Iowa City Library Recommends: A Hike in the Wild with Some Painful Lessons

Need something to keep you occupied this coming weekend? How about an account of a poorly prepared hike in the wild?

Every Friday we feature some Staff Picks from the Iowa City Public Library that you can check out on the weekend. This week we spoke with Maeve Clark, a reference librarian at the , who recommends the book "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed.

Clark said "Wild," the true story of Strayed's painful, yet enlightening, hike along the Pacific Crest Trail is so popular that the library has fifteen copies and still it can be difficult finding a copy. That's alright, though, because Clark promises the book is such a page turner it should return to the library at a rapid rate.

You can learn more about other staff picks at the Iowa City library by visiting their Staff Picks blog. For some other book suggestions, check out the suggestions in our Iowa Patch Book Club discussion. This week we're asking people for their .

Here is a List of New DVDs at the Iowa City Public Library: http://www.icpl.org/catalog/lists/avid.php

Want the library to have a DVD they don't have yet?  Suggest a DVD here: http://www.icpl.org/catalog/suggestions.php

Happy reading and have a great weekend. Click on the links below to find new releases from the Iowa City library for:

• Books
• eBooks
• Magazines