Interesting books. Interesting people. Monthly Reviews.
Random Reviews are held the second Wednesday of the month.
Corvallis Library Meeting Room
12:00 – 1:00 pm
2012-13 Random Review Schedule
September 12: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
Reviewers: Chris and Kathleen Rochester
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October 10: The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis by Ira Shapiro
Reviewer: John Dentler
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November 14: Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns
Reviewer: Robert Gardner
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December 12: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Reviewer: Leslie Richards
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January 9: The Works of Ray Bradbury
Reviewer: Adam Michaud
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February 13: The Submission by Amy Waldman
Reviewer: Aria Minu-Sepehr
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March 13: The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Reviewer: Stephen Neville
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April 10: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Reviewer: Felicia Uhden
May 8: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Reviewer: Gerry Olson
June 12: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Reviewer: Kate MacTavish
2011-12 Reviews
September 14 : Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Reviewer: Rebecca Olson
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October 12 : Readers Theatre – readings from nine books by nine outstanding presenters
As part of their 50th celebration, the Friends of the Library presents:
- Dick Weinman – Master of the Senate
- