Provo City Library Staff Reviews

I Owe You One By Sophie Kinsella Dial Press, 2019. 488 pages. Fiction Fixie Farr spends most of her time working in her family's house...

Draw and Be Happy: Art Exercises to Bring You Joy by Tim A Shaw Chronicle Books, 2018. 160 pages. Nonfiction Based on techniques used ...

The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy First Second, 2018. 256 pag...

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo HarperTeen, 2018. 357 pages. Young Adult Despite feeling unheard and dismissed, Xiomara has plenty to ...

Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Books, 2018. 48 pages. Fiction In this short but incredibly moving book, a father addresses hi...

The Soul of an Octopus: A Joyful Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery Atria Books, 2015. 261 pages. Young Adult N...

Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World By Winifred Conkling Algonquin Young Readers...

Takane & Hana Vol. 1  By Yuki Shiwasu  VIZ Media LLC, 2018, 200 pgs, Young Adult Graphic Novel When Hana’s older sister refuses to...

The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story By Marie Kondo, Illustrated by Yuko Uramoto  Ten Speed Press, 2017. 192 pgs. Graphi...

Pachinko By Min Jin Lee Grand Central Publishing, 2017. 496 pgs. Fiction Sunja's life is forever altered after a fling with a char...

Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno Disney-Hyperion, 2019. 336 pgs. Young Adult. Rosa Santos has always known about her family’s cur...

The Art of the Fold by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol Laurence King Publishing, 2018. 192 pgs. Nonfiction This book is all about how foldi...

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh Doubleday, 2018. 269 pages, Fiction On an island isolated from the rest of the world, a father, mo...

The Night Tiger  by Yangsze Choo Flatiron Books, 2019. 372 pages, Fiction Have you ever been given a gift that you just didn’t want? H...

Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton Random House, 2011. 291 pages. Nonfiction Gabrielle Hamilton did not have the standard ...

The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston Hyperion, 2018, 327 pages, Young Adult Fiction Owen Foster is pulled from his elite New Orleans board...

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein Balzer + Bray, 2019, 388 pages, Young Adul...

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara Hanover Square Press, 2019...

Girl Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan For Embracing and Achieving Your Goals By Rachel Hollis HarperCollins Leadership, 2019. 216 pgs...

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward By Gemma Hartley HarperOne, 2018. 264 pages. Nonfiction Journalist Gemma Hartley ...

Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets by Tyler Nordgren Basic Books, 2016. 239 pgs...

Siren’s Fury  by Mary Weber Thomas Nelson, 2015, 355 pgs. Young Adult Fiction. In the second book of the Storm Siren trilogy, Nym has ...

The Science of Science Fiction By Matthew Brenden Wood Nomad Press, 2017. 120 pages. Young Adult Nonfiction Is it possible to clone d...

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting  by Chris McLaughlin Alpha Books, 2010. 193 pgs. Nonfiction Why compost? Compost is nutrient...

Positive Discipline: The First Three Years: From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident Child  by Jane...

Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of the Void  By Mary Roach W.W. Norton, 2010. 333 pages. Nonfiction Mary Roach, a journalist, exp...

Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood By Alida Nugent Plume, 2013. 191 pages. No...

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of The World From the Periodic Table of Elements by S...

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley First Second Books, 2019. 248 pgs. Nonfiction Graphic Novel. Lucy Knisley had...

Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul  by Nikita Gill Hachette Books, 2018. 170 pages. Nonfiction These poems aren’t j...