“First Lie Wins”
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Fiction: “First Lie Wins” by Ashley Elston
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes, especially after what happened last time. Because the one thing she’s worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to– her real identity– just walked right into this town. Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there’s still a future in front of her.
“Going Infinite”
Nonfiction: “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” by Michael Lewis
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In “Going Infinite,” Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice
“Check & Mate”
system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, “Going Infinite” is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own– until it all came undone.
Youth: “Check and Mate” by Ali Hazelwood
After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf’s focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren’t only on the board. The spotlight is hotter, and the competition can be fierce– and fiercely attractive. – adapted from back cover
