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| ==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?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. | ||
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| ==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/X?sisters+brothers+dewitt '''The Sisters Brothers'''] by Patrick DeWitt. | ||
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| ==Kathy Judge (Central)== | ==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. | *[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. | ||
| ==Jackie Lichtman (Central) == | ==Jackie Lichtman (Central) == | ||
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| ==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. | ||
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| ==Andrea Williams (Central) == | ==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/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 13:37, 1 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.
- 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.
Russ Lyttleton (Central)
- The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough.
Joyce MacDonald (Central)
- Let's Take the Long Way Home: a Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell.
Gail Ott (Louisa)
- 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 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.
