Julie is a librarian at the Corte Madera Library.
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And the 2011 Best Book Winners Are...
Posted Jan 9, 2012
Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite book read in 2011! I've listed the winners below, with links to the library catalog.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration by Isabel Wilkerson
State of wonder by Ann Patchett
A house with no roof by Rebecca Wilson
Better: a surgeon's notes on performance by Atul Gawande
The sweet life in Paris: delicious adventures in the world's most glorious -- and perplexing -- city by David Lebovitz
Habibi by Craig Thompson
The autobiography of Mark Twain, v.1
La seduction: how the French play the game of life by Elaine Sciolino
A game of thrones by George R. R. Martin
Mr. Rosenblum dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
The call by Yannick Murphy
Before I go to sleep by S. J. Watson
Sex at dawn by Christopher Ryan
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Major Pettigrew's last stand by Helen Simonson
In the garden of beasts: love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
The age of innocence by Edith Wharton
Posted by: Julie
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
This book engaged me from the first page. The characters are well drawn and engaging--some because I really liked and admired them as people, and others because of their portrayal exemplifying a shallowness of character that is all too prevalent in society. I highly recommend it and hope we will see more works by this author. PTG