Staff Recommendations

Everyone gets 10,000 tries to live a perfect life or they face oblivion and Milo is closing in on 10,000.  I had no expectations for this book when I picked it up.

I love thriller/mystery stories, but I usually don't give them 5 stars because they can be predictable and formulaic. This book, Stillhouse Lake By Rachel Caine is the exception.

Small writing at its best. And by small, I mean both short (only 118 pages) and small which refers to the title; small things, gestures, kindnesses....can be something big.  And important.

Wow. What a book! All the Glimmering Stars by Mark T. Sullivan hits all my criteria for a 5-star rating; superbly written, fascinating characters and setting, and I learned something new. In this case, I learned a whole lot of new!

This is an intelligent book. The only thing I could criticize was that perhaps it was a bit too long, and dragged a bit in the middle. But it definitely kept my interest. Happiness Falls is a thesis on sociology and philosophy.

In Jodi Picoult's inimitable style, By Any Other Name is an extremely well-researched novel and a speculative "what if" about Shakespeare.

Who'd have ever guessed I'd become a Stephen King fan?!

I had never heard of this book before a friend told me I should read it. Published in 2022, it is surprising that there is no hype on BookTok, nothing on Insta or FB that I have seen.

I love everything about this book, from the beautiful cover to the complete WTF I felt and thought throughout this entire novel.

How have I never read this book before? Published first in 1959, Flowers for Algernon is a sometimes-banned book that you may have read in high school.

This novel is historical fiction, taking place in San Francisco in 1906. From the start, the characters become beloved and the story exceptional. I was invested right away.

A story of humanity in a simple philosophic trope. Easy to read, but you will find yourself wanting to tab this book with all your exclamation marks and go back and re-read passages that just WOWed you.

I read a lot of historical fiction, especially WWII fiction about the holocaust. This book is Mitch Albom at his best.

I have so much to say! This book by a favorite author, Kristin Hannah, is an epic, sweeping story about one of the very few women who were in the nursing unit of the army in the 1960s and saw firsthand the horrors of the Vietnam War.

I love stories that take place in the North - but the Cold War is not one of my favorite tropes... until I read this book! It is so well-written, well-researched, and well-developed!