The Second Floor Librarians

I’m reading the slow-to-start, but deeply engrossing new magnum opus by the famed Haruki Murakami titled 1Q84.  This dark and bizarre novel is supposedly loosely related to George Orwell’s 1984.  Having not read the Orwell classic, I delayed my anticipation to devour the new  novel until I could read it.

Click on the picture at left to get to Booklist’s Top 10 Crafts & Gardening books of the year.  Want other hand picked titles and well-written book reviews?

I asked some of the Adult Services Librarians to share their favorite books from 2011.  The list that follows is an interesting and eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction and includes some titles that are new to me and maybe to you as well.  Happy reading!

Just recently I watched my dad coach his high school soccer team to their second state championship.  After giving their all through 110 minutes of regulation and overtime, the team persevered and narrowly won the gold in penalty kicks. It capped off an amazing season, filled with highs and lows, excitement and sports drama. And [...]

I recently heard an NPR story about the new book, The unconquered, which tells of a tribe of several thousand people in the Amazonian rainforest that has never had contact with modern civilization.  My curiosity aroused about the Amazon region, I browsed the catalog and found  these three additional books that are similar in scope [...]

I like this time of year for curling up with a book.  It’s partly the rain and short days that make this appealing, and partly the need to take a little break from the frenzied holiday season.  Why not escape into the past with a good historical novel?

A few years ago my 14-year old niece who lives in Ohio asked some of her aunts and uncles living in Pennsylvania, Washington and Oregon, to “read a book with her”.

Play Ball! I know baseball season starts in the springtime, but for me, baseball goes best with warm summer nights.

If it’s summer people must be getting married.  I just heard that New York City, expecting a record number of marriages to take place in the city this Sunday, has instituted a lottery to determine who will get one of 764 marriage licenses available for that day.

Our recent list of staff picks have been posted!  Click here to get to the link on our website.  You can always find the list by clicking on our Books link on the library homepage.