What We Liked This Year

Library Director

Ann Rohrbaugh

The Best of 2011 | Ann’s Blog Posts

Fiction

• Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• Paris Wife  by Paula McLain
• Red Garden  by Alice Hoffman
• Rodin’s Debutante  by Ward Just
• State of Wonder  by Ann Patchett

Nonfiction

• Blood, Bones, and Butter  by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  by Rebecca Skloot
• In the Garden of the Beasts  by Erik Larson
• Mile Marker Zero  by William McKeen
• Unbroken  by Laura Hillenbrand 

Information Technology

JD Andersen

The Best of 2011 | JD’s Blog Posts

Books 

• 13, Rue Thérèse: a novel  by Elena Mauli Shapiro
• Flirting with Destiny by Sara Hylton
• The fort : a novel of the Revolutionary War  by Bernard Cornwell
• Ghost story : a novel of the Dresden files  by  Jim Butcher
• Little Bee  by Chris Cleave
• Never let me go  by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Scent of the Missing : love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog  by Susannah Charleson

Movies

• Cowboys and Aliens
• An Invisible Sign
• Jane Eyre
• The King’s Speech
• Lost in Austen
• Rio
• Some Dogs Bite
• Soul Surfer
• The Tempest
• Win Win  

Lead Librarian, Children's Room

Bill Caskey

The Best of 2011 | Bill’s Blog Posts

Books

• 13 Words by Lemony Snicket illus by Maira Kalman
• 33 revolutions per minute : a history of protest songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day by Lynskey, Dorian
• Black Jack: the Ballad of Jack Johnson  by Charles R. Smith
• Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
• Hot: Living through the next fifty years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard
• A New Year's reunion by Li-Qiong Yu
• Perferct Square by Michael Hall
• Press Here by Tullet, Hervé
• Sing to Your Baby: Love Songs and Sing-plays for new families  by Cathy Fink
• Swamplandia by Karen Russell

Music

• Bad as Me  by Tom Waits
• Electromagnetic Escape by The Red Sea Pedestrians
• Join Us  by They Might Be Giants
• Strange Mercy by St. Vincent

Library Aide, Adult Services

Cheryl Cavalear 

The Best of 2011 | Cheryl’s Blog Posts

Movies

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• In Time
• Fast Five
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Crazy Stupid Love
• Inception
• Source Code
• Haven Season 1
• The Conspirator
• I am Number 4

Music

• We Own the Night  by Lady Antebellum
• Thompson Square  by Thompson Square
• Red River Blue  by Blake Shelton
• Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen
• 21  by Adele
• Take a Back Road by Rodney Atkins
• Stronger  by Sara Evans
• This is Country Music  by Brad Paisley
• Life at Its Best  by Eli Young Band
• Neon  by Chris Young
• Outlaws Like Me  by Justin Moore

Information Systems Analyst

Jim Clarey 

The Best of 2011 | Jim’s Blog Posts

Books 

• A simple Government by Mike Huckabee
• Bringing Up Girls by James Dobson
• The White House Dog  by Jamie White

Movies

• The Fast and Furious
• Tangled
• Cars 2

Adult Services

Michael Cockrell

The Best of 2011 | Michael’s Blog Posts: Books, Movies, Music  

Books

• 1Q84 by Huruki Murakami
• Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson
• Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• Ready Player One  by Ernest Cline
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• The Information: a history, a theory, a flood by James Gleick
• Inside Scientology: the story of America’s most secretive religion by Janet Reitman
• Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt
• Spray Paint the Walls: the story of Black Flag by Stevie Chick

Movies

• Marwencol
• Parks and Recreation
• True Grit
• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• The Social Network
• Win Win

Music

• El Camino by The Black Keys
• The Whole Love by Wilco
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls
• We are the Champions  by JEFF the Brotherhood
• Bad as Me by Tom Waits
• Stone Rollin’ by Raphael Saadiq
• Nine Types of Light by TV on the Radio
• Smoke Ring for My Halo by Kurt Vile
• Bird Songs by Joe Lovano Us Five
• Fugazi Live Series  by Fugazi  

Assistant to the Director

Jennifer Cornell 

The Best of 2011 | Jennifer’s Blog Posts

Books

• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• The Talk Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
• Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian and illustrated byTim Bowers
• Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook
• Make the Bread, Buy the Butter  by Jennifer Reese
• Compass of Pleasure: Why Some Things Feel So Good by David J. Linden
• Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palco and Flora Lichtman

