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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The secret, book & scone society
Adams, Ellery
Paper Book
Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND TIK TOK SENSATION A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts. 'This is a warm hug of a book' - T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of Nettle & Bone
The galaxy, and the ground within
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES. Winner of The Kitschie Red Tentacle for Best Novel. The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved...
What moves the dead
Kingfisher, T. 
Paper Book
The Fall of the House of Usher meets Mexican Gothic in this new horror novella by awarding-winning author, T. Kingfisher. An instant USA Today & Indie bestseller From...
The Sun Down Motel
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
Something hasn't been right at the Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why . . . 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. But...
The Thursday murder club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. ---------- 'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes 'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin 'Thrilling,...
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Gay, Roxane
Paper Book
'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or...

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

One last stop
McQuiston, Casey 
Paper Book
*Instant New York Times Bestseller* *Instant USA Today Bestseller* *Instant #1 Indie Bestseller* From Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes One Last Stop, a big-hearted romantic comedy...
Really good, actually a novel
Heisey, Monica 
Paper Book
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Times Popular Fiction Book of the Year 'A heartbreaker of a book' THE TIMES 'Alarmingly relatable' MARIAN KEYES 'Hilarious and profound' DOLLY ALDERTON The hottest debut novel of 2023 from Schitt's Creek and...
The flatshare
O'Leary, Beth 
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER | NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily Henry 'Beth O'Leary crafts novels with such wit,...
Held: A Novel
Michaels, Anne
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 **The international bestseller** **A Guardian Book of the Year** **Chosen as a book of the year by the independent.co.uk** 'Her prose is a...

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

Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann
Paper Book

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

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah...

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
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian 'Ingenious, hopefuly and totally absorbing' Financial Times 'Buoyant with humanity' Daily Mail When everything...

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

Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Audiobook
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes--one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the...
Wandering Stars : A Novel
Orange, Tommy.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK 2024 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that...

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


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