He mea hoihoi - Interesting Things

Absinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta.
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz. [F Korelitz]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. [F Coelho]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy [F McCarthy]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence. Edited by Marion Dane Bauer. [F Am]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. [F Pullman]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

American Born Chinese by Gene Yang [F Yang]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins. [F Robbins]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Appeal by John Grisham [F Grisham]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama [PUN 973 Ob1]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Axemaker's Gift by James Burke. [306.4 B91]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry.
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. [F Iweala]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Bite of the Mango by Mariatu with Susan McClelland [B K123]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood [F Atwood]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Book Thief by Marcus Zusak [F Zusak]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad [958.1 Se4]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. [796.4 M14]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff reads

Botany of Desire by Michael Pollen [306.4 P76]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz [F Diaz]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

By the River Piedra by Paul Coelho.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Changed Man by Francine Prose. [F Prose]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Children's Book by A. S. Byatt.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

City of Thieves by David Benioff [F Benioff]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story by Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton [958.1 Ak2]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading.

Companies We Keep by Bob Sigall. [HC 338.7 Si2]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber [F Abu-Jaber]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth Bunce [F Bunce]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics by Bruce A. Schumm [539.7 Sch8]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser. [811 K833]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings [HC F Hemmings]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Devil and Miss Prym by Paul Coelho [F Coelho]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. [364.1 L32d]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 by Paul Klee.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Die Trying by Lee Child. [F Child]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman. [F Klosterman]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Dreams From My Father by Barak Obama [305.8 Ob1]
October 2007: Summer Picks

East Wind, Rain by Caroline Paul [HC F Paul]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery [F Barbery]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie [F Rushdie]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario. [305.23 N23]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Escape From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity - and My Journey to Freedom in America by Francis Bok [305.5 B63]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Everyman by Philip Roth. [F Roth]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival by Carl Safing [HC 598.4 Sa1]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1905-1922 by Edmund Taylor. [940.2 T21]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert. [363.7 K83]
October 2007: Summer Picks

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung [959.6 Un3]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Flight by Sherman Alexie. [F Alexie]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Florist's Daughter by Patricia Hampl.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawai'i's Culinary Heritage by Rachel Daudan [HC 641.5 L36]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

for one more day by Mitch Albom. [F Albom]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve [F Shreve]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervia Murphy.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston.
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee. [F Lee]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson. [956.7 Sm62]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. [F Robinson]
October 2006: Too good to miss
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls [362.82 W15]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. [F Pullman]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child [F Child]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Good Soldiers by David Finkel.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Heat (An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Past-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany) by Bill Buford. [641.594 B86]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Help by Kathryn Stockett [F Stockett]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Highest Tide by Jim Lynch [F Lynch]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. [F Kostova]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb.
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport. [HC F Davenport]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [F Collins]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda. [F Gavalda]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson.
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Immortality by Milan Kundera.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Imperfect Lens by Anne Roiphe. [F Roiphe]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

In Search of Small Gods by Jim Harrison.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

In the Woods by Tana French.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. [B H613]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. [F Lahiri]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

John Adams by David McCullough. [B Ad12m]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

John James Audubon: The Making of an American by Richard Rhodes. [B Au2r]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Kabul Beauty School by Debbie Rodriguez. [305.4 R61]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff reads.

Kepler's Witch: an Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of his Mother by James Connor. [B K44co]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Killing Floor by Lee Child. [F Child]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent [BLC - Kent, Rose]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. [F Hossein]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads
October 2006: Too good to miss
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Known World by Edward P. Jones [F Jones]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Last Great Flight by Joe Layden.
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Later, At the Bar by Rebecca Barry.
October 2007: Summer Picks

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin [F LeGuin]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza.
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Liberty by Garrison Keillor.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Life of Pi by Yann Martel. [F Martel]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Looking for Alaska by John Green [F Green]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon. [F Alarcon]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Lottery by Patricia Wood [F Wood]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield [781.6 Sh3]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Man in the High Castle by Philip Dick.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards [F Edwards]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. [F Kidd]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Morningside Heights: New York Stories by Joe Tsujimoto. [F Tsujimoto]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein [973.924 P42]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard A. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

