Be Ahead of the Curve...

...and check out the books The Wall Street Journal predicts will be the hot titles of the year. Some of these books won't be published for months, but we think ahead here at MCMLS. Check the catalog to see if we have the book on order, and you can steal a march on your fellow patrons.


Do you have a prediction for the blockbuster books of 2009? Let me know in the comments!

You've seen the best...

... and now it's time for the worst books of 2008, as chosen by Entertainment Weekly and Seattle Books Examiner.




Care to disagree? Leave a comment!

Best Books of 2008, Part Two

And the lists keep rolling in!

Time's Best Fiction and Nonfiction

Stephen King's Top Ten Books

New York Magazine's The Top Ten Books

School Library Journal's Best Books 2008-- Great gift ideas for the little ones in your life!

NPR's Best Books of 2008-- I think that this is a must-see!

The New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2008


Share your favorite book of 2008 in the comments!

Best Books of 2008

The best books lists are starting to roll in!

Publisher Weekly's list
Amazon's list

I like to have a look at all of the lists and choose a few titles to read as a satisfying conclusion to the year.

Do you have a favorite title of 2008? Leave it in the comments!

New Oprah's Book Club Title

Oprah's newest selection is A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. You can read a synopsis and reviews at Books in Print. Go to the MCMLS online catalog to put a copy on hold.

Calling all Jane Austen Fans!

Oh, Mr. Darcy!
Starting January 13th, PBS will begin airing their Masterpiece adaptations of all six of Austen's novels. PBS is also providing resources for viewers interested in starting their own Jane Austen book club. Interested? The link is here.

Book a Month Challenge

Starting in January 2008, I am going to participate in the Book a Month Challenge. At the beginning of every month, a theme will be posted. Participants are asked to read a book based on the theme, and then post a review on their own website/blog or in the comments of the Book a Month (BAM) Challenge blog. I love that this is a very flexible set-up-- you don't have to read one particular "assigned" book, and you have all month to read and post. It's going to be exciting to see the spectrum of books chosen for each theme, and I suspect that the story behind why someone chose a particular book is going to be as intriguing as the actual book review. I can see my "to-be-read" list growing by leaps and bounds, because I love book suggestions that come from other readers.

Please participate in the BAM Challenge with me! Every month I will post the theme and my book review. You are all invited to post your book reviews here at Booked Up in the comments section of my post. Happy reading!

Best Books of 2007

The lists are starting to roll in as we count down to the end of the year. The top titles of the year include The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, Tree of Smoke (also the National Book Award winner), A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Then We Came to the End, and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Publisher's Weekly Best Books of the Year

The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2007

Amazon's Best Books of 2007

2007 Book Sense Picks Highlights

The National Book Critics Circle Best Recommended Books

What's your favorite read of 2007?

New Oprah's Book Club Title

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet is the newest Oprah pick. Set in the 12th century, this novel examines the building of a cathedral in Kingsbridge, England through the eyes of the many people involved in its creation. Put your copy on hold here.

And the winner is......

Recent Award Winners


Doris Lessing is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007.

Anne Enright is the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her book The Gathering.

This year's National Book Award winner has not yet been announced, but you can check out the finalist list here.

Read an amazing award-winning title? Leave it in the comments!

New Oprah's Book Club Title

Love in The Time of Cholera tells the story of a love triangle that spans 50 years, and explores the many ways that we as human beings view love and marriage. You can put a copy on hold here.

If you love Janet Evanovich....

....you might want to read The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. A young female PI, a wacky dysfunctional family, and a mysterious disappearance all add up to a laugh-out-loud suspense tale. Put your copy on hold today!

New Oprah's Book Club Pick

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides details the Stephanides family's journey from a small Greek town to a surburban American existance, and the journey of a single gene handed down through the generations to Cal Stephanides. Put your copy on hold today.

If you loved The Kite Runner.....

..... you will definitely want to read Khaled Hosseini's new book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. It is an epic tale of Afghanistan told through the eyes of two women. You can read reviews here.

Lean Mean Thirteen

Janet Evanovich's newest Stephanie Plum novel is now on order at MCMLS! Click here to place a hold.

The Road: Oprah's Book Club

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is Oprah's newest pick for her bookclub. It is also the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. You can read a description and reviews here.

Harry!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now on order. You can place a hold though our online catalog, or call any of the MCMLS branches.

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