Julie is a librarian at the Corte Madera Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
The web and print media are rife with “best book of 2012” lists right now. I’m curious about what our local Marin County “Best Reads of 2012” list would look like.
Whether you went along for the ride in the thriller Gone Girl or hiked along with Cheryl Strayed in Wild, enjoyed the glories of the Italian coast spiked with the lure of Hollywood in Beautiful Ruins, or reveled in the politics of Tudor history in Bring up the Bodies, let us know what your favorite books from 2012 were. Share your gems-- not necessarily from the bestseller lists, just what you enjoyed reading the most in 2012, and we’ll compile a list to post on our website.
I’ll start things off: one of my favorites from the past year was Ready Player One by Ernest Cline-- a bit of 80’s nostalgia cyberquest set in a not-too distant future.
See you in the stacks!





Here are some of my favorite
Here are some of my favorite reads in 2012:
I loved The Night Circus, by
I loved The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, and The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.
Many favorites!
French kids eat everything : how our family moved to France, cured picky eating, banned snacking, and discovered 10 simple rules for raising healthy, happy eaters
The party is over : how Republicans went crazy, Democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted
Mr. Monk gets even
The new 52
Home made winter