That's the question posed on the latest display at the Warkworth Library, supported by recommendations from staff and volunteers. And the books that are keeping us up at night are proving very popular with other readers - our favourites are flying out the door.
Matt's recommendation went first. Don’t Try this at Home – Culinary catastrophes from the World’s Greatest Cooks and Chefs. He said of this wonderful little treasure "For nothing else, read this to see the weird assortment of breakfast foods the world’s top chefs consume!"
At the time Jay was reading Saturday (Ian McEwan). "This kept me going until 2 am last night.. Great read and you can’t put it down. A simple premise but good characters and story make this extremely satisfying (and I still have a few pages to go so I can’t tell you the end yet….)". After he finished it (and he still won't tell us the end) it went onto the display and picked up immediately.
Anne and Lisa both picked books narrated from several different points of view. Anne recommended Love in the present tense (Catherine Ryan Hyde) which we have talked about before (and was well worth the read) while Lisa chose Small Island (Andrea Levy) a novel set in 1948 when the first Caribbean immigrants came to Britain after WWII. The story is told by four different characters and Lisa found "that there is always one character that you preefer to the others when authors do this".
On another note, while we do like our displays to be appreciated, we also like the props to remain for the duration (we want you to pick up the books). So if the person who removed my favourite slippers from the display could return them through the after hours book slot, my feet during winter will be grateful.
Have a good day everyone.
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