Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

After reading Forever Young Adult's lists of  their Top 5 YA Novels--their response to NPR's challenge -- you know I had to do my own too. (YA in this case is 12-18 year olds) My Top 5 YA Novels: To Kill a Mockingbird , Harper Lee Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling The Outsiders , S.E. Hinton The Book Thief , Marcus Zuzak The Catcher in the Rye , J.D. Salinger I also really wanted to include John Green's, The Fault in the Stars

...NO, not books, just suggestions. Today in the Kitchen we began talking about our backgrounds and education, which of course lead to people learning that I am also a librarian, which of course leads to the age old questions: "What's your favorite book? "Who's your favorite author?" "What are you reading right now?" "Can you recommend any books for me to read?" So, I told them: Too many to chose one, but some are: To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee;  Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck; Gone with the Wind , Margaret Mitchell; Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen; Angela's Ashes , Frank McCourt; Roots , Alex Haley Too many to chose one, but some are: Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain Right now, well, you can see those on my side bar. YES! I gave them  my list . And also what I always mention when books come up is how I am constantly stealing ideas for what to read from my patrons. For example, tonight ...