Staff Picks
December 2025
FICTION
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
by Michiko Aoyama
 
An oracle-like librarian recommends books to people based on what she senses they need. For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. -- Recommended by Kim N.
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
One Perfect Couple
by Ruth Ware
 
Lyla, whose research career is stalling, agrees to join a new reality show with her boyfriend, Nico. The show, titled: One Perfect Couple, takes place on a remote island with four other couples, but when a violent storm cuts them off from the world, the game turns deadly, and survival becomes the only goal.
-- Recommended by Fereshteh S.
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club) by Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
by Claire Keegan

Set during the winter holidays in 1980s Ireland, a modest family learns of a dark secret within their community and is faced with the option to take in young women in distress.
-- Recommended by Jen N.
                                                                                                                
NONFICTION 
Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from My Palestine [A Cookbook] by Sami Tamimi
Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from My Palestine [A Cookbook]
by Sami Tamimi

Boustany means garden, and it's the perfect title for this cookbook. There are so many diverse foods throughout Palestine. Discover your new favorite recipe with this book! If you are a vegetarian or want to take a break from being a carnivore, consider checking out Boustany. I tried the falafel recipe, and it was very good and perfect for meal prepping! 
-- Recommended by Jenny TJ.
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
by Velma Wallis

Based on an Athabascan Indian Legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska. -- Recommended by koh.
                                                                                                                  
MOVIES

Sinners / (Digc) by Warner Home Video
Sinners

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
-- Recommended by Aubrey.
Companion / (Digc) by Warner Home Video
Companion

A weekend retreat turns deadly for a man and his robot companion when she goes haywire and kills a man.
-- Recommended by MP.
                                                                                                               
MUSIC
Maroon 5 - Songs about Jane by Maroon 5.
Maroon 5 - Songs about Jane

This album started it all for Maroon 5. Originally released on 2002 this album goes through a rollercoaster of romance from songs about relationships. This album is much more raw than the subsequent albums the band has released.
-- Recommended by Stephanie. 

                                                                                                               

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