Personalize Your Library Experience

When you choose your preferred branches and age groups, the site will automatically filter the content to match your selections.

Select Your Branches

Select Your Age Groups

This information will be saved as a cookie, and cannot be connected to a library login or transferred between computers

icon of stars; highlighting that you can open the select favorite branch overlay Save & Close
Return to All Blog Posts
Back to Top

Somerville Staff Picks

About Blog Post Feb 28, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
Somerville Staff Picks Created by Somerville Staff The Somerville branch staff have been reading and recommending their favorites to their patrons. Fortunately for us, they have decided to share them with everyone. Discover why they love these books and connect with your next great read! Rachel’s Picks:
This book is a page turner until the end. I can't wait to see if this becomes a series!
Unique canning recipes and more. Her books are always full of great ideas!
Magical realism at its best.
Do you like WWII historical fiction? Do you like resilient characters? Do you sometimes like books that make you cry?
Whitney’s Pick: 
Reading this book made me want an omnipotent eldritch nemesis/boyfriend of my own!
Errol’s Pick: 
A rollicking sci-fi adventure with some great philosophical musings.
Autumn’s Pick:
Like O'Malley's international hit, "Scott Pilgrim,” "Lost at Sea" tells a story about the transition from a teenager to an adult and does so by fusing elements of the mundane and supernatural in a way that deeply enhances the narrative. When I read this book, I was undergoing a similar transitional period and therefore instantly bonded with the characters and was so moved by how well O'Malley was able to describe what I felt I couldn't.
Mabelle’s Pick: 
A love story with a good balance between the feeling of loss and the hope that circumstances can improve.
Jen’s Picks: 
Loss is a constant in this conversational memoir—the deaths of Nick's son, mother, and former bandmate figure prominently. Yet despite that, this is a lively, engrossing book energized by Cave’s relentless candor—and sometimes counterintuitive thinking—about his work and his demons.
With the 50s rock-and-roll knowledge, and a view of the 70s NYC scene not often talked about, this book has value for any reader - not just Cramps fans. But, as a Cramps fan, this book is f@^%!n& fantastic!
Female feminist punk musicians? Hell yeah. This book chronicles the history of female punk rock, not as a blast from the past but as an ongoing cultural rebellion.
chat loading...