The Bookshelf and Gallery seeks to foster and encourage dialogue between all of our customers.  We all like knowing what others are reading and more importantly what they would recommend.  Not only does it give us a little insight into our community but it will hopefully help us better understand each other.  Below are a few valued customers and a look at what interests them. New entries will be posted quarterly, so be sure to check back.

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Dave Mahon – Young Life Staff

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

“Miller’s work tends to be deeply personal essays about the intersection of faith and human life, and his latest is no different. Miller asks ‘how good is the story we find ourselves living’. He eagerly wanders around this question, bringing to bear the less than epic nature of his own life, but with hope for a more meaningful story to tell. Despite being considered a torchbearer for a generation of relevant hipsters with faith, Miller is altogether accessible and avoids any hint of pretension. His disarming humility leaves no room for pride; in the story he’s telling about his own life he always gives the best lines to his friends.”

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Betty Claire Neel - Local Writer

Alex and Me by Irene Pepperburg

“I am loving Alex and Me. It’s really interesting the way they teach them to make words and do speech production. The parrot could tell by the sound of her footsteps coming down the stairs that something was wrong.”

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Rachel Wilson – TCCHS Student

Identical by Ellen Hopkins

“Identical is a really good book that keeps you guessing about the characters until the end. The writing is written in a poetic form that keeps your attention through each page. You wont put it down.”

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Damon Scharff – Youth Minister

Beach Music by Pat Conroy

“A great book takes you away and then brings you back wanting to have the same impact on your world the book just had on you. Conroy does just this in Beach Music. It is epic in scope taking us from the low country of the Carolinas across the sea to experience the beauty and legend of Rome. The places in this novel will take you in, but its the characters that will hook you and leave you wanting not just to be there with them, but to bring them back here with you.”

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Mark Cobb – Lawyer

Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

“John Irving’s latest novel returns his readers to his classic themes of abandonment and loss.  As long-time fans can guess, it is quirky, funny and fantastic.  It is really a book within a book as fans may be surprised to discover that this writer, who is known to overtly include his adolescent biographical details in his characters, actually reveals biographical information about himself the writer.  But, as in all his wonderful novels, Irving somehow meshes humor and tragedy, hiding and exposure, and emotion and fate.”