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Heartwarming and bittersweet, The Guncle (2019) by Steven Rowley will grab you from the start. Patrick, or “Gay Uncle Patrick” as his 9-year-old niece and 6-year-old nephew call him, is out of his element as their temporary caregiver.

Night Film (2013), the latest novel by Marisha Pessl, author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics, recently caught my attention as I browsed audio books. Post-holidays, I wanted something entertaining and gripping, a mystery or thriller to spice things up a bit.

Join us each month as we interview a Readers' Advisor at WPL so you can get to know the team a little better! This month we are featuring Adult Services Associate, Tara! Continue reading below to learn a little more about Tara, her favorite genres, and the resources she uses to decide what to read next.

How long have you worked in libraries? 

5 months and I love it. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to become part of WPL.

What is your favorite genre, series, or book?

Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov is the author's first professionally published graphic novel. It's about a young foreigner, Adam, who travels to a supposedly haunted forest in Romania to search for his friend who had gone there solo and vanished. Ignoring the advice of the locals, Adam arrogantly assumes he is above the supernatural forces obviously at play.

Wonder About Your Water, a traveling exhibit presented by SCARCE, stops by Wheaton Public Library this March!

Friday, March 1 - Saturday, March 30 • Main Floor

If you want a quick, light, heartwarming read, then you can’t go wrong with Michiko Aoyama’s charming book What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (2023).  It consists of five interconnected stories about five different people who all find their way to a small community house library in their time of need.

Glory Broussard, a Black woman with vivid memories of segregation in her hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, likes her routine. After church on Sundays, she settles in at her table in the local coffee shop to run her bookie business. She volunteers with the Red Hat Society, and the rest of the time, seems to be going through the motions after her divorce and the death of her mother.

Join us each month as we interview a Readers' Advisor at WPL so you can get to know the team a little better! Up next, we are featuring Adult Services Associate, Liz. Read on to find out what book she's always recommending, her tips for getting out of a reading slump, and more. 

How long have you worked in libraries?

A little over 2 years 

What is your favorite book from childhood?

The start of a new year is the perfect time to learn a new skill! Check out a few of the ways the library can assist you with taking on your 2024 goals.

Tech Classes

Did you get new tech over the holidays, and need some help with getting started? Learn how to set up your new computer, navigate your new phone and more with our upcoming tech classes.

I have been a fan of Jennifer McMahon’s books ever since I read The Invited several years ago, and her latest novel, My Darling Girl (2023), might be her best one yet!

A wonderful mix of folktale, mystery, romance and historical fiction, The Fox Wife (2024) checks all the boxes for a fascinating read. Set in China and Japan in the early 1900s, author Yangsze Choo brings to life the folklore of the fox spirits; beautiful young men and women who can transform into foxes, bewilder and trick people and feed off the life force of humans.

Over the holidays I listened to the audiobook of Pineapple Street (2023), Jenny Jackson's debut novel. Jackson happens to be a Vice-President and Executive Editor at Knopf Doubleday and has edited the likes of Emily St.