Staff Picks, December 2018
In this episode, we sit down with the staff at Park Road Books to hear their book picks for the 2018 holiday season. We start with Sally Brewster, owner of the store, and then chat with James Brewster, Megan Minard, Shauna Sinyard and Sherri Smith. The store dog, Yola, also has a book pick for the pet friendly reader.
Charlotte Readers Podcast is sponsored by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
In this episode, we sit down with the staff at Park Road Books to hear their book picks for the 2018 holiday season. We start with Sally Brewster, owner of the store, and then chat with James Brewster, Megan Minard, Shauna Sinyard and Sherri Smith. The store dog, Yola, also has a book pick for the pet friendly reader.
It’s often said that variety is the spice in life. It’s true in books, too. And we get a variety of tastes and the suggestions that go with them with the book-minded folks at Park Road Books.
Here are the picks by staff member, with titles and authors included. Enjoy!
Sally Brewster
Blue Blood II Art Chansky
The Spy and The Traitor Ben Macintyre
Bibliophile Jane Mount
The Shadows We Hide Allen Eskens
The Noma Guide to Fermentation Redzepi/Zilber
This Day in North Carolina History Ansley Herring Wegner
James Brewster
Money Rock Pam Kelley
Soul: A Chef’s Culinary Evolution Todd Richards
Teach Your Giraffe to Ski Viviane Elbee
Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver
Rampage James M. Scott
Megan Minard
The Real Lolita Sara Weinman
Semiosis Sue Burke
Gmorning, Gnight! Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hard Rain Frye Gaillard
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Shauna Sinyard
Beasts Made of Night Tochi Onyebuchi
Modern Herstory Blair Imani
Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough
Spinning Silver Naomi Novik
Sadie Courtney Summers
Little Prince (pop-up) Antoine De Saint Exupery
Sherri Smith
Aru Shah and the End of Time Roshani Chokani
Darkdeep Ally Condie/Brendan Reichs
Shark Nate-O Tara Luebbe/Becky Cattie/Daniel Duncan
A Dog Named Doug Matt Myers/Karma Wilson
Yola (the dog)
The 12 Pets of Christmas Taylor Garland