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
Ebook
First in the mystery series from the New York Times-bestselling author: "Anyone who loves novels that revolve around books will savor this tasty treat."--Library Journal (starred review)   A quirky club in small-town North...
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...
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...
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
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Every sentence of Monica Heisey's writing is a treat. No one makes me laugh like she does." --Dolly Alderton, New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love Recommended by Los Angeles Times * Washington Post * GQ * Elle * Good Morning America...
The flatshare
O'Leary, Beth 
Audiobook
Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann
Paper Book
One America's Favorite Books, PBS's The Great American Read Nobel Prize-winning author- This classic of 20th-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha-a tale that has inspired generations of readers

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

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a ...

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
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR * The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York...

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


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