Elgin County Library: BookGossip January 2020

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JANUARY 2020

Happy New Year! Have you been feeling reflective this January?

Here's a look back on some of my favourite 2019 reads - I can't wait to see what 2020 brings!

ADULT FAVES FROM 2019:

PICTURE BOOK FAVES FROM 2019:

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING:

Here's a look at what your favourites were in 2019! These were the most checked out titles for Elgin County Library last year! If you missed out, the holds list might be shorter now ;)

Past tense
by Lee Child

Detouring to his father's childhood hometown at the beginning of a cross-country hitchhiking tour, Jack uncovers disturbing family revelations at the same time he becomes entangled in a dangerous high-ticket sale. By the best-selling author of No Middle Name

Robot power!
by Celeste Sisler

When Crusher builds robots that go out of control and run wild in Axle City, it's up to AJ, Gabby, and Blaze to stop them

Pete the Kitty and the case of the hiccups
by James Dean

"Pete gets a case of the hiccups, and he doesn't know what to do! He decides to ask his wisest friends for help, like Grumpy Toad, Callie, and Bob. But Pete is still stuck with the hiccups! Will Pete the Kitty ever get rid of his terrible hiccups?''--Publisher's description

Long road to Mercy
by David Baldacci

Devoting her life to bringing criminals to justice after her twin is murdered in childhood, FBI agent Atlee Pine investigates a missing-persons case in the Grand Canyon that may be tied to a string of disappearances. 500,000 first printing.

The reckoning
by John Grisham

The best-selling author of The Firm returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to trace the unthinkable mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend by a young war hero who refuses to defend his actions during a bizarre trial

LITERARY AWARDS:

The Canada Reads 2020 longlist is here! Place your holds now!

(click here or on the book covers below for a catalogue link)