Rowdy Reads from the Rowdy Librarian in Henniker
Everyone has favorite books. Since I was a fiction specialist before becoming an library director, I have read many titles -- some great and others not so great. Hint... I only finish books that capture my attention and imagination -- this list shares a few worthy reads.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
PATRON FAVORITES
Voted favorite book by Henniker Residents!
· Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
· All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren
· All the Harry Potters by JK Rowling
· Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
· An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan*
· Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
· Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
· Color: Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
· The Constant Gardener by John LeCarre
· Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis*
· East of Eden by John Steinbeck
· Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
· I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
· In the Wilderness by Sara Donati
· Magyk by Angie Sage
· Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
· A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
· To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
· The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
*Not available at TFL
MOST POPULAR ITEMS
Based on number of check-outs per item
1. Mostly Martha (DVD)
2. Bread & Tulips (DVD)
3. Empire Falls (DVD)
4. March of the Penguins (E DVD)
5. Great Fuzz Frenzy (E FIC) Ladybug Book
6. Madagascar (J DVD)
7. S is for Silence (MY)
8. Motorcycle Diaries (DVD)
9. Llama, Llama, Red Pajama (E FIC) Ladybug Book
10. Sword in the Stone (E Video)
TOP MAGAZINE TITLE
Based on number of check-outs per item
· Vegetarian Times
· This Old House
· Country Living
· Country Home
· Better Homes & Gardens
· Cooking Light
TOP ADULT FICTION TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· Beach Road by James Patterson
· Angel’s Fall by Nora Roberts
· Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank
· Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
· Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught
· Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
· Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
· Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
· Sailing to Capri by Elizabeth Adler
· Crisis by Robin Cook
· Restoring Grace by Katie Fforde
· Mad River Road by Joyce Fielding
· The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
· Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
· Book of the Dead by Preston & Child
· Relic by Preston & Child
· Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope
· Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods
TOP MYSTERY TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
· Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
· Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
· Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
· One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
· Blue Screen by Robert Parker
TOP NON-FICTION TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· Marley & Me by John Grogan
· In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
· Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
· World in Flat by Thomas Friedman
· Fear and Other Uninvited Guests by Harriet Lerner
· Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
TOP YOUNG ADULT TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· Ttfn by Lauren Myracle
· Ttyl by Lauren Myracle
· The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die by William Sleator
· Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares
· This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
· Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
· If We Kiss by Rachel Vail
· Book of Mordred by Vivian Vande Velde
2nd Summer of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
· Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable
· Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale
· Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
· School’s Out—Forever by James Patterson
· Avalon High by Meg Cabot
· Tenth Power by Kate Constable
· Fashion Disaster that Changed my Life by Lauren Myracle
· Startled by His Furry Shorts by Louise Rennison
TOP CHILDRENS’ TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· March of the Penguins (E DVD)
· Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens (Ladybug)
· Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney Ladybug)
· Sword in the Stone (E Video)
· Barbie (E Video)
· Care Bears Movie (E DVD)
· Terrific by Jon Agee (Ladybug)
· Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel (Ladybug)
· Napoleon (E DVD)
· Pocahontas (E DVD)
· I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont (Ladybug)
· Mr. Tuggle’s Troubles by LeeAnn Blankenship (Ladybug)
· The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle (Ladybug)
· The Wolf’s Story by Toby Forward
· The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle (Ladybug)
· Angelina Ballerina (E DVD)
· Wallace & Gromit (E DVD)
· Henry & Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi (Ladybug)
· Backbeard and the Birthday Suit by Matthew McElligott
· Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (E Video)
· Land Before Time III (E Video)
TOP JUNIOR TITLES
Based on number of check-outs per item
· Madagascar (J DVD)
· Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
· Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (J DVD)
· Kangaroo Jack (J DVD)
· Robots (J DVD)
· Zathura (J DVD)
· Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (J DVD)
· Sloppy Copy Slipup by DyAnne DiSalvo (Great Stone Face)
· Magyk by Angie Sage (Great Stone Face)
· Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
· Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty Birney (Great Stone Face)
· Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
· Flush by Carl Hiaasen
· Flyte by Angie Sage
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Some definite winners
- Perfect Crime by PETER ABRAHAMS
- Bastard Out of Carolina by DOROTHY ALLISON
- A Woman in Berlin by ANONYMOUS
- Everything by A. MANETTE ANSAY
- Hedwig & Berti by FREIDA ARKIN
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by KATE ATKINSON
- Emotionally Weird by KATE ATKINSON
- Case Histories by KATE ATKINSON
- Not the End of the World by KATE ATKINSON
- Midwives by CHRIS BOHJAHLIN
- Transister by CHRIS BOHJAHLIN
- Summer We Know Best by CHRIS BOHJAHLIN
- Drop City by T.C. BOYLE
- East is East by T.C. BOYLE
- Inner Circle by T.C. BOYLE
- Riven Rock by T.C. BOYLE
- Road to Wellville by T.C. BOYLE
- Talk Talk by T.C. BOYLE
- All Over but the Shoutin' by RICK BRAGG
- Ava's Man by RICK BRAGG
- Poet of Tolstoy Park by SONNY BREWER
- Brief History of the Dead by KEVIN BROCKMEIER
- Truth About Celia by KEVIN BROCKMEIER
- Deception Point by DAN BROWN
- Angels & Demons by DAN BROWN
- All the Fishes Come Home to Roost by RACHEL MANIJA BROWN
- Magical Thinking by AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
- Possession by A.S. BYATT
- Mermaids Singing by LISA CAREY
- Blood Junction by CAROLINE CARVER
- And the Ass Saw the Angel by NICK CAVE
- Threat Matrix by LINCOLN CHILD
- Death Match by LINCOLN CHILD
- Incendiary by CHRIS CLEAVE
- Heat Lightning by LISA HAGER COHEN
- Cage's Bend by CARTER COLEMAN
- Secret Life of Lobsters by TREVOR CORCON
- All Families are Psychotic by DOUGLAS COUPLAND
- Eleanor Rigby by DOUGLAS COUPLAND
- JPOD by DOUGLAS COUPLAND
- Crustaceans by ANDREW COWAN
- Summer Guest by JUSTIN CRONIN
- Mary and O'Neill by JUSTIN CRONIN
- Good Harbor by ANITA DIAMANT
- The Living by ANNIE DILLARD
- House of Sand & Fog by ANDRE DUBUS, III
- Mourning Ruby by HELEN DUNANT
- The Doctor by PATRICIA DUNCKER
- Everything by CLYDE EDGERTON
- Peace Like a River by LEIF ENGER
- Master Butcher's Singing Club by LOUISE ERDRICH
- How to be Lost by AMANDA ERYRE-WARD
- Sleep Toward Heaven by AMANDA ERYRE-WARD
- The Divide by NICHOLAS EVANS
- Smoke Jumper by NICHOLAS EVANS
- Between the Bridge and the River by CRAIG FERGUSON
