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| Article in [[:Category:Adult Fiction|Adult Fiction]] and [[:Category:Adult Nonfiction|Adult Nonfiction]] and [[:Category:Personal Picks|Personal Picks]] categories. | Article in [[:Category:Adult Fiction|Adult Fiction]] and [[:Category:Adult Nonfiction|Adult Nonfiction]] and [[:Category:Personal Picks|Personal Picks]] categories. | ||
| - | See what staff are reading (and recommending!) | + | See what staff are reading (and recommending!) and see the [http://hera.jmrl.org/wiki/Librarian_Recommendations '''young adult librarians' selections''']. |
| ==Bob Bjoring (Central)== | ==Bob Bjoring (Central)== | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?how+the+dead+dream '''How the Dead Dream'''] by Lydia Millet. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?how+the+dead+dream '''How the Dead Dream'''] by Lydia Millet. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?visit+from+the+goon+squad '''A Visit from the Goon Squad'''] by Jennifer Egan. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?visit+from+the+goon+squad '''A Visit from the Goon Squad'''] by Jennifer Egan. | ||
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| + | ==Tim Carrier (Central)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?name+of+the+star '''The Name of the Star'''] by Maureen Johnson. | ||
| ==Anne Chiles (Central)== | ==Anne Chiles (Central)== | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?and+so+it+goes+kurt '''And So It Goes'''] by Charles J. Shields. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?and+so+it+goes+kurt '''And So It Goes'''] by Charles J. Shields. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?help+me+to+find+my+people '''Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery'''] by Heather Andrea Williams. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?molotov's+magic+lantern '''Molotov's Magic Lantern'''] by Rachel Polonsky. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?molotov's+magic+lantern '''Molotov's Magic Lantern'''] by Rachel Polonsky. | ||
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| ==Meredith Dickens (Gordon)== | ==Meredith Dickens (Gordon)== | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?brainiac+adventures+in+the+curious '''Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs'''] by Ken Jennings. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?brainiac+adventures+in+the+curious '''Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs'''] by Ken Jennings. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?embassytown '''Embassytown'''] by China Mieville. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?turn+right+at+Machu+picchu '''Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time'''] by Mark Adams. | ||
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| + | *Also see my recommendations on [http://jmrl.org/wiki/Gordon_Avenue_Library_Staff_Recommends '''the Gordon Avenue Library staff picks page'''] | ||
| ==Krista Farrell (Central)== | ==Krista Farrell (Central)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?infidel+hirsi '''Infidel'''] by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?king+peggy '''King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village'''] by Peggielene Bartels. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?poser+my+life+in '''Poster: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses'''] by Claire Dederer. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?poser+my+life+in '''Poster: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses'''] by Claire Dederer. | ||
| ==Noelle Funk (Scottsville) == | ==Noelle Funk (Scottsville) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?brockmeier+illumination '''The Illumination'''] by Kevin Brockmeier. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?brockmeier+illumination '''The Illumination'''] by Kevin Brockmeier. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?instance+of+the+fingerpost '''An Instance of the Fingerpost'''] by Iain M. Pears. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?night+circus+erin '''The Night Circus'''] by Erin Morgenstern. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?night+circus+erin '''The Night Circus'''] by Erin Morgenstern. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?sisters+brothers+dewitt '''The Sisters Brothers'''] by Patrick DeWitt. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?there+but+for+the '''There But for the'''] by Ali Smith. | ||
| ==Willow Gale (Bookmobile) == | ==Willow Gale (Bookmobile) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?Steve+jobs+isaacson '''Steve Jobs'''] by Walter Isaacson. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?time+to+be+in+earnest '''Time to Be in Earnest'''] by P. D. James. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?wake+of+forgiveness '''The Wake of Forgiveness'''] by Bruce Machart. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?wake+of+forgiveness '''The Wake of Forgiveness'''] by Bruce Machart. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?when+she+woke '''When She Woke'''] by Hillary Jordan. | ||
| + | == Karen Gillaspie (Central)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?walk+across+the+sun '''A Walk Across the Sun'''] by Corban Addison. | ||
| ==Gary Grant (Albemarle Trustee) == | ==Gary Grant (Albemarle Trustee) == | ||
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| ==John Halliday (Central) == | ==John Halliday (Central) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?angle+of+repose '''Angle of Repose'''] by Wallace Stegner. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?angle+of+repose '''Angle of Repose'''] by Wallace Stegner. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?catherine+the+great+massie'''Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman'''] by Robert K. Massie. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?corrections+franzen '''The Corrections'''] by Jonathan Franzen. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hunger+games+collins'''The Hunger Games'''] by Suzanne Collins. | ||
| ==Holly Huffman (Greene) == | ==Holly Huffman (Greene) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mandela's+way '''Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage'''] by Richard Stengel. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mandela's+way '''Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage'''] by Richard Stengel. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?outliers '''Outliers: The Story of Success'''] by Malcolm Gladwell. | ||
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| + | *Also see my recommendations on the [http://hera.jmrl.org/wiki/Adult_Mystery_Series_Authors:_Holly's_Picks '''Adult Mystery Series Authors page'''] | ||
