As the last couple of days of '08 wind down, I started thinking of all the books we've read during the course of the past year. I took a poll of the library staff and the following are some of our favorite books of 2008: (hint: none are any of the NYT notables of '08, just really good reads)

Amy - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett and The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak.

Terry -When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin and The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice

Ellen B - Playing for Pizza by John Grisham and Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland.

Alene - Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews, Rule Number Two : lessons I learned in a combat hospital by Heidi Squier Kraft and Death : a Life by George Pendle

Mike - Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec and Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston

Eileen - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry and Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.

Connie - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

Ellen L. - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and What Happened to Anna K. by Irina Reyn.

Happy 2009!