Current Popular Titles The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larrson Final book in the Popular crime trilogy The Very Thought of You - Rosie Alison Life at Ashton Park as seen through the eyes of a young evacuee living there durning WWII. A haunting story of love and longing. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson A funny and intelligent novel, whose characters stay with you long afterthe last page. A Gate at the Stairs - Lorrie Moore When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. As the year unfolds, love leads her to new and formative experiences - but it is then that the past and the future burst forth in dramatic and shocking ways. The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows A witty and spirited novel that sheds light on life in Guernsey during the Nazi occupation. Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving A 12 year-old boy and his father live as fugitives following a tragic accident Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery The story of a singular concierge and the 12 year old who lives in her building, who plans to commit suicide on her 13th birthday. Prizewinners
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel The 2009 Booker Prize winner's wonderful portrait of Tudor England through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell. Olive Kitteridge - ElizabethStrout Each chapter is a short story that pieces together Olive's life. This 2009 Pullitzer Prize winner is a beautiful and compelling read. The Lacuna - -Barbara Kingsolver 2010 Orahnge prize winner. Born in the US and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, young Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution. Brooklyn - Colm Toibin 2009 Costa Prizewinner. In the early 1950's a young girl leaves Ireland for a new life in New York.
Bookworms Top Ten Jan- June 2010 - Adults The Children's Book - A S Byatt Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larrson The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Schaffer The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steg Larrson The Girl Who Kicked The Honet's Nest - Stieg Larrson The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery A Gate at the Stairs - Lorrie Moore Wasted Vigil - Nadeen Aslam Burnt Shadows - Kamila Shamsie Three Ways to Capsize a Boat - Chris Stewart Bookworms Top Ten Jan - June 2010 - Children
Egyptian Chronicles: Spitting Cobra - Gill Harvey The Crowfield Curse - Pat Walsh Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief - Rick Riordan Henderson Boys: Secret Army - Robert Muchamore Calm Down Boris - Sam Lloyd Halo - Zizou Corder Wolven - Di Toft The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
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