Suzanne S. Barnhill Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Better Luck Next Time
Julia Claiborne Johnson
This week’s speaker in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary (10:30 a.m.) will be another first-timer, Jo Sides. Jo, a library employee, will be reviewing “Better Luck Next Time,” by Julia Claiborne Johnson. https://t.co/GY1tUgnKx0
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Later
Stephen King
This week’s speaker in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary will be David Atwood, who will review “Later,” by Stephen King. Join us in the Giddens for socially distanced fellowship and individually wrapped refreshments before the 10:30 program. https://t.co/qssXC90mYp
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan Diaz
This week’s speaker in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary (10:30 a.m.) will be Skip Jones, who will review “Trust,” by Hernan Diaz. This will be Skip’s first review for us, so please come out and give him a warm welcome! https://t.co/EFLjauchNo
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell
This week in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at #FairhopeLibrary, former FPL reference head Cheryl Bradley will review “The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War,” by Malcolm Gladwell. https://t.co/1HISTbZSrt
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Jonathan Freedland
This week’s speaker in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary (10:30 a.m.) will be Susan Diemert, library cataloguer. She will speak on “The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World,” by Jonathan Freedland. https://t.co/cwMlvvS9sJ
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Maryanne Wolf
This Tuesday at the #FairhopeLibrary (10:30 a.m.), former teacher and librarian Savan Wilson will review “Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World,” by Maryanne Wolf. Please put your Kindle or audio book down to come for this program! https://t.co/0TlvEVxxEX
Paperback, 2019
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)
Maggie Shipstead
This week's program in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary will be given by Circulation Head Rob Gourlay, who will review "Great Circle," by Maggie Shipstead. Join us in the Giddens at 10:30 a.m. https://t.co/Jbm0aDiUy1
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Personal Librarian: A GMA Book Club Pick
Marie Benedict
This week’s speaker in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary (10:30 a.m.) will be former librarian Savan Wilson. She will review “The Personal Librarian,” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. https://t.co/XSqL589AaA
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
This week’s program in the Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series at the #FairhopeLibrary will be a review by Alan Samry of “Greenlights,” a memoir by Matthew McConaughey. Alan is a former Reference librarian at FPL and a local author and educator. Join us at 10:30 on Tuesday. https://t.co/WiVhvXCn98
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
Ian S. Port
Friends of Fairhope Library president Randal Wright will kick off 2023 in the #FairhopeLibrary Tuesday Book Review & Lecture Series (10:30 AM) with a review of “The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll,” by Ian S. Port. https://t.co/GRldkSWSki
Paperback, 2019
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book