Librarian's Choice: Michelle C's Picks | Roseville Public Library

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"A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy. We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts... An instant international bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers...

2) The way of kings

Author

Sanderson, Brandon

Series

Stormlight archive volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless

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3) The miracles of the Namiya General Store =: Namiya Zakkaten no kiseki = Jie you za huo dian

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A general store that gives advice turning magical one night. Accidently, the time line somehow switched and now makes the current present and the best present for the people who want to be advised.

4) Monstress: Vol. 01,Awakening

Author

Liu, Marjorie M

Series

Monstress volume 1

5) The Duke and I

Author

Quinn, Julia

Series

Bridgerton series volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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"In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. She has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play...

6) All systems red

Author

Wells, Martha

Series

Murderbot diaries volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
Winner: 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella
Winner: 2018 Alex Award
Winner: 2018 Locus Award
One of the Verge's Best Books of 2017

A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.
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7) Light from uncommon stars

Author

Aoki, Ryka

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen,...

8) Good omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch

Author

Gaiman, Neil

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!

"Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python." — San Francisco Chronicle

The classic novel of angels, demons, and Armageddon from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, now a Prime original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of

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9) A natural history of dragons: a memoir by Lady Trent

Author

Brennan, Marie

Series

Memoirs of Lady Trent volume 1

10) Prudence

Author

Carriger, Gail

Series

Custard protocol volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Twenty-year-old Prudence "Rue" Akeldama and her friends journey in a gaudy dirigible to India in search of a superior type of tea for her adoptive father, a wealthy vampire, only to run headfirst into danger, intrigue, and local politics.

11) Soul music

Author

Pratchett, Terry

Series

Discworld volume 16

12) It happened one season

13) Project Hail Mary: a novel

Author

Weir, Andy

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The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

14) Tales from the cafe: a novel

Author

Kawaguchi, Toshikazu

Series

Before the coffee gets cold volume 2

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In this highly anticipated sequel to Before the Coffee Gets Cold, four new customers get the chance to travel back in time to face up to their past in order to move on with their lives.

15) The pout-pout fish

Author

Diesen, Deborah

Series

Pout-pout fish adventures volume 1

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Book, Playaway Wonderbook

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The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

16) The fifth season

Author

Jemisin, N. K

Series

Broken Earth novels volume 1

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Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent,...

17) At the mountains of madness: the definitive edition

Author

Lovecraft, H. P

18) White sand: Volume 1

Author

Hoskin, Rik

19) Crazy rich Asians

Author

Kwan, Kevin

Series

Rich novels (Kevin Kwan) volume 1

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Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Envisioning a quality-time summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that viciously competes against other wealthy families and strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl."-- Baker&Taylor.com

20) Knight Owl

Author

Denise, Christopher

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After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon.