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My Favorite LGBT Books!
posted by Jessica G.
Monday, June 01, 2009
posted in: Books | LesBiGayTrans
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While I was putting up my LGBTQQ (LesBiGayTransQueerQuestioning) Book Display, I was inspired to share with you my very favorites of the genre. So here you go!
My Top 5 LGBTQQ Books (In no particular order):
Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsburg. Out of the Pocket makes my Top 5 list because it tells the coming out story of Bobby Framingham, who is the star quarterback of his high school football team. The story takes told in a realistic and engaging way giving the...
Thoughts on recent reads
posted by Deb
Friday, August 29, 2008
posted in: Books | Fantasy Books | Inspirational
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Here are my thoughts on a couple of inspirational novels, an audiobook, and a fantasy tome that I tried out.
Change Your Life @ Your Library: Keith, Katy, Jean and an Anonymous reader’s recommendations
posted by Deb
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
posted in: Books | Customer Recommendations
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As part of our Adult Summer Reading Program our participants shared about the books they would recommend to other patrons. Maybe your next great read will be from one of their suggestions!
Keith recommends
The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara
My favorite thing about this book is...the story of the Normandy invasion of WWII.
Truth is stranger than fiction: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel
posted by Deb
Saturday, May 20, 2006
posted in: Books | Non-Fiction
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Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Take the case of Michael Finkel, a journalist who used to write for the New York Times Magazine. He had just gotten in big trouble after it was discovered that he took creative liberties with a story. Just after he is fired and before he stops taking phone calls to avoid the media, he receives word that a man named Christian Longo has just been taken into custody by the FBI because he is a suspect in the murder of his wife...
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