More Spring Reading Choices from TPL Staff
These are the books that library staff members are anxious to read this spring:
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
• eBook
DK says: I love stories about reincarnation. I don't necessarily believe in it, but it makes for great storytelling. This seems to be a mix of The Time Traveller's Wife and Groundhog Day.
Erin is also waiting for this one.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Melanie lives in a cell and although Dr. Caldwell calls her a genius, people seem frightened of her. What is going on here?
Erin wants to find out "what Melanie is".
I was There the Night He Died by Ray Robertson
Sam, a 40-something writer returns to his small hometown and starts an unlikely friendship with 18-year-old Samantha.
JB is drawn to the guitar history and music trivia in the book.
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
• eBook
A father and son journey into the British Columbia mountains so that the dying father can be buried in the traditional Ojibway manner.
TP thinks it will be an awesome, heartbreaking book.
The Librarian in D Major is also waiting for this one.
My Real Children by Jo Walton
A aged woman in a nursing home recalls two entirely different stories of her life. Which one is her real life?
The Librarian in D Major loves the idea of switching between time and reality; MCE just loves Jo Walton and will read anything she writes.
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The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.
Erin is looking forward to this book that has a "similar feel to Game of Thrones".
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler
• Audiobook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The story of four friends from a small Wisconsin town, their lives, careers and relationships.
JB is drawn to this "literary, midwesterny" story.
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
This novel based on the real life of scientist, inventor and spy Lev Termen appeals to both JB and The Librarian in D Major who says she's a big fan of the theremin, one of Termen's inventions.
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters
The final volume of The Last Policeman trilogy is set just prior to the destruction of Earth by a huge asteroid.
MCE is a big fan of the series and thinks everyone should read it. (The book is currently listed in the catalogue as Untitled Last Policeman 3.)
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