Here’s What We Read in Week Four!

Half way through the Reading Game, and the entries are flying in!  Here are the books chosen by the Wheel and by customers this week:

AWARD WINNERS

  • The Best laid Plans by Terry Fallis
  • The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
CUSTOMER PICKS

  • Invisible by James Patterson
  • Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
  • Finnie Walsh by Steven Galloway
  • Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason
  • Day One by Nate Kenyon
  • Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
  • Gabriel’s Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
  • Inferno by Dan Brown
  • The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
  • Fragments by Dan Wells
  • How Reading Changed My Life by Anne Quindler
  • The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour
  • Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
  • A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade by Kevin Brockmeier
  • Defending Jacob by William Landau
  • Looking Back by Belva Plain
  • The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
  • The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
  • Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet
  • How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
  • Then You Were Gone by Lauren Strasnick
  • The Collaborative Partnership Approach to Care: A Delicate Balance by Laurie Gottlieb and Nancy Feeley
  • What Alice Forgot by Liane Morarirty
  • The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Gabriel’s’ Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
  • Top Secret by Janet Evanovichthumbs up
BEACH READS

  • Summertime Death by Mons Kallentoft
  • Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
CANADIAN

  • Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
  • The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou
  • The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
HISTORICAL FICTION

  • The Death of Kings by Conn Iggulden
  • The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
HUMOUR

  • I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
MYSTERY & THRILLER

  • 4 To Score by Janet Evanovich
  • The Dinner by Herman Koch
NOT JUST FOR TEENS

  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brachares
  • We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
ROMANCE

  • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
SCIENCE FICTION

  • 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad
SENSE OF PLACE

  • Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
  • Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
  • Seamanship by Adam Nicolson
  • The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
SHORT STORIES AND POETRY

  • Writing the City: Poet Laureates of Edmonton 2005-2013
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE

  • Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
STAFF PICKS

  • The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • Low Pressure by Sandra Brown
  • Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
  • Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  • The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel

One thought on “Here’s What We Read in Week Four!

  1. Customer Review for “The Best Laid Plans” by Terry Fallis
    A captivating political tale spun with Oscar Wilde wit. Even the most anti-politics Canadian would find humour in the story of Liberal MP for Chamberlain-Prescott.

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