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• I Blame My Shelf: A Hillsboro Public Library Podcast

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  Listen to the December 7th episode of I Blame My Shelf to hear these staff explain why these books were their favorite reads of the year!

• The Guncle

  a Novel

  Rowley, Steven, 1971-

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  Librarian Christie's pick

• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle,

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  Librarian Christie's 2nd pick

• She Who Became the Sun

  Parker-Chan, Shelley,

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  Librarian Rob's pick

• The Final Girl Support Group

  Hendrix, Grady,

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  Library Assistant Julie's pick

• Decoding "Despacito"

  An Oral History of Latin Music

  Cobo, Leila,

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  Librarian Supervisor Lorie's pick

• Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing

  Essays

  Hough, Lauren, 1977-

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  Librarian Supervisor Lorie's 2nd pick

• Starfish

  Fipps, Lisa,

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  Librarian Laura's pick

• Bubble

  Morris, Jordan,

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  Library Assistant Mary K.'s pick

• The Sentence

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  Librarian Mary D.'s pick

• The Book of Form and Emptiness

  Ozeki, Ruth, 1956-

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  Librarian Mary D.'s 2nd pick

• Klara and the Sun

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  Librarian Mary D.'s 3rd pick (we like Mary and she has good taste in books, so we will let this flagrant violation of the "no more than two books" rule slide)

• The Kitchen Front

  a Novel

  Ryan, Jennifer, 1973-

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  Library Assistant Jennifer's pick

• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

  Chambers, Becky,

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  Library Assistant Jen's pick

• Spy X Family. 1, Mission 1

  Endō, Tatsuya, 1980-

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  Library's Assistant Jen's 2nd pick

• Under the Whispering Door

  Klune, TJ,

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  Librarian Karen's pick

• It Happened One Summer

  a Novel

  Bailey, Tessa,

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  Librarian Karen's 2nd pick

• Dark Rise

  Pacat, C. S.,

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  Library Assistant Elizabeth V.'s pick

• The Last Graduate

  a Novel

  Novik, Naomi,

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  Library Assistant Elizabeth V.'s 2nd pick

• The Last Thing He Told Me

  a Novel

  Dave, Laura,

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  Library Assistant Tina's pick