- Everything by FANNIE FLAGG
- The Mirror by LYNNE FREED
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by ALEXANDRA FULLER
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
- Love in a Time of Cholera by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
- The Coma by ALEX GARLAND
- Stern Men by ELIZABETH GILBERT
- Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
- Blink by MALCOLM GLADWELL
- Tipping Point by MALCOLM GLADWELL
- Bee Season by MYLA GOLDBERG
- Intuition by ALLEGRA GOODMAN
- Seduction of Water by CAROL GOODMAN
- Drowning Tree by CAROL GOODMAN
- Lake of Dead Languages by CAROL GOODMAN
- Limits of Enchantment by JOYCE GRAHAM
- East of the Mountains by DAVID GUTERSON
- Curious Incident of Dogs at Midnight by MARK HADDON
- Mrs. Kimble by JENNIFER HAIGH
- Bakers Towers by JENNIFER HAIGH
- Sole Survivor by RON HANSON
- Windfalls by JEAN HEGLAND
- Into the Forest by JEAN HEGLAND
- Philosophy Made Simple by ROBERT HELLENGA
- Bread Alone by JUDITH RYAN HENDRICKS
- Isabel's Daughter by JUDITH RYAN HENDRICKS
- Keepers Son by HOMER HICKAM
- Probable Future by ALICE HOFFMAN
- Black House by ALICE HOFFMAN
- Center of Winter by MARY HORNBACHER
- Kite Runner by KHALED HOSSEINI
- Cowboys are My Weakness by PAM HUSTON
- Sighthound by PAM HUSTON
- Footprints of God by GREG ILES
- Burning Marguerite by ELIZABETH INNES-BROWN
- Hotel New Hampshire by JOHN IRVING
- World According to Garp by JOHN IRVING
- Never Let Me Go by KAZUO ISHIGURO
- Waiting by HA JIN
- Icebergs by REBECCA JOHNS
- Love Me by GARRISON KEILLOR
- Lake Wobegon Days by GARRISON KEILLOR
- The Attack by YASMINA KHADRA
- Swallows of Kabul by YASMINA KHADRA
- Secret Life of Bees by SUE MONK KIDD
- Girl Named Zippy by HAVEN KIMMEL
- She Got Up Off the Couch by HAVEN KIMMEL
- Solace of Leaving Early by HAVEN KIMMEL
- Something Rising (Lightly and Swiftly) by HAVEN KIMMEL
- Folly by LAURIE KING
- Bean Trees by BARBARA KINGSOLVER
- Pigs in Heaven by BARBARA KINGSOLVER
- Prodigal Summer by BARBARA KINGSOLVER
- Adventures of Flash Jackson by WILLIAM KOWALSKI
- History of Love by NICOLE KRAUSS
- Crow Lake by MARY LAWSON
- Mystic River by DENNIS LEHANE
- Shutter Island by DENNIS LEHANE
- The Mailman by J. ROBERT LENNON
- The Funnies by J. ROBERT LENNON
- The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by J.T. LEROY
- Freakonomics by STEVEN LEVITT
- Fall on Your Knees by ANN MARIE MACDONALD
- The Way the Crow Flies by ANN MARIE MACDONALD
- Half in Love by MAILLEE MELOY
- Saints and Sinners by MAILLEE MELOY
- Rapture by SUSAN MINOT
- Evening by SUSAN MINOT
- Center of Everything by LAURA MORIARTY
- Man in My Basement by WALTER MOSLEY
- Kafka on the Shore by HURAKI MARAKAMI
- Ahab's Wife by SENA JETER NASLUND
- Four Spirits by SENA JETER NASLUND
- The Falls by JOYCE CAROL OATES
- Missing Mom by JOYCE CAROL OATES
- When the Emperor was Divine by JULIE OTSUKA
- My Year in Meats by RUTH OZEKI
- All Over Creation by RUTH OZEKI
- Getting Mother's Body by SUZAN PARKS
- Mayflower by NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
- In the Heart of the Sea by NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
- EVERYTHING BY DOUGLAS PRESTON & LINCOLN CHILD
- Close Range by ANNIE PROULX
- Shipping News by ANNIE PROULX
- Straight Man by RICHARD RUSSO
- Empire Falls by RICHARD RUSSO
- Whore's Child by RICHARD RUSSO
- Risk Pool by RICHARD RUSSO
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by TERRY RYAN
- Laughing Sutra by MARK SALZMAN
- Lying Awake by MARK SALZMAN
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by LISA SEE
- The Holding by MERILYN SIMONDS
- Cold by JOHN SMOLENS
- Invisible World by JOHN SMOLENS
- Longitude by DAVA SOBELL
- Perv-a Love Story by JERRY STAHL
- Hidden Life of Dogs by ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS
- Pearl Diver by PAUL TALARIGO
- Dreaming Water by GAIL TSUKIYAMA
- The Traveler by JOHN TWELVE HAWKS
- Space Between Us by THRITY UMRIGAR
- Forest Lover by SUSAN VREELAND
- Passion of Artemis by SUSAN VREELAND
- Virgin Blue by SUSAN VREELAND
- Life Studies by SUSAN VREELAND
- Heart of the Beast by JOYCE WEATHERFORD
TO NAME A FEW.....