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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
    • 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]
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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