Every month our knowledgable and friendly staff pick their favourite new book, ranging in topic from children's books to biography,
adventure to personal development.
Relax in the evening with a good book after a fun filled day in the spectactular Canadian Rockies.
April 2010
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Joy's Pick:
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
This novel is a wonderful portrait of a country struggling towards racial equality in the early 1960s. Told from the point of view of two black maids and one upper class white woman, this thought provoking novel makes you want to champion those who cared for, and were loved by the children yet were scorned by the parents. One of these children, now a grown woman ,cared enough to make a stand .The book makes you want to weep at the indignities that were suffered, but then you want to cheer as these three women come together to tell the world what it is like to be the black maid in a community full of prejudice, and in doing so change that community forever . Wonderful, well written and characters that are real and tender, amusing and heartbreaking – a great book club read
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Jocey's Pick:
The Hundred Year Lie
by Randall Fitgerald
How many toxins are in the foods we eat? Why does it seem like we are getting sicker as a society? What does the word 'organic' really mean, and does it make any difference now that multinational corporations have infiltrated this alternative? These are just a few of the topics that Fitzgerald tackles as he looks at the last hundred years of food production in North America, a century that began with legislation that bound the Food and Drug industries together, with the synthethic chemical companies lurking in the shadows behind them. The Hundred Year Lie looks at our belief and value system around foods and food poroduction, why we believe what we do about food, and why our food producers want us to be sick. A fascinating read that may change how you look at a tomato the next time you are at the grocery store.
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Jesse's Pick:
The Shelf Monkey
by Corey Redekop
Have you ever, in the deepest recesses of your over-worked mind, harbored a desire to simply burn down the office? Do you sometimes find yourself howling in rage at all the talking heads on the TV screen, or fantasizing about blissful escape from the daily refuse churned out by today’s culture industry? Most importantly, do you truly, madly, deeply love books? Then Shelf Monkey will be the delight of your summer. The first offering from novelist Corey Redekop, this incisively witty account of a group of co-worker bibliophiles pushed to the breaking point by the mountains of trash literature they are forced to peddle is hilarious, with a vicious edge. Redekop's continual allusions to, and borrowings from well-loved literature provide endless entertainment, while his razor-sharp satire rails against this age where art is "content," to be sold as so much sausage filling. At times bouncy and light, and at others manic and dark, Shelf Monkey will reveal the true bibliophile in you…just be careful how much you embrace it.
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Nina's Pick:
The Host
by Stephanie Meyer
This is an incredibly well written book that examines the physicality, spirituality and loyalty of love.
An alien race are using human bodies as their hosts. When a human dies an alien soul is implanted into the lifeless body. But Melanie
hasn't completely vacated her body when the soul, Wanderer, is implanted. As they compete for control Melanie's love for Jared and her brother Jamie soon overpower Wanderer until both women yearn for the love of the same men. This is a complex love triangle that keeps you turning pages.
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