STAFF PICKS
Chelsea´s Pick: Prepare yourself to be on a game show.
Michael´s Pick: Complete, engaging and revealing!
Lindsay´s Pick: Dsytopian Romance
Jimmy´s Pick: Amazing story telling! Upbeat! Steampunk, time travels, flying blimp ships! Good book.
Jimmy´s Pick: The age of discovery is paved with blood. Cultures do not seek unity when they are utterly dominant.
Bayley´s Pick: A great nonfiction book about the fall and rise of Pixar.
Colby´s Pick: So funny! Some of the references that she uses to describe her life made me laugh out loud.
Lindsay´s Pick: Action packed!
Marilyn´s Pick: For readers who like Jane Austen and mysteries.
Lindsay´s Pick: The founder of Tom´s Shoes talks about merging business with philanthropy.
Kayla´s Pick: A Chinese family saga that is both enlightening and heart-wrenching.
Lindsay´s Pick: This is an enchanting Cinderella story with a surprising twist.
Lindsay´s Pick: This is a sweet princess story with unforgettable characters.
Jason´s Pick: A beautifully illustrated story of a 20-year-old girl in an arranged marriage to a much younger boy.
Mike´s Pick: Interesting, unique viewpoints and good words about our Southern Utah desert.
Mike´s Pick: Good story, character development and funny at times.
Michael´s Pick: Harrowing, inspiring, and historically accurate, Unbroken is an excellent look into a past era and an incredible life.
Julia´s Pick: An honest and inspirational story that causes you to look at your own life, your actions, and gives you great hope in humanity.
Chelsea´s Pick: This inspirational read shows how love and God can get you through anything.
Natalie´s Pick: This was a funny, witty novel that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I love anything by Sophie Kinsella!
Lindsay´s Pick: A really accessible book on the benefits of yoga.
Marilyn´s Pick: Compelling missing person mystery set in a Gypsy community in England.
Colby´s Pick: Super inspirational, superb sports memoir.
Marilyn´s Pick: Set in Portland, Maine in the near future, when love is a disease all are “cured” of at age 18.
Marilyn´s Pick: A suspenseful mystery set in rigid, gender-segregated Saudi-Arabia.
Kayla´s Pick: An enlightening blend of science and family history.
Lisa´s Pick: So suspenseful, I couldn´t put it down.
Lisa´s Pick: Very unique and touching book about how a 13-year-old boy deals with death.
Marilyn´s Pick: Amazingly well-plotted murder mystery set in the small town of Three Pines, Quebec.
Stephanie´s Pick: Smarter than your average chick lit! Alice takes a fall at the gym and forgets the last ten years of her life.
Chelsea´s Pick: Awesome facts and incredible photographs with a message.
Jimmy´s Pick: Grisly realism in a fantastic setting a good book makes!
Michael´s Pick: Fun and exciting teen adventure story. The fantasy aspect is very original.
Kayla´s Pick: Best series since Hunger Games. Perfect sequel to Divergent. Fast paced and exciting dystopian novel.
Ellen´s Pick: The quirky actions of the Spellman family are as enjoyable as the cases taken on by their detective agency. Funny and non-violent. Read all five!
Teresa´s Pick: Spine-chilling mystery where your nightmares come true!
Teresa´s Pick: Homesteading on the Kansas prairie wasn´t easy. Beautiful book of survival. Written in verse.
Teresa´s Pick: Amazing photos and story of the discovery of a perfectly preserved baby mammoth. Published by the National Geographic Society.
Tag Archives: Fiction
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Place a Hold It is rare to find an author who can bring you to tears from the beauty of her words. Even though Sara Zarr’s new book is concise and easy to understand, the way she weaves this heartfelt … Continue reading
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
Place A Hold Jin is the only Chinese American boy in his school and an outsider. Danny is athletic and popular until his cousin comes for a visit. The Monkey King is the baddest kung fu master in heaven or … Continue reading
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Place a Hold The Poisonwood Bible is the record of a missionary family that moves to the Congo from Georgia in 1959. The Price family, which consists of Baptist minister Nathan Price, his wife Orleanna, and their four young daughters, … Continue reading
SEQUELS YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS
Place a Hold Lev Grossman’s stunning sequel to The Magicians lives up to its predecessor in every way. This second novel switches back and forth from Julia’s story (the scarred and abandoned hedge witch) to Quentin’s exploration through the various … Continue reading
OZMA OF OZ BY L. FRANK BAUM
Place A Hold Have you seen the new graphic versions of L. Frank Baum’s classic Oz series? Written by Eric Shanower and illustrated by Skottie Young, I feel these fresh new tellings easily hold up to the original text and … Continue reading
