Every month there are new titles purchased for the Too Good to Miss collections at our libraries. If you're not familiar with TGTM (as we call it here in library-world), it's a special collection of popular books that are truly too good to miss. Some are new and popular titles, others are older titles that might not have had as much media attention as a bestseller or celebrity book club selection but are still great reads that deserve another look. New books are added to the collection monthly, and are available at all Madison Public Library locations on a walk-in, first-come-first-served basis.
For this month of October we have six new titles that were added.**
Nonfiction
- You're Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies by Desiree Akhavan - “filmmaker Desiree Akhavan delivers sharply humorous tales in her new memoir about what it means to be a woman on the rise.
- Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame, and Reclaim Joy by Shana Minei Spence - Shana Spence starts by exposing diet culture for what it is: a patriarchal, capitalist mindset that is engrained in countless aspects of our society, and that keeps us from living healthily and joyfully. Spence's thesis is simple: If we can learn to separate ourselves and our worth from diet culture, we can learn how to eat when we're hungry, meet our body's unique needs, and discover which foods give us pleasure--all while nourishing our bodies and souls in the process"
- Modern Magic: Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Contemporary Witches by Michelle Tea - Literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea returns to her magical roots, offering stories, little-known history, traditions, rituals, and spells for any witch seeking a deeper spiritual practice. A self-described DIY witch and professional tarot reader, literary and feminist icon Michelle Tea provides a fascinating magical history and spiritual traditions from around the world, giving us the tools, spells, and rituals to navigate our stressed-out, consumer-driven lives.
Fiction
- The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling - In conventional history, Sacajewea is described as a guide or interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Earling (Perma Red), a member of the Bitterroot Salish, deftly uses her knowledge of Native American cultures and history to give Sacajewea the opportunity to tell her own experience. This challenging and rewarding book illuminates the life of a wise and brave young woman who is often relegated to a stereotypical and ancillary role in history.
- The Plus One by S. C. Lalli - The wedding of Radhika Singh and Raj Joshi, isn't just going to be the event of the season, it will also mark the union of two highly influential and wealthy Indian-American families. Shaylee "Shay" Kapoor is just an outsider, but she just so happens to be dating Raj's best friend, Caleb Prescott III, and is sucked into this world of wealth and excess. But on the morning of the wedding festivities Raj and Radhika are found dead, gunshots to the head. Shay may be an outsider, and she definitely has secrets of her own, but she may be the only person with enough perspective to untangle everyone's lies, and discover why anyone would want the bride and groom dead.
- The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden - Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. Then the brutal murder of a young woman--the latest in a string of deaths across the coast--confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. Now Sydney can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems.
If you're ever just looking for something "good" to read, I highly recommend browsing the TGTM books at your Madison Library. There's a little something for everyone in this collection and it's my go-to when I'm not sure what I'm wanting to read.
**Linked titles are to the regular copies, which may have hold lists. The TGTM browse collection books are separate from those.