Movies

• True Grit
• Inception

Music

• Mission Bell by Amos Lee 

Librarian, Oshtemo Branch Library

Angela Fortin 

The Best of 2011 | Angela’s Blog Posts

Books

• The Marriage Plot  by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention  by Manning Marable
• Then Again  by Diane Keaton
• Hark! A Vagrant  by Kate Beaton
• Please Look After Mom  by Kyung-sook Shin

Movies

• Heartbeats
• Midnight in Paris
• Beginners
• Urban Roots
• Super 8

Music

• Whokill by Tune Yards
• Wild Flag by Wild Flag
• Within and Without by Washed Out
• Bon Iver by Bon Iver
• Wounded Rhymes by Lykke Li

Teen Librarian 

Stewart Fritz 

The Best of 2011 | Stewart’s Blog Posts

Books 

• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Zone One by Colson Whitehead
• Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
• Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
• Daytripper by Gabriel Bá & Fabio Moon
• Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
• I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
• Lost and Found by Shaun Tan

Movies

• Source Code
• Winnie the Pooh
• Bridesmaids
• Win Win
• Blue Valentine
• True Grit Beats, Rhymes & Life: the travels of A Tribe Called Quest

Music

• Bad As Me  by Tom Waits
• Slave Ambient  by The War On Drugs 
• Relax  by Das Racist 
• Hot Sauce Committee Part II  by Beastie Boys 
• Zonoscope  by Cut Copy 
• Belong  by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
• C’mon  by Low 
• Rome  by Danger Mouse

Audiovisual & Law Librarian

Ryan Gage

The Best of 2011 | Ryan’s Blog Posts: Books, Movies, Music

Books

• Curfew  by Jesse Ball
• Open City  by Teju Cole
• The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volume 2: 1941-1956  
• Once Upon a River  by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories  by Don Delillo 
• Bossypants  by Tina Fey
• Pale King  by David Foster Wallace
• The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning  by Maggie Nelson
• Blue Nights  by Joan Didion
• The Sense of an Ending  by Julian Barnes
• The Journals of Spalding Gray  by Nell Casey

Movies and Television

• Drive
• People on Sunday
• Bored to Death
• Parks and Recreation
• Edge of Dreaming
• Submarine
• Marwencol
• Le Quattro Volte
• Bridesmaids
• Beginners
• Melancholia
• Tree of Life
• Mildred Pierce
• Page One: Inside the New York Times

Music

• Dye It Blonde  by Smith Westerns
• Submarine (Soundtrack) by Alex Turner
• Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
• We Live in Rented Rooms  by East River Pipe
• Last Summer  by Eleanor Friedberger 
• Apocalypse  by Bill Callahan
• Demolished Thoughts  by Thurston Moore
• Slave Ambient  by War on Drugs
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost  by Girls
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra  by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Go Tell Fire on the Mountain  by Wu Lyf
• Tarkovsky Quartet by Francois Couturier

Best Songs

• County Line by Cass McCombs
• FFunny Friends by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Pinky’s Dream by David Lynch
• Cloudy Shoes by Damon Jurado

Head, Information Technology

Gary Green

The Best of 2011 | Gary’s Blog Posts: Books, Movies  

Books

• Kill Alex Cross  by James Patterson
• Heat Wave  by Richard Castle
• Gamble  by Dick Francis and Felix Francis
• Smokin’ Seventeen  by Janet Evanovich

Movies

• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
• Green Lantern
• Bad Teacher
• Easy A
• Take me Home Tonight
• 3 Idiots
• The Warrior’s Way
• X-Men First Class
• Gnomeo & Julliet
• The Kings Speech
• Max Manus Man of War
• She’s the Man  

Information Technology

Wendy Hand

The Best of 2011 | Wendy’s Blog Posts

Books 

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Bossypants by Tina Fey
• Object of Beauty by Steve Martin (2010)
• Percival’s Planet by Michael Byers (2010)
• The Astronomer by Lawrence Goldstone (2010)

Movies

• Sarah’s Key
• Super 8
• Sean the Sheep season 2
• Captain America
• Conan O’Brien – Can’t Stop
• The Music Never Stopped
• The Conspirator
• X-men: First Class
• Red
• Never Let Me Go  

Government Information Coordinator

Christine Hann

The Best of 2011 | Christine’s Blog Posts

Books

• Minding Frankie  by Maeve Binchy
• No Biking in the House without a Helmet  by Melissa Fay Greene
• Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History  by Sue Stauffacher
• Ask Me Why I Hurt: The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor who Heals Them  by Randy Christensen, MD
• The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker  by Sami Al Jundi
• As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis Devoto  by Joan Reardon
• Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World where Girls are not for Sale, an Activist Finds her Calling and Heals Herself   by Rachel Lloyd
• The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a Difference  by Erin McHugh
• Women’s Spirituality: Power and Grace  by Mary Faulkner

