As part of our Adult Summer Reading Program our participants are sharing about the books they would recommend to other patrons.  Maybe your next great read will be from one of their suggestions! 

Terrence recommends

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben

My favorite thing about this book is...the suspense that was not described until the end

I'd recommend this book to other readers who like...mystery, suspense, a fast moving story

John recommends

The City of Ember by Jeanne...

Ever have a bad day?  Even your worst bad day will seem like a piece of cake after reading Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day by Toni McGee Causey

A la Cart: the secret lives of grocery shoppers by Hillary Carlip 

What we eat, what we buy; these seem like small details in our busy lives.  But when you stop and look at the food that a person purchases, it can paint a revealing portrait of that shopper.  In her book, A la Cart: the secret lives of grocery shoppers, Hillary Carlip creates the stories of twenty-six unique people based only on shopping lists that she has found.  Click here for Hillary’s fun video describing...

How can a single author be compared to Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, Jonathan Swift, Tom Robbins and Dave Barry?

Like many people, I discovered Christopher Moore a few years back with his bestseller

Check out Wigfield: The Can-Do Town that Just May Not by Amy Sedaris

After collaborating on stage at Chicago’s Second City and on television at Comedy Central, this hilarious trio has transitioned to the printed page with ease. The casual reader will appreciate the obvious humor and the unusual illustrations by designer Todd Oldham. A serious reader will enjoy the (slightly) deeper levels of parody, social criticism, irony and subversion, and may quite possibly experience facial...