The photo is from January 5, 2018, when the University City Library delivered books to Crown Center's home-bound readers late on a Friday. A day late, and nobody knew the books were in. So I loaded up all of the deliveries and took them to people in both buildings. Otherwise, readers would have had to wait until the office opened again on Monday to get the books they wanted to read. I parked my cart in the Crown Center library to take this photo after I had started distributing the bags of books.
- Armstrong, Karen ~ Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths, 1997, history, 8/10
- Benton, Lori ~ Burning Sky: A Novel of the American Frontier, 2013, fiction (New York), 9/10
- Blume, Judy ~ Wifey, 1978 (introduction, 2004), fiction (New Jersey), nah
- Boyadjian, Maral ~ As the Poppies Bloomed, 2015, fiction (Turkey/Anatolia), 9/10
- Buehrens, John A. ~ Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals, 2003, religion, 7/10
- Butala, Sharon ~ The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature, 1994, memoir (Saskatchewan), 9/10
- Butler, Octavia E. ~ Dawn (Xenogenesis Trilogy Book One), 1987, science fiction, 7/10
- Carroll, Lee, and Jan Tober ~ The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, 1999, psychology, 8/10
- Ceccaldi, Paula; Agnès Diricq; and Clémentine Bagieu ~ Stress: The Good and the Bad, 2001, health, 7/10
- Chevalier, Tracy ~ The Virgin Blue, 1997, fiction (France), 8/10
- Clinton, Chelsea, illustrated by Alexandra Boiger ~ She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, 2017, children's, 10/10
- Cosgrove, Stephen, illustrated by Robin James ~ Hucklebug, 1975, children's, 10/10
- Crossan, John Dominic ~ The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer, 2010, religion, 9/10
- Davidson, Robyn ~ Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback, 1982, 2012, memoir (Australia), 8/10
- DeCarlo, Melissa ~ The Art of Crash Landing, 2015, fiction (Oklahoma), 7/10
- Downham, Jenny ~ Unbecoming, 2016, fiction, 8/10
- Einhorn, Lena ~ A Shift in Time: How Historical Documents Reveal the Surprising Truth about Jesus, 2016, history, 8/10
- Flagg, Fannie ~ The Whole Town's Talking, 2016, fiction (Missouri), 9/10
- Folger, Franklin ~ Girls Will Be Girls, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, cartoons, 6/10
- Forman, Gayle ~ Leave Me, 2016, fiction (Pennsylvania), 9/10
- Gamble, Emelle ~ Secret Sister, 2013, fiction, 9/10
- Gentry, Amy ~ Good as Gone, 2016, fiction, nah
- Glickman, Mary ~ Marching to Zion, 2013, fiction (St. Louis), 6/10
- Godwin, Gail ~ Flora, 2013, fiction (North Carolina), 9/10
- Godwin, Gail ~ Grief Cottage, 2017, fiction (South Carolina), 6/10
- Gordon, Noah ~ The Physician ~ by Noah Gordon, 1986, fiction, 9/10
- Gowda, Shilpi Somaya ~ The Golden Son, 2016, fiction (India), 9/10
- Grainger, Jean ~ The Tour: A Trip Through Ireland, 2013, fiction (Ireland), 9/10
- Gregory, Philippa ~ The Other Queen, 2008, fiction (Great Britain), 9/10
- Hegland, Jean ~ Still Time, 2015, fiction, 8/10
- Hyde, Catherine Ryan ~ Ask Him Why, 2015, fiction, 8/10
- Irving, Debby ~ Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, 2014, race relations, 10/10
- Johnson, F. Willis ~ Holding Up Your Corner: Talking about Race in Your Community, 2017, race relations, 9/10
- Kaminsky, Leah ~ The Waiting Room, 2016, fiction (Israel), 8/10
- Kanter, Trudi ~ Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Story Rediscovered, 2012 (originally 1984), memoir, 9/10
- Keene, Carolyn ~ The Scarlet Macaw Scandal (Nancy Drew #8), 2004, YA fiction (Costa Rica), 5/10
- Lascelles, Christopher ~ A Short History of the World, 2011, history, 8/10
- Lenfestey, Karen ~ A Weekend Getaway, 2014, fiction (Indiana), 9/10
- Levy, Debbie, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley ~ I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, 2016, children's biography, 9/10
- Lippman, Laura ~ What the Dead Know, 2007, fiction (Maryland), 8/10
- MacLean, Julianne ~ The Color of Hope, 2013, fiction (California and Massachusetts), 8/10
- Mahood, Kenneth ~ Why Are There More Questions Than Answers, Grandad?, 1974, children's, 10/10
- McCabe, Erin Lindsay ~ I Shall Be Near to You, 2014, fiction, 10/10
- Meltzer, Brad ~ The Tenth Justice, 2011, fiction (Washington, DC), 8/10
- Mitchell, Stephen ~ Tao Te Ching: A New English Version, 1988, religion, 9/10
- Nagara, Innosanto ~ A is for Activist, 2013, children's, 9/10
- Nović, Sara ~ Girl at War, 2015, fiction (Croatia), 8/10
- Omotoso, Yewande ~ The Woman Next Door, 2016, fiction (South Africa), 5/10
- Palacio, R. J. ~ Wonder, 2014, children's fiction, 10/10
- Palmer, Martin ~ The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity, 2001, religion, 8/10
- Perks, Heidi ~ Beneath the Surface, 2016, fiction (England), 10/10
- Phillips, Joanne ~ Keeping Sam, 2015, fiction (England), 8/10
- Picoult, Jodi, and Samantha van Leer ~ Off the Page, 2015, fiction (New Hampshire), 8/10