Movies

• Unstoppable
• The Help
• Nowhere Boy
• The King’s Speech
• Rabbit Hole
• Life as We Know It
• The Switch
• No Strings Attached
• Beginners
• Cars 2

Electronic Resources Librarian

Caitlin Hoag 

The Best of 2011 | Caitlin’s Blog Posts

Books 

• The Marriage Plot  by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Once Upon a River  by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
• Cook This Now by Melissa Clark
• Bossypants by Tina Fey
• Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me? (and Other Concerns)  by Mindy Kaling
• When She Woke  by Hillary Jordan
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• The Night Circus  by Erin Morgenstern
• Swamplandia!  by Karen Russell  

Music 

• Let England Shake  by  PJ Harvey
• Night of Hunters by  Tori Amos
• Ceremonials  by Florence and the Machine
• Last Summer  by Eleanor Friedberger
• Wild Flag by Wild Flag
• 21  by Adele
• Strange Mercy  by St. Vincent
• Muppets: the Green Album
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost  by Girls
• Drums between the Bells  by Brian Eno

Cataloging Librarian

Dan Hoag

The Best of 2011 | Dan’s Blog Posts

Books

• Arguably : Essays  by Christopher Hitchens
• The Art of Fielding  by Chad Harbach
• Before I Go to Sleep  by S. J. Watson
• Bossypants  by Tina Fey
• A Dance with Dragons  by George R. R. Martin
• The Marriage Plot  by Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Psychopath Test : A Journey Through the Madness Industry  by Jon Ronson
• Shock Value : How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood and Invented Modern Horror  by Jason Zinoman
• Swamplandia!  by Karen Russell
• Wildwood  by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis

Movies

• Beginners
• The Guard
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II
• Hot Coffee
• Incendies
• Midnight in Paris
• Super 8
• Tabloid
• The Trip
• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Music

• Night of Hunters  by Tori Amos
• The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
• The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
• Speed of Darkness by Flogging Molly
• Ceremonials   by Florence + the Machine
• Sky Full of Holes by Fountains of Wayne
• Turtleneck & Chain  by The Lonely Island
• The Hunter  by Mastodon
• Mastermind  by Monster Magnet
• The Green Album  by The Muppets

Web Coordinator

Keith Howard

The Best of 2011 | Keith’s Blog Posts: Books, Music, News

Music

• The Place I Left Behind by The Deep Dark Woods
• When You Left the Fire by The Wilderness of Manitoba
• The King Is Dead  by The Decemberists
• A Treasure  by Neil Young
• Matters of the Heart by Jerome Holloway
• Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will  by Mogwai
• How to Become Clairvoyant by Robbie Robertson
• Songs of Love and Loss by Roy Harper
• 21  by Adele
• Collapse Into Now  by R.E.M.
• SuperHeavy  by SuperHeavy
• Hard Bargain  by Emmylou Harris
• Tribe by An Dro
• The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams  (various artists)
• Live in the classic city II, MM  by Widespread Panic (September 2010)
• Lulu  by Lou Reed & Metallica
• The Electromagnetic Escape by The Red Sea Pedestrians
• Olympia  by Bryan Ferry (October 2010)
• Low Country Blues  by Gregg Allman

Favorite “Deluxe Edition” CD Releases

• Hard Bargain [Deluxe ed.] by Emmylou Harris
• Lifes Rich Pageant [Deluxe ed.] by R.E.M.
• Achtung Baby [20th anniversary 2-CD deluxe ed.] by U2
• Wish You Were Here – Immersion Edition by Pink Floyd

Favorite KPL Concert

• Earth Week Celebration @ Oshtemo Branch Library by Earthwork Music Collective

Head, Patron Services

Kevin King 

• The Best of 2011 | Kevin’s Blog Posts: Movies, Music  

Best Fiction Book of 2011

• Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Best Science Fiction Book of 2011

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Best Nonfiction Book of 2011

• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Best Mystery Book of 2011

• Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke

Best Book I Am Currently Reading but Have Not Yet Finished for the 2011 List

• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Best TV Series on DVD

• TIE – Doctor Who (Series Six – Parts 1 and 2) and Parks and Recreation

Music

• The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
• Middle Brother by Middle Brother
• The Double Cross by Sloan
• The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch by The Wombats
• Nothing Is Wrong by Dawes
• Torches by Foster the People
• The Sound of His Own Voice by John Wesley Harding
• Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns
• International Pop Overthrow by Material Issue (Re-issue)
• The Whole Love by Wilco
• The Last Place by Army Navy
• W H O K I L L by Tune-Yards
• The Electromagnetic Escape by The Red Sea Pedestrians
• Pickin’ Up The Pieces by Fitz & The Tantrums
• Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys
• Sky Full of Holes by Fountains of Wayne
• 21 by Adele
• The Go Rounds (2011) by The Go Rounds
• KMAG YOYO (& other American stories)  by Hayes Carll
• El Camino by The Black Keys

