Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Winterspell By Claire Legrand Simon & Shcuster Books for Young Readers, 2014. 464 pgs. Young adult. Claire Legrand has rewritten a...

The Aftermath By Rhidian Brook Vintage, 2014. 352 pgs. Historical fiction. This novel takes place in Hamburg after Work War II. The pl...

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson Ecco Press, 2014. 387 pages. Fiction. How does an illiterate black girl from t...

The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy by Jacopo della Quercia St. Martin's Griffin, 2014. 384 pages. Fiction. Everyone...

Texts From Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters By Mallory Ortberg Henry Holt and Co., 240 pgs. 201...

Compulsion By Martina Boone Simon Pulse, 448 pgs.  2014. Young adult. This young adult novel drew me in based on the description of th...

The Silkworm By Robert Gilbraith Mulholland Books, 464 pgs. 2014. Mystery. Owen Quine is a novelist who goes missing and his wife asks...

They All Fall Down By Roxanne St. Claire Delacorte Press, 352 pgs. 2014. Young adult. First off, let's talk about the cover. The c...

Wedding Cake (Culinary #12) By Josi S. Kilpack Shadow Mountain, 2014. 288 pages. Mystery. In the final book in Kilpack's Culinary ...

Charlie Glass's Slippers By Holly McQueen Atria Paperback, 2014. 451 pages. Fiction. Charlie Glass has always been at everyone...

Lock-In by John Scalzi Tor Books, 2014. 336 pgs. Science Fiction In a not so distant future, a global flu pandemic strikes, killing hu...

Sweetshop of Dreams: A Novel with Recipes by Jenny Colgan Sourcebooks Landmark, 2014. 422 pages. Fiction. When Rosie Hopkins' moth...

The Skeleton in my Closet Wears a Wedding Dress By Sally Johnson Covenant Communications, 2014. 252 pages. Romance. Sophia Davis is be...

Prelude for a Lord By Camille Elliot Zondervan, 2014. 343 pages. Romance. Alethea Sutherton has a secret: she is an extremely talented...

Food: A Love Story  By Jim Gaffigan Crown Archetype, 2014. 352 pgs. Nonfiction Gaffigan openly admits he has no qualifications to writ...

From Scratch: Inside the Food Network By Allen Salkin Putnam Adult, 2013. 434 pages. Nonfiction In the 90's people were scrambling...

Love Without End By Robin Lee Hatcher Thomas Nelson, 2014. 306 pages. Romance. When Kimberly's husband died unexpectedly, she disc...

Dorothy Must Die By Danielle Paige HarperCollins, 2014. 464 pgs. Young adult. Dorothy has become an evil tyrant after she returns to O...

Atlantia By Ally Condie Dutton Juvenile, 320 pgs. 2014. Young adult. Atlantia is a city deep below the ocean. The glass domes protect ...

On Borrowed Time (Library Lover's Mysteries #5) By Jenn McKinlay Berkley Prime Crime, 2014. 294 pages. Mystery. Library director ...

Vintage By Susan Gloss William Morrow, 2014. 310 pages. Fiction. Violet, a small town girl, divorced her alcoholic husband to move to ...

Mennonite Meets Mister Right By Rhoda Janzen Grand Central Publishing, 2013. 263 pages. Nonfiction. In her first memoir ( Mennonite in...

Zac and Mia By A.J. Betts HMH Books for Young Readers, 2014. 304 pgs. Young adult. Zac is a 17 year old cancer patient recovering from...

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette By Hampton Sides Doubleday, 2014. 480 pgs. Nonfiction. ...

In Real Life By Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang First Second, 2014. 192 pgs. Graphic novel In Real Life is a graphic novel written by Cory...

Silverblind (Ironskin #3) By Tina Connolly Tor, 2014. 240 pages. Science fiction. Set 10 years after Copperhead , Silverblind follows...

Dollbaby By Laura Lane McNeal Viking, 2014. 337 pages. Fiction. When 12-year-old Liberty (Ibby) Bell's mother leaves her with the ...

Skink -- No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen Knopf, 2014.  281 pgs. Young Adult Richard has a serious problem. His wild cousin Malley has run...

The Family Romanov:  Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia By Candace Fleming Schwarz and Wade, 2014.  292 pgs.  Biography ...

Yes, Please By Amy Poehler Dey Street Books, 325 pgs. 2014. Biography. Amy Poehler is hilarious. At least I think so. The audio book i...