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City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
November 4, 2021
City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial Library
Joins Largest Global Digital Book Club in
Offering New York Times Bestseller
Page-turning thriller “Five Total Strangers” e-book and audiobook
now available for reading and discussion with global audience
The City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial Library is participating
in the Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club
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from November 1 – 15 This month’s selection is the New
York Times bestselling young adult suspense thriller Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richard.
Unger Memorial Library card holders who have registered for OverDrive can borrow the e-book
and audiobook for free without waiting by downloading the Libby app, via the City’s website
www.plainviewtw.org/library or by visiting the West Texas Digital Library at
https://westtexas.overdrive.com/. Readers can then discuss online at
https://biglibraryread.com/join-the-discussion/.
Big Library Read is available in over 21,000 libraries and thousands of schools around the world,
including approximately 90 percent of public libraries in North America. During past programs,
readers have participated in engaging online discussions about the title. The program is
facilitated by OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform for popular e-books, audiobooks and
magazines.
“We’re excited to be able to offer this service to our patrons, and hope they will be part of the
reading and discussion,” said Cynthia Peterson, Chief Librarian. “OverDrive is an important
partner in bringing e-books and streaming audio books to our community and we want to
encourage all of you to enjoy this experience. We also found out that you will also have a chance
to win a tablet, Libby swag and signed books by the author if you use #biglibraryread on social
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media between November 1 -15.”
In Five Total Strangers, Mira needs to get home for the holidays. Badly. But when an incoming
blizzard results in a canceled connecting flight, it looks like she might get stuck at the airport
indefinitely. And then Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, offers her a ride.
Harper and her three friends can drop Mira off on their way home. But as they set off, Mira
realizes her fellow travelers are all total strangers. And every one of them is hiding something.
Soon, roads go from slippery to terrifying. People's belongings are mysteriously disappearing.
Someone in the car is clearly lying, and may even be sabotaging the trip—but why? And can Mira
make it home alive, or will this nightmare drive turn fatal?
Big Library Read is an international reading program that connects millions of readers around the
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world with an e-book through public libraries. Five Total Strangers is the 26 selection of this
program which began in 2013 and takes place three times per year. Readers can join an online
discussion about the book at https://biglibraryread.com/join-the-discussion/.
Five Total Strangers was published as an e-book by Sourcebooks and as an audiobook by
Dreamscape. The title can be read on all major computers and devices through Libby or
libbyapp.com, including iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets and Chromebook™
without waitlists or holds. Through Libby, readers can also “send to Kindle®” \[U.S. libraries only\].
The title will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, and there are no late fees.
To join the discussion, learn about past Big Library Read titles and download Libby, visit
biglibraryread.com. For more, contact Unger Memorial Library at 806.296.1148.
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