Staff Reviews

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Reviewers Name	Book Title	Author	Genre	Comments
Trish	Nineteen Minutes	Jodi Picoult	Fiction	A small town school shooting in 19 minutes: 10 dead, 19 wounded. Written from several perspectives. Very good.
Trish	Heart-Shaped Box	Joe Hill	Fiction	Scary ghost story. Great!
Mat	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey	Candice Millard	Non-fiction	A wonderful account of TR's exploration of an unknown Amazonian river. Highly recommended!
Mat	Deep Economy: the wealth of communities and the durable future	Bill McKibben	Non-fiction	An interesting read about "local economy."
Mat	A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard	Philip Craig	Mystery	My first Philip Craig book -- it was fun to read about the Island and I enjoyed his writing style.
Mat	Empire Falls	Richard Russo	Fiction	Russo does a great job of portraying a small town atmosphere in this novel. The storyline was interesting from start to finish.
Danguole	A Thousand Splendid Suns	Khaled Hosseini	Fiction	Splendid.
Kris	Better Off: Flipping the switch on technology	Eric Brende	Non-fiction	Questions technology without anger or confrontation. Thought provoking.
Anonymous	Demon Rumm	Sandra Brown	Fiction	Awful! The "secret" was not a mystery -- the whole book is a "seduction" scene.
Mat	Sippewissett, or, Life on a salt marsh	Tim Traver	Non-fiction	I really enjoyed this book about the nature/life of the Sippewissett estuary!
Mat	The Places In Between	Rory Stewart	Non-fiction	An account of the author's travels through Afghanistan on foot. He began his trek just a few months after the recent Allied invasion. Great insight into Afghani culture and society.
Mat	The Prince of the Marshes: And other occupational hazards of a year in Iraq	Rory Stewart	Non-fiction	An eye-opening book concerning the complex and tragic situation in Iraq.
Mat	Genghis: Birth of an Empire	Conn Iggulden	Historical fiction	I really enjoyed Iggulden's story telling ability. I will definitely read more of his books.
Rosemary	The Glass Castle	Jeannette Walls	Non-fiction	Excellent.
Mat	The Giver	Lois Lowry	Fiction	A fun book to re-read, I enjoyed every minute of it once again!