| ==Lindsay Ideson (Northside) == | ==Lindsay Ideson (Northside) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?discovery+of+witches'''A Discovery of Witches'''] by Deborah Harkness | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?discovery+of+witches'''A Discovery of Witches'''] by Deborah Harkness | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?okay+for+now '''Okay for Now'''] by Gary D. Schmidt. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?life+hands+sixty+family+coleman '''This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone'''] by Melissa Coleman. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?life+hands+sixty+family+coleman '''This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone'''] by Melissa Coleman. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?swerve+how+the+world '''The Swerve: How the World Became Modern'''] by Stephen J. Greenblatt. | ||
| ==Rhonda Johnson (Crozet)== | ==Rhonda Johnson (Crozet)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?may+b '''May B'''] by Caroline Starr Rose. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?okay+for+now '''Vanished'''] by Gary D. Schmidt. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?okay+for+now '''Vanished'''] by Gary D. Schmidt. | ||
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| + | ==Kathy Judge (Central)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?sound+of+a+wild+snail+eating'''The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating'''] by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. | ||
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| + | == Tanith Knight (Nelson)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?lost+communities+of+virginia '''Lost Communities of Virginia'''] by Terri Fisher. | ||
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| + | ==Jackie Lichtman (Central) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?selected+stories+munro'''Selected Stories'''] by Alice Munro. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?sojourn+krivak'''The Sojourn'''] by Andrew Krivak. | ||
| ==Russ Lyttleton (Central) == | ==Russ Lyttleton (Central) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?greater+journey+americans+in+paris '''The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris'''] by David McCullough. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?greater+journey+americans+in+paris '''The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris'''] by David McCullough. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?island+of+vice+theodore '''Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York'''] by Richard Zacks. | ||
| ==Joyce MacDonald (Central) == | ==Joyce MacDonald (Central) == | ||
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| ==Gail Ott (Louisa) == | ==Gail Ott (Louisa) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?calling+invisible+women '''Calling Invisible Women'''] by Jeanne Ray. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?elizabeth+the+queen+the '''Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch'''] by Sally Bedell Smith. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?following_atticus '''Following Atticus: Forty Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship Now'''] by Mark Ryan. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?paris+wife '''The Paris Wife'''] by Paula McLain. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?paris+wife '''The Paris Wife'''] by Paula McLain. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?reservoir+milliken '''The Reservoir'''] by John Milliken Thompson. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?reservoir+milliken '''The Reservoir'''] by John Milliken Thompson. | ||
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| ==Willoughby Parks (Central)== | ==Willoughby Parks (Central)== | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?battle+hymn+of+the+tiger+mother '''Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother'''] by Amy Chua. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?battle+hymn+of+the+tiger+mother '''Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother'''] by Amy Chua. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?visit+from+the+goon+squad '''A Visit from the Goon Squad'''] by Jennifer Egan. | ||
| ==Heather Pehnec (Central)== | ==Heather Pehnec (Central)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?down+the+mysterly+river '''Down the Mysterly River'''] by Mark Buckingham. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?small+adventure+of+popeye+and+elvis '''The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis'''] by Kevin Brockmeier. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?small+adventure+of+popeye+and+elvis '''The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis'''] by Kevin Brockmeier. | ||
| ==David Plunkett (Central) == | ==David Plunkett (Central) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?don+quixote+cervantes '''Don Quixote'''] by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?draining+lake+arnaldur '''The Draining Lake'''] by Arnaldur Indridason. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dream+of+perpetual+motion '''The Dream of Perpetual Motion'''] by Dexter Palmer. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dream+of+perpetual+motion '''The Dream of Perpetual Motion'''] by Dexter Palmer. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?hairstons+an+american '''The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White'''] by Henry Wiencek. | ||
| ==Stella Pool (Central) == | ==Stella Pool (Central) == | ||
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| ==Ginny Reese (Greene)== | ==Ginny Reese (Greene)== | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dragonbreath+curse+of+the+were-wiener '''Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener'''] by Ursula Vernon. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dead+end+in+norvelt '''Dead End in Norvelt'''] by Jack Gantos. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?false+friend'''The False Friend'''] by Myula Goldberg. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?false+friend'''The False Friend'''] by Myula Goldberg. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?no+such+thing+as+dragons '''No Such Thing As Dragons'''] by Philip Reeve. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?no+such+thing+as+dragons '''No Such Thing As Dragons'''] by Philip Reeve. | ||
