Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Books read and reviewed by librarians at the Provo City Library

Friday, February 29, 2008

Wicked Lovely

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WICKED LOVELY : Melissa Marr: HarperTeen: 2007: Young Adult: 328 pages Aislinn has always been able to see faeries. It is something she inhe...
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Remember Me?

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REMEMBER ME? : Sophia Kinsella: Dial Press: 2008: Fiction: 389 pages What if you woke up and couldn’t remember the last three years of your ...

The Little Lady Agency and the Prince

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THE LITTLE LADY AGENCY AND THE PRINCE : Hester Browne: Pocket Books: 2008: Fiction: 391 pages This is the third book in the Little Lady Agen...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Territory

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TERRITORY ; Emma Bull; New York: Tor, 2007, 318 pgs. Science Fiction/Fantasy Emma Bull is well-known for her modern urban fantasies, but in ...

Robot Dreams

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ROBOT DREAMS : Sara Varon: First Second: Graphic Novel: 205 pages In a graphic novel with no dialogue, a dog and a robot become friends, but...

Archangel

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ARCHANGEL : Sharon Shinn: Ace Books: Fantasy: 390 pages Gabriel is set to become the next archangel, but he must find Rachel, the woman an o...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Catering to Nobody

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CATERING TO NOBODY : Diane Mott Davidson: Bantam Books: Mystery: 301 pages Get ready for a smorgasbord of delicious suspense prepared by Gol...

Size 12 is NOT Fat

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SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT: Meg Cabot: Avon Books, c2006: Mystery, 345p. Right down the chicklit alley. Heather Wells is a mid-twenties, ex-pop p...

Pillars of the Earth

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PILLARS OF THE EARTH: Ken Follet: Penguin Audio, p2007: Books on CD-Fiction: 32 discs/41 hrs. An extremely compelling saga of the struggle ...
Friday, February 22, 2008

The Indian Bride

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THE INDIAN BRIDE ; Karin Fossum; New York: Harcourt, 2007; 297pgs. Fiction Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer books are beguiling, atm...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The Year of the Goat

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THE YEAR OF THE GOAT: 40,000 MILES AND THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT CHEESE : Margaret Hathaway: Lyons Press: Nonfiction: 204 pages Hathaw...
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When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin

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WHEN YOU NEED A LIFT: BUT DON'T WANT TO EAT CHOCOLATE, PAY A SHRINK, OR DRINK A BOTTLE OF GIN: Joy Behar and friends: Crown Publishers:...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Just Jane: A Novel of Jane Austen’s Life

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JUST JANE: A NOVEL OF JANE AUSTEN'S LIFE : Nancy Moser: Bethany House: Historical Fiction: 367 pgs. This book follows the story of Jane ...

Highland Fling

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HIGHLAND FLING : Katie Fforde: St. Martin ’s Press: Fiction: 326 pages When Jenny visits Scotland as the virtual assistant of a man she...
Friday, February 15, 2008

Right Behind You

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RIGHT BEHIND YOU : Gail Giles: Little, Brown Young Readers: 2007: Young Adult: 304 pgs. A great novel about consequences, acceptance, and re...

The War Against Miss Winter

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THE WAR AGAINST MISS WINTER : Kathryn Miller Haines: Harper: Mystery: 317 pgs. It’s 1943, and Rosie Winter is a struggling actress in New Yo...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Mormon in the White House?

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A MORMON IN THE WHITE HOUSE?: 10 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY: Hugh Hewitt: Regnery Pub., c2007: Biography: 311p. Well, ho...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Cry of the Icemark

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THE CRY OF THE ICEMARK : Stuart Hill: Scholastic: Fantasy: 472 pgs. The young princess of a legendary nation befriends a mysterious boy with...

American Born Chinese

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AMERICAN BORN CHINESE: Gene Luen Yang: First Second, 2006: Young Adult Comics: 233 p. A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually w...

Death of a Poison Pen

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DEATH OF A POISON PEN : M.C. Beaton: Mysterious Press: Mystery: 244 pages Jenny Ogilvie has traveled to northern Scotland and is attem...

Bread Alone

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BREAD ALONE : Judith Ryan Hendricks: William Morrow: Fiction: 358 pages Going through an unexpected divorce, sheltered trophy wife Wynte...

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

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SUN AND MOON, ICE AND SNOW : Jessica Day George: Bloomsbury : Young Adult: 328 pages To help an enchanted bear and ensure her family’s g...
Friday, February 8, 2008

A Pale Horse

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A PALE HORSE ; Charles Todd; New York: Morrow, 2008. Mystery Inspector Ian Rutledge, the haunted and war-weary veteran of World War I, is ba...
Thursday, February 7, 2008

Just Beyond the Clouds

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JUST BEYOND THE CLOUDS : Karen Kingsbury: Center Street: Romance: 352 pages Just Beyond the Clouds is the sequel to A Thousand Tomorrows an...

Dating Dead Men

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DATING DEAD MEN : Harley Jane Kozak: Doubleday: Mystery: 326 pages Wollie Shelley has a lot going on. Her greeting card store is being inspe...
Monday, February 4, 2008

Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

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SERVICE INCLUDED: FOUR-STAR SECRETS OF AN EAVESDROPPING WAITER : Phoebe Damrosch: William Morrow Publishing: Biography: 240 pgs. If you enjo...
Friday, February 1, 2008

The Other Boleyn Girl

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THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL : Philippa Gregory: Scribner: 2003: Fiction: 664 pages The story of Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary, the other Boleyn ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Songs Without Words

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SONGS WITHOUT WORDS : Ann Packer: Knopf: 2007: Fiction: 321 pages Ann Packer’s newest novel takes a deep look into the souls of women and th...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The Luxe

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THE LUXE : Anna Godbersen: HarperCollins: Young Adult: 433 pages Two young women are in love with Henry Schoonmaker and neither of them...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

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A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER :Ishmael Beah: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2007: 226 pages: Nonfiction Ishmael Beah currently works...
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