November 8th "Reader's Choice With Area Librarians" hosted a wonderful hour of discussion regarding a variety of books read by the today's attendees. The books discussed are listed below.
Recommended Reads (by author's last name):
*American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
*Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
*The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
*Dancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding
*The Making of the October Crisis by D'Arcy Jenish
*Mental Immunity by Andy Norman
*Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
*White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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December 13th "Reader's Choice with Area Librarians"
Please see below for list of books discussed:
- Fight Night by Miriam Toews
- Mental Immunity by Andy Norman
- Deep River Brag Book by Larrie Thomson
- Fantasyland by Kurt Anderson
- Useful Delusions by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler
- Her Name was Margaret by Denise Davy
- How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
- The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
- The Relatives by Camilla Gibb
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January 10th "Reader's Choice with Area Librarians"
Please see below for list of books/magazines/documentaries discussed:
Book Recommendations
- Hello Friend, We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts
- State of Terror by Hilary Clinton and Louise Penney
- The Tiger Mom's Tale by Lyn Liao Butler
- The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
- Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
- The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi
- Red Joan by Jennie Rooney
- Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway
Documentary Recommendation
- The Google Book Project
Magazine Recommendation
- The Walrus
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Textual Healing: The Novel World of Bibliotherapy
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February 14th "Reader's Choice with Area Librarians"
These are the books which were discussed today!
- 21 Things You Might Not Know About the Indian Act by Robert Joseph [Deep River]
- Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway [Deep River, Laurentian Hills]
- The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- The Devil to Pay by Barbara Fradkin [Deep River]
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- The Man with the Silver Saab by Alexander McCall Smith [Deep River, Laurentian Hills]
- The Push by Ashley Audrain [Deep River, Head, Clara & Maria, Laurentian Hills]
- The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef [eBook]
- Useful Delusions by Shankar Vedantam [Laurentian Hills]
Laurentian Hills:
https://laurentianhillspl.insigniails.com/Library/Home
Head, Clara & Maria:
https://olsn.ent.sirsidynix.net/client/en_US/headcm
Deep River:
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March 14th "Reader's Choice with Area Librarians"
This month we chatted about the following titles:
- The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
- Unravelling Canada: A knitting odyssey by Sylvia Olsen
- The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
- The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
- We, Jane by Aimee Wall