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Librarians Choice -February 2019

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The top 10 new reads as chosen by Library Staff around Australia for February 2019 are a mixed bag of adult fiction from various genres – something for everyone. Why not reserve one now!

99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne -Librarians’ Choice Favourite

Darcy is a bartender who never keeps an address – or a boyfriend – for long. She’s secretly in love with her brother’s best friend Tom. Tom is a sweet, shy, solid-gold human with abs that remind Darcy of squares of chocolate.They are stuck together while they renovate a house for sale, and for the first time ever Darcy can’t run away.
Sparks are flying, but will Tom choose Darcy over his loyalty to her brother and can Darcy convince herself that she deserves someone like Tom?

The Orchardist’s Daughter by Karen Viggers
Into The Fire by Sonia Orchard
Small Blessings by Emily Brewin
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
The House Of Second Chances by Esther Campion
After The Party by Cassie Hamer
Fusion by Kate Richards
Heart Of The Grass by Molly Murn
Home Fires by Fiona Lowe

Low Tox Life with Alexx Stuart Author Talk

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Saturday 23 February 2019 – 2pm – Parramatta Library

Join Alexx Stuart at Parramatta Library in talking about her new book, Low Tox Life. Learn to switch and ditch the nasties in each room of your home, for anyone who wants to make changes for the better, to create a healthier environment for their family and, in doing so, a healthier planet.
Alexx will demonstrate a great coffee body scrub, a natural room spray and a low tox dry shampoo that you can make at home from simple ingredients with samples of the body scrub to take home. Books will be on site for purchase and author signing. Light refreshments provided.
Book Online | $3

Top 10 Loans Parramatta Libraries 2018

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2018 was a very busy year for the City of Parramatta Libraries with over 1 million loans across all our branches! We have selected the top 10 loans for adult non fiction, adult fiction, young adult fiction and junior fiction from our libraries. Have you read them all yet?

Adult Non Fiction

 The barefoot investor – Scott Pape
The subtle art of not giving a f*ck – Mark Manson
Inglorious empire – Shashi Tharoor
The 7 habits of highly effective people – Stephen R. Covey
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind – Yuval Noah Harari
The life-changing magic of tidying up – Marie Kondo
12 rules for life: an antidote for chaos – Jordan B. Peterson
The secret – Rhonda Byrne
The happiest refugee – Anh Do
When breath becomes air – Paul Kalanithi

Adult Fiction

 Two kinds of truth – Michael Connelly
Origin – Dan Brown
The Midnight Line – Lee Child
Force of nature – Jane Harper
Night School – Lee Child
The Woman in the Window – A.J. Finn
The Dry – Jane Harper
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine – Gail Honeyman
Truly Madly Guilty – Liane Moriarty
The Rooster Bar – John Grisham

Young Adult Fiction

Turtles all the way down – John Green
Fantastic beasts and where to find them: the original screenplay – J.K. Rowling
The tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
Magnus Chase and the ship of the dead – Rick Riordan
Throne of glass – Sarah J. Maas
Catching fire – Suzanne Collins
Queen of shadows – Sarah J. Maas
The hunger games – Suzanne Collins
The hate u give – Angie Thomas
Crown of midnight – Sarah J. Maas

Junior Fiction

Crazy weird! – Anh Do
Super good skills (almost…) – Liz Pichon
A tiny bit lucky – Liz Pichon
Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers – Dav Pikey
DogZombies rule (for now) – Liz Pichon
Extra special treats ( … not) – Liz Pichon
Old School – Jeff Kinney
The cheese experiment – Geronimo Stilton
A suitcase full of ghosts – Geronimo Stilton
Excellent excuses (and other good stuff) – Liz Pichon

Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 Winners

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The winners of the 10th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards, as decided by readers, have been announced! To celebrate their 10th year Goodreads created a new award – Best of the Best. Readers chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as the best book of their 10 years worth of winners (from 200 books!). Did your favourite book win this year? To reserve any of the winners just click on the title below – happy reading.

Best Fiction – Still Me by Jojo Moyes
Best Mystery & Thriller – The Outsider by Stephen King
Best Historical Fiction – The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Best Fantasy – Circe by Madeline Miller
Best of the Best – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Best Romance – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Best Science Fiction – Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
Best Horror – Elevation by Stephen King
Best Humour – The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Maddish
Best Nonfiction – I’ll be gone in the dark by Michelle McNamara
Best Memoir & Autobiography – Educated by Tara Westover
Best History & Biography – The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
Best Science & Technology – The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte
Best Food & Cookbooks – Cravings: Hungry for More by Chrissy Teigen
Best Graphic Novels & Comics – Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen
Best Poetry – The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Best Debut Author – Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Best Young Adult Fiction – Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction – Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Best Middle Grade & Children’s – The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
Best Picture Book – I am Enough by Grace Byers

 

In Conversation with Graeme Simsion

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City of Parramatta Library, in partnership with Text Publishing, is proud to present a very special author talk event to be held in Riverside Theatres Thursday 7th February 2019.

Hilarious and thought-provoking, with a brilliant cast of characters and an ending that will have readers cheering for joy, The Rosie Result is the triumphant final installment of the internationally best-selling and beloved series that began with The Rosie Project.

Books will be available for purchase on the night and you will have the opportunity to meet Graeme to have it signed.

All attendees will have the chance to win lucky door prizes of the Rosie books on the night.
An Auslan interpreter will be signing the talk.

Book your ticket ($10) via Riverside Theatres, in person, by phone 8839 3399 or online.