Library staff pick Best of 2013 reads at ICPL
Iowa City Public Library staff name top 2013 releases across six genres with Eleanor Park by Rainbow Rowell leading the Best of the Best list. Fangirl follows as second most nominated. non-fiction highlights include Cooked by Michael Pollan and Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg.
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Iowa City Public Library
Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park
Brian Visser
Melody Dworak
Rowell
Rosie
Graeme Simsson
George
Saunders
Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear
Michael Pollan
Sheryl Sandberg
Icpl
Before I Burn and the fires of memory in Finsland
A review of Gaute Heivoll’s Before I Burn, a 336 page memoirish novel from Graywolf Press. The work blends author and arsonist history through interviews with Finsland residents, showing how the fires and the author’s life intertwine. The narrative fragments echo a communal examination of identity, memory, and responsibility.
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Heivell
Love
Faith
Graywolf Press
Arsonist
Ram- Gaute Heivoll
Finsland
Norway
Gaute Heivoll
Heivoll
National Best Sellers List Highlights Top Titles
Publisher's Weekly lists fiction and non fiction best sellers. Notable entries include The Invention of Wings by Kidd and The Goldfinch by Tartt among fiction and Killing Jesus by O'Reilly and Things that Matter by Krauthammer among non fiction.
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Gates
Anthony
Shred” Smith
Jesus” O'Reilly/ Dugard
Krauthammer
Gang
Stork
David and
Goliath
Gladwell
Diaz
Daniel Plan
Warren
Reading list of popular titles and authors noted
A catalog-like note lists fiction and nonfiction titles with authors including The Invention of Wings and Love Monster along with The Goldfinch and The Book Thief. It mentions Secretaries at War and a fitness body guide, with Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids as a bookstore reference.
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Kidd
Muldrow
Gates S
Hollow City
The Swan Gondola Review
Rob Cline reports on Schaffert s The Swan Gondola a Riverhead novel set during the 1898 Omaha World s Fair It follows Ferrett Skerritt a lovelorn ventriloquist who falls for Cecily and encounters a cast of grotesque hopefuls and wealth driven figures amid a tale of love and longing.
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Iee Schaffert
Riverhead Books
Ferrett Skerritt
Ferrett
Cecily
Timothy Schaffert at Prairie Lights reads Swan Gondola
Author Timothy Schaffert reads from The Swan Gondola at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, 7 p m February 17. Admission is free. The event features Rob Cline of Hancher and New Bo Books promoting literary events.
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Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Rob Cline
University of Iowa
Hancher
New Bo Books
Prairie Lights
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