Loan Stars: Librarians pick their upcoming favourite January/February titles

Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their most-anticipated upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.

Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle #2), C.L. Polk (Tor Books/Macmillan Canada)
Alone in the Wild: A Rockton Thriller (City of the Lost 5), Kelley Armstrong (Doubleday Canada)
Pretty as a Picture, Elizabeth Little (Viking)
False Value (Rivers of London #8), Ben Aaronovitch (DAW/Penguin Random House Canada)
The Firmament of Flame (Universe After #3), Drew Williams (Tor Books/Macmillan Canada)
Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies, Christina Myers, ed. (Caitlin Press)
When We Were Vikings, Andrew David MacDonald (Scout Press/Simon & Schuster Canada)
A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende (Ballantine Books/PRHC)
The Other People, C.J. Tudor (Doubleday Canada)
A Longer Fall (Gunnie Rose #2), Charlaine Harris (Saga Press/S&S Canada)