March Staff Recommendations

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page

Tilly Nightingale didn’t want to celebrate her birthday. But when she got an unexpected call from the local bookshop that she had a gift waiting for her from her husband, she was shocked. She couldn’t remember the last time that she had picked up a book, but also her husband, Joe, had died five months ago. Unsure of what she was going to discover, Tilly heads to the local bookshop where the owner, Alfie, carefully explains the gift; twelve months of books, one for each month, each with a handwritten note from Joe. This unexpected gift sends Tilly on a healing journey to cope with Joe’s death and to rediscover who she is and who she is ready to become. This sweet tale of love and loss was a great read and an interesting take on dealing with the grief of losing a loved one. Available at the library and through Libby. ~ Alesia

It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Janey Jackson was lucky because she was a young, teenage actor who grew up on television on a popular sitcom. She played an awkward adolescent who knew how to be funny and quirky but developed being typecast for it. Now, as an adult she’s trying to be a successful and serious movie producer who is having trouble shaking her young adult stereotype. She discovers a movie script that she loves and will do anything to convince the studio execs to make into a movie, (even lie).

Janey needs the assistance of her arch rival co-worker, Dan Finnegan, to persuade everyone that the movie should be made. He’s the last person that she would ask for help; however, he agrees that the script would make a wonderful movie. In an effort to support her he invites her home for a week with his family; is she willing to go to any extreme for the production of the movie? What can go wrong?  Available at the library and through Libby. ~Erin

Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns

Amy Jo Burns’ third novel is a gorgeously written ode to the amazing female country & folk music singers of the late-60s and early-70s. I was literally raised on Loretta Lynn, so when I saw Amy’s main character Elle was inspired by her I was even more excited to read this one. Amy not only takes us to Nashville in the early-70s but she bases part of her story around a historical meteor that hit her home state of Pennsylvania back in 1938. Crazy that another meteor hit in Ohio just a week after Wait for Me released. Through Elle, Merry, Josie & Marijohn Amy explores the power of female friendship, growing up motherless, women trying to make it in the music industry and love in all its forms. The use of original lyrics brings an added magic to the story. I loved every beautifully crafted sentence. I truly hated to see it end. Having visited Nashville as a child in the 70s it brought back wonderful memories. Available at the library and through Libby. ~ Leslie M.

Ours is a Tale of Murder by Nora Murphy

This book is a great multiple-POV thriller that exposes the rot beneath the nice suburban street our three families are living on. There’s a genuinely interesting twist that happens in the middle of the story that truly took me by surprise. And did I mention the ending is pretty good too? Available at the library and through Libby. ~ Leslie W.

Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K. Green

Marin Haggerty, the daughter of a serial killer is given a new identity. When she receives gruesome deliveries on her doorstep the message is clear- someone knows who Marin really is. This is the journey of a woman whose kept many secrets and now must confront her past. Available at the library and through Libby. ~ Bonnie

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