Staff Recommendations

"Greetings from Nowhere" by Barbara O'Connor ~ Rhonda says: Four lives are transformed when people happen to meet and share their experiences at a tiny, rundown motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. This book makes me want to take a journey just to see whom I will meet. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "No Graves as Yet" by Anne Perry ~ Joanna says: Anne Perry's World War I series begins in 1914 Cambridge, England – a time just prior to the beginning of the war – when the security of wealth and power in the world of the privileged Reavely family is coming to a close, as is England's seamless peace. A great read that left me hoping for a fourth book in the series! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick ~ Chris says: Never before has "cinematic" been an accurate descriptor for a book, but Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret finally makes it possible. Plentiful illustrations bring Selznick's words to life, and as you read you'll be presented with scenes so detailed you can't help but compare it to a movie. The story of Hugo, a small boy living in a train station, will draw you in and ultimately leave you wanting more. Once you've finished the book, see the movie it inspired! Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" can be found in our New DVD section. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto" by Gianni Rodari ~ Cody says: An unusual book with a delightful, whimsical plot that never lets up, only drops one final punch-line on the reader and saunters away greatly pleased with its achievement. Calls to mind the fanciful children's work of Roald Dahl, only for an older set that never lost a taste for cheery but slightly cautionary tales. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "On Writing" by Stephen King ~ Cody says: Equal parts biography and writing how-to, this will engage both fans of Stephen King and amateur novelists jealous over his success in writing. Guess which I am! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Elantris" by Brandon Sanderson ~ Cody says: A real rarity: a fantasy novel that envisions its own world without hiding in the tired tropes of the genre. It even manages to be a fully-contained story without resorting to a trilogy or (worse) an unending and increasingly distracted series that only ends when the author does. But jabs at the genre aside, this was an intelligent story in an exotic world populated by a wide array of colorful characters to cheer and boo. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Each Little Bird that Sings" by Deborah Wiles, read by Kim Mai Guest ~ Jenny says: A gentle and humorous story of friendship and loss, beautifully narrated. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The Day-Glo Brothers" by Chris Barton ~ Jenny says: Fun and funky non-fiction about a fascinating subject and a couple of REALLY cool brothers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern ~ Recommended by Jenny +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell ~ Kari says: A darkly funny, off-the-hook wild ride of a thriller that follows a former hit man – turned medical intern – through a crazy 24 hours of treating patients and ducking the Mob. By turns freaky, hilarious, and profane, you'll never forget what happens when medicine meets Mafiosi! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle ~ Recommended by Kari

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