Winter 2008 Reading List

The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel
Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley
Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
The Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Double Cross by James Patterson
Down River by John Hart
Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Malinche by Laura Esquivel
A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman
The Parting by Beverly Lewis
Playing for Pizza by John Grishman
Run by Ann Patchett
Soul Catcher by Michael White
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
World Without End by Ken Follett
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Winter 2008

Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo

Bridge of Sighs is Russo's portrait of small town life and the people who inhabit it. Over the years, Thomaston, New York has been on the decline. It's one main business-a tannery-has been slowly poisoning its residents with its toxic runoff.

Russo explores of the lives of three Thomaston families the Lynches, Marconis, and the Bergs as they cross, collide, and interweave each other's lives.

Spring/Summer 2008 Reading List

The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
Because She Can by Bridie Clark
Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
Duma Key by Stephen King
Echo Maker by Richard Powers
Family Tree by Barbara Delinksy
The Girl who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels
Honor Thyself by Danielle Steel
Last Call by James Grippando
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
New England White by Stephen L. Carter
My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman
Patriot Hearts by Barbara Hamby
Salt River by James Sallis
Summer by Karen Kingsbury
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamallo
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
When Madeline was Young by Jane Hamilton

Fall 2008 Reading List

The Ancient by R.A. Salvatore
Blackout by Lisa Unger
Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley
Bulls Island by Dorthea Benton Franks
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg
Double Cross by James Patterson
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovitch
The First Patient by Michael Palmer
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffry Zaslow
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
Mother by Maya Angelou
Sail by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
Sin No More by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Them by Nathan McCall
Twice as Good by Marcus Mabry
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci

Fall 2008

The Choice
by Nicholas Sparks

In his 13th book, bestselling Sparks (At First Sight, etc.) limns the far-reaching implications of several seemingly ordinary choices made by Beaufort, N.C. veterinarian Travis Parker and his next-door neighbor Gabrielle Holland, a physician's assistant and recent arrival. After an inauspicious first meeting where Gabby accuses Travis's boxer of impregnating her purebred collie, the two fall hard for each other. Already dating someone else seriously, Gabby is faced with a dilemma: whether to stick with longtime boyfriend Kevin, or get involved with Travis. The first part of the tale paints a vivid picture of her decision-making process and its effects on Travis and Gabby's lives. That sets up Part II, which takes place 11 years later when Travis faces a life and death decision following a car accident. A tender and moving love story and a quick read, Sparks's latest does not disappoint.

Source: Publishers Weekly, Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.