Library Assistant, Audiovisual

Karl Knack

The Best of 2011 | Karl’s Blog Posts: Movies, Music

Movies

• Breaking Bad (season 4)
• Hugo
• If God is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise
• Midnight in Paris
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• Rango
• The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
• Dolphin Tale
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
• Phineas and Ferb, the Movie: Across the 2^nd Dimension

Music

• The Double Cross by Sloan
• Stone Rollin’  by Raphael Saadiq
• The Whole Love  by Wilco
• The Smile Sessions  by The Beach Boys
• The Road from Memphis by Booker T.
• Torches by Foster the People
• El Camino by The Black Keys
• 50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush
• The Scarecrow in the Sky by Loop D Loop
• Papercuts by The Corn Fed Girls

Library Associate, Teen Services

Jill Lansky 

The Best of 2011 | Jill’s Blog Posts

Books 

• Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
• Stink: The Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown by Megan McDonald
• If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
• A Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel
• Goodnight iPad: a Parody for the Next Generation by Ann Droyd
• How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
• Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
• The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma
• The Gift of an Ordinary Day:  A Mother’s Memoir by Katrina Kenison

Cataloging Librarian

Kristen Larson

The Best of 2011 | Kristen’s Blog Posts

Nonfiction

• Can’t think straight  by Kiri Blakely
• The slave across the street  by Theresa Flores
• Half a life by Darrin Strauss
• Heaven is for real by Todd Burpo
• Dream of Ding Village by Lianke Yan
• Two kisses for Maddy by Matt Logelin
• Missing by Lindsay Harrison

Children’s Books

• Here we go round the mulberry bush by Jane Cabrera
• In front of my house by Marianne Dubuc
• Purple Little Bird by Greg Foley
• Along a long road by Frank Vi va
• Catch that Baby!  by Nancy Coffelt
• Blue chameleon by Emily Gravett
• Train trip by Deanna Caswell
• The belly book by Fran Manushkin
• The neighborhood sing-along  by Nina Crews
• One moon, two cats by Laura Godwin

Movies

• True Grit
• The Fighter
• Black Swan
• The kids are all right
• King’s speech
• Rabbit hole
• Social network
• Blue Valentine
• Everything must go
• The tree of life

Children’s Music

• Veggies Tales. 25 favorite toddler songs
• Rockabye baby! Lullaby renditions of Pearl Jam

Lead Librarian, Eastwood Branch Library

Teresa Malynowsky-Rakowsky 

The Best of 2011 | Teresa’s Blog Posts

Nonfiction 

• Rin Tin Tin  by Susan Orlean

Children’s Books 

• A Ball for Daisy  by Christopher Raschke
• Tumford the Terrible  by Nancy Tillman
• Llama, Llama, Home with Mama  by Anna Dewdney
• Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
• Homer, the Library Cat  by Reeve Lindbergh
• If You’re Hoppy  by April Sayre
• If You Give a Dog a Donut  by Laura Numeroff
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star  by Jerry Pinkney 

Movies 

• The TRIP
• Biutiful
• Another Year
• The Fighter
• Everything Must Go
• My Dog Tulip
• Somewhere
• Buck
• Tamara Drewe
• Queen to Play  

Lead Librarian, Powell Branch Library

Judi Rambow

The Best of 2011 | Judi’s Blog Posts

Fiction

• Backlash: a DCI Monika Paniatowski mystery by Sally Spencer
• Echoes of the dead: a DCI Monika Paniatowski mystery by Sally Spencer
• Inside by Brenda Novak
• The Vault by Ruth Rendell
• Lethal by Sandra Brown

Nonfiction

• Elizabeth and Hazel: Two women of Little Rock by David Margolick
• The Healthiest meals on earth by Jenny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
• Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx story by Michael Seth Starr
• My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson
• My long trip home: a family memoir by Mark Whitaker
• I didn’t ask to be born (but I’m glad I was) by Bill Cosby
• A New turn in the south: southern flavors reinvented for your kitchen by Hugh Acheson
• Strength to stand: overcoming, succeeding, thriving, advancing, winning!  by T.D. Jakes
• The Neely’s Celebration Cookbook by Pat and Gina Neely

