AcombExplore Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Day 22 of our Book Advent Calendar is 'Before the Coffee gets Cold' by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. This intriguing read explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? https://t.co/HJE7z0lY3K

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Day 13's book in our Book Advent calendar 'Taste : my life through food' by Stanley Tucci. A reflection on the intersection of food and life. Heartfelt and delicious. https://t.co/mcEmnlC0sA

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Our #BookoftheWeek is Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli! This queer bildungsroman novel is "wonderfully witty and sweet" (quoted from one of our librarians). #ExploreTogether #HereForYou #TeenFiction #ImogenObviously https://t.co/WwctIfT8lm

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Our #BookoftheWeek is 'The Passing Playbook' by Isaac Fitzsimons - a hopeful and moving tale about finding your voice and being true to yourself #ExploreTogether #HereForYou https://t.co/6o5W89qjsu

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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey A magical & bewitching story of heartbreak and hope. Set in 1920’s America, Jack and Mabel move to an Alaskan homestead to escape loss of their baby daughter. The writing really captures the beauty of the Alaskan landscape & mystery child they love. https://t.co/I2Qmbw0Jzu

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Day 12 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Piranesi lives in a magical house that that only Piranesi can understand. A man who Piranesi calls The Other asks for help with his research revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known. https://t.co/zARguKWgae

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Our final book in our Advent Calendar is 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. It's Christmas Eve and the Jolly Postman is delivering greetings to fairy-tale characters - what will he deliver?! https://t.co/poCCAHDosN

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Day 15 - 'The island of missing trees' by Elif Shafak A tale of love and division moves between Cyprus and London. A rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and amnesia, human-induced destruction of nature, and, finally, renewal. https://t.co/czmuSDyPM1

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Day 11 - Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths DI Harbinder Kaur is now working in London and is called to the death of a MP at a school reunion. The suspect pool includes the police officer’s old group of friends, but which one of them did it? https://t.co/j7t63VfoEp