2024 April Staff Picks

Check out what we've been reading/watching and loving! We think you'll enjoy them, too.

Updated March 26, 2024
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At home : a short history of private life
Bryson, Bill.
Paper Book
From one of the most beloved authors of our  time--more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone--a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. "Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up."  ...

Stephanie says: Bryson really has a real facility to bring up, perhaps uninteresting, prosaic things and explaining how extraordinary something like a shaker of salt really is. It's a delight to read and I learned a lot!

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Emily Wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries
Fawcett, Heather
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north in this "incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark magic" (NPR), the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series. "A darkly gorgeous...

Heather says: This was a really whimsical fantasy very different from other fantasy books I've read in the past. I always love stories that show the darker side of fairies from traditional folklore.

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The frozen river : a novel
Lawhon, Ariel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GMA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha...

Maria says: I gave this one five stars! An amazing story about women empowerment in historical times.

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A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

Bonnie says: A funny movie about students from a prep school who are accused of being entitled. Nominated for 5 Oscars!

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The reformatory : a novel
Due, Tananarive
Paper Book
*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * "You're in for a treat...one of those books you can't put down...Due hit it out of the park." --Stephen King ...

Christine says: It was compelling and moving and frightening and honest!

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Three-inch teeth
Box, C. J.
Paper Book
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts--one animal, one human--in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's...

Walt says: It was a bit much, which is good for me!

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What the river knows : a novel
Ibañez, Isabel, (Novelist)
Paper Book
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera...

Jessica says: Magic, mystery, mummies - what more could a reader ask for? I devoured this story in a single day!

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A wolf called Romeo
Jans, Nick
Paper Book
Having lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years, Nick Jans was no stranger to wildlife. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species — up close as never before.

Stephanie says: It's really heart warming to read how a single friendly black wolf caused the vast majority of the city to come together in their affection for this amazing creature. I learned a great deal about him, the city and about wolves in general.

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