# 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith.
October 2006: Too good to miss

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. [F Strout]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Ooga Booga by Frederick Seidel.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Other by David Guterson [F Guterson]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present by Neil Miller.
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell [302 G450]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl [F Kindl]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Painting by Nina Schuyler. [F Schuyler]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger [F Enger]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett [F Follett]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Portofino by Frank Shaeffer.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely [153.8 Ar4]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Pretty Birds by Scott Simon [F Simon]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. [423 W72]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Rain in the Trees: Poems by W. S. Merwin by W. S. Merwin. [811 M553r]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Ravens by George Dawes Green.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. [B N13]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross. [780.9 R31]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Road by Cormac McCarthy. [F McCarthy]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Rough Country by John Sandford
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Running Blind by Lee Child. [F Child]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis. [B Sch82m]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon [F Ruiz Zafon]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford [331 C85]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehand. [F Lehane]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir [942.05 W43]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey. [612.7 R18]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. [F Russell]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Spiral Jetta by Erin Hogan.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Spirit of Hula: Photos and Stories From Around the World by Sheri 'Iolani Floyd Berinobis. [HC 793.3 B45]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking by Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs. [BLC 641.59 C83]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell [F Russell]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Stand by Stephen King. [F King]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture by Taylor Clark.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. [F Wroblewski]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Straight Man by Richard Russo. [F Russo]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman. [F Pullman]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox. [797.2 C832]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas. [F Dallas]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. [B M135t]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns-Goodwin. [BL63go]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher [F Asher]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. [F Setterfield]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations - One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. [371.8 M84]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bently. [F Bentley]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett. [616.99 P27]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Two Truths and a Lie by Katrina Kittle.
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. [F Lahiri]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Under the Dome by Stephen King [F King]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Veronika Decides to Die by Paul Coelho.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Watchmen by Alan Moore [F Moore]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen [F Gruen]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads
October 2007: Summer Picks
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Way Home by George Pelecanos.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

West with the Night by Beryl Markham. [B M34]
October 2006: Too good to miss

What is the What by Dave Eggers. [F Eggers]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe. [F Holthe]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading.

Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. [B T462]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston. [649.9 P92]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. [303.4 F91]
October 2006: Too good to miss

World Without End by Ken Follett. [F Follett]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

World Without Us by Alan Weisman. [304.2 W43]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. [338.1 Eg1]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. [B D563]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

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Abu-Jaber, Diana. Crescent. [F Abu-Jaber]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Akbar, Said Hyder and Susan Burton. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California
Teenager's Story. [958.1 Ak2]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Alarcon, Daniel. Lost City Radio. [F Alarcon]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Alexie, Sherman. Flight. [F Alexie]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Albom, Mitch. for one more day. [F Albom]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence. Edited by Marion Dane Bauer. [F Am]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden forces that Shape Our Decisions. [153.8 Ar4]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why. [F Asher]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Atwood, Margaret. Blind Assassin. [F Atwood]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog. [F Barbery]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Barry, Dave. Barry Does Japan.
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Barry, Rebecca. Later, At the Bar.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Benioff, David. City of Thieves. [F Benioff]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Bently, E. C. Trent's Last Case. [F Bentley]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Berinobis, Sheri 'Iolani Floyd. The Spirit of Hula: Photos and Stories From Around the World. [HC 793.3 B45]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Bok, Francis. Escape From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity - and My Journey to Freedom in America. [305.5 B63]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Bryson, Bill. I'm a Stranger Here Myself.
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Buford, Bill. Heat (An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Past-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany). [641.594 B86]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Bunce, Elizabeth. A Curse Dark As Gold. [F Bunce]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Burke, James. Axemaker's Gift. [306.4 B91]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Byatt, A.S. The Children's Book.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Chaon, Dan. Await Your Reply.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Child, Lee. Gone Tomorrow. [F Child]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Child, Lee. Jack Reacher series.
October 2007: Summer Picks
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Clark, Taylor. Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Coelho, Paul. Alchemist. [F Coelho]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Coelho, Paul. By the River Piedra.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Coelho, Paul. The Devil and Miss Prym. [F Coelho]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Coelho, Paul. Veronika Decides to Die.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games. [F Collins]
May 2009: Summer is Here Again?

Connolly, John. The Book of Lost Things.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Connor, James. Kepler's Witch: an Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of his Mother. [B K44co]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Cox, Beverly and Martin Jacobs. Spirit of the Harvest: North American Indian Cooking. [BLC 641.59 C83]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Cox, Lynne. Swimming to Antarctica. [797.2 C832]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Crawford, Matthew. Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work. [331 C85]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Dallas, Sandra. Tallgrass. [F Dallas]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Davenport, Kiana. House of Many Gods. [HC F Davenport]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break

Diaz, Junot. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. [F Diaz]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Dick, Philip. The Man in the High Castle.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking. [B D563]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Edwards, Kim. Memory Keeper's Daughter. [F Edwards]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Egan, Timothy. Worst Hard Time. [338.1 Eg1]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Eggers, Dave. What is the What. [F Eggers]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River. [F Enger]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Finkel, David. The Good Soldiers.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Follett, Ken. The Pillars of the Earth. [F Follett]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Follett, Ken. World Without End [F Follett]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Frazier, Charles. Thirteen Moons.
October 2007: Summer Picks

French, Tana. In the Woods.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Friedman, Thomas L. World is Flat. [303.4 F91]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Gavalda, Anna. Hunting and Gathering [F Gavalda]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. [302 G450]
March 2009: Summer is here again?

