Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Books read and reviewed by librarians at the Provo City Library

Friday, March 30, 2012

Persuasion: A Latter-day Tale

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Persuasion: A Latter-day Tale By Rebecca H. Jamison Bonneville Books, 2012. 233 pgs. Romance Eight years ago, Anne told Neil Wentworth s...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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The Hound of the Baskervilles By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Aladdin Classics, 2000. 246 pgs. Mystery Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on t...
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Mrs. Dalloway

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Mrs. Dalloway By Virginia Woolf Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1925 (1990).212 pgs . Fiction The thought of an entire book devoted to only...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

The End of Normal

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The End of Normal: a Wife’s Anguish, a Widow’s New Life By Stephanie Madoff Mack Blue Rider Press, 2011. 253 pgs. Biography. Stephanie a...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Lost Stories

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The Lost Stories By John Flanagan Philomel Books, 2011. 422 pgs. Young Adult In 1896, an archaeology student in the Republic of the Aral...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Style Me Vintage

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Style Me Vintage: Hair By Belinda Hay Pavilion Books, 2010. 112 pgs. Nonfiction. A step-by-step guide to 1920s-1960s hairstyles includin...

London Under

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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets By Peter Ackroyd Doubleday, 2011. 228 pgs. Nonfiction. From sewers to sacred spring...
Monday, March 26, 2012

A Thousand Lives

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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown by Julia Scheeres Free Press, 2011. 307 pgs. Nonfiction ...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Hand that First Held Mine

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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...

The Traitor in the Tunnel

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The Traitor in the Tunnel By Y.S. Lee Candlewick Press, 2012. 373 pgs. Young Adult Mary Quinn is on assignment as a private detective fo...
Monday, March 19, 2012

I've Got Your Number

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I’ve Got Your Number By Sophie Kinsella Dial Press, 2012. 433 pgs. Fiction Life is just about perfect for Poppy Wyatt. She’s engaged to ...

If I Should Die

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If I Should Die by Jennie Hansen Covenant Communications, 2011. 235 pgs. Mystery One morning, Kallene’s running partner Linda confides i...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Against the Odds

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Against the Odds: The Life of George Albert Smith By Mary Jane Woodger Covenant Communications, 2011. 244 pgs. Nonfiction Woodger detail...

Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way

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Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way By Molly Birnbaum HarperCollins, 2011. 304 pgs. Biography. This was a fas...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

You Against Me

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You Against Me By Jenny Downham David Fickling Books, 2011. 412 pgs. Young Adult When Karyn McKenzie says that Tom Parker sexually assau...

Out of Sight, Out of Time

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Out of Sight, Out of Time By Ally Carter Disney-Hyperion Books, 2012. 294 pgs. Young Adult In June, Cammie Morgan left the Gallagher Aca...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Fear Index

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The Fear Index By Robert Harris Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 285 pgs. Fiction In “The Fear Index” by Robert Harris, Dr. Alex Hoffman is a reno...

Quiet

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking By Susan Cain Crown, 2012. 333 pgs. Nonfiction Success in American soc...

The Dressmaker

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The Dressmaker By Kate Alcott Doubleday, 2012. 306 pgs. Fiction With dreams of a future filled with success and happiness, Tess runs away...
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Bond Girl

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Bond Girl By Erin Duffy William Morrow, 2012. 293 pgs. Fiction Alex Garrett has landed her dream job on Wall Street. With a college degre...

Elizabeth and Hazel

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Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick Yale University Press, 2011. 310 pgs. Nonfiction In September, 1957 cou...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Delivering Hope

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Delivering Hope By Jennifer Ann Holt Bonneville Books, 2012. 200 pgs. Fiction Olivia Spencer wants nothing more than to be a mother, but...

Fever

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Fever By Lauren DeStefano Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2012. 341 pgs. Young Adult The second book in The Chemical Garden series has us fo...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Fracture

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Fracture By Megan Miranda Walker & Co., 2012. 264 pgs. Young Adult After Delaney falls through the ice into a cold Maine lake, it ta...

Words Spoken True

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Words Spoken True By Ann H. Gabhart Revell, 2012. 356 pgs. Romance In 1855 Louisville, all Adriane Darcy cares about is helping her fath...

Girl in Translation

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Girl in Translation By Jean Kwok Riverhead Books, 2010. 290 pgs. Fiction Kimberly Chang and her mother have come from Hong Kong to Ameri...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Innocent

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The Innocent By Taylor Stevens Crown, 2011. 331 pgs. Fiction. The Innocent is book two in an adventure/thriller series starring emotiona...

Delivering Happiness

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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose By Tony Hsieh Business Plus, 2010. 253 pgs. Nonfiction Tony Hsieh is a tru...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Planesrunner

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Planesrunner by Ian McDonald Prometheus Books, 2011. 263 pgs. Young Adult. Everett Singh sees his scientist father kidnapped, but when h...

Always the Wedding Planner Never the Bride

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Always the Wedding Planner Never the Bride By Sandra D. Bricker Abingdon Press, 2011. 313 pgs. Fiction Sherilyn has recently become enga...
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