Antigoddess

Posted on: July 7, 2015 at 9:01 pm, in

AntigoddessBy Kendare BlakeAntigoddess is the first installment in a new series by Kendare Blake, acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. This first in the Goddess War series. We are in a world where gods and goddesses live among us undetected. They always thought they were immortal until one day when they all start getting […]

Book of the Month – July: All Our Yesterdays

Posted on: July 1, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

By Cristin Terrill Em is being held prisoner on a secret military base. All that keeps her going is the voice of the boy in the cell next door and a list of instructions she finds inside the drain, written in her own handwriting. It appears that she and the neighbouring prisoner have made multiple […]

How to be a Parisian Wherever You Are

Posted on: June 12, 2015 at 1:15 pm, in

by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, and Sophie MasI studied fashion and even received a degree in it but I still feel like my style is lacking that certain “je ne sais quoi.” I picked up this book on a recommendation from one of our customers here at the library. She is a […]

Denton Little’s Death Date

Posted on: June 3, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

By Lance RubinIn the world Denton grows up in, everyone knows what day they are going to die, thanks to tests run at birth.  For some people, that day is when they are very old, and for others, it is when they are quite young.Denton is one of the people with an early death date. […]

Book of the Month – June: I’ll Give You the Sun

Posted on: June 1, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

I’ll give you the sunby Jandy Nelson Jude and Noah are fraternal twins and absolutely inseparable. They both love art, live carefree lives, and know that they have each other. But one day something happens and their relationship falls apart. Jude no longer wants her awkward brother around, and Noah doesn’t recognize his boy crazy […]

A God in Ruins

Posted on: May 31, 2015 at 10:00 am, in

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson I have loved every book that I have read by Kate Atkinson and A God in Ruins is no exception. Her latest work is the companion novel to Life After Life – which features Ursula Todd as she lives her life over and over again, trying to get things right.A […]

And Then There Were None

Posted on: May 22, 2015 at 9:07 pm, in

By Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None is one of our Book Club Favourites. As some of you already know I am a fan of a good mystery and this is a classic. I remember watching the movie when I was little and listening to the BBC radio version as a teen; so now I […]

The Selection

Posted on: May 17, 2015 at 10:00 am, in

By Kiera CassI’m not going to lie: I picked this book up based solely on the gorgeous cover. Turns out, I became so hooked on the story that I’m now a tiny bit obsessed with this series by Kiera Cass.In a newly formed nation called Illea, citizens are born into a strict caste system that rarely allows for […]

Richmond, Child of the Fraser: 1979-1989

Posted on: May 8, 2015 at 5:00 pm, in

By Leslie J. RossI enjoy looking into the past, reading about times gone by, looking at pictures of historical events, I have spent time volunteering at both the City of Vancouver and the City of Richmond Archives, flipping through historical documents and scanning images. I especially love learning about places that I have lived. I […]

The 100

Posted on: May 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm, in

By Kass MorganI have been watching the T.V series connected to this novel from the first episode. I was excited when the library received the novel hoping to compare. I was very surprised to read and discover that while there are similarities there are even more differences. Character’s names and occupations are different and the […]