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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Reads of December 2024

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  • Art, desire, motherhood, marriage, obsession, interior design, menopause - this book packs a whole world (and a whole woman) into a story that feels contained in both space and time.
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2024. — FIC July
  • Thea’s parents are murdered in their home by a serial killer, while she and her brother are visiting their grandmother in Kentucky. Thea, just like her grandmother, has the gift of seeing and knowing things. Unfortunately, she sees her…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — FIC Rober
  • Try crocheting some adorable booties such as sandals, cowboy boots, and many more styles.
    BookBerne, IN : Annie's, [2015] — 746.4340432 Sim
  • Not again! After losing her baby during childbirth, Marla had taken a baby from the local hospital. After getting help for her illness, everyone thought that she was doing okay. That was, until the day David, her cousin, found Marla…
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Anchor Canada, 2019. — FIC Barcl
  • After calling off her wedding, leaving a job that she loves, and finding out that she has inherited a mansion from an uncle that she didn't know that she had, Sonya moves to Maine to live in the beautiful Victorian. The will states that…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — FIC Rober
  • Life in the Present

    a Joyful Collection of Comics About Living in the Moment

    Climo, Liz,
    Adorable animals being kind and funny. An automatic mood lifter!
    Graphic NovelPhiladelphia, PA : Running Press, 2024. — GN Life
  • Irish kingdoms and Viking settlements clash in this political fantasy that combines Irish mythology and history.
    BookLondon : Head of Zeus, 2022. — FIC Lawle
  • Between Two Kingdoms

    a Memoir of a Life Interrupted

    Jaouad, Suleika
    This true story captures the struggles and challenges of a young twenty-two-year-old woman, diagnosed With a rare form of leukemia. Readers will feel they are walking alongside the author as she delves into her illness, hospitalizations…
    BookNew York : Random House, [2021] — 616.994190092 Jaoua
  • Following the death of her husband, Tova works the night shift at the aquarium mopping floors, tidying the building, and speaking to the aquarium's inhabitants. Readers will be invested in this debut novel that is charming and captivating…
    BookNew York, NY : Ecco, 2022. — FIC VanPe
  • Divine Might

    Goddesses in Greek Myth

    Haynes, Natalie
    Terrifying and awe-inspiring are the goddess of ancient Greece and erudite and witty is Natalie Haynes telling their stories. The chapters on Anthene and the Muses are my favorites.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — 292.2114 Hay
  • If you like the Bosch and Ballard Duo, this is another amazing book in the series. A lot of ups and downs, twists and turns. It is a great page turner that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — FIC Conne
  • A funny story about a widow who finds a dead body in her tea shop. A few people have since visited the tea shop to see where the body was. Police say it's not suspicious, but Vera is not convinced. She refers to the four people who had…
    BookNew York : Berkley, 2023. — FIC Sutan
  • Four retirees - Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim - meet every Thursday to sit and discuss unsolved murder cases, attempting to see if they can find the answers others couldn't. As luck would have it an opportunity presents itself. A real…
    Book[New York] : Viking, 2020. — FIC Osman
  • Cozy bookshops, whimsical heartwarming magic, hilarious quirky characters, and the importance of believing in yourself make this an extremely fun book. Reading about Belle's journey of forming a new relationship with her magic, challenging…
    BookNew York : Ace, 2024. — FIC Wood
  • Irpa is now in darkness, and as Bea and Cad adapt to the new state of their world with their allies and friends, both must face their own inner struggles as they try to figure out the next step to fix things. Tim Probert has made the third…
    Graphic NovelNew York : HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — JGN Light #3
  • No one notices things like Miss Marple, and there's nothing more fun than a narrator slowly realizing just how formidable this little old lady really is. The narration is marvelous - Richard E Grant is wonderful at doing voices.
    Downloadable AudiobookHarperAudio, 2013