All Points West Jan-March 2024

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarians Caitlin Ottenbreit, Brooklyn Kemp, and Rebecca Baugniet (and Jason D'Souza!) on CBC Radio's All Points West.

January: Cozy Reads; February: RomComs; March: Celebrity Recommendations

Updated April 4, 2024
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Garden of lost socks
Edugyan, Esi 
Paper Book
Two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Esi Edugyan debuts her picture book, lovingly illustrated by Amélie Dubois, a whimsical story about friendship, curiosity and the magic of a vibrant community  Akosua was always told she was too nosy. Her parents loved her very much, but...
The secret, book & scone society
Adams, Ellery
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorStrangers flock to Miracle Springs, North Carolina, hoping the renowned spa can cure their ills. If not, some find their way to Miracle Books, where, over a fresh-baked "comfort" scone, owner Nora Pennington prescribes the perfect novel to ease their deepest pain...
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
The galaxy, and the ground within
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
National Bestseller! Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos--one often mentioned, but not yet explored--in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative...
What moves the dead
Kingfisher, T. 
Paper Book
An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee A gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" from Hugo, Locus, &...
The Sun Down Motel
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isn't right at the motel, something haunting and scary.Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go...
The Thursday murder club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop...
Ways to say I love you
Singer, Marilyn
Paper Book
Princess Princess ever after
O'Neill, Katie (Cartoonist)
Paper Book
When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. They'll need to join forces and use all...
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Gay, Roxane
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Lambda Literary Award winner From Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist, a memoir in weight about eating healthier, finding a tolerable form of exercise, and exploring what...

Brooklyn's recommendation; This book is also recommended by British activist and actor Jameela Jamil

Meet cute diary
Lee, Emery 
Paper Book
Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transgender teen's first love challenges his ideas about perfect relationships. * A 2022 ALA Rainbow Booklist Selection * A Junior Library Guild Selection * Noah Ramirez thinks...
One last stop
McQuiston, Casey 
Paper Book
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks... ...
Get a life, Chloe Brown a novel
Hibbert, Talia 
Paper Book
Really good, actually a novel
Heisey, Monica 
Paper Book
"Hilarious, heart-warming, wise." -- Paula Hawkins A hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman's messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica Heisey Maggie is fine. She's...
Wired for love a neuroscientist's journey through romance, loss, and the essence of the human connection
Cacioppo, Stephanie, 1974- author. 
Paper Book
From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content...
The flatshare
O'Leary, Beth 
Paper Book
What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways. Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. ...
Held: A Novel
Michaels, Anne
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE * Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize * A Heather's Pick * One of the Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2023 * Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews * One of CBC's Best Books of 2024 A breathtaking...

Rebecca's recommendation; This book is also recommended by Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley

Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann
Paper Book
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book's debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse's time, synthesizing disparate...

Brooklyn's recommendation; This book is also recommended by Canadian athlete Clara Hughes

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A delight for readers of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, this blockbuster debut set in 1960s California features the singular voice of Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of...

Brooklyn and Jason's recommendation! This book is also recommended by actor and foodie, Stanley Tucci

Cloud cuckoo land a novel
Doerr, Anthony, 1973- author. 
Paper Book
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more "If you're looking for...

Jason's recommendation; This book is also recommended by former President of the United States Barack Obama

Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
In the small town of Shady Palms, Illinois, Lila Macapagal and her relatives run Tita Rosie's Kitchen, serve delicious Flipino dishes, and solve crimes on the side.
Wandering Stars : A Novel
Orange, Tommy.
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize * Longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal in Excellence for Fiction * A New York Times Editors' Choice * An NPR Book of the Day * Named a Best Book of 2024 (So Far) by the New York Times, Esquire, Vulture<...

Rachel's recommendation; This book is also recommended by writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay


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