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Omaha Picks: What We're Reading January 2024, Part 1

Take a look at what OPL employees across the city are reading (or listening to or watching) this month and find out what some of them had to say about their current read.

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  • Hey, Hun

    Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing / Emily Lynn Paulson

    Paulson, Emily Lynn,
    "Incredibly candid account of a woman's time in an MLM. Paulson shines light on the toxic environment, the history of MLMs and their roots and values of white supremacy, and the truth about their business practices, including predatory…
    Book[Place of publication not identified] : Row House, [2023] — 658.8 Paulson 2023
  • Doppelganger

    A Trip Into the Mirror World

    Klein, Naomi, 1970-
    "I find it a little complicated to explain exactly what it is about but it was an extremely good book, full of profound insights and timely observations"
    Downloadable AudiobookNew York : Macmillan Audio, 2023.
  • "Beautiful, sorrowful and well written thoughtful memoir"
    Downloadable AudiobookPrince Frederick : HighBridge Audio, 2023.
  • Laziness Does Not Exist

    a Defense of the Exhausted, Exploited, and Overworked

    Price, Devon,
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2021. — 158 Price 2021
  • BookNew York : Bantam, [2024] — FICTION Conway 2024
  • "It has that perfect combination of memoir and history that I find so enthralling"
    Downloadable AudiobookHolland : Dreamscape Media, 2021.
  • BookNew York : Europa Editions, 2023. — FICTION Berest 2023
  • "Absolutely incredible. The magical elements were exciting, and the merging of African American history with the Remarkable people's history was beautifully done"
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — jFICTION Thomas
  • BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — jFICTION Maguire
  • BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — jFICTION Applegate
  • "I've never read anything like it, and while I'm surprised it's a [Golden Sower] nominee, I'm really glad that it is.
    BookNew York : Atheneum, [2022] — YAFICTION Reynolds
  • BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — MYSTERY Jaswal 2023
  • "really enjoyed it - evocative, thought-provoking poems about place, identity, and art."
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2023. — 811 Mao 2023
  • "Although I am not a big one for celebrity memoirs this has been incredible. Davis does not just tell about her path to fame but about her understanding of her self. It is a hard journey but so important to understand. And listening to her…
    Audiobook CD[New York] : Harper Collins Publishers, 2022. — SCD B Davis
  • "I am enjoying the last installment of Pentecost & Parker. This is a very character driven mystery, with some well-developed main characters and an interesting mystery. This is a series that has gotten better and better as it goes on."
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2023] — MYSTERY Spotswood 2023
  • Graphic NovelNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. — GRAPHIC NOVEL 154.6 Chast
  • Trail of the Lost

    The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

    Lankford, Andrea
    Downloadable Audiobook
  • BookNew York : Tordotcom/Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — SCIENCE FICTION Mandelo 2023