"Books" Archive

A Beautiful Wedding / Jamie McGuire

It follows Abby and Travis, who after a crazy night in Las Vegas, discover they are married. They head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.

Feb 1st/ Theatres/ Place on hold

The Tiger’s Apprentice by Laurence Yep

Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix.

Feb 2nd/ Netflix

Argylle / Elly Conway

An introverted spy novelist is drawn into the activities of a sinister underground syndicate.

Feb 2nd/ Theatres/ Place on hold

Orion and the Dark / Emma Yarlett

Follows Orion, a young boy who is afraid of heights, pets, and rendered nearly catatonic by the worst of all perils: the dark. The Dark takes Orion on a nighttime trip to prove to the youngster that the only thing to fear is fear itself.

Feb 2nd/ Netflix/ Place on hold

One Day / David Nicholls

Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.

Feb 8th/ Theatres/ Place on hold

Float / Kate Marchant

After she nearly drowns, a young woman unexpectedly falls for the small-town lifeguard who rescued her. Based on the novel by Kate Marchant.

Feb 9th/ Theatres and Streaming/ Place on hold

The Never Game / Jeffery Deaver

(Tracker)

Colter Shaw travels the country in his old-school RV to help police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons until his latest case changes everything.

Feb 11th/ CBS/ Place on hold

Shōgun/James Clavell

When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.

Feb 27th/ Hulu/ Place on hold

Widowed mum Mya is disturbed by an image of her late husband captured on her toddler’s nanny cam.

Jan 1st/ Netflix/ Put on hold

Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui

Can sisters be reincarnated from dragon poop? Laios and his friends Marcille and Chilchuck delve into an endless dungeon in search of his fallen sister, fighting monsters, starvation, and corruption.

Jan 3rd/ Netflix/ Put on hold

A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita

Yuki Itose, a hearing-impaired university student, meets Itsuomi Nagi. Unlike most, he knows her impairment which makes him fascinates. A new world begins to open for them as they learn about each other’s different lives.

Jan 6th/ Crunchyroll / Put on hold

Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day by Judith Viorst 

Follows a Mexican American family who have recently lost their connection to each other and their roots, as they embark on an epic road trip that immediately goes hilariously wrong.

Jan 10th/ Disney+/ Put on hold

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

In 1980s Brisbane, a precocious boy and his selectively mute brother embark on a suburban odyssey of love, redemption and retribution after their family is torn apart by a drug lord.

Jan 11th/ Netflix/ Put on hold

The Maltese falcon / Dashiell Hammett

(Monsieur Spade)

The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963.

Jan 14th/ AMC/ Put on hold

Which Brings Me to You by Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott

Two romantic burnouts meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.

Jan 19th/ Theatres

Masters of the Air : America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

Five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, eleven men inside a bomber known as a “Flying Fortress” battle unrelenting flocks of German fighters.

Jan 26th/ Apple TV/ Put on hold

The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee

A look at the personal and professional lives of a tight-knit group of expatriates living in Hong Kong.

Jan 26th/ Amazon/ Put on hold 

Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

(Feud: Capote vs. The Swans)

An anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.

Wilfried Wils must survive as an auxiliary policeman during the Nazi occupation of Antwerp.

Jan 31st/ Netflix