Frank Recommends

Winter: Notes from Montana
by Rick Bass
978-0-395-61150-0
Mariner Books
$14.95

A very personal writer, Rick Bass makes you care for the wilds, the solitude. He has written the best defense of Logan Canyon thus far. All of his books portray his love for the wilderness.

queereads: New Look, Same Discount

Perhaps you'll notice the lack of a date and time on the poster above of when we'll meet to discuss the queereads selection for July, Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates. That's because we won't be meeting, but we will still highlight queer literature. As of now, queereads will be a monthly selection offered at 20% off. So come on down, or email us at books@samwellers.com to get your 20% off of Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang in July.

Debra Recommends

I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
978-0-375-83667-1
Alfred A. Knopf
$8.95

You'll swear you're living in the Twilight Zone. This mysterious story is by turns funny, heartbreaking, horrific – great.

Catherine's Summer Reading Recommendations

I made my semi-annual appearance on KUER's Radio West this morning with Betsy Burton and Ken Sanders. Given the time of year, this is the show in which we each recommend books for reading during the summer. It's always a fun show to do. And it's a good one too. The three of us have different styles and tastes that make for a diverse selection of books. Here is a link to the Summer Book Show page. There should be a link posted Thursday that will allow you to listen to the show or download it for podcast.

But alas, there are always more books on our lists than the three of us can discuss in an hour. Below is my list of recommendations. The books indicated with an asterisk are the books I discussed on air.

ADULT NON-FICTION
*All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
*Complete Idiots Guide to Raising Chickens by Jerome D. Balanger
*Eiffel's Tower by Jill Jonnes
Everything is Going to Kill Everybody by Robert Brockaway
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr.... by Hampton Sides
Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States.... by Michael Trinklein
*Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
*Little Book of Language by David Crystal
*Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
Thames: A Biography by Peter Ackroyd
*Value of Nothing by Raj Patel

ADULT FICTION
Anthill by E. O. Wilson
*Lightboxes by Shane Jones
Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
*Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
*Passage by Justin Cronin

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
*Adventure Stories
Boom by Mark Haddon
Clarice Bean: Guess Who's Babysitting by Lauren Child
*Clock Without a Face by Scott Teplin
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects.... by Ken Denmead
*Popville by Anouck Boisrobert
Over the Rainbow performed by Judy Collins, illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Red Umbrella by Christine Diaz Gonzalez
You are My Wish by Maryann Cusimano

Tony Recommends!

Living My Life
by Emma Goldman
$18.00
Penguin Classics
978-0-14-243785-8

The much maligned activist dedicated her life to works', immigrants' and women's rights and to freedom, equality, justice and art. She is one of my few heroes. Passionate and inspiring!