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Jane’s Picks |
| Fiction |
Non-fiction |
Adams,
Will |
Ackerman, Diane |
| Akpan,
Uwem Say You're One of Them |
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| Albert,
Susan Wittig Wormwood |
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Barry, Sebastian |
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Brooks, Geraldine |
Broome, Kathleen |
| Brown,
Dan The Da Vinci Code The Lost Symbol |
Brown, Tina |
Byrne, Rhonda |
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| Carter, Forrest |
Carter, Jimmy |
Child, Julia and Prud'Homme, Alex |
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Chopra, Deepak |
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| Chessman, Harriet Scott |
Collins, Francis S. |
Cosby, Bill |
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| de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine |
de Saint-Exupéry, Consuelo The Tale of the Rose: The Passion That Inspired The Little Prince |
| Dillard,
Annie The Maytrees |
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| Doctorow, E.L. |
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| Dunant, Sarah |
Doheny-Farina, Stephen The Grid and the Village: Losing Electricity, Finding Community, Surviving Disaster |
Evanovich, Janet and Hughes, Charlotte |
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| Fforde, Jasper |
Forna, Aminatta |
| Fitch, Janet |
Geller, Jeffrey L.; and Harris, Maxine Women of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Walls, 1840-1945 |
| Foer, Jonathan Safran A Convergence of Birds. Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired By the Work of Joseph Cornell |
Gladwell, Malcolm The Tipping Point. How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference |
Freedman, J. F. |
Goodall, Jane |
| Gruen, Sara |
Gore, Al |
| Guill, Jane |
Grogan, John |
Hosseini, Khaled |
Grossman, David |
| Jackson, Joshilyn |
Hafner, Katie; and Lyon, Matthew |
Harr, Jonathan |
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Helm, Mike |
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| Kidd, Sue Monk |
Kincaid,
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Kingsolver, Barbara |
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| Kingsolver, Barbara |
Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J. Freakonomics. A Rogue Economist Explores the Hiddens Side of Everything |
| LaHaye, Tim and Jenkins, Jerry B. |
Manhein, Mary H. Trail of Bones. More Cases From the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist |
| Lamb,
Wally She's Come Undone |
Martin, Steve |
| MacDonald, Ann-Marie |
McBride, James |
McCarthy, Cormac |
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| Messud, Claire |
McCourt, Frank |
| Paolini, Christopher |
Millan, Cesar |
Myron, Vicki and Witter, Bret |
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| Pausch, Randy with Zaslow, Jeffrey | |
| Picoult, Jodi |
Roizen, M.D., Michael F. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. |
Powers, Richard |
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Poole-Carter, Rosemary |
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| Pullman, Ellen |
Sagan, Carl |
| Riley, Judith Merkle |
Sobel, Dava |
| Ross, Ann B. |
Stoll, Cliff The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage |
| Russell, Mary Doria |
Weisman, Alan |
| See, Lisa |
Zinczenko, David with Goulding, Matt |
| Shaffer, Mary ann and Barrows, Annie |
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| Sparks, Nicholas | |
| Tan, Amy |
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| Taylor, Theodore |
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| Thayer, Nancy |
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Tyler, Anne |
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| Walls,
Jeannette Half Broke Horses |
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| Waters, Sarah |
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Wroblewski, David |
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| Reviews by Jane on books picked by either Joel or Tracey. |
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| Atwood, Margaret |
Hickam, Homer, Jr. |
| Chevalier, Tracy |
Pelzer, Dave |
| Haddon, Mark |
Schlosser, Eric |
| Kotzwinkle, William |
Weir, Alison |
| Martel, Yann |
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| Rand, Ayn |
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| Riedley, Mary Phyllis |
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| Riley, Judith Merkle |
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| Sebold, Alice |
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| Welch, James |
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| Wharton, Edith |
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Jane of Book Reader's Traverse
Jane cannot lay claim to creating the original book club, but did conceive the web site. She often can be found at night in front of the computer at home, working on various web and writing projects. The springboard for her interest in writing actually began with letter writing to pen pals as a child. Presently, some of her writing continues to consist of letters to family members, including two adorable grandchildren. She has two adult children and one teenager.
Jane reads every chance she gets. Some days all she gets is the lunch break book reading time. She says she maintains interest in a book, eventually getting through the book at this pace and finds it worthwhile. She is a frequent patron of the library as a source for books; she doesn't have enough storage for books or energy to resell or give them away once she is finished with them. She does agree with a reading friend, though, that some books are worth having. Jane finds Book Reader's Traverse as a way to memorialize the books she reads in a way that even having a copy of the book cannot do.
Recently, Jane discovered audio books. Not only do audio books enable Jane to intake more fiction, they offer that long forgotten, comfortable feeling of being read to. Jane can continue her daily tasks and still be entertained. Expect to see more audio books reviewed on this site.