Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge: The Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine By J. Marin Younker Zest Books, 2016. 110 pgs. Young A...

The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger Simon & Schuster, 2016. 341 pages. Fiction. Charlie is a consistent tennis star until she su...

Bless Me, Ultima By Rudolfo A. Anaya Warner Books, (1973) 1994. 250 pages. Fiction. This widely acclaimed and award winning novel for ...

Victoria By Daisy Goodwin St. Martin's Press, 2016. 404 pages. Historical Fiction This novel is based on Queen Victoria's firs...

Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Crown Publishers, 2016. 342 pgs. Sci-fi Jason Dessen is happy with his life. He has a secure job teaching ...

Diary of a Tokyo Teen By Christine Mari Inzer Tuttle Publishing, 2016. 127 pgs. Graphic Novel When just fifteen, Christine travels to ...

The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jeffries Crown, 2016. 432 pgs. Fiction. Gwendolyn Hooper, a naïve, young Englishwoman, follows her...

The Bookshop on the Corner By Jenny Colgan Harper Collins, 2016. 368 pgs. Fiction Nina Redmond loves finding the perfect book for a re...

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills Henry Holt and Co, 2016, 308 pages, Young Adult Fiction Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a...

Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King Dutton, 2016, 295 pages, Young Adult Fiction Sixteen-year-old Sarah thinks she's having an ex...

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead Razorbill, 2016. 400 pages. Young Adult Regency romance meets wild frontier life in this mashup ...

GURPS for Dummies by Adam Griffith For Dummies, 2006. 410 pages. Nonfiction. If you are new to role playing games or if you are curious t...

All Is Not Forgotten By Wendy Walker St. Martin's Press, 2016. 310 pgs. Fiction. The attack and rape of young Jenny Kramer tears a...

A Matter of Magic  by Patricia C. Wrede New York: Orb, 2010. 448 pgs, YA Fiction This book is a combination of two stories, set in Reg...

A Spy’s Devotion by Melanie Dickerson Waterfall press, 2016. 314 pgs, Fiction Nicholas Langdon came home from war injured in hopes of ...

King of Thorns By Mark Lawrence Ace Books, 2012. 449 pages. Fantasy Revenge is sweet. Jorg has not only killed his uncle for the c...

The Rent Collector By Camron Wright Shadow Mountain, 2012. 271 pgs. Fiction Sang Ly lives with her husband and young son inside Cambod...

Prince of Thorns By Mark Lawrence Ace Books, 2011. 324 pages. Fantasy At the age of nine, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath was thrown ...

One Week in the Library by W. Maxwell Prince Image Comics, 2016. 96 pages. Graphic Novels Told from the perspective of a solitary ...

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. 391 pages. Young Adult Told through alternating chapters, this is th...

A Monster Calls By Patrick Ness Walker Books, 2011. 216 pgs. Young Adult Conor. Someone is calling his name. He was having a nightmar...

When in French: Love in a Second Language Lauren Collins Penguin Press, 2016. 256 pgs. Nonfiction. Lauren Collins and Olivier, her eve...

Sunshine  By Robin McKinley Jove, 2003. 405 pgs. Paranormal Sunshine only wanted some peace and quiet, some time away from her life as...

The Dollhouse By Fiona Davis Dutton, 2016.  289 pgs.  Historical Fiction Rose Lewin, a journalist whose professional and personal liv...

Barksins By Annie Proulx Scribner, 2016.  717 pgs. Historical Fiction Barksins is the very definition of an epic novel.  It picks up ...

Dashing Through the Snow By Debbie Macomber Ballantine Books, 2015. 244 pgs. Romance Ashley Davison is a California graduate student t...

Redshirts By John Scalzi Tor, 2012. 317 pgs. Sci-Fi When Ensign Andrew Dahl gets assigned to the Intrepid starship, he notices that lo...

Vote Loki By Christopher Hastings Marvel, 2016, 120 Pages, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction Tired of not being stressed abou...

The Earl’s Betrothal: A Regency Romance by Karen Tuft  Covenant Communications, 2016. 264 pgs, Romance  Captain Lord Anthony Hargraves r...

Curious Minds: A Knight and Moon novel by Janet Evanovitch Bantam Books, 2016. 323 pgs. Mystery Riley Moon is a junior analyst at a huge...