Welcome to Newburgh Free Library’s blog Inspirations: a blog for readers and viewers.
At the Newburgh Free Library we would like to connect our community to the books and movies we love as well as get feedback from you on the books and movies that you love and want to share with others.
Of course we plan on introducing new titles that are coming out on the shelves at NFL, but we also hope to connect you with a hidden gem or two – things that you might not have discovered on your own. At our new blog, look forward to reading about staff picks, patron picks, nonfiction, mystery, and the newest in street fiction. It’s all up for discussion in Inspirations.
- adaptations
- Adirondacks
- adult books for young adults
- Alternative Histories
- atmospheric
- audiobooks
- awards
- based on books
- biography
- black history month
- book clubs
- book groups
- book review
- books
- cancer
- censorship
- character-driven
- classics
- coming of age
- compelling
- complex
- debut novel
- disturbing
- doris kearns goodwin
- dvds
- essays
- family relationships
- fantasy
- fast-paced
- fiction
- Florida
- good vs. evil
- haunting
- historical fiction
- history
- Hudson Valley Poets
- Hugo awards
- humorous
- immigrant experience
- Jane Austen
- Japan
- Kate Atkinson
- literary fiction
- literature
- love
- magic realism
- memoirs
- morgan freeman
- moving
- mysteries
- mystery
- national book award
- National Poetry Month
- Newburgh Free Library
- nonfiction
- nonfiction; books
- P.D. James
- PEN/Faulkner Award
- poetry
- psychological
- psychological fiction
- psychological thriller
- pulitzer prize
- reading
- romance
- satire
- science fiction
- science writing
- short stories
- suspenseful
- thought provoking
- thriller
- walter mosley
- witty
- WWII
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Tag Archives: psychological thriller
Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon
I picked up Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon because I had seen several blog posts and articles recommending this title as a read-alike for The Girl on the Train. Both books keep you on your toes and turning the page … Continue reading
Posted in book review, fiction, Finding jake, pageturners, parent and child, psychological thriller, school shootings, suspenseful, The Girl on the Train, We Need to Talk about Kevin
Tagged book review, books, fiction, Finding Jake, pageturners, parent and child, psychological thriller, school shootings, suspenseful, The Girl on the Train, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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The Cold Weather Brings out the Thrill (er) in Me: A Review of The Girl on the Train
There is something about the winter that makes me read dark psychological suspenseful books that keeps me on the edge of my seat. I’ve just finished reading, The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins. I remember hearing buzz about … Continue reading
Posted in book review, fiction, suspense, thriller
Tagged atmospheric, book review, books, Paul Hawkins, psychological thriller, suspenseful
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Book Review: The Dinner by Herman Koch
I was interested in reading this novel, The Dinner, after reading several reviews that compared it the European version of Gillian Flynn’s novel, Gone Girl. An international best-seller written by Amsterdam writer, Herman Koch, The Dinner is an extremely disturbing … Continue reading
Book Review: Sister by Rosamund Lupton
If you are looking for a different kind of thriller, look no further than the debut novel, Sister, by Rosamund Lupton. There is nothing stronger that the bond between sisters so when Beatrice Hemming finds out her younger sister, Tess, … Continue reading
Posted in epistolary, thriller
Tagged debut novel, medical thriller, psychological thriller
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