Langley-Adams Library Recommendations

Black Widow takes place in between the appearances made by Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. Fans of the character who haven’t seen Black Widow yet may likely jump to conclusions stating that it’s not an origin story. However, while Black Widow may take place after several other movies that the character has already appeared in, it does bring her back to her troubled past, as well as introducing her family to the audience. I LOVE the opening sequence. Right away, it told me that this is not your typical Marvel movie, it’s something different. I also really enjoyed the new characters. Natasha’s adoptive sister, Yelena (Florence Pugh), is so fun, and of course, nobody can go wrong with David Harbour. Overall, Black Widow manages to be a great superhero movie, while succeeding in bringing spy-thriller vibes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shaun Hood Library Page  

" Memory makes reality.   That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.  That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.  As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it. But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?" (Goodreads.com) Blak

"Eve's life as a spy is not adding up to what she had hoped it would be when she started. She is a bored, very smart, MI5 security officer who is very desk-bound. Villanelle is a very talented killer, mercurial in mood, who clings to the luxuries of her job. Eve and Villanelle go head to head in a fi erce game of cat and mouse, each woman equally obsessed with the other as Eve is tasked with hunting down the psychopathic assassin." (Google.com) Despite the dark nature of the show and murders that take place at the hand of the show's assassin Villanelle, there are plenty of laugh out loud moments. The actresses playing Eve and Villanelle have great chemistry on scene making it hard to decide who to root for in their endless cat and mouse game. This show definitely kept me guessing and it didn't end the way I expected it to. Now I am eagerly awaiting the third season to see where the characters end up next. The show also features great music and costumes (specifi

"Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno."* This is the fourth book in Brown's Robert Langdon series but you don't need to read all of them to know what is happening. He does a great job reintroducing his character at the beginning of each novel and each book is a separate story. I ended up reading this book in one day I enjoyed it so much. The story is exciting and fast paced, it really ma

"Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting bir th rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her."(Google.com) If you haven't read the novel, Season 1 stays true to the original book with Season 2 expanding the universe that Margaret Atwood built. This is a story of love and survival that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Even though there are times I wish it wasn't relevant, it becomes even more compelling because of current events. Kelsey Fitzgerald Library Assistant Seasons 1 & 2 Availabl

“Are you happy with your life?”    Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.   Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.  Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.”   In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His   wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.  Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could’ve imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.* This book is not your typical parallel dim

Orphan Black follows an outsider and orphan named Sarah. After witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks identical to her, Sarah assumes the stranger's identity. Expecting to solve her problems by cleaning out the dead woman's savings, Sarah is instead thrust into a mystery when she realizes the dizzying truth that she and the dead woman are clones. While searching for answers, she discovers the chilling fact that there are more people like her out there. With no idea who created the clones she'll need to discover the reason in a hurry as an assassin is killing them one by one.* This show is a science fiction thriller that is fast paced and addictive, by the end of the first episode I was hooked. The lead actress plays multiple complex roles in the show so well that you forget that it is one person. Although it deals with topics such as personal identity, cloning, and morality it also has funny and heartwarming moments. With so many characters there will be at least on