Girl Who Lived Twice Fern Michaels – Cut and Run James Patterson – The Inn Karin Slaughter – The Last Widow Danielle Steel – The Dark Side Ruth Ware – The Turn of the Key Stuart Woods – […]
• The Night Diary July 5, 2019
  The Night Diary, a middle grade novel by Veera Hiranandani is set in 1947 and India, newly freed from British rule, is being divided into two countries: Pakistan and India. Nisha and her brother Amil are the children of a renowned Hindu doctor, their mother is deceased. Nisha is not very talkative and doesn’t have […]