Category Archives: Recommended Reading

Librarians Choice – November 2018

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Check out the Top 10 Reads for November 2018, as chosen by library staff around Australia. A little something for everyone including the sequel Wundersmith (Librarians’ Choice Favorite of the month), to the best selling children’s book Nevermoor: the trials of Morrigan Crow. To reserve a copy, just click on the title that catches your attention.

Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter Fitzsimons
Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly
The Fragments by Toni Jordan
The Invitation by Belinda Alexandra
The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh
Two Old Men Dying by Tom Keneally
Suitcase of Dreams by Tania Blanchard
Where The River Runs by Fleur McDonald
Preservation by Jock Serong

Librarians Choice – October 2018

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It’s that time of the month – the top 10 reads of upcoming books as chosen by Library Staff around Australia. Why not reserve a copy now?

Bridge of Clay – Markus Zusak
Librarians’ Choice Favourite

The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance.

At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle.

The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome?

Any Ordinary Day – Leigh Sales
Shell – Kristina Olsson
The Arsonist – Chloe Hooper
Lost without you – Rachael Johns
Cedar Valley – Holly Throsby
Boys will be boys – Clementine Ford
Lenny’s book of everything – Karen Foxlee
You daughters of freedom – Claire Wright
The valley – Steve Hawke

Good Reading Online

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Want to keep up with the news from the literary world but your dog chewed up your brand new issue of Good Reading magazine? Parramatta library is here to help! Not only can you reserve the latest copy and pick it up at any of our branches, but you can even read it online through our GR online database! Here is how to access it:

  • Open Parramatta library online catalogue
  • Choose e-resources from the menu on the left side of the screen
  • Choose ‘For Readers’ icon
  • Scroll down to find #4 Good Reading Online
  • Click on the Electronic Access link
  • Choose Browse Good Reading Mag here icon
  • Read the current issue online or browse through past issues

Or just click the image below for a shortcut!

If you are experiencing difficulties accessing this online resource, please let us know in the comments.

 

Librarians’ Choice – Top 10 September 2018

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The latest top 10 reads for September 2018 are here, as selected by Library Staff around Australia. Find something for everyone with some old favorite authors and some new ones. Why not reserve your copy now.

The Killing of Louisa by Janet Lee – Librarians’ Choice Favourite

To lose one husband maybe regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like murder.

In New South Wales in 1888, Louisa Collins was sentenced to hang after being tried multiple times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. The testimony of her young daughter helped to decide her fate.

This clever andcompelling novel recreates Louisa’s time in her Darlinghurst prison cell as shereflects on her life and on the grief and loss that delivered her to thisplace. Despite difficult marriages, financial hardship and the deaths ofseveral children, she remains resilient and determined to have her ownidentity.

But as she faces her final days,will Louisa confess to her crimes? Or is an innocent woman about to be hanged?

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
The Girl On The Page by John Purcell
The Single Ladies Of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell
The Bus On Thursday by Shirley Barrett
The Helpline by Katherine Collette
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Queerstories by Maeve Marsden (ed)
Greenlight by Benjamin Stevenson
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton

All About Books – Spring 2018

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Welcome to the latest edition, Spring 2018, of our reading suggestions guide – All About Books. It is full of reading ideas for all ages with a selection of the most interesting and exciting reads to be published over the next 3 months. Pick up your FREE copy in one of our City of Parramatta Libraries or click on the cover to download now. We hope you enjoy our selections and happy reading!