| ==Jacqueline Rice (Central) == | ==Jacqueline Rice (Central) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?okay+for+now '''Okay for Now'''] by Gary D. Schmidt. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?revolution+donnelly'''Revolution'''] by Jennifer Donnelly | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?revolution+donnelly'''Revolution'''] by Jennifer Donnelly | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?major+pettigrew's+last+stand '''Major Pettigrew's Last Stand'''] by Helen Simonson. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?major+pettigrew's+last+stand '''Major Pettigrew's Last Stand'''] by Helen Simonson. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?nothing+daunted+the+unexpected '''Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West'''] by Dorothy Wickenden. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?nothing+daunted+the+unexpected '''Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West'''] by Dorothy Wickenden. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?odds+stewart '''The Odds'''] by Stewart O'Nan. | ||
| ==Linda Smoke (Central) == | ==Linda Smoke (Central) == | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?red+garden '''The Red Garden'''] by Alice Hoffman. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?red+garden '''The Red Garden'''] by Alice Hoffman. | ||
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| + | ==Phoebe Anne Tucker (Nelson) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?girl+in+the+garden '''The Girl in the Garden'''] by Kamala Nair | ||
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| + | ==Andrea Williams (Central) == | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?time+traveler's+wife'''The Time Traveler's Wife'''] by Audrey Niffenegger. | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?turn+of+mind '''Turn of Mind'''] by Alice LaPlante. | ||
| [[Category:Adult Fiction]] | [[Category:Adult Fiction]] | ||
| [[Category:Adult Nonfiction]] | [[Category:Adult Nonfiction]] | ||
| [[Category:Personal Picks]] | [[Category:Personal Picks]] | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 31 July 2012
Article in Adult Fiction and Adult Nonfiction and Personal Picks categories.
See what staff are reading (and recommending!) and see the young adult librarians' selections.
Bob Bjoring (Central)
- How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet.
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
Tim Carrier (Central)
- The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson.
Anne Chiles (Central)
- And So It Goes by Charles J. Shields.
- Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery by Heather Andrea Williams.
- Molotov's Magic Lantern by Rachel Polonsky.
Nancy Cook (Central)
- Vanished by Sheela Chari.
- Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick.
Meredith Dickens (Gordon)
- Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs by Ken Jennings.
- Embassytown by China Mieville.
- Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams.
- Also see my recommendations on the Gordon Avenue Library staff picks page
Krista Farrell (Central)
- Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
- King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels.
- Poster: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer.
Noelle Funk (Scottsville)
- The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier.
- An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain M. Pears.
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt.
- There But for the by Ali Smith.
Willow Gale (Bookmobile)
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
- Time to Be in Earnest by P. D. James.
- The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart.
- When She Woke by Hillary Jordan.
Karen Gillaspie (Central)
- A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison.
Gary Grant (Albemarle Trustee)
- The Orchard: A Memoir by Adele Crockett Robertson.
John Halliday (Central)
- Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie.
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Holly Huffman (Greene)
- Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage by Richard Stengel.
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
- Also see my recommendations on the Adult Mystery Series Authors page
Lindsay Ideson (Northside)
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt.
- This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman.
- The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen J. Greenblatt.
Rhonda Johnson (Crozet)
Kathy Judge (Central)
- The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey.
Tanith Knight (Nelson)
- Lost Communities of Virginia by Terri Fisher.
Jackie Lichtman (Central)
- Selected Stories by Alice Munro.
- The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak.
Russ Lyttleton (Central)
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough.
- Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks.
Joyce MacDonald (Central)
- Let's Take the Long Way Home: a Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell.
Gail Ott (Louisa)
- Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray.
- Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith.
- Following Atticus: Forty Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship Now by Mark Ryan.
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.
- The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson.
Willoughby Parks (Central)
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
Heather Pehnec (Central)
- Down the Mysterly River by Mark Buckingham.
- The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Kevin Brockmeier.
David Plunkett (Central)
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
- The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason.
- The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer.
- The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White by Henry Wiencek.
Stella Pool (Central)
- World Without End by Ken Follett.
Ginny Reese (Greene)
- Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener by Ursula Vernon.
- Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos.
- The False Friend by Myula Goldberg.
- No Such Thing As Dragons by Philip Reeve.
Jacqueline Rice (Central)
- Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt.
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Wendy Saz (Crozet)
- Emily Alone by Stewart O'Nan.
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
- Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden.
- The Odds by Stewart O'Nan.
Linda Smoke (Central)
- The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman.
Phoebe Anne Tucker (Nelson)
- The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair
Andrea Williams (Central)
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
- Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante.
