The County Library discussion

The next round of Reader's Choice nominees starts on Monday! The titles are:

American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent by Tamer Elnoury
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
Deadly Cure by Lawerence Goldstone
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis
The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Lilli de Jong by Janet Benton
Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Monument Road by Michael Wiley
Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
Next of Kin by James Tucker
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
To The Stars Through Difficulties by Romalyn Tilghman
Too Lucky to Live by Annie Hogsett
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown

Which ones are you most excited to read?

Thank you! I moved to AZ and really appreciate you posting these. I miss being there and looking through the books personally.

You’re welcome, Patty!

I’m not familiar with any of these. I’ll have to take a closer look. I usually read at least all the fantasy and sci fi titles.

I'm a little disappointed that there's only one nonfiction, and a couple of them just look.... odd... but there are some that look good. We'll see how far I get this time in the quest to read them all.

I had The Garden of Small Beginnings and Lilli de Jong on my to-read list already. Several of the others also interest me, especially To the Stars Through Difficulties.

Britt, Book Habitue wrote: "I'm a little disappointed that there's only one nonfiction, and a couple of them just look.... odd... but there are some that look good. We'll see how far I get this time in the quest to read them ..."

Britt, American Radical and Mozart’s Starling are both nonfiction titles. Good luck in your quest to read all of the nominees!

Audrey wrote: "I’m not familiar with any of these. I’ll have to take a closer look. I usually read at least all the fantasy and sci fi titles."

Hopefully you will discover something you like, Audrey!

alisonwonderland wrote: "I had The Garden of Small Beginnings and Lilli de Jong on my to-read list already. Several of the others also interest me, especially To the Stars Through Difficulties."

You will have to let us know what you think of To the Stars Through Difficulties (and any others you really like)!

I picked up the brochure today so I can pick out some books, and I came home with the steampunk one (The Guns Above).

I can personally vouch for The Changelingby Victor LaValle as an excellent book. It is spooky and at times even a bit terrifying, but ultimately is a really good read (at least in my opinion!) There's a lot of love for libraries & books and New York City as a setting. This book was published in 2017 and I've already read it twice. ;)

Stephanie wrote: “I can personally vouch for The Changelingby Victor LaValle as an excellent book. It is spooky and at times even a bit terrifying, but ultimately is a really good re…”

That one did look interesting.

We have a winner for the Fall 2018 round of Reader's Choice!

1st place: The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd

2nd place: The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

3rd place: Next of Kin by James Tucker

Did any of your favorites come in the top 3?

The next round of nominees will be available in January. Can't wait that long? Your friendly librarians are more than happy to recommend other titles to tide you over!

My favorites were American Radical and The Last Mrs. Parrish. The Marsh King’s Daughter and Next of Kin were fine.