aired the week of October 7, 2013

Good as Gone by Douglas Corleone.  Simon Fisk recovers children who have been abducted by estranged parents and then fled overseas to countries that don't recognize U.S. custody decisions. Now he has been ask by the French police to track down an abducted 6-year-old American girl who was taken from her vacationing parent's hotel room in Paris. This is not Simon's usual assignment and he is concerned he will not find the little girl in time.  This is an adrenaline charged fast paced thriller.

aired the week of September 30, 2013

Orphan Train: a novel by Christina Baker Kline follows Molly a 17-year-old in the foster care system in Maine as she works with an older woman cleaning out her attic to complete community service hours.  While cleaning and organizing the boxes 91-year-old Vivian's story unfolds.  She was an immigrant orphaned at a young age and became a rider on the orphan train in the 1920s.  Molly and Vivian's stories are similar in some ways and the two draw closer as the community service project concludes.  A wonderful story about a little known era in American history.

aired the week of September 23, 2013

The World's Strongest Librarian: a Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne is a beautifully written memoir.  The anecdotal stories about life as a reference librarian in Salt Lake City are amusing but, Josh's recounting of dealing with Tourette's and learning to conquer it and not let it conquer him are poignant and stick with the reader.