Answering 911: Life in the hot seat (921 BURAU)
By: Caroline Burau

"This book reveals a look at an interesting profession. It was also an eye opener to read what some people feel constitutes an “emergency”."


The caged virgin (297 HIR)
By:Hirsi Ali, Ayaan

"I like this book because it gives us an insight of the problems of Muslim women. She also talks about the politics in Muslim countries. I found this book very interesting. Well written."


The Crofter and the Laird (941.17 MCP)
By: John McPhee

"As in all his non-fiction, John McPhee gives a loving and clear description of what life was like on Colonsay Island in the 1960’s before modern life changed the traditions of this Scottish island
society."


Cross (F PATTERSON)
By: James Patterson

"This was my first Patterson novel and I loved it. Fast-paced and suspenseful, I didn’t want to put it down. Afun, quick read."


The God of Small Things (F ROY)
By: Arundhati Roy

"The language that Roy creates throughout the book is amazing. The descriptions are beautiful. If you know something about India’s caste system and partition, you’ll get a lot more from the novel, although it’s a great read for anyone."


Grendel (F GARDNER)
By: John Gardner

"This book is a fascinating retelling of the Beowuld story from Grendel’s point of view. In it, Gardner creates a wonderfully bratty, spiteful, and ultimately pitiful Grendel character.
It is a simple retelling of a simple story (with a change in perspective) but the depth of the Grendel character gets at some very complex issues of morality. I’ve read it 5 times, at least, and each time I find a new reason to love it!"


Hide (F GARDNER)
By: Lisa Gardner

"Once I started reading this novel I could not put it down!
A mass tomb is uncovered and police desperately try to identify the dead and find the serial killer. They get a break when a woman shows up at police headquarters identifying her self as one of the recovered dead.
There are many puzzling pieces in this mystery."


Judgement Calls (F BURKE)
By: Alafair Burke

"I like this book because it is a legal mystery with a
female attorney as the main character.

Missing Justice is the second Samantha Kincaid mystery."


Kisscut (F SLAUGHTER)
By: Karin Slaughter

"I like this book because: it is riveting. Slaughter does not write for the faint of heart.

A faint cold fear is the second novel in the Grant County series."


The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell (921 CRAWFORD)
By: John Crawford

"This bitter, gritty narrative gives immediacy and specificity to an American reservist’s experience of Iraq from 2003 on a tour of duty that kept being extended. The profanity, frankly jarring, is probably authentic to the pressures of a war zone in an alien landscape, language and culture and to the peril and gore. Those of us Stateside need to listen to accounts of the military personnel who return from the battlefields. We need to know their varied perspectives. We need to have empathy for their families who await their return."


The Road (F MCCARTHY)
By:Cormac McCarthy

"McCarthy’s The Road is an impressive read that works on a number of literary levels. First and foremost, McCarthy is a superb storyteller who can entwine words as effectively as a master weaver can produce the finest broadcloth. As such, McCarthy’s The Road presents a believable and gripping vision of an unforgiving post-apocalyptic landscape - one that demands human beings call on both their advanced learned skills and most basic instincts to survive.
No work of formula science fiction, the book also includes thought provoking explorations of human love and familial devotion, desperate ingenuity in the face of overwhelming adversity, and downright engaging plot twists. Free of hokey religious or political agendas, McCarthy’s landscape is one that reminds us, quite vividly, of what it means to be human."


Your Movie Sucks! (791.43 EBERT)
By: Roger Ebert

"When I was growing up I had an ingrained dislike for Roger Ebert. On the old “Sneak Previews,” show, he and Gene Siskel never seemed to appreciate the crappy films I loved as a teenager. As an adult I still enjoy the occasional crappy film, but I’ve also developed a fair amount of gratitude toward the film critic who helped nurture my own interest in both the cinematic art and creative writing (Inspired by the “Sneak Previews” duo, I wrote hundreds of my own film reviews growing up.) This is a collection of Ebert’s recent reviews of some of Hollywood’s worst. His writing is often fun, engaging and—although I still don’t agree with all of the reviews— very perceptive as he deconstructs his subjects.
Gene Siskel passed away in 1999 after complications following surgery on a cancerous brain tumor. Roger Ebert was recently diagnosed with first thyroid and then salivary cancer. Readers and filmgoers alike should consider themselves fortunate this intelligent American icon is still with us, and give Your Movie Sucks!, a read."