New Year, New Fitness Goals!

Happy New Year! If you made a resolution or goal to step up your health and fitness in 2021, Hoopla has plenty of ebooks and videos to help. From clean eating cookbooks to exercise videos, there’s something for everyone. Also, you can download all of the resources with no-wait. Go ahead, start your better health journey now!

Read up on fitness:

The RBG Workout
By Bryant Johnson
The Ultimate Body Plan
By Gemma Atkinson
Shut Up And Run
By Robin Arzon
Body Love Every Day
By Kelly LeVeque
Every Body Yoga
By Jessamyn Stanley

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Celebrating the work and life of Eric Jerome Dickey

We are saddened by the news of Eric Jerome Dickey’s passing on January 3, 2021 at age 59. The bestselling author has written many beloved classics including Milk in My Coffee, Sleeping with Strangers, and Friends and Lovers. He leaves behind a catalogue of amazing work, including over 25 novels depicting romance, erotica, and suspense from the Black perspective.


The Business of Lovers

All is fair in love and lust in this tale of two brothers, four women, and the business of desire. Through this novel, Eric Jerome Dickey paints a powerful portrait of the family we have, the families we create, and every sexy moment in between.

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Sister, Sister

Valerie, Inda, and Chiquita are three women looking for love in Los Angeles. Sexy and in-your-face, Sister, Sister depicts a modern world where women may have to alter their dreams, yet never stop embracing tomorrow.

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Cheaters

With Cheaters, the bestselling author rips the covers off the L.A. singles scene–exposing the lovelorn lives, and lowdown lies, of six young professionals.

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Milk In My Coffee

The New York Times bestselling book that stirred up controversy and got readers talking—and passionately debating—Eric Jerome Dickey’s bold portrait of racial identity and subtle understanding of sexual intimacy.

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Also by Eric Jerome Dickey:

Naughtier than Nice
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Genevieve
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An Accidential Affair
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What’s New in the Lucky Day Collection

Start 2021 off right with a new book from the Lucky Day Collection on Overdrive.  It’s a great way to access eBooks and eAudiobooks with no wait! Take a look, you might find your new favorite book. 

The Queen of Nothing
By Holly Black
Not in My Neighborhood
By Antero Pietila
Chasing Cassandra
By Lisa Kleypas
Pumpkin Spice Peril
By Jenn McKinlay
Too Much and Never Enough
By Mary L. Trump
The Scent Keeper
By Erica Baumeister
One Minute Out
By Mark Greaney
The Farm
By Joanne Ramos
Walk the Wire
By David Baldacci
How to Be An Antiracist
By Ibram X. Kendi
The Water Dancer
By Ta-Nehisi Coates

New Year, New You: Inspirational Books

You don’t have to wait until January 1st to start working on your resolutions. If your goals focus on elevating your body, mind, and spirit these eBooks. You can download them instantly with Hoopla. Happy New Year!


You Were Born For This
by Chani Nicholas
eBook
Vibrate Higher Delia
by Lalah Deila
eBook
Pleasure Activism
by Various Artist
eBook
Raising Good Humans
by Hunter Clarke-Fields eBook
Detox Your Thoughts
by Andrea Bonior, Ph. D. eBook
Craft A Life You Love
by Amy Tangerine
eBook
Changes That Heal
by Henry Cloud
eBook
Eat Real To Heal
by Nicolette Richer
eBook

Everyday Calming Rituals by Tania Ahsan
eBook
A Happy Pocket Full of Money
by David Cameron Gikandi
eBook
Emergent Strategy
by Adrienne Maree Brown eBook

Be, Awake, Create
by Rebekah Younger
eBook

Most Popular Reads of 2020

2020 was a crazy year full of many ups and downs for many. One of the ups is definitely all of the amazing books that hit Pratt’s shelves this year! Here’s a look at some of the top books for the year. There’s still time to pick up a copy using Sidewalk Service or download to read before the ball drops on the 31st!

The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennet eBook|Audiobook
Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson eBook|Audiobook
A Burning
by Meghanns Majumdat eBook|Audiobook
Pretty Things
by  Janelle Brown eBook|Audiobook
Hidden Valley Road
by Robert Kolker eBook|Audiobook
Oona Out of Order
by Margarite Montimore eBook|Audiobook
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride eBook|Audiobook
Ten Lessons For A Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria eBook|Audiobook
Take A Hint Dani Brown
by Tala Hibbert
eBook
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia eBook|Audiobook
The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Dare eBook|Audiobook
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi eBook|Audiobook