Ramaker has added a number of books to our Browsing Collection. These books, located near the entrance of the library, include current best-sellers and other contemporary titles. Recent additions include:
- My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen
An Orthodox Jew spends a year visiting various Christian churches and events, trying to better connect with Judaism. - The Eleventh Man by Ivan Doig
A native Montanan, Doig writes about 11 starters from a Montana college football team who enter WWII together. One is assigned to be a press correspondent and writes stories on his teammates. - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
In this romance best-seller, a man sets off to find a woman whose picture he carries and feels brings him good luck. - The Rope Walk by Carrie Brown
The Iowa Reads selection for 2009. The story is about a man who transformed the public library into the place to be after he returns home, dying of AIDS. Two children visit him in the afternoon, reading aloud the journals of Lewis & Clark.
If you’ve read any of these, we’d love to know what you thought; just leave a comment here.
