Top 10 of 2012
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Dec 31st, 2012
My Top Ten of 2012 - Carol J.
Today's Ramsey County Library staff's Top Ten of 2012 is from Carol J. of Mounds View. "Very few of these actually came out in 2012--I admire anyone organized enough to read a book in the year it came out! But I loved these anyway." My Top Ten of 2012: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran – Part memoir, part rant; all hilarious and thoughtful and brilliant and important. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas - Insightful and complicated Australian novel about a group of friends and family and the drama that ensues when one of them slaps another's child at a backyard barbecue. ... Read More » -
Dec 28th, 2012
My Top Ten of 2012 - Amy B.
Amy B. of Maplewood managed to narrow her list of adult, young adult and graphics down to her Top Ten of 2012: After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh. A wonderful book: bleak and witty. It is sticky brain food, and I love it. Plus, zombies. Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest. Siddon Rock combines the stark imagery of the Australian red rock outback with delicate and haunting cameos of the small town of people who have built a community there. ... Read More » -
Dec 27th, 2012
My Top Ten of 2012 - Ellen B.
Ellen B. of White Bear Lake shakes things up with a movie list. According to Ellen, "No reason for this list – except that I LOVE those British Isles accents." My Top Ten Movies with a Scottish or Irish Accent: Dear Frankie. Starring Gerard Butler. Sweet, touching. Mrs. Brown. Starring Billy Connolly. Connolly shines as Queen Victoria’s guide and groom in this historical drama. Merry Gentleman... Read More » -
Dec 24th, 2012
My Top Ten of 2012 - Marcus L.
Marcus L. of Roseville weighs in with: My Top Ten Reads for 2012: Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt -- My new favorite book! and her Lighting Rods is amazing also!! Billy Lynn's Long Half Time Walk by Ben Fountain -- Our own new Catch-22 HHHH by Laurent Binet -- All about the problems of writing historical fiction The Rook... Read More » -
Dec 22nd, 2012
My Top Ten of 2012 - Sharyn B.
Today's favorites of 2012 list comes from Sharyn B. of Shoreview: Sharyn's Top Ten of 2012 Nightwoods by Charles Frazier – A woman in 1960’s North Carolina struggles with the children of her murdered sister. My favorite read of 2012. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – A beautiful tale of opera and hostages in a South American embassy. Chomp by Carl Hiassen – My favorite juvenile book of the year about a... Read More »
