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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Books should be shared with everyone’

This week's cozy fall read is "The Spellshop" by Sarah Beth Durst.

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘A half-truth is just a whole lie’

This week's featured fall read is "Home is Where the Bodies Are" by Jeneva Rose.

Oct 29, 2025

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Demons are meant to be played with’

This week’s featured fall reads are “Look What You Made Me Do” and “They Come From Below” by local author Joe Prosit.

Oct 15, 2025

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Bourke's Bookshelf: When magic and mischief collide

This week's featured fall read is "Cider Mill Coven" by Vanessa Abigail Lambert.

Oct 8, 2025

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Bourke's Bookshelf: What lingers in the trees

This week’s featured fall read is “Old Hungers,” a short horror story compilation by local author Erik Bilicki.

Oct 1, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Never mix vodka and witchcraft’

This week's featured fall read is "The Ex Hex" by Erin Sterling.

Sep 23, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘It’s not really my fault’

This week's featured fall read is "The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch" by Melinda Taub.

Sep 10, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Who needs Xanax when you’ve got cheese?

To kick off the fall, this week’s featured read is “Cheddar Off Dead” by Korina Moss.

Sep 3, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Love has to be stronger than hate’

This week’s featured read is “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah.

Aug 27, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘I am proud to be human’

This week’s featured reads are “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” by Hank Green.

Aug 20, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘The sea gives, but it also takes’

This week's featured read is "The Sirens" by Emilia Hart.

Aug 13, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: Solving history’s mysteries

This week’s feature author is Minnesota writer Jess Lourey and her duology, “Salem’s Cipher” and “Mercy’s Chase.”

Aug 7, 2025

By Theresa Bourke

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Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘A tomorrow better than today’

This week’s featured read is “The Rainfall Market” by South Korean writer You-Yeong Gwang.

Jul 30, 2025

By Theresa Bourke