Best of 2015: Staff Members’ Favourite Reads 3
Nabila:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• eBook
It’s a super quick and easy read that’s adapted from her TEDx talk. It’s about sexual politics and the definition of feminism in the 21st century.
Kelli:
Gut: The Inside Story of our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders.
• eBook
A book that goes into detail about the functions of the different parts of the digestive system sounds kind of gross and tedious. However it was very interesting, humorous and charming. As this system greatly impacts both our physical and mental health, it is important to know more about it keep it working well.
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson.
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The history of computing starting from Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, through to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. The audiobook was excellent.
Susan:
The Well-Dressed Wound by Derek McCormack
The latest genre-defying tour de force from McCormack features Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln at a séance that morphs into an outrageous and enraged Martin Margiela fashion show with gay ghosts, Civil War horrors, lots of infection and dazzling AIDS couture.
The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
• Audiobook
• eBook
A band of friends at an offbeat arts high school on Vancouver Island set out to discover and tell the truth about their classmates. Their adventures are often hilarious and reveal, in the end, much about the truth-seekers themselves.
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith
• eBook
A wordless picture book for all ages that evokes the curiosity and joy of a child taking a walk with her distracted father through busy urban scenes.
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I love the updated library website with the ‘Buzz about books’ and some of the bestseller and recommended reading. I can be on this page for hours.