Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Sean Gladding Genre: Non Fiction, Christian, Theology 237 pages, published August 27, 2010 Reading Format: Book Summary In The Story of God, the Story of Us, author Sean Gladding tells the story of the entire Bible. Gladding’s convention is to follow the conversations of a group of people (sitting around […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Jordan Peterson Genre: Non Fiction, Psychology, Philosophy, Self Improvement 448 pages, published January 23, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary In 12 Rules for Life, celebrated Psychologist Jordan B. Peterson digs into some of the most difficult questions we face as human beings and provides a pragmatic blueprint on how to […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Boulder Librarian Author: Geraldine Brooks Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery 372 pages, published October 1, 2008 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary People of the Book tells the story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. It begins in 1996 when Hanna Heath, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Jackie Funk Author: Michael Pollan Genre: Non Fiction, Food, Health, Science, Nutrition 152 pages, published December 29, 2010 Reading Format: Book Summary The title of Food Rules describes its content perfectly. In this short book Michael Pollan, the author of many best-selling books on food (including The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Allie Brosh Genre: Humor, Memoir, Cartoon, Graphic Novel 371 pages, published October 29, 2013 Reading Format: Book Summary Hyperbole and a Half is a graphic novel by Allie Brosh who has a blog by the same name. In it she provides insightful takes on her nontraditional childhood and challenting adulthood. […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Noah Hawley Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller 401 pages, published May 31, 2016 Reading Format: e-Book on Overdrive Summary On a foggy summer night, 11 people – 10 privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter – depart Martha’s Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later plane has crashed into […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Fredrik Backman Genre: Fiction 324 pages, published May 3, 2016 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary When the story begins, Britt-Marie finds herself in a bad place. Her husband Kent has left her and she must find a job and start over. The unemployed office places her in charge of […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Nick Hornby Genre: Fiction, Humor 309 pages, published October 16, 2007 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Slam is narrated by Sam, a 16-year-old living in the UK whose life is getting very complicated. His parents are divorced, he is struggling in school, his best advice comes from a Tony […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Chris Bohjalian Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction 299 pages, published July 17, 2012 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The Sandcastle Girls recounts the love story between Elizabeth Endicott , a young American woman that accompanies her father to Armenia in 1915 to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Lisa Goldberg Author: Mark Logue and Peter Conradi Genre: Non Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biography 242 pages, published November 1, 2010 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary The King’s Speech is the story of Lionel Logue, a speech therapist from Australia working in London, and King George VI (aka Bertie) of England, […]