July is here! It’s National Hot Dog Month. It is also National Ice Cream Month. And National Watermelon Month. And, wouldn’t you know it, it is also National Blueberry Month. It seems that July is the month of summer foods! Read a book with one of these summer foods (and maybe even enjoy the food while you read!). The food can be featured in the title, the cover, or elsewhere in the book.   Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus Hot dogs: a deeply American food. Comedian Jamie Loftus takes readers on an adventure into the

Science is a way of understanding the world, but to what degree can it be used to understand oneself? These books all deal with the intersection of science fiction and identity.   The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey How would you feel if someone you loved stole from you? What if it was your life’s work? What if it was also your face?  The Echo Wife Book The Echo Wife Audio eBook The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Cara is excellent at dying in every other dimension, which makes her an asset in Wiley City where she works collecting data

Embark on your summer reading journey with these captivating reads. Whether you seek far-off lands, mysteries that need solving, or daring exploits, these books will transport you into the thick of the action. Adventure begins at your library—where will your next adventure take you?  Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman In a dystopian future, governments and corporations have devised a system where biodiversity credits are traded much like carbon credits today. Karin Resaint, a passionate environmentalist, teams up with Mark Halyard, who works for a corporation that profits from this system. Their unlikely partnership is driven by the urgent need to