This week’s Five Star recommendation is Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Wild was a great read for me because it opened my mind to an experience so different from my own. Strayed is an impulsive, contemplative, observant, and often funny narrator. If you have not yet read her book, perhaps consider this best selling memoire. Publisher’s… Continue reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi invokes the senses as a visually stunning, gripping and adventurous, dreamlike tale of a boy lost at sea with the strangest of companions. If you want to read a suspenseful survival story that is both harrowing and dazzling, check out Life of Pi. Publisher’s Summary: After the sinking of a cargo ship, a… Continue reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Amy Tan is releasing a new book this October titled, Where the Past Begins, so why not read or revisit one of her most famous works, The Joy Luck Club? It’s a book you won’t want to put down. Discovering the mystery of the club and its founders is not only thrilling, but will leave you entertained and rewarded. Publisher’s… Continue reading The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
This week’s Five Star Friday recommendation is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, a must-read in modern American literature. Critically acclaimed author, Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, says, “Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature. It is one of the greatest novels of any time and place.… Continue reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
This week’s O’Fallon Weekly column “O’Fallon Library News & Notes” reminds readers of some of our regular events such as the Fun and Furry program for kids to read to the delightful service dogs. Library Director Molly Scanlan also invites community members to other ongoing wellness programs such as yoga, t’ai chi, or fusion fit. Check out… Continue reading ICYMI Library News & Notes August 9, 2017
If you haven’t read The Glass Castle yet, you may want to put it at the top of your reading list. The film adaptation comes out today. Since the book’s release and rise to fame in 2005, author, Jeannette Walls refrained from making her memoir into a film until now. If you want to read a vivid… Continue reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
I didn’t know before I read this week’s New Title Tuesday recommendation, Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin, that it would be such a suitable and meaningful read. Naturally I expected a book by the three-time National Book Award nominee with five novels on the New York Times bestseller list would be better than average, but the timing… Continue reading Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin – New Title Tuesday
