CDs, Playaways, & Videogames
Music
Video Games
Splatoon 2
Rating: E
System: Nintendo Switch
The squid kids called Inklings are back to splat more ink and claim more turf in this colorful and chaotic 4-on-4 action shooter. For the first time, take Turf War battles on-the-go with the Nintendo Switch system, and use any of the console’s portable play styles for intense local multiplayer action. Even team up for new 4-player co-op fun in Salmon Run!
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Rating: E
System: Nintendo Switch
“Inklings from the Splatoon series, as well as returning Smash characters like Mario and Link make appearances in this classic Nintendo franchise’s Switch debut. Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at home or on the go”–
Mario & Luigi
Rating: E
System: Nintendo 3DS
Mario and Luigi Bowser’s inside story : When evil prankster Fawful infects Mushroom Kingdom with a puffy pandemic known as the blorbs, the unlikely trio of Mario. Luigi, and Bowser must work together-sort-of-to stop the threat. Bowser Jr.’s Journey: Go behind the scenes with Bowser Jr. and the Koopaliongs and see how they really save the day.
Cyber Punk
Rating: M
System: PS4
“Cyberpunk 2077 is an open world, action adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a kind implant that is the key to immortality. You can customize your character’s cyberware, skillset and playstyle, and explore a vast city where the choices you make shape the story and the world around you.” —
Audiobooks
Lipstick
By Vish Dhamija
DCP Rita Ferreira is called into the investigation after a third corpse is discovered in Mumbai, which confirms it is the work of the same killer who paints his victims lips with dark red lipstick.
The Lipstick Killer, like all serial killers, is fast decompensating–the time interval between the murders shortening, the victims shifting from street-side hookers to high-heeled wives … and he watches everything and everyone–the news of his exploits, Rita, the investigation–and talks. However, he only talks to you: “When I’m gone, some people may tell you that I was evil, perhaps even call me a psychopath. Don’t believe them. I am not. I am anything but irrational and impractical; perhaps only slightly more detached than your average guy on the street.”
The Big Dark Sky
By Dean Koontz
A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind’s hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
Black Hampton
By Carl Weber
It’s old money versus new money, and neither family seems willing to compromise. Will the tension between them shatter any hopes of a peaceful summer? Hidden away near the end of Long Island, New York, is a community where affluent African Americans, their friends, and the wannabes have secretly vacationed for more than 75 years. Unlike the bluffs of Martha’s Vineyard, Black folks here own five miles of prime beachfront. With a mix of legacy families, new money, hangers-on, and thirsty developers, drama can never be far behind in a place called the Black Hamptons. The Brittons are the owners of Amistad Bank, the nation’s largest minority-owned bank. They consider themselves the ‘First Family’ of the Black Hamptons and have owned their estate home for three generations. Their matriarch, Carolyn Britton, and her two sons, Malcolm and Martin, are not to be played with.
The Book Haters’ Club
By Grethen Anthony
That was what Elliot–the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop–believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now his grief-ridden business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell the cozy Over the Rainbow to condo developers. But others won’t give up the bookshop without a fight. When Irma breaks the news to her daughters, Bree and Laney, and Elliot’s romantic partner, Thom, they are aghast. Over the Rainbow has been Bree and Laney’s sanctuary since childhood, and Thom would do anything to preserve Elliot’s legacy. Together they conspire to save the bookshop, even if it takes some snooping, gossip and minor sabotage. Filled with humor, family hijinks and actual reading recommendations, The Book Haters’ Book Club is the ideal feel-good read. It’s a love letter to everyday heroes–those booksellers and librarians dedicated to putting the right books in the right hands every day.
Pre-Loaded Audio
Diablo Mesa
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Crossover
Kwame Alexader
“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ‘Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood–he’s got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s all on the line.