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November 20, 2017 | Best Books 2017! Amanda Mastrull, Assistant Editor On behalf of the Reviews team, I'm so excited to be sharing our 2017 Best Books here. As we debated the titles nominated for the Top Ten list, we noticed common threads throughout, focusing on families and communities, the ones we're born and grow up in and the ones we make ourselves as adults. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Today we're also sharing the Top Five lists of Genre Fiction as selected by our contributors. Stay tuned for more lists in the coming weeks, and please join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #LJBestBooks. Elsewhere in the newsletter you'll find an audiobooks feature by Media Editor Stephanie Klose and reviewer Jason Puckett, Ashleigh Williams’s newest erotica column, Doug Lord’s latest Books for Dudes, and more. Additionally, we'd appreciate if you'd take part in our annual materials survey, which tracks U.S. public libraries’ purchasing and circulation trends by format, genre, and subject—you could win a $300 gift card for participating! |
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Top Ten | Best Books 2017 By LJ Reviews LJ Reviews editors nominated, read, discussed, and voted—here are the Top Ten titles we selected as the best of 2017! |
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Genre Fiction | Best Books 2017 By LJ Reviews LJ contributors select the Top Five titles of the year in the genre fiction areas of Christian fiction, e-originals, historical, mystery, romance, sf/fantasy, and thrillers. |
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Audio in Stereo | Audio Spotlight By Stephanie Klose & Jason Puckett Here you’ll find audiobook listen-alikes for your favorite podcasts and Q&As with prominent podcasters turned authors. |
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Cookbook Countdown | Wyatt’s WorldState Bird Provisions: A Cookbook by Stuart Brioza & others Moto: The Cookbook by Homaro Cantu Baco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles by Josef Centeno & Betty Hallock Myers+Chang at Home by Joanne Chang & Karen Akunowicz The Moosewood Restaurant Table by the Moosewood Collective VIEW THE FULL LIST |
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Spotlight on Mary Balogh By Kristin Ramsdell & Bette-Lee Fox Mary Balogh discusses Someone To Wed, the third book in her “Westcott” series, which features the newly minted Earl of Riverdale, Alexander Westcott. |
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Women Pursuing Their Goals | Erotica Reviews By Ashleigh Williams This month’s erotica column features protagonists learning to navigate sex after trauma, embracing sexuality in the “golden years,” and owning one’s identity as a kinkster with a disability. |
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Q&A: Cecilia Gray | SELF-e Circs By Kate DiGirolomo Cecilia Gray’s “Jane Austen Academy” series reimagines the author’s beloved characters in a modern setting—in boarding school. |
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Embracing Life | Memoir By Derek Sanderson This month’s memoirs focus on either death or transformation, containing lessons about embracing life, while we still have it. |
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Annual Materials Survey By Library Journal LJ’s annual materials survey tracks U.S. public libraries’ purchasing and circulation trends by format, genre, and subject. We would love to include your library in our next survey report, which will be featured in LJ’s 2018 Spring Announcements issue. As a thank you for participating, we’re offering a chance to win your choice of a $300 Apple store gift card or a $300 American Express gift card. |
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A Celebration of Fandom-Beloved Stories and Characters Join Library Journal and School Library Journal for our inaugural LibraryCon Live! We’re excited to offer this day-long virtual festival for book nerds, librarians, and fans of graphic novels, sci-fi, and fantasy. Network online with other fans and explore our virtual exhibit hall where you’ll hear directly from publishers about their newest books and engage in live chats with featured authors. You’ll also learn from librarians and industry insiders on how to plan and host your own Comic Con-style event. |
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Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK City of Boise, ID seeks a Library Services Senior Manager |
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