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Library Picks Include 'Calico Joe,' 'Shoemaker's Wife'
What was the last good book you've read, West Bloomfield?
The staff is always happy to share a recommendation for a good book to read. Librarian Dana Kratt helps fill the library's recommendations page on Facebook, West Bloomfield Page Turners, with recommendations every week, and for Patch, she chooses the most popular titles by month.
Don't forget: both the Main Library and the branch will be closed May 26-28 in observance of Memorial Day. Both libraries will reopen Tuesday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Dana's recommendations for popular titles in April:
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- Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
- The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel by Adriana Trigiani (Harper, 2012)
- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (Random House, 2012)
- Calico Joe by John Grisham (Doubleday, 2012)
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