Have you marked your calendar for the Booklovers’ Bash? On Friday, February 13 from 6-8 pm bibliophiles are invited to come to the Library and exchange “book talk” with each other. There have been 355 suggestions for Best Book of 2008.
Which title received the greatest number of votes? Here’s a clue: starred-crossed romance and desperate danger for a beautiful young couple in damp and dreary Forks, Washington.
Some of the classics were mentioned (Ayn Rand, JD Salinger, Mary Shelley,) but the largest category is “literary fiction” with authors such as Amy Bloom, Ian McEwan,
Marilynne Robinson and Richard Ford. Popular writers such as Carl Hiaasen, Wally Lamb, Sue Monk Kidd, and Khaled Hosseini made the list among others.
Our Best Books list includes non-fiction favorites, too. Malcolm Gladwell, Irene Pepperberg, David McCullough, Nathaniel Philbrick are a few of the authors mentioned.
Teens are reading Stephenie Meyer, Christopher Paolini and Markus Zusak. And younger readers had their say, also.
The Best of the Best Books 2008 will be posted on the Library website soon and the entire list will be available at the Booklovers’ Bash. Thanks to everyone who shared their favorites.
See you at the Booklovers’ Bash!
