Our April Bookshelf

April 01, 2016

Desperate to hear what the Milton Public Library staff is reading this month? You’re in luck! I’ve asked around and here’s what some of the talented library employees have on their night stands right now. ..

Our Children’s Librarian, Miss Sara rarely has time for adult fiction but she just happens to be reading The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman for a book group at the moment. According to Sara, Hoffman’s latest work of fiction is very good. We are all big Alice Hoffman fans around here, especially after she spoke at the Milton Library Foundation Literary Gala this winter.

Our fearless leader, Will is working through The Travelers by Chris Pavone. I admit, I’ve heard nothing about this book but the Washington Post recently called it “a Hitchcockian thriller about a reluctant spy.” On a similar note, technology guru Diane just finished up Michael Connelly’s The Crossing.

Maura has just finished up Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. I didn’t bother reading the book before I saw the movie but Maura did and she has no regrets! Liddy just picked up her hold for The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer. Jean is reading All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I highly recommend this one. I loved it, my grandma loved it, everyone is loving it right now.

Sylvia and Hilda are representing the nonfiction readers this month. Sylvia is reading Before I Forget by B Smith, which sounds like a really interesting memoir about Smith’s experience being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Hilda is reading our Milton Reads book, Dead Wake by Eric Larson!

Finally, I just finished up The Passenger by Alexander Bracken, a fun YA fantasy novel about a girl who finds out she is from a long line of time travelers. I’m also listening to the Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart on my way to and from work. I’d definitely suggest listening to this one on a long car ride with a middle schooler, the plot is fast paced and the narrator is a wonderful storyteller.