Staff Summer Reading Suggestions 3
What are staff members' reading this summer? This is our third blog post of staff members summer reading.
Despina from Victoria Village Branch
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The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
I wanted to read this book after watching the charming movie with so many high quality actors, a light dreamy classic novel about being in Italy one April and having your life change for the better because of it. I could almost hear relaxation music in the background reading it.
Kicking the Sky by Anthony De Sa
• eBook
A page turner, a Toronto novel set in Little Portugal during the time of the killing of the shoeshine boy Emmanuel Jacques.
Laughing all the Way to the Mosque by Zarqua Nawaz
• eBook
A humorous account of Muslim life in Canada.
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Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
A surprisingly good novel about Stalinist Russia and the ballet.
The Sisters Weiss by Naomi Ragen
• Large Print
An inside, intriguing look at Hasidic Judaism in New York. A page turner.
The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop
An interesting read about the conflict in Cyprus, a topic not explored very much in novels.
Hellen from Answerline
Kasztner's Train: the True Story of Rezső Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust by Anna Porter
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant. Incredible detail. The research: daunting. The story: mesmerizing. The subject: horrific.
I am so glad I finally decided to read it and to take my time. And the first time that the footnotes were as interesting as the book.
Jim from Don Mills
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
• eBook
An unusual coming of age story narrated by a young girl whose father takes her on a trip to a remote place in Central Europe and soon after tells her the world has been annihilated and that they are the only two people left alive. Might remind people of Room by Emma Donoghue.
Karolina in Communications, Programming and Customer Engagement
The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Did you hear? Gossip was always the most rampant in the spring. At least it was in Nantucket, where the lives of the residents were intertwined in more ways than one would imagine. This is a perfect “can’t put it down” summer beach read filled with hidden secrets, town gossip, juicy scandals, lustful affairs, fairytale romance, writer’s block, illegal activities, financial woes and so much more.
M at North York Central Library
Let Me Explain You by Annie Liontas
• eBook
The Greek patriarch of a New Jersey family receives an omen of his impending death and decides to spend his last days "fixing" the "problems" in his family.
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