Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Bill Bryson Genre: Non Fiction, Travel, Foreign, Humor, Memoir, Essays 324 pages, published May 28, 1997 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary Notes from a Small Island is author Bill Bryson’s take on the two decades that he spent living in the United Kingdom. Quotes “I know this goes without […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Candace Owens Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Politics, Public Policy 240 pages, published September 15, 2020 Reading Format: Book Summary In Blackout, political activist and social media star Candace Owens tells the story of her personal evolution from left-wing Democrat to freedom loving Republican. She also expands on her theme that […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy 652 pages, published September 16, 2006 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s epic saga and follows Harry, Ron and Hermione in their sixth year at Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Julie Horowitz Author: Sarah M. Broom Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Cultural 376 pages, published August 13, 2019 Reading Format: Book Summary In The Yellow House, writer Sarah M. Broom tells the stories of her large family of twelve children that lived in and out of mother Ivory Mae’s shotgun house in […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Atul Gawande Genre: Non Fiction, Health, Medicine, Science, Memoir, Essays 273 pages, published April 3, 2007 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary In Better, surgeon and author Atul Gawande explores different aspects of medical care (hygiene, obstetrics, medical malpractice, battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, doctor assisted administration of the death […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Niall Ferguson Genre: Non Fiction, Economics, History, Business, Finance 442 pages, published November 13, 2008 Reading Format: Audiobook on Hoopla Summary In The Ascent of Money, Scottish historian Niall Ferguson writes about the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to its recent impact […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Emily St. John Mandel Genre: Fiction, Mystery 302 pages, published March 24, 2020 Reading Format: Book Summary The Glass Hotel is a fictional novel about money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise. It follows the story of Vincent, a beautiful young woman who works as a bartender at the […]
Rating: ☆☆ Recommended by: Darla Schueth, Sue Deans Author: Ijeoma Oluo Genre: Non Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Cultural, Public Policy 248 pages, published January 16, 2018 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offers her take on the racial landscape in America, addressing issues including privilege, police […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Stephen King Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Suspense, Horror 529 pages, published September 22, 1998 Reading Format: Audiobook on Overdrive Summary Bag of Bones is the story of novelist Mike Noonan and the grief he suffers after the sudden death of his pregnant wife Jo. Mike develops writer’s block which […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Nick Reader Author: Amity Shlaes Genre: Non Fiction, Economics, History, Sociology, Politics 511 pages, published November 6, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary In Great Society, Amity Shlaes takes a critical look at the genesis, enactment and repercussions of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs. Shlaes argues that Johnson’s Great Society […]