Staff Suggestions

January 2008

• Plain Secrets by Joe Mackall
• The Rules of Gentility by Janet Mullaney
• What Matters Most by Luanne Rice
• Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
• The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella
• Big Brown by Greg Niemann
• Thrill of the Knight by Julia Latham
• The Pirate’s Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson

October 2007

• Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
• Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• Bay of Spirits by Farley Mowat
• Grief by Andrew Holleran
• The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
• The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
• Knit Together by Debbie Macomber
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
• The Chrysalis by HeatherTerrell
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

December 2007

• A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
• Christmas on Jane Street by Billy Romp
• Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
• The Hearts of Horses by Molly Glass
• The Sound of Butterflies by Rachael King
• Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
• Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Thuy Tram
• The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
• Vivaldi’s Virgins by Barbara Quick
• Build Your Own Earth Oven by Kiko Denzer
• Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood
• Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson

August/September 2007

• The Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
• Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
• Sunshine Every Morning by Dorothy Glenn(aka Dorothy Garlock)
• The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God by Timothy Schaffert
• Becoming Real by Stephen James
• The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
• The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara and Camille Kingsolver

November 2007

Staff Reviews on the following books

• The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
• Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
• Final Payment: A Posadas County Mystery by Steven F. Havill
• Digging to America by Anne Tyler
• The Last Stand by Michael Punke
• Lone Creek by Neil McMahon
• The Wild Trees by Richard Preston & Andrew Joslin
• The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
• The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
• Extension of Evil by David S. Rosenberg
• The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

July 2007

Staff Reviews on the following books

• Gilead By Robinson, Marilynne
• Pawleys Island By Frank, Dorothea Benton
• The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History By Buzbee, Lewis
• Stormy Weather By Jiles, Paulette
• The Blood of Flowers By Amirrezvani, Anita
• Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books By Lansky, Aaron
  
• Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance By Gawande, Atul
• Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil By Rodriguez, Deborah, Ohlson, Kristin
• The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat
  By Clover, Charle
• Sammy's House By Gore, Kristin
• Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane By Rich, Doris L.
• The Sultan's Seal By White, Jenny B.
• At Home in Covington By Medlicott, Joan A.