Welcome to the National Year of Reading. This year libraries all over Australia are teaming up to promote reading in your everyday life. Whether its emailing over a great article you read on the web, sharing a good book with a friend, smelling the glossy pages of a new magazine or writing a diary this year, your library will provide you will all sorts of goodies this year to make it happen. Read more on the blog post here- this booklist is based on this month's theme The Amazing Read. These are books that made us smile, broadened our horizons, taught us something incredible or just gave us the feeling of 'wow'! Check out these recommendations by library staff and let us know what you think in the comments. Even send us your own recommendations- we'd love to add them to this post!
1. Tea with Arwa : one woman's story of faith, family and finding a home in Australia by Arwa El Masri.
2. I love him to pieces (Graphic Novel: Vol. 1 of the My Boyfriend is a Monster) by Evonne Tsang
3. The women who run with the wolves: contacting the power of the wild woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
2. I love him to pieces (Graphic Novel: Vol. 1 of the My Boyfriend is a Monster) by Evonne Tsang
3. The women who run with the wolves: contacting the power of the wild woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
9. Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster
11. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
12. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
13. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
14. Veronika Decides to Die by Paul Coelho
15. The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
16. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
17. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
18. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
19. The Magic of Myron by Raquel Eyley Wood
20. Eye of the Abyss by Marshall Browne
21. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyle
12. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
13. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
14. Veronika Decides to Die by Paul Coelho
15. The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
16. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
17. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
18. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
19. The Magic of Myron by Raquel Eyley Wood
20. Eye of the Abyss by Marshall Browne
21. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyle
29. Last Summer by Kylie Ladd
30. Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
31. The Legacy by Kirsten Tranter
30. Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
31. The Legacy by Kirsten Tranter
33. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
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