- Reardon, Bryan ~ Finding Jake, 2015, fiction (Delaware), 9/10
- Reutlinger, Mark ~ A Pain in the Tuchis (A Mrs. Kaplan Mystery), 2015, mystery, 9/10
- Richmond, Michelle ~ Golden State, 2014, fiction (California), 9/10
- Roderick, A. G. ~ Two Tyrants: The Myth of a Two Party Government and the Liberation of the American Voter, 2015, politics, 9/10
- Rowley, JB ~ Whisper My Secret: A Memoir, 2012, memoir (Australia), 8/10
- Russo, Richard ~ That Old Cape Magic, 2009, fiction (Massachusetts and Maine), 8/10
- Scottoline, Lisa ~ Daddy's Girl, 2007, fiction (Pennsylvania), 9/10
- Shapiro, B. A. ~ The Muralist, 2015, fiction (the United States and France), 9/10
- Sharfeddin, Heather ~ Windless Summer, 2009, fiction (Washington), 8/10
- Smirnoff, Yakov ~ America on Six Rubles a Day, 1987, humor, 6/10
- Smith, Timothy P. ~ The Chamberlain Key: Unlocking the God Code to Reveal Divine Messages Hidden in the Bible, 2017, religion, 8/10
- Sotto, Samantha ~ Before Ever After, 2011, fiction, 5/10
- Shreve, Anita ~ The Stars Are Fire, 2017, fiction (Maine), 8/10
- Steele, Allen ~ The Jericho Iteration, 1994, 2013, fiction (Missouri), 10/10
- Stein, Garth ~ Enzo Races in the Rain!, 2014, children's, 8/10
- Sullivan, Faith ~ The Cape Ann, 1988, 2010, fiction (Minnesota), 8/10
- Tillman, Nancy ~ The Heaven of Animals, 2014, children's, 7/10
- Topix Media Lab ~ Coloring Cute Cats: Anti-Stress Therapy for Adults, 2017, picture book with quotes, 8/10
- Trafford, J. D. ~ Little Boy Lost, 2017, fiction (Missouri), 9.5/10
- Trenow, Liz ~ The Forgotten Seamstress, 2014, fiction (Britain), 10/10
- Tropper, Jonathan ~ One Last Thing Before I Go, 2012, fiction, 8/10
- Tyler, Anne ~ A Spool of Blue Thread, 2015, fiction (Maryland), 7/10
- Tyler, Anne ~ Vinegar Girl, 2016, fiction, 8/10
- Wallman, James ~ Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever, 2013, economics, 7/10
- Warren, Elizabeth ~ This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class, 2017, politics, 10/10
- Watson, Casey ~ The Boy No One Loved, 2011, memoir (England), 9/10
- Wiking, Meik ~ The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living, 2017, psychology, 8/10
- Worick, Jennifer, ed. ~ Jokes Every Woman Should Know, 2013, nah
These books are
also listed here in the order I completed them, and I shared quotes from most of them.
3 comments:
Great list of books for 2017! I love that you are the care taker of all things books in your center; I am sure the other residents appreciate it!
My friend Donna, a former librarian, set up the library when it opened in a new space in the building. She and I, along with a third person, are the ones currently re-shelving books that are returned through the slot at the end of the counter. Residents sign books in and out themselves. If one goes missing, it's no big deal, since all books are donations and nobody has a record of what books we have at any given time. Donna and I generally know what's on the shelves, partly because we also go through the boxes of donations and choose those that we think are likely to be borrowed and read. We also donate to a big bi-annual book sale at the Jewish Community Center all those books that don't fit our needs and toss into the "round file" any that are too torn up, marked up, or stained. Our little library at the Crown Center is only one library our residents use.
Usually, books delivered from the University City Library (a second library available to us) are left in the office to be picked up by each person or someone volunteers to take the bags of books to those who can't get downstairs to the office. Each "home bound" patron has a bag (as in the photo above) with name and apartment number, which is how I knew where to deliver each one, even if I didn't know the person. "Home bound" means they can't get to the library, whether because of infirmity or lack of a car.
Our third library is the county library, but our nearest one has just been torn down so a newer one can be put in its place. In the meantime, those of us with cars can go to a different branch or to library headquarters for books from the county system. The Mid-County branch currently being replaced is where Donna worked before she moved to Chattanooga, where we opened a bookstore together more than a decade ago.
And some of us are patrons of a fourth library, the one in the city of St. Louis. That's different from St. Louis County, where we live. One resident is still working in the downtown library, and another resident retired from a fifth library (the one at the Jewish Community Center). Can you tell that we have many book lovers among us?
I happened across this old post today and saw the "old" paper bags in my cart. We updated to cloth bags in October 2019. You can see them in my blog post, here:
https://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2019/10/sunday-salon-booking-around.html
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