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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
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Heidi W. Durrow
Allison Moyer
, November 30, 2011
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is a tragically beautiful book. The author alternates points of view and uses flashback to tell the story of a young girl of mixed race who is struggling with questions of identity after a family tragedy. Some of the story is disturbing and the lives of the characters are filled with tragedy and abuse, but it ends on a note of hope. I learned something about life and racial identity. I had a new experience through this book. It wasn’t always a pleasant experience, but it was an enlightening one.
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Golden Spiral Book 2 of the Hourglass Door Trilogy
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Lisa Mangum
Allison Moyer
, August 22, 2011
I’m really enjoying this trilogy, and I’m looking forward to reading the finale. I’ve recommended that our collection development librarian purchase this trilogy for all the branches. I believe the teens will gravitate toward it. Romance, time travel, good friends, good vs. evil…what’s not to like?
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The Hourglass Door
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Lisa Mangum
Allison Moyer
, August 22, 2011
I was up until 1:00 AM finishing the first book in this trilogy, and I can’t wait to start on the second. At first I was reminded of Twilight because of intensity in the relationship between the two main characters, Abby and Dante. But rather than vampires and werewolves, this series involves time travel via a device designed by Da Vinci and created by Dante, his apprentice. This YA series has received excellent reviews, and is catching on quickly now that the final book in the trilogy was recently released. I had to hurry up and read it because there was a hold on the book. The same is true of the second. For an engrossing read, I highly recommend this trilogy.
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Route 66: A Crash Course in Navigating Life with the Bible
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Krish Kandiah
Allison Moyer
, August 22, 2011
First let me say that I love the way this book is organized. The author divided the Bible into 8 different genres (the narrative literature, the law, the psalms, the wisdom literature, the prophets, the gospels, the epistles, and the apocalyptic literature). As an English major, I was excited to look at the Bible in this way. I had never tried it before. I also am amazed by how much teaching was compacted into less than 200 pages. Crash course is a very accurate description. The author includes material for individual study, group study, and church study. I appreciated the way this book was written. It could have been very didactic and dull, but Kandiah’s experience as a teacher and writer shined through. He used examples from everyday life to explain complicated Biblical principals and I had a lot of “AHA” moments. The book is meant to be an eight-week study whereas I read it straight through in order to review it in time for the blog tour. I want to sink my teeth into this book and really study it. There is a lot of good stuff in here and Kandiah is a wise as well as entertaining teacher.
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