What we're reading

We will periodically update this list of materials currently or recently read by staff.
- Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell
- City Life : Urban Expectations in a New World by Witold Rybezynski
- Booked to Die by John Dunning
- Waiter Rant : Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Dan John Miller
- Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster, and Easier by Larry Laughlin
- Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco
- Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
- Dreams From My Father : a Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
- Year Million : Science at the Far Edge of Knowledge edited by Damien Broderick
- Vive Le Vegan : Simple Delectable Recipes for the Everyday Vegan Family by Dreena Burton
- The Vegan Family Cookbook by Brian P McCarthy
- There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton (the latest Agatha Raisin mystery)
- Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
- Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
- Best Old Growth Forest Hikes by John Cissel
- Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
- The Prevention Get Thin Get Young Plan by Charles Todd
- Duty to the Dead by Selene Yeager
- Prairie Chicken Kill by Bill Crider
- Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury
- Double Jack Murders by Patrick McManus
- Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall
- Death and the Lit Chick by G.M. Malliet
- Emily Goes to Exeter by Marion Chesney
- Belinda Goes to Bath by Marion Chesney
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (her newest novel)
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- Narrow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington
- White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- Murder takes a break by Bill Crider
- Beatrice goes to Brighton by Marion Chesney
- Deborah Goes to Dover by Marion Chesney
- Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
- Locked In by Marcia Muller
- Red-hot Trilogy: Red Hot Lies; Red-blooded Murder; and Red, White and Dead by Laura Caldwell
- Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet
- T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
- Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
- The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
- Christmas Lamp by Lori Copeland
- Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
- A Million miles in a thousand years by Donald Miller
- Fields of Grace by Kim Sawyer
- Calvin Coconut, Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury
- U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
- Death of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton
- Alibi for An Actress by Gillian B. Farrell
- Murder and a Muse by Gillian B. Farrell
- The ruins of Gorland by John Flanagan
- The Ranger's Apprentice Series, Book 2, Burning Bridge; Book 3, The Icebound Land; Book 4, The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
- Making Gardens Works of Art by Keelya Meadows
- The ex-Mrs. Hedge Fund by Jill Kargman
- Your cat: simple new secrets to a longer, stronger life by Elizabeth M. Hodgkins
- Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
- Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker
- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Red, Green or Murder by Steven F. Havill. Sheriff Bill Gastner is back in this breezy western-themed mystery with lots of great New Mexico atmosphere.
- Death at the Alma Mater: a St. Just Mystery by G.M. Malliet. This new series is steeped in British atmosphere.
- Ranger's Apprentice, Book 6, The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan. Will and Horace are charged with saving the Northern part of Araluen from a rogue knight.
- Hasta La Vista, Lola! by Misa Ramirez. PI Lola Cruz makes the news after being found murdered, only she is still alive, the victim of identify theft.
- Looking back : the land at Eden's gate : Wilsonville, Canby, Aurora, Butteville, Champoeg, St. Paul. Short histories of these 6 communities, with lots of great photos.