The County Library discussion

It's time for the next round of Reader's Choice! The nominees are:

The Antiquities Hunter by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Dracul by Dacre Stoker
Exit Strategy by Charlton Pettus
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien
The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
The Line That Held Us by David Joy
Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport
One in a Million by Lindsey Kelk
The Real Michael Swann by Bryan Reardon
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
The Sisters Mederos by Patrice Sarath
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Which ones are you most excited to read?

I've read Fly Girls, and it was excellent. The rest aren't grabbing me from the titles.

Trail of Lightning is in my TBR.

I picked up Jar of Hearts, A Ladies Guide..., and One in a Million last week! I'm excited for them!

The Coincidence Makers has been on my to-read shelf.

I just finished The Last Time that I Lied. I really liked this one. It kept me up because I was interested -way too late! Really liked how it all concluded.

Could have done without the language - noticed that it was pretty much just one character of the book using it.

I was talking up the Reader's Choice program at my book club this week, and somebody asked who made the lists. so... who does pick the books, and what is the criteria? I've discovered some of my very favorites through here, so I'm grateful!

I read The Last Time I Lied – pretty fun book.

Finished Medusa Uploaded – interesting but confusing.

Brianon wrote: "I was talking up the Reader's Choice program at my book club this week, and somebody asked who made the lists. so... who does pick the books, and what is the criteria? I've discovered some of my ve..."


Hi Brianon! Sorry it took so long to reply back to you. The nominee books are selected by a group of 10 librarians who are on the Reader's Choice committee. We look at reviews from different sources and also sometimes get suggestions from other library employees and the public. We try to find books that will have wide appeal and also introduce people to genres that they might not otherwise pick up--basically a "good read" that you want to tell other people about. We also try to choose authors that are new or not as well known.

We also have other library employees who read books from our list of potential nominees and then they vote on whether or not it meets the above criteria. Our list usually has around 250 titles on it, so there is a lot of reading involved. : )

Finished Coincidence Makers – pretty interesting. Now starting Exit Strategy.

What was the winner?

Looks like A Ladies Guide...

https://www.slcolibrary.org/rc/rcwr/r...

That was cute. I think my favorite was The Sisters Mederos.