Children’s Books

• Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
• A Storm called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg
• Walking Home to Rosie Lee by A. LaFaye
• Never Forgotten by Patricia McKissack
• Whoopi Goldberg’s Sugar Plum Ballerinas
• Rainbow Magic  by Daisy Meadows

Movies

• Burlesque
• Conspirator
• The Girl who kicked the hornet’s nest
• Jumping the broom
• Bridesmaids
• The Help

Music

• 21 by Adele
• Beautiful Imperfection by A.sa
• My Life II: The journey continues Act 1 by Mary J. Blige

Materials Selection Librarian

Steve Siebers

The Best of 2011 | Steve’s Blog Posts

Books

• Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
• Country Driving by Peter Hessler
• My Life As an Experiment  by A.J. Jacobs
• Special Exits by Joyce Farmer
• Gang Leader For a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
• Running the Books by Avi Steinberg
• Bossypants by Tina Fey
• Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley
• Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
• Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
• World and Town by Gish Jen
• Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
• Crashing Through by Robert Kurson

Movies

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Good Hair
• The Social Network
• Moon The Fighter
• This American Life Season 1
• Best Worst Movie
• Parks & Recreation Season 2
• Friday Night Lights Season 5
• Winter’s Bone

Music

• The King Is Dead  by The Decemberists
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost  by Girls
• We Are the Champions by JEFF the Brotherhood
• Codes and Keys  by Death Cab for Cutie
• Bon Iver  by Bon Iver
• Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns
• Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
• Middle Brother  by Middle Brother
• Kiss Each Other Clean  by Iron & Wine
• The Rip Tide  by Beirut
• England Keep My Bones  by Frank Turner

Associate Librarian, Adult Services 

Matt Smith

The Best of 2011 | Matt’s Blog Posts

Books 

• Superfoods : the healthiest foods on the planet by Tonia Reinhard
• How to live or a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer by Sarah Bakewell
• Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong
• Love: a History by Simon May
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Movies

• Parks and Recreation
• King’s Speech
• Tree of Life
• Catfish  by Ariel Schulman
• The Last Exorcism
• The Fighter
• 127 Hours
• X-Men First Class
• Adjustment Bureau
• True Grit

Lead Librarian, Washington Square Branch Library

Nancy Stern

The Best of 2011 | Nancy’s Blog Posts

Books 

• Cooking with Italian Grandmothers by Jessica Theroux
• Meals in Minutes  by Jamie Oliver
• Matchmaker of Kenmare  by  Frank Delaney
• Started Early, Took My Dog  by Kate Atkinson
• Lonely Death  by Charles Todd

Audiobooks

• Man from Beijing  by Henning Mankell
• The Lock Artist  by Steve Hamilton
• Trick of the Light  by Louise Penny

Movies

• The King’s Speech

Readers Services Librarian

Karen Santamaria

The Best of 2011 | Karen’s Blog Posts

Books

• Just Kids by Patti Smith
• The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
• Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

Librarian, Children’s Room

Andrea Vernola

The Best of 2011 | Andrea’s Blog Posts

Nonfiction

• The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry
• The Dirty Life: on farming, food, and love by Kristin Kimball
• Liberty Book of Home Sewing by Lucinda Ganderton
• Bossypants by Tina Fey
• Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?  by Mindy Kaling

Children’s Books

• 13 Words by Lemony Snicket
• Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
• Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
• Love Waves by Rosemary Wells
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Things About Me by Jenny Slate
• This Plus That by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• I Know Here by Laurel Croza

Teen Books

• Shine by Lauren Myracle
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Movies

• Lincoln Lawyer
• Gnomeo and Juliet
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2
• True Grit

Music

• The Long Surrender by Over the Rhine
• 21 by Adele
• Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
• Bon Iver by Bon Iver
• Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Youth Services

Sue Warner

The Best of 2011 | Sue’s Blog Posts

Books

• In Zanesville  by Jo Ann Beard
• Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell
• The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher by Anne Zimmerman
• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
• Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Sixkill by Robert B. Parker
• Live Wire by Harlan Coben
• I am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
• A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

Children’s Books

• Flora’s Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall, illustrated by Matt Phelan
• Say Hello to Zorro!  by Carter Goodrich
• Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
• I Know Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James
• Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand
• Follow Me by Tricia Tusa
• Perfect Square by Michael Hall
• The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner
• Ice by Arthur Geisert
• Along a Long Road by Frank Viva
• Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Postcards from Camp by Simms Taback
• A House in the Woods by Inga Moore
• Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Lois Ehlert
• Everything I Need to Know Before I’m Five by Valorie Fisher
• Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
• Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
• A New Year’s Reunion by Yu Li-Qiong, illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang