#ShelfLife - May 5, 2017

This week in the #ShelfLife has been full of color! The covers on several of this week's selections have been amazingly bold with neon yellow, popping pink, and perfect shades purple.

First, take a look at Infinite Tuesday. If you were a fan of The Monkees as a kid, you need to read this oh-so-interesting "autobiographical riff" by Michael Nesmith.

Then, check out the latest book from designer Moll Anderson, who stopped by our Instagram feed to say how happy she is to see Change Your Home Change Your Life with Color on our shelves.

We're wrapping up this week's book recommendations with a hidden gem plucked from our paperback shelves. Open up the sunset-purple cover and take a trip to Paris (and still avoid the airlines!) when you check out Kristin Harmel's The Sweetness of Forgetting.

Which of this week's #ShelfLife recommendations is going on your to-be-read list? What book have you found at the library lately that you want to recommend to other readers? Leave a comment below and your suggestion could be featured on our Instagram feed next week!

"If you knew you could change your life in one weekend and clear out the cobwebs of your past with color and a brush, would you do it?" asks designer and author @mollanderson in her book CHANGE YOUR HOME CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITH COLOR. Plunge into vibrant photos, color hints and tips, and cocktail recipes in hues to match your new décor! The book is on library shelves now, so stop by and check it out. #ShelfLife #pink #orange #green #mollanderson #interiordesign #diy #home #color #ChangeYourHomeChangeYourLifeWithColor #whatsyourcolorstory

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SPOILS by Brian Van Reet is more than just a book about war, says fellow author Anne Enright. She describes the book as “a thriller that is not a thriller, but a grave and fierce description of the moral battlefield behind the headlines from Iraq.” Be among the first to check it out as SPOILS arrives on our shelves this month. #ShelfLife #bookstagram #amreading #fiction #warfiction #brianvanreet #leeboudreauxbooks #spoils @leeboudreauxbooks @littlebrown

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This is your last chance to meet published memoir writers and learn how to get started on your own life story! Tonight's Forsyth Writes Together Workshop is the place to be if you want to find your writing style, figure out how to consistently get words on the page, and get your memoir published. We start at 6:30 p.m. at the Cumming Library. Get details at goo.gl/SgWNVA. . If you're looking for inspiration (or if you just love reading memoirs), check out INFINITE TUESDAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RIFF by Michael Nesmith. His career in music and television took him from starring in THE MONKEES to a celebrated run of albums as a solo artist and in the First National Band. He created the TV show POPCLIPS, a forerunner of what would become MTV, and produced the films REPO MAN and TAPEHEADS. . #ShelfLife #michaelnesmith #infinitetuesday #themonkees #amreading #fcplstories #forsythwrites #forsythreads #forsythwritestogether #librariesofinstagram #memoir #amwriting #amwritingmemoir #writingtips

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PHOTO ARK, a lush book of photography from @natgeo is a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer @joelsartore to make portraits of the world's animals—especially those that are endangered. . Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. . #ShelfLife #wildlifewednesday #nationalgeographic #natgeo #joelsartore

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Take an amazing journey from Cape Cod to Paris in THE SWEETNESS OF FORGETTING by @kristinharmel. This is a moving story to read with girlfriends or your neighborhood book club and our paperback copy includes a discussion guide with conversation starters. . At 36, Hope McKenna-Smith lost her mom to cancer, her husband to a much younger woman, and she’s losing her beloved French-born grandmother to Alzheimer’s. Hope embarks on a journey to unravel her grandmother’s secrets and uncover a seventy-year-old mystery. . #ShelfLife #fiction #paris #kristinharmel #mystery #cake #womensfiction #bookstagram #amreading #bookclub

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