Thursday, January 5, 2012

What We Read in 2011: Staff Recommendations

Cecelia ~ Children’s Dept
Picture Books:
Where’s Walrus by Stephen A. Savage
Blackout by John Rocco

Chapter Books for Juvenile Readers:
Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Young Adult:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Sherri ~ Circulation
Fiction:
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Divergent by Veronica Roth

Nonfiction:

Morgan ~ Children’s Dept
Picture Books:
A Few Blocks by Cybéle Young
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Chapter Books for Juvenile Readers:
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznik

Young Adult :
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Where She Went by Gayle Foreman

Adult Fiction:
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Dee ~ Circulation
Fiction:
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton

Nonfiction:
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush


Chrissie ~ Circulation
Young Adult:
Switched by Amanda Hocking

Fiction:
The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers
Ghost of a Chance by Simon R. Green 
Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez 
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

Nonfiction:
Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas

Eric ~ Circulation  
Fiction:
The Ambition by Lee Stroebel
Deadline by Randy Alcorn
The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker

Daniel ~ Young Adult
Young Adult Fiction:
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi


Adult Fiction: 
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin



1 comment:

  1. Night Road was an incredibly emotional read for me. I sobbed like a baby through the entire second half of the book. There is a pivotal moment, you will know it when you get there, that changes everything - from that moment on - my eyes leaked like sieves. Night Road is a book about love, acceptance, and most of all forgiveness. I truly think that Night Road is Kristin Hannah's best work yet. Her character development was solid and visible, especially with Jude. This is not a novel to be missed!

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