Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
The girl from the Savoy / Hazel Gaynor (2016 historical fiction, F Gaynor) After taking a job as a chambermaid at a grand London hotel, Dolly Lane finds herself propelled […]
Circulation Assistant Holly’s Pick
Secrets of a charmed life / Susan Meissner (2015 fiction, F Meissner) An elderly Oxford woman reminisces about her childhood during World War II, during which she was evacuated from […]
Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick
Lillian Boxfish takes a walk : a novel / Kathleen Rooney (2017 fiction, F Rooney) Embarking on a walk across Manhattan on New Year’s Eve in 1984, eighty-five-year-old Lillian Boxfish […]
Reference Librarian Barbara’s Pick
The best of us : a memoir / Joyce Maynard (2017 biography, 92 Marnell) In a memoir of learning to understand true love through the experience of loss, the author […]
Reference Librarian Anna’s Pick
Marley & me : life and love with the world’s worst dog / John Grogan (2005 non-fiction, 636.752 Grogan) Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets […]
Saturday Reference Librarian Christine’s Pick
The white queen / Philippa Gregory (2009 historical fiction, F Gregory) A tale inspired by the War of the Roses follows the conflict from the perspective of Elizabeth Woodville, who […]
Reference Librarian Cyndi’s Pick
Everything you want me to be : a novel / Mindy Mejia (2017 suspense, F Mejia) When a civic-minded high-school senior is found murdered on the opening night of the […]
Anonymous Reference Librarian’s Pick
The passion of Artemisia / Susan Vreeland (2002 historical fiction, F Vreeland) A sweeping novel, set against the beautiful backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, vibrantly recreates the life of […]
Saturday Reference Librarian Christine’s Pick
Anna Karenina : a novel in eight parts / Leo Tolstoy (2002 ed historical fiction, F Tolstoy) Tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and […]
Sunday Reference Librarian Sara’s Pick
Paper girls. 1 / writer, Brian K. Vaughan ; artist, Cliff Chiang ; colors, Matt Wilson ; letters, Jared K. Fletcher (2016 graphic novel, Graphic Paper Girls) Supernatural mysteries and […]