2008 Favorite Staff Reads

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2007 Staff Favorites

Regina’s Favorite Books: 

Joy Bauer’s Food Cures by Joy Bauer

The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay

Water For Elephants by Sarah Gruen

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff

The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

90 Minutes to Heaven by Donald Piper

Peony in Love by Lisa See

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Lottery by Patricia Wood 

Sue’s Favorite Books:

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

In The Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

God of Animals by Aryn Kyle

The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham

Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Run by Ann Patchett

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo

On Agate Hill by Lee Smith

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman

Lottery by Patricia Wood

Mary’s Favorite Books: 

Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy

When Darkness Falls by James Grippando

Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen

Malice by Robert Tanenbaum

Echoes of the Dance by Marcia Willett 

Roberta’s Favorite Books: 

A Dickens of a Cat: and Other Stories of the Cats We Love

Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?

Shoo, Fly Guy! By Tedd Arnold

Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice by Frank Asch

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

Bearwalker by Joseph Bruchac

Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer

Edwards Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan

Aimee by Mary Beth Miller

Bonnie’s Favorite Books: 

Heart Sick by Chelsea Cain

Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child

Echo Park by Michael Connelly

Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich

The Good Guy by Dean Koontz

Whispers by Dean Koontz

Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt

Rape by Joyce Carol Oates

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Cross by James Patterson

Step on a Crack by James Patterson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

Cindy’s Favorite Books: 

The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks

Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

Julie’s Favorite Books: 

 A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

The Land of Elyon series by Patrick Carmen

Bad Dog Marley by John Grogan

An Undone Fairytale by Ian Lendler

Mr. Pusskins, a Love Story by Same Lloyd

Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Wild Trees:  A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston

Pat’s Favorite Books: 

Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky

The View from Mount Joy by Lorna Landvick

Love and Lies by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Ian’s Favorite Book:

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Laurel’s Favorite Books: 

Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin 

Lisa’s Favorite Books: 

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

Virgin River by Robyn Carr

The Edge of Town by Dorothy Garlock

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman

Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen

Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt

Heart of Texas series (1 and 2) by Debbie Macomber

Natural Born Charmer by Suzanne Elizabeth Philips

Jesselyn’s Favorite Book: 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

Sam's Favorite Books: 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

The Shining by Stephen King

Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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