Provo City Library Staff Reviews

The Ruins By Scott Smith Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, 319 pgs. Horror From the author of A Simple Plan (both books have been made into movie...

The Mental Floss History of the World By Eric Sass New York: Collins Publishing, 2008, 416 pgs, Nonfiction The authors of this entert...

The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell Houghton Mifflin, 2010, 341 pgs, Fiction A lyrical novel about the lives of two wo...

We3: the deluxe edition By Grant Morrison Vertigo Publishing, 2011, 144 pgs, Graphic Novel In an updated and graphic version of previous...

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer By Novella Carpenter Penguin Publishing, 2010, 288 pgs, Nonfiction An entertaining tale of o...

Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story of the Most Audacious Heist in History Ben Mezrich New York : Doubleday, 2011. 308 pgs, Nonfiction Th...

Inés of My Soul By Isabel Allende HarperCollins, 2006, 321 pages, Historical Fiction This is the story of Doña Inés Suárez, the foundin...

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman Anchor, 2007, 352 pages, Fiction This story gives a realistic view of the immens...

The Word Snoop By Ursula Dubosarsky Dial Books, 2009, 246 pgs, Young Adult Nonfiction This book could have been a dry boring look at th...

Raising an American Girl by Therese Maring Pleasant Company Publications. 2010. 173 pgs. Nonfiction If you are looking for practical adv...

Sh*t My Dad Says By Justin Halpern It Books, 2010. 176 pages. Nonfiction Halpern began collecting and posting the crusty quotes from his...

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card St. Martin's Press, 1985. 349 pgs. Sci-Fi Ender's Game is the story of Ender Wiggin, born t...

Dress Rehearsal By Jennifer O'Connell Signet, 2007. 304 p. Fiction Lauren Gallagher, the owner of an upscale cake boutique has a the...

Mistakes were made (but not by me): Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts. by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson H...

Brokeback Mountain By Annie Proulx Scribner, 1997, 55 pgs. Fiction A compelling tale (more a short story than novel) of unconventional l...

The undomestic goddess By Sophie Kinsella Dial Press, 2005, 374 pgs Fiction High powered lawyer Samatha Sweeting has no time in her life...

Paper towns By John Green Dutton Books, 2008, 305 pgs. Young Adult This is the story of Quentin, a 17yr old coasting towards graduation....

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle Penguin, 1993, 288 pgs, General Fiction What begins as a rough and tumble look at a group of boy's ...

CHAINS : Laurie Halse Anderson: Simon and Schuster: Young Adult: 320 pgs. Set during the American Revolution, this is the story of two siste...

THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM OF LOVE : Josephine Carr: New American Library: Romance: 272 pgs. An uptight, celibate, cat lover librarian goes th...