{"id":44151,"date":"2022-05-16T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=44151"},"modified":"2022-05-05T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:19:12","slug":"__trashed-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/__trashed-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"May’s Celebrity Book Club Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new month which means that Jenna Bush Hager and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join our\u00a0Best Sellers Club<\/a>, these titles will automatically be put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected\u00a0Remarkably Bright Creatures<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Shelby Van Pelt as her May pick.<\/p>\n

Curious what Remarkably Bright Creatures<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus<\/em><\/p>\n

After Tova Sullivan\u2019s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she\u2019s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn\u2019t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors\u2014until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova\u2019s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it\u2019s too late.<\/em><\/p>\n

Shelby Van Pelt\u2019s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.<\/em><\/p>\n

This book is also available in the following format:<\/p>\n