August Challenge
8 | A book from a library display or social media post
The staff at the Grimsby Public Library love to curate book displays and social media posts highlighting books from across our collections. Visit the library or our social media (@grimsbylibrary on Facebook and Instagram) and pick out a book we're promoting!
Our Recommendations
Need some inspiration?
Find all these titles and more at the Grimsby Public Library or Libraries in Niagara Cooperative. Click on any of the book covers below to visit our online catalogue and place your hold.
Mad honey : a novel
by Jodi Picoult

Her life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes he has hidden more than he has shared with her
I will find you
by Harlan Coben

Receiving evidence that his son might still be alive, an innocent father convicted of murdering his own child breaks out of prison to uncover the truth in the new novel by the best-selling author of The Stranger. (suspense). Simultaneous.
The Enigma of Garlic : a 44 Scotland Street novel
by Alexander McCall Smith

As everyone prepares for Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding, the peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is disrupted by the arrival of domineering Irene, while Bruce, after being struck by lightning, prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey, much to his house sitter's delight. 
Ducks : two years in the oil sands
by Kate Beaton

Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land andthe humanity of its people
Love, Theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood

Secretly offering her services as a fake girlfriend, theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway engages in an all-out war of scholarly sabotage when the older brother of her favorite client, the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career, stands between her and her dream job at MIT. Original.
Owly : flying lessons
by Andy Runton

Reaching out to an unfamiliar flying squirrel they spot soaring through the trees, Owly and Wormy team up to earn their new companion's trust before Owly's personal fear of flying unexpectedly helps establish new bonds of friendship.
Without a trace : a novel
by Danielle Steel

After surviving a car accident off the Normandy coast, Charles Vincent, trapped in a loveless marriage, meets Aude Saint-Martin with whom he forms an instant connection as she nurses him back to health and decides, in a split second, to fight for a chance at happiness– whatever the cost. 400,000 first printing.
The five-star weekend
by Elin Hilderbrand

Inviting her best friend from each phase of her life, widow Hollis Shaw hosts an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket, during which things don't go as planned as each woman deals with heartbreak, infidelity, scandal and secrets, but things turnaround due to new friendships, unexpected romance and self-discovery.
Cursed Bread
by Sophie Mackintosh

Told from the perspective of the baker's wife, recounts the true story of the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit which experienced an unsolved, mass poisoning after World War II thought to be caused by spoiled bread or government testing.
48 Clues Into The Disappearance of My Sister
by Joyce Carol Oates

Gigi's hatred for her beautiful sister is slowly revealed after Marguerite goes missing from her small town in upstate New York, leaving a behind a silk Dior dress on the floor and prints from her Ferragamo boots exiting the house.
Rogue Justice : a thriller
by Stacey Abrams

Asked by a fellow law clerk to look into his boss's death, Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene, after another shocking murder, is led to a list of names– all judges on the FISA Court, also known as America's“secret court”– and must race the clock to stop an unprecedented national crisis.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one terrible and wonderful summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.
Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Two rising 70s rock-and-roll artists are catapulted into stardom when a producer puts them together, a decision that is complicated by a pregnancy and the seductions of fame. By the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters

July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, is seen sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of a field before mysteriously vanishing. Her six-year-old brother, Joe, who was the last person to see Ruthie, is devastated by his sister’s disappearance, and her loss ripples through his life for years to come.
The Seaside Library
by Brenda Novak

Returning to touristy beach town where they grew up together, Ivy and Ariana, when a woman goes missing, find the circumstances similar to a crime from their childhood, placing them in a terrible situation since the person that may be responsible is the same one they lied for years ago. 10,000 first printing
Care Of : letters, connections, and cures
by Ivan Coyote

"In the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, like every artist and creator, writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote was faced with a calendar full of cancelled shows and a heart full of questions that all rhymed with what now? To keep busy while figuring out what to write about next, Ivan began to answer the backlog of mail and correspondences that had come in while they were on the pre-pandemic road: emails, letters, direct messages on social media, soggy handwritten notes found tucked under the windshield wiper of their car after a gig, all of it. In Care Of, Coyote combines the most moving and powerful of these letters with the responses they've sent in the months since the lockdown. 
Mary Jane : a novel
by Jessica Anya Blau

Taking a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor, straight-laced Mary Jane is introduced to a world of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, which helps her figure out what she really wants out of life, and what kind of person she's going to be. 150,000 first printing.
Skate For Your Life
by Leo Baker

“Your authenticity is your superpower.” That’s the motto that professional skateboarder Leo Baker lives by and champions. But like any hero’s journey, learning about their power didn’t come easy. In this installment of the Pocket Change Collective, Baker takes the reader on a complicated, powerful journey through the world of skate and competitive sport as a non-binary athlete.
To place a hold, click on the cover and go to our online catalogue. 
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2023 GPL Reading Challenges
To access the full list of challenges any time, visit the Grimsby Public Library's 2023 Reading Challenge page on our website all year round.
 
How to participate
Read a book according to each month's challenge to be eligible to win our grand prize at the end of the year. That's one book a month, and only 12 books total.
(Tip: you don't have to do the challenges in order, as long as you complete all 12 within the year, it still counts!) 
 
Monthly recommendations 
By signing up for this e-Newsletter, you'll get monthly recommendations for each challenge throughout the year straight to your inbox. Every year in January we start again and send you a brand new list of 12 challenges.
Stay on Track
Half the battle of completing a reading challenge is keeping track and staying motivated. Here are a couple ways we suggest to stay organized:
  1. Download, print and fill out the GPL Reading Challenge form
  2. Create a list of what you read using your GPL online account
  3. Use a book tracking website like Goodreads or The Storygraph
Share with us!
Sharing the books you read is not required, but highly encouraged! Share your progress with us and other readers by posting photos and updates on social media using the hashtag #GPLReadingChallenge  and tagging us @GrimsbyLibrary!
Good luck!
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