Tag: Book Recommendations
Throughout the year, the Pulse collects book recommendations from local bookstore and library employees. Check out these for some ideas on what to pick up next!
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Reading List’ by Sara Nisha Adams
Recommended by JEANINE BRENNAN, Branch Manager, Egg Harbor Library Sara Nisha Adams’ debut novel is about the superpowers of books. The story follows the discovery of a list of books with the heading, “Just in case you need it.” The list includes To Kill a Mockingbird, Rebecca, Life of Pi, The Kite Runner, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, A […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Bear’ by Andrew Krivak
Recommended by DAWN TAYLOR, Staff Member, Door County Library Post-apocalyptic science fiction is not a genre for everyone because it usually involves bleak stories portraying an unlivable world with dislikable characters taking advantage of those who are weaker. The Bear by Andrew Krivak offers a different dystopian world but still has the common elements of […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Gates of Europe’ by Serhii Plokhy
recommended by JOHN MAGGITTI, Co-owner, Novel Bay Booksellers This 2015 New York Times–bestselling nonfiction book has seen a resurgence in both popularity and importance since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Author Serhii Plokhy gives us a balanced history lesson about this enigmatic part of Europe, walking us through the area’s history from 500 BCE until […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street’ by Susan Jane Gilman
recommended by REBECCA BUCHMANN, technical services, acquisitions/cataloger, Door County Library “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” July is National Ice Cream Month, so what better way to celebrate it than with a book featuring the Ice Cream Queen of America? Susan Jane Gilman’s novel The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Hello, Transcriber’ by Hannah Morrissey
Recommended by TINA KAKUSKE, Librarian Often-given advice to novice writers is to write about what they know. Wisconsin author Hannah Morrissey took that advice to heart by using her experience as a police transcriber to write her first novel, Hello, Transcriber. The premise of this fast-moving, suspenseful book is a police procedural set in Black […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘A Psalm for the Wild-Built’ by Becky Chambers
Recommended by ADAM WAYMAN, Bookseller, Fair Isle Books In our family book club – an idea we copied from Washington Island’s Hansen family – we’re often torn between wanting to read something unusual and thought-provoking, and picking something more comfortable and fun. Especially when looking at the news seems depressing (like now) and you’ve stressed out […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Meant to Be’ by Emily Giffin
Recommended by KARLIE MARTENS, Bookseller, Novel Bay Booksellers Looking for a great summer read? Meant to Be is a work of gold. The story features Joe and Cate as their lives entwine and they fall in love. If you love the Kennedy family, you’ll love this Kennedy-esque story full of family expectations, drama and love. […]
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Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Pulse staffer and bibliophile When the end of the year comes around and I have some Christmas money in hand, I like to look at upcoming book publications for the next year and pre-order some that I’m most excited about. At the end of 2020, I came across The Forever Sea, […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Facing the Mountain’
Recommended by MORGAN MANN, Head of Circulation, Door County Library Facing the Mountain, written by the author of The Boys in the Boat, is read by actor Louis Ozawa, who is best known for his role in the films Predators (2010) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). This audiobook – part history and part memoir – is […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘James Herriot’s Treasury for Children’ by James Herriot, read by Jim Dale
Recommended by BETH LOKKEN, Youth Services Librarian, Door County Library If you’ve recently watched the PBS reboot of All Creatures Great and Small, you need to listen to these eight sweet short stories by James Herriot himself. This audiobook is subtitled “Warm and Joyful Animal Tales,” and although I loved reading these stories in print form, […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Dandelion Wine’ by Ray Bradbury
Recommended by Grace Johnson, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile “I want to feel all there is to feel,” he thought. “Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn’t forget, I’m alive, I know I’m alive, I mustn’t forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.” — Douglas Spaulding, Dandelion Wine […]
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Book Recommendation: The Sector General series by James White
Recommended by David Magle, co-owner OtherWorlds Books & More James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. His best-known novels were the twelve Sector General series, the first published in 1962 and the last after his death. White abhorred violence and medical and other emergencies were the sources […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot’ by Marianne Cronin
I was finishing this book when my husband looked over and said, “A book shouldn’t do this to you.” But I think books should make you feel all the emotions, so sometimes that includes tears streaming down your face. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a sweet story about two people who […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ by TJ Klune
Recommended by MARY SAWYER, Branch Manager, Ephraim Library “Don’t you wish you were here?” reads the caption of a seascape mouse pad sitting on Linus Baker’s office desk. Never have I read a book that made me wish to be there quite like Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, set in an unnamed fantasy […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Nineties’ by Chuck Klosterman
Recommended by KIMBERLY WELLS, bookseller at Novel Bay Booksellers We self-proclaimed children of the nineties tend to remember the decade with fondness, but for a phase of life that unofficially began with the fall of the Berlin Wall and ended with 9/11, this era was about so much more than the clothes and music. Author […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’ by Shel Silverstein
Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile As National Poetry Month comes to end, I can’t help but think back to the poetry that has stuck with me. One collection that always comes to mind is this one by Shel Silverstein. As a kid, I was mesmerized by the fun and quirky poems, […]
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Book Recommendation: New Folger Library, Shakespeare
Recommended by LAURA KAYACAN, Adult Services Librarian, Door County Library This April during National Poetry Month, I recommend my favorite poet of all time, William Shakespeare. Not only did he write a series of remarkable, timeless sonnets, but all of his plays are written at least partly in iambic pentameter or blank verse. Which other […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Sounds Unheard, Songs of Home’ by Joseph Lopez
Recommended by MARGARET MAGLE, owner, OtherWorlds Books & More I love it when I am able to have local authors come in with their books. Sounds Unheard, Songs of Home is one such book. The author, Joseph Lopez, is a writer living in Door County, and the poetry in this book shows a true love […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Stephen Crane: Complete Poems’ by Stephen Crane
April is Poetry Month, so to celebrate, all of our recommendations this month will be poetry collections. Recommended by STEVEN RICE, Manager, Door County Historical Museum and Archives Most famous for his classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane had an outsized impact on American literature despite his short body of […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Doctors Blackwell’ by Janice P. Nimura
Recommended by JEANINE BRENNAN, Manager, Egg Harbor Library Branch March is Women’s History Month and a time to celebrate women who have pushed boundaries, influenced change and redefined roles. In 1849, 29-year-old Elizabeth Blackwell became a medical doctor, and five years later, her younger sister Emily earned the same degree. During the next two decades, […]