Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (Format used for this read: Audiobook) A life without freedom to choose is not worth having. Godwin Baxter’s scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream…
The Pallbearers Club
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay (Format used for this book: Audiobook) What if the coolest girl you’ve ever met decided to be your friend? Art Barbara was so not cool. He was a 17-year-old high school loner in the late 1980s who listened to hair metal, had to wear a monstrous back-brace at night for his…
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and…