SLC Library Staff Recommendations 2010

Suburban Library Cooperative - Library Staff Recommendations 2010
HOME Next Page Previous Page Fiction Non-Fiction Children Audio-Visual 2008 List 2005 List 2004 List 2002 List	FICTION Born of Night / Sherrilyn Kenyon EB, FIC Kenyon’s re-released original novel is a dark, gritty and hopeful futuristic romance. The world they live in is harsh and cruel, but you can’t help rooting for both main characters. (Jennie from CHE) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao / Junot Diaz BCD, EB, FIC, LT I loved the narrative style with its almost constant interplay of RPG, science fiction and Dominican historical references. For what seemed at first a rather light read, it became complex and engaging while I sought to balance understanding these references, guessing at the Spanish from context, and following the story. It is definitely a book I would like to re-read some day. (Elizabeth Campion, St. Clair Shores Librarian) The Brutal Telling / Louise Penny BCD, FIC, LT This mystery is fifth in a fabulous series which take place in a small Quebec village. Penny builds strong supporting characters surrounding the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. (Ruth from SCS) Bulletproof Mascara: A Novel / Bethany Maines BCD, FIC, PL A debut novel about a young woman who gets a job at a cosmetics company, only to find out that it doubles as a top-secret all-woman espionage agency. A fast, fun, fantasy-fulfilling read! (Alice from SHL) BCD = Book on CD, BLU = Blu-ray Disc, CD = Compact Disc, DVD = Digital Video Disc, EB = eBook, FIC = Fiction, LT = Large Type, MeLCat = MeLCat material, NONFIC = Non-Fiction, PL = Playaway, PS3 = Playstation 3 Game		FICTION The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel / Jeffery Deaver BCD, LT, FIC Jeffery Deaver’s latest Lincoln Rhyme novel brings the brilliant criminologist and his partner/paramour Amelia Sachs racing against time to outwit and catch the UNSUB who’s terrorizing New York City. Read the book and you will see fascinating forensic investigative techniques on full display. (Alice from SHL) The Case of the Missing Servant / Tarquin Hall LT, FIC The scents and sounds of India, along with a colorful cast of characters, enhance this humorous and cozy story featuring Vish Puri, India. (Beth from CMM) Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files / Jim Butcher BCD, FIC The title promises and delivers in this 12th Dresden Files novel. Butcher giveth and taketh away from wizard Harry, and you, too, will be screaming for 2011’s case file by the end. (Stacey from WCV) In this latest book in the Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden is taken far from his comfort zone and will risk everything to defend the ones he cares about. (Rebecca from FRA) Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter Tales / Greer Gilman MeLCat After reading Gilman’s Moonwise in 1991, I thought I could scarcely wait for another of her endeavors. I had to wait nearly twenty years but I have been rewarded with something magical to savor. Cloud & Ashes consists of three interwoven tales which tap into our ancient memory and send us spiraling within. (Circulation clerk from MTC)

FICTION

Born of Night / Sherrilyn Kenyon
EB, FIC
Kenyon’s re-released original novel is a dark, gritty and hopeful futuristic romance. The world they live in is harsh and cruel, but you can’t help rooting for both main characters.
(Jennie from CHE)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao / Junot Diaz
BCD, EB, FIC, LT
I loved the narrative style with its almost constant interplay of RPG, science fiction and Dominican historical references. For what seemed at first a rather light read, it became complex and engaging while I sought to balance understanding these references, guessing at the Spanish from context, and following the story. It is definitely a book I would like to re-read some day.
(Elizabeth Campion, St. Clair Shores Librarian)

The Brutal Telling / Louise Penny
BCD, FIC, LT
This mystery is fifth in a fabulous series which take place in a small Quebec village. Penny builds strong supporting characters surrounding the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
(Ruth from SCS)

Bulletproof Mascara: A Novel / Bethany Maines
BCD, FIC, PL
A debut novel about a young woman who gets a job at a cosmetics company, only to find out that it doubles as a top-secret all-woman espionage agency. A fast, fun, fantasy-fulfilling read!
(Alice from SHL)

BCD = Book on CD, BLU = Blu-ray Disc, CD = Compact Disc,
DVD = Digital Video Disc, EB = eBook, FIC = Fiction, LT = Large Type, MeLCat = MeLCat material, NONFIC = Non-Fiction, PL = Playaway,
PS3 = Playstation 3 Game

FICTION

The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel / Jeffery Deaver
BCD, LT, FIC
Jeffery Deaver’s latest Lincoln Rhyme novel brings the brilliant criminologist and his partner/paramour Amelia Sachs racing against time to outwit and catch the UNSUB who’s terrorizing New York City. Read the book and you will see fascinating forensic investigative techniques on full display.
(Alice from SHL)

The Case of the Missing Servant / Tarquin Hall
LT, FIC
The scents and sounds of India, along with a colorful cast of characters, enhance this humorous and cozy story featuring Vish Puri, India.
(Beth from CMM)

Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files / Jim Butcher
BCD, FIC
The title promises and delivers in this 12th Dresden Files novel. Butcher giveth and taketh away from wizard Harry, and you, too, will be screaming for 2011’s case file by the end.
(Stacey from WCV)

In this latest book in the Dresden Files series, Harry Dresden is taken far from his comfort zone and will risk everything to defend the ones he cares about.
(Rebecca from FRA)

Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter Tales / Greer Gilman
MeLCat
After reading Gilman’s Moonwise in 1991, I thought I could scarcely wait for another of her endeavors. I had to wait nearly twenty years but I have been rewarded with something magical to savor. Cloud & Ashes consists of three interwoven tales which tap into our ancient memory and send us spiraling within.
(Circulation clerk from MTC)