It’s after Labor Day! That means it’s officially PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE SEASON. I asked some of my librarian pals:
If a Pumpkin Spice Latte were a book, what book would it be?
Here’s what they said:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (2014; 337 pages). This is a book that will warm you up from head to toe, even though it’s set in snowy Scandinavia. Ove is a total curmudgeon, but behind his crankiness is a story and a sadness. When chatty new neighbors arrive with two chatty young daughters, they’ll change Ove’s life forever… and he’ll change theirs, too.
Also available on e-book via Overdrive and on audiobook CD, Playaway, and downloadable audiobook via Hoopla. (I can personally vouch that the audiobook is a great listen!)
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (2013; 438 pages). Warm and comforting, easy to love, but with some backlash as to whether it deserves to be as popular as it is. Fangirl is a novel about Cath’s first year in college: dealing with a surly roommate, worrying about her dad who’s now an empty-nester, and writing fan fic, despite an English professor who thinks fic is the end of the civilizes world. Haters gonna hate; if you love your fan fic, go on and write it, girl! It’s PSL season!
Also available on e-book and downloadable audiobook via Overdrive.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2005; 498 pages). If you love it, you might be a little embarrassed about loving it and people might make fun of you for loving it, but it doesn’t matter because you love it anyway! When Bella moves to a small town in cloudy Washington State, she’s intrigued by Edward Cullen, a moody classmate who seemingly can’t stand her and can’t stay away from her. New generations are discovering this teen vampire romance series every year.
Also available on e-book via Overdrive.
What do you think? Are there books or genres you turn to in the fall?
— Abby Johnson, Collection Development Lead
