10/28/2025: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonn ie Garmus
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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact\, Elizabeth Zott would b e the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it&rsquo\;s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans\; the lonely\, brilliant\, Nobel&ndash\;prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with&mdash\;of all things&mdash\;her mind . True chemistry results.
\nBut like science\, life is unpredictable . Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a s ingle mother\, but the reluctant star of America&rsquo\;s most beloved coo king show Supper at Six. Elizabeth&rsquo\;s unusual approach to c ooking (&ldquo\;combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride&rdquo\;) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows\, not e veryone is happy. Because as it turns out\, Elizabeth Zott isn&rsquo\;t ju st teaching women to cook. She&rsquo\;s daring them to change the status q uo. \;
\nLaugh-out-loud funny\, shrewdly observant\, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters\, Lessons in Chemistry< /em> is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
\n11/25/ 2025: The Umbrella Academy\, Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá\;
\nIn an inexplicable worl dwide event\, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born b y women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire invent or Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children\; when asked why\, hi s only explanation was\, "To save the world." These seven children form Th e Umbrella Academy\, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre po wers. Their first adventure pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower\, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a dec ade later\, the team disbands\, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies\, th ese disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again .
\n12/23/2025: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
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What causes people to join&mdash\;and more importantly\, stay in&mdash\;e xtreme groups? The answer\, Montell believes\, has nothing to do with frea ky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. She argues that the key to manufactu ring intense ideology\, community\, and us/them attitudes all comes down t o language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones\, cultish language is s omething we hear&mdash\;and are influenced by&mdash\;every single day. Mon tell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities "cultish." In doing so\, she reveals how they even pervade our modern star t-ups\, Peloton leaderboards\, and Instagram feeds.
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