Green, George Dawes. Ravens.
January 2010: February - Good Ready Galore

Green, John. Looking for Alaska. [F Green]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Grisham, John. The Appeal. [F Grisham]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants. [F Gruen]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads
October 2007: Summer Picks
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Guterson, David. The Other. [F Guterson]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Hampl, Patricia. The Florist's Daughter.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Hansen, Ron. Mariette in Ecstasy.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Harrison, Jim. In Search of Small Gods.
May 2009: Summer is Here Again?

Hemmings, Kaui Hart. The Descendants. [HC F Hemmings]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. Infidel.[B H613]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Hogan, Erin. Spiral Jetta.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Holthe, Tess Uriza. When the Elephants Dance. [F Holthe]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading.

Hosseini, Khaled. Kite Runner. [F Hosseini]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads
October 2006: Too good to miss
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Ilibagiza, Immaculee. Left to Tell.
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Iweala, Uzodinma. Beasts of No Nation. [F Iweala]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Jones, Edward P. Known World. [F Jones]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Kamara, Mariatu with Susan McClelland. The Bite of the Mango. [B K123]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Keillor, Garrison. Liberty.
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Kent, Rose. Kimchi and Calamari. [BLC - Kent, Rose]
October 2009:Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Kearns-Goodwin, Doris. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. [BL63go]
Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Kidd, Sue Monk. Mermaid Chair. [F Kidd]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love. [F Kindl]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

King, Stephen. The Stand. [F King]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

King, Stephen. Under the Dome. [F King]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Kittle, Katrina. Two Truths and a Lie.
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Klee, Paul. Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Klosterman, Chuck. Downtown Owl. [F Klosterman]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. [363.7 K83]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Kooser, Ted. Delights & Shadows. [811 K833]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Korelitz, Jean Hanff. Admission. [F Korelitz]
February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian. [F Kostova]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Krakauer, Jon. Where Men Win Glory. [B T462]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Kundera, Milan. Immortality.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies. [F Lahiri]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Lahiri, Jhumpa. Unaccustomed Earth. [F Lahiri]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Lamb, Wally. The Hour I First Believed.
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City. [364.1 L32d]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Larsson, Stieg. The Girl Who Played With Fire.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Larsson, Stieg. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Laudan, Rachel. The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawai'i's Culinary Heritage. [HC 641.5 L36]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Layden, Joe. The Last Great Flight.
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Lee, Chang-rae. A Gesture Life. [F Lee]
May 2007: Summer-Ready, Set, Read

Lee, Chang-rae. The Surrendered.
February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Lee, Jennifer 8. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. [641.595 L512]
Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. [F LeGuin]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Lehane, Dennis. Shutter Island. [F Lehane]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Lynch, Jim. The Highest Tide. [F Lynch]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Markham, Beryl. West with the Night. [B M34]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. [F Martel]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. [F McCarthy]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

McCarthy, Cormac. Road. [F McCarthy]
October 2006: Too good to miss

McCourt, Frank. Teacher Man. [B M135t]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

McCullough, David. John Adams. [B Ad12m]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

McDougall, Christopher. Born to Run. [796.4 M14]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff reads

Merwin, W. S. Rain in the Trees: Poems by W. S. Merwin. [811 M553r]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts. [B Sch82m]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Miller, Neil. Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present.
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Moore, Alan. Watchmen. [F Moore]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Mortenson, Greg and David Oliver Relin. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations - One School at a Time. [371.8 M84]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Mueenuddin, Daniyal. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Murphy, Dervia. Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. [B N13]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's Journey. [305.23 N23]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer

Obama, Barak. The Audacity of Hope. [PUN 973 Ob1]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Obama, Barak. Dreams From My Father. [305.8 Ob1]
October 2007: Summer Picks

