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Staff Picks: What We Loved in 2019

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  • Fast-paced and gripping from the beginning to the tautly suspenseful finale
    BookNew York : Dutton, [2019] — SUAREZ
  • It’s a coming of age story and it’s a story of longing for elsewhere and later appreciating where you came from
    BookNew York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, ©1998. — 070.4332 BRO 1998
  • Very humanizing but also very dark and a little haunting
    BookNew York : Random House, [2017] — 364.1523 TRI 1984
  • Great writing, great characters, great storyline
    BookNew York : Simon Pulse, 2017. — BOWMAN
  • The Man From the Train

    the Solving of a Century-old Serial Killer Mystery

    James, Bill, 1949-
    Mystery readers and true crime fans will appreciate the forensic and profiling skills of today that James is able to apply to these Century old crimes.
    BookNew York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 364.152320977 JAM 2017
  • I highly recommend downloading the audiobook and tucking it into your bag – it’s absolutely mesmerizing read.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2019] — MCMANUS
  • They say the coastal town of Sparrow, Oregon, is under a curse....
    BookNew York : Simon Pulse, 2018. — ERNSHAW
  • A true gem.
    BookToronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, ©2013. — LAWSON
  • Striking illustrations in scratchboard and oil pastel add depth and movement to the tale
    BookNew York : Four Winds Press, c1992. — N. AMER SANSOUC
  • One of my top favourite reads this year
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. — PHILLIP
  • It's beautiful: vivid, extremely observant, thought provoking
    BookToronto ; Buffalo : Guernica Editions, 2018. — C811.6 ZIL 2018
  • A great literary thriller from a Canadian author.
    BookToronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2018. — REID
  • Arthur

    the Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home

    Lindnord, Mikael
    It is an inspiring and thought-provoking book which sheds light on the plight of all stray dogs regardless of their origin.
    BookVancouver : Greystone Books, 2017. — 636.7 LIN 2017
  • It was hard to put this book down.
    BookNew York : Viking, ©2014. — KIDD
  • This is Harry Potter for grown ups with tech start-ups, hippies, environmental disasters, failed parental relationships and a truly amazing friendship.
    BookNew York : TOR Books, ©2016. — ANDERS
  • Answers to Questions You've Never Asked

    Explaining the What If in Science, Geography and the Absurd

    Pisenti, Joseph
    Not only is it really funny, but it’s packed full of actually interesting and useful facts.
    BookCoral Gables, FL : Mango Publishing Group, [2017] — 031.02 PIS 2017
  • The characters are interesting, the mystery exciting and best of all, this is the first book in a trilogy.
    BookNew York : Disney/Hyperion Books, ©2014. — SHUSTER
  • The reader will be taken through an intricate web of circumstances and which will slowly reveal itself as they continue to the very last pages.
    BookToronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2018 — TURTON
  • "suspenseful, witty and full of intriguing real life characters" - Kristen
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. — 027.07949 ORL 2018
  • Inheritance

    a Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

    Shapiro, Dani
    "Privacy issues, religious questions and ethical mysteries are rampant" - Jamie
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. — 818.5403 SHA 2019