Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Finder by Suzanne Palmer DAW, 2019. 391 pages. Science Fiction. Fergus Ferguson has a job that gets him into a lot of trouble. To some, he...

Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen by Adeena Sussman Avery, 2019. 368 pages. Non-fiction With photos and colors as vibran...

Burn the Place by Iliana Regan  Midway, 2019. 266 pages. Biography  Iliana Regan is a self-taught chef and owner of a Michelin-star restaura...

Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart by Rachel Hollis Dey St. and imprint of William Morrow, 2...

Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters   by Emily Roberson  Farrar Straus Giroux, 337 pages. Young Adult   Ariadne has never been one to be part of...

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder By Holly Jackson Delacorte Press, 2020. 390 pages. Young Adult For her senior project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi inves...

I Was Told It Would Get Easier By Abbi Waxman Berkley, 2020. 352 pgs. Fiction Jessica Burnstein is a successful attorney whose only daughter...

Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Vintage Books, 1831, 231 pages, General Fiction Obsessed with discove...

The Kingdom of Back By Marie Lu G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2020. 313 pages. Young Adult  Nannerl Mozart is a young protégé at the clavier and wishe...

Old Man's War by John Scalzi Tor, 2005. 316 pages. Science Fiction. John Perry, age 75, begins his new life by being declared legally de...

The Most Precious of Cargoes  By Jean-Claude Grumberg  HarperVia, 2020. 120 pgs. Historical Fiction  In the height of World War II, one Jewi...

Axiom's End By Lindsay Ellis St. Martin's Press, 2020. 384 pgs. Young Adult Sci-Fi It's 2007, and Cora Sabino is trying to lay l...

  1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus  by Charles C. Mann  Vintage, 2011. 553 pages. Nonfiction   In this astonishing book...

How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe Riverhead Books, 2019. 307 pages. Nonfiction There's m...

At Love’s Command   By Karen Witemeyer  Bethany House, 2020. 377 pages. Romance  Following the massacre of Wounded Knee, cavalry officer Mat...

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments  by Aimee Nezhukumatathil  Milkweed Editions, 2020. 165 page...

Wilder Girls By Rory Power Delacorte Press, 2019. 357 pages. Young Adult No one at the Raxter School for Girls knows exactly what it is, or ...

Forget Me Not   by Sarah M. Eden  Covenant Communications, 2020. 256 pages. Romance  Julia Cummings has long been acquainted with loss-her m...

The Jane Austen Society By Natalie Jenner St Martin’s Press, 2020, 309 pages, Historical Fiction The small English village of Chawton boasts...

Vying for the Viscount By Kristi Ann Hunter Bethany House, 2020. 348 pgs. Romance Hudson has been raised in India his entire life to hide fr...

Midnight Sun   By Stephanie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2020. 662 pages. Young Adult When Bella met Edward, her world was set on a path...

K-Pop Confidential By Stephan Lee Point, 2020. 323 pages. Young Adult Candace Park is trying do what’s expected of her. She attends a good ...

Kintsugi: The Japanese Art of Embracing the Imperfect and Loving Your Flaws by Tomas Navarro Sounds True, 2019. 273 pages. Nonfiction ...

 Loveboat, Taipai by Abigail Hing Wen HarperTeen, 2020. 414 Pages. Young Adult Ever Wong just wants to dance. She has been on dance sq...

Little Disasters: A Novel  by Sarah Vaughan Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2020. 432 pages. Mystery  Senior pediatrics doctor Liz Trenchard is c...

Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism By Taylor G. Petrey University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 273 pages. Nonfi...

Gods of Jade and Shadow  By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Del Rey, 2019. 338 pages. Science Fiction The rest of the world is living it up durin...

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Orbit, 2018. 473 pages. Science Fiction Nilah Brio wants one thing, to be the youngest ...

Say Her Name By Zetta Elliot Brown Books, 2020. 96 pages. Poetry In this collection of powerful poems, poet and educator Zetta Elliot ra...

Displacement by Kiku Hughes First Second, 2020. 288 pgs. Young Adult Graphic Novels Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco with her mo...