2024 February Staff Picks

Check out what we've been reading/watching and loving!

Updated February 1, 2024
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Hench : a novel
Walschots, Natalie Zina
Ebook
"This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." -- Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and...

Ashlee says: When the ends don't justify the means in the battle of good versus evil, you find yourself rooting for the villainous henchwoman bent on bringing down the superheroes!

The invisible hour : a novel
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the enduring magic of books. Sixteen-year-old Ivy is pregnant and alone. Cast out by her family, she runs...

Bonnie says: I don't normally read books in this genre, but I really enjoyed this magical page turner!

One summer America, 1927
Bryson, Bill.
Paper Book
Bill Bryson travels back in time to summer 1927 in America, the year America stepped out onto the wold stage, and tells a gripping narrative featuring a handful of larger-than-life characters, including Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Herbert Hoover, Babe Ruth, Ernest Hemingway and Henry Ford.

Stephanie says: So much to learn! This book takes you through not just a single summer in world history, but also sets the stage for more well-known later events, such as the Great Depression.

The reformatory : a novel
Due, Tananarive
Paper Book
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephen Jones as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Jill says: The Reformatory is a page turning historical fiction and ghost story blend set in Jim Crow Florida. The characters are richly developed and the story covers themes of racism and family bonds. I found the personal inspiration the author drew on to create the characters and write the story fascinating.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Zevin, Gabrielle
Paper Book
THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'I loved this book' Jojo Moyes This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one winter morning he is catapulted back to...
Meg says: It was special to me because the characters felt so true to life and I related to the ways they loved one another.
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Grann, David
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER  *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BALLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* *SELECTED AS ONE OF  BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023* 'The beauty of The...

Renee says: Surprising, suspenseful, and riveting. This book is for anyone who likes a spell-binding, and dramatic true story! The author also has other amazing titles, such as Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z. I highly recommend this book and their other works!


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