Looking for a book suggestion? These titles are located on our Staff Picks shelves. Take a suggestion from a Bernardsville Public Library staff member for one of your 50 books!
Anne's Pick: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Annette's Pick: The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Felicia's Pick: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Kathy's Pick: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Lia's Pick: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Margaret's Pick: Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
Mary Jo's Pick: City Dharma: Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos by Arthur Jeon
Rosalie's Pick: Confederates in the Attic: dispatches from America's unfinished Civil War by Tony Horowitz
Sarah's Pick: Cemetery John : the undiscovered mastermind of the Lindbergh kidnapping by Robert Zorn
Susan's Pick: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical fiction. Show all posts
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
50 Book Challenge Suggestions from Saturday, April 20
Here is a list of the books we suggested to the group. If we own them, the link to the item in the catalog is provided. If not, please ask us to interlibrary loan it for you!
1. Twelve by Twelve by William Powers
2. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
3. Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
4. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
5. Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
6. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
7. Elsewhere by Richard Russo
8. Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me by Patricia Volk
9. Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman
10. Chief Bruno Courrèges series by Martin Walker
11. What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir by Alice Eve Cohen
12. End of Your Life Bookclub by Will Schwalbe
13. The Cost of Hope by Amanda Bennett
14. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
15. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
16. Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Ann Fowler
1. Twelve by Twelve by William Powers
2. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
3. Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
4. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
5. Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
6. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
7. Elsewhere by Richard Russo
8. Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me by Patricia Volk
9. Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman
10. Chief Bruno Courrèges series by Martin Walker
11. What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir by Alice Eve Cohen
12. End of Your Life Bookclub by Will Schwalbe
13. The Cost of Hope by Amanda Bennett
14. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
15. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
16. Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Ann Fowler
Thursday, March 7, 2013
a couple of books I enjoyed
"To Know a Woman" by Amos Oz
Story of a somewhat dysfunctional family, that's the first impression one gets. In reality it is a very profound recount of an Israeli espionage agent trying to regain his footing after his wife's accidental death. So WELL written, and yes, gripping.
( I started now "A Tale of Love and Darkness", so far I'm not disappointed!)
"The Art Forger" by B.A.Shapiro
It is her first novel, I came across it in the NYT art section during the week.
The story is very interesting, based on the looting of 13 work of arts from the Isabella Steward Gardner museum in Boston. The book is not perfect but it sure makes one think about the morality of forgery under certain circumstances.
"My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor
This is the memoir of our Supreme Court Judge. Interesting, well written. One can talk a lot about it!
"The Bookseller" by Mark Pryor
This book brings you in the middle of Paris and has you going for a good "ride" à la Sherlock Holmes!
The writer is British, lives in Austin TX and is an assistant district attorney.
This is his first novel, he crated Hugo Marston and it is planned to be a character of many more books. Next one on its way.
Story of a somewhat dysfunctional family, that's the first impression one gets. In reality it is a very profound recount of an Israeli espionage agent trying to regain his footing after his wife's accidental death. So WELL written, and yes, gripping.
( I started now "A Tale of Love and Darkness", so far I'm not disappointed!)
"The Art Forger" by B.A.Shapiro
It is her first novel, I came across it in the NYT art section during the week.
The story is very interesting, based on the looting of 13 work of arts from the Isabella Steward Gardner museum in Boston. The book is not perfect but it sure makes one think about the morality of forgery under certain circumstances.
"My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor
This is the memoir of our Supreme Court Judge. Interesting, well written. One can talk a lot about it!
"The Bookseller" by Mark Pryor
This book brings you in the middle of Paris and has you going for a good "ride" à la Sherlock Holmes!
The writer is British, lives in Austin TX and is an assistant district attorney.
This is his first novel, he crated Hugo Marston and it is planned to be a character of many more books. Next one on its way.
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