Obrian, Patrick. Aubrey-Martin series
October 2007: Summer Picks

Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty. [616.99 P27]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Paul, Caroline. East Wind, Rain. [HC F Paul]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Pelecanos, George. The Way Home.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Perlstein, Rick. Nixonland. [973.924 P42]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Perrotta, Tom. The Absinence Teacher.
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Pollen, Michael. The Botany of Desire. [306.4 P76]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Preston, Caroline. Gatsby's Girl.
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Preston, Richard. Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. [649.9 P92]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Prose, Francine. A Changed Man. [F Prose]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Pullman, Philip. Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass. [F Pullman]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Radish, Kris. The Elegant Gathering of White Snows.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Ratey, John. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. [612.7 R18]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Rhodes, Richard. John James Audubon: The Making of an American. [B Au2r]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Robbins, Tom. Another Roadside Attraction. [F Robbins]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. [F Robinson]
October 2006: Too good to miss
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Rodriguez, Debbie. Kabul Beauty School. [305.4 R61]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Roiphe, Anne. Imperfect Lens. [F Roiphe]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Ross, Alex. The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. [780.9 R31]
March 2008: Spring Break Reads (2008 picks)

Roth, Philip. Everyman. [F Roth]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Ruiz Zafon, Carlos. The Shadow of the Wind. [F Ruiz Zafon]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Rushdie, Salman. Enchantress of Florence. [F Rushdie]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Russell, Karen. St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves. [F Russell]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Russell, Mary Doria. The Sparrow. [F Russell]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Russo, Richard. Straight Man. [F Russo]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Safina, Carl. Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival [HC 598.4 Sa1]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Sandford, John. Rough Country.
February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Schumm, Bruce A. Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics. [539.7 Sch8]
June 2008: Just in Time for Summer Reading

Schuyler, Nina. Painting. [F Schuyler]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Seidel, Frederick. Ooga Booga.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Seierstad, Asne. The Bookseller of Kabul. [958.1 Se4]
April 2006: Summer Reading Suggestions

Setterfield, Diane. Thirteenth Tale. [F Setterfield]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Shaeffer, Frank. Portofino.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Sheffield, Rob. Love is a Mix Tape. [781.6 Sh3]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read

Shreve, Anita. Fortune's Rocks. [F Shreve]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Sigall, Bob. Companies We Keep. [HC 338.7 Si2]
December 2006: Christmas Wish List - Item 1 - Time to read!

Simon, Scott. Pretty Birds. [F Simon]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Smith, Alexander McCall. # 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
October 2006: Too good to miss

Smithson, Ryan. Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI. [956.7 Sm62]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. [F Stockett]
January 2010: February 2010 - Good Reads Galore

Strout, Elizabeth. Olive Kitteridge. [F Strout]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks.

Taylor, Edmund. Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1905-1922. [940.2 T21]
October 2006: Too good to miss

Thaler, Richard A. and Cass R. Sunstein. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Tropper, Jonathan. This Is Where I Leave You.
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Tsujimoto, Joe. Morningside Heights: New York Stories. [F Tsujimoto]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break.

Ung. Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. [959.6 Un3]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Walls, Jeanette. The Glass Castle. [362.82 W15]
May 2007: Summer - Ready, Set, Read
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Weir, Alison. The Six Wives of Henry VIII [942.05 W43]
May 2009: Summer is here again?

Weisman, Alan. The World Without Us. [304.2 W43]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman. [423 W72]
March 2006: Spring Break Reads

Wood, Patricia. Lottery [F Wood]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Wouk, Herman. Don't Stop the Carnival.
October 2007: Summer Picks

Wroblewski, David. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. [F Wroblewski]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

Yang, Gene. American Born Chinese. [F Yang]
October 2009: Fall 2009 faculty and staff picks

Zusak, Marcus. Book Thief [F Zusak]
December 2008: What can I read over Winter Break?

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Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. [on order]
Just before Winter Break, I started seeing a lot of references to the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I had also finished the last audio book that I had downloaded to my iPod for "reading" as I ran. So I went to audible.com and downloaded The Help. I loved the audio version with the three narrators all represented by a different reader. The story was interesting as Skeeter, a budding writer who is white, decides to write a book about the African American maids that work for her society friends. In Jackson, Mississippi in 1962, this needs to remain secret and is very dangerous for the maids that are telling their stories. Great book. Since returning from break, I have heard others that have enjoyed the print version. Cooke Library has copies on order but if you are interested, you can put your name on the hold list.

This year, I discovered Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com) which is a social networking site for readers. According to their website, it is "a place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more." Your comments can be private or shared. Check it out.

Thank you to everybody that contributed to this posting.

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I was drawing a blank when I was trying to think of my own book choices for this entry. Then I had a request from a teacher for recommendations for free-choice reading for her students with the theme of identity or "who am I". That request combined with the fact that I just read a riveting book (The Bite of the Mango) reminded me of the following biographies of individuals that have been shaped by their experiences in war-torn countries. The subject is grim but they all show the resilience and courage shown by individuals facing difficult situations.

Kamara, Mariatu with Susan McClelland. The Bite of the Mango. 2008. [B K123]
Mariatu is 12 and living in Sierra Leone when her village is attacked by heavily armed rebel soldiers. She is kidnapped and tortured and then child soldiers are ordered to cut off both her hands before leaving her. Be forewarned - I read this book in one sitting. For a fiction book from the point of view of a boy soldier, read Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation. [Fic Iweala]

Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. 2000. [959.6 Un3]
Loung was the child of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh. When she was five, her family fled Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army in April of 1975. They moved from village to village hiding their former life of privilege. Loung's story of survival still haunts me long after I read the book.

Bok, Francis. Escape From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity - and My Journey to Freedom in America. 2003. [305.5 B63]
Seven-year-old Francis was captured by Arab raiders in southern Sudan. For ten years, he lived as a slave until he finally escaped after two other aborted escape attempts. He persevered through prison and refugee camps until finally being granted passage to America. What is the What by Dave Eggers is a novel that tells a similar story of a refugee from the Sudanese Civil War. [F Eggers]

Read on for recommendations from other faculty and staff - hopefully not all grim!
-Deb Peterson

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Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games. [F Collins]

I normally limit my own suggestions to adult fiction for this blog but I have to break the mold this time and suggest a Young Adult fiction title. Good YA fiction also makes great reads for adults. I recently finished reading Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and could not put it down. Imagine a combination of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and Survivor reality series and you will have a taste of Hunger Games. Katniss lives in a future North America where the rulers of Panem have organized a competition between the twelve districts. Everyone between the ages of 12 and 18 must be entered in a lottery and each district draws two names, a boy and a girl, to be entered into a televised competition where the winner is declared after a battle to the death. Katniss impulsively volunteers after her younger sister's name is drawn. Grim topic but gripping. It's the first part of a promised trilogy so I'm anxiously awaiting number two.

Read on for recommendations from others.

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As I started gathering my thoughts about the books that I have read and enjoyed lately, I found myself not only coming up with books that I have "read" in the literal sense but also audio books that I have listened to in the past months.

Preparation for the Honolulu Marathon (and just keeping in shape) demands a lot of time spent in solo running. Though I sometimes listen to music, I have discovered that I enjoy taking advantage of the the time and listening to audio books. Here are some of my favorites!

Wood, Patricia. Lottery [F Wood]
Having learned essential life skills from his dedicated grandmother that have helped him overcome his low IQ, Perry finds himself without a caregiver at the age of thirty-one and wins a fortune by playing the lottery, a lucrative windfall that brings him more family than he has ever wanted.

Zusak, Marcus. Book Thief. [F Zusak]
Living with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement.

Setterfield, Diane. Thirteenth Tale. [F Setterfield]
When her health begins failing, the mysterious author Vida Winter decides to let Margaret Lea, a biographer, write the truth about her life, but Margaret needs to verify the facts since Vida has a history of telling outlandish tales.

McCullough, David. John Adams. [B Ad12m]
Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.

Diaz, Junot. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. [F Diaz]
Living with an Old World mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and believes that a longstanding family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness.

Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies. [F Lahiri]
A debut collection of short fiction blends elements of Indian traditions with the complexities of American culture in such tales as "A Temporary Matter," in which a young Indian-American couple confronts their grief over the loss of a child, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout.

Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian. [F Kostova]
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigate the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler. I picked this one to read because it is the book that James Kakos chose for his READ poster. (Thanks, James!)

Not enough time to read and do the 60 minutes of exercise that is recommended each day? Try combining the activities by "reading" on the run.

Here are recommendations by others. Enjoy your break and read or listen to a great book!

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Thanks to everybody who took time out of their busy schedules to send book recommendations. I'm anxious for shorter hours for Summer School to allow extra time to catch up on reading. Right now, I am reading Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth (see Tim Dyke's comments below). It is really hard to put it down to do anything else. My television hasn't been on much since I started reading it.

I have been reading other people's suggestions and would like to add my recommendations for the following:
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. Infidel.
Dallas, Sandra. Tallgrass.
Weisman, Alan. The World Without Us. (I listened to the audio version)

Another one that I enjoyed was suggested to me by Carol Lee but it must not have been submitted to the blog so I'll pass on her recommendation for Tess Uriza Holthe's, When the Elephants Dance. [F Holthe] This is about the Philippines under Japanese occupation during WWII. It centers around one family and what is happening to them just prior to the Americans retaking the Philippines. There are also long stories of the past as the family members hide out during air raids, etc. Very good!

So much for what I've been reading, here are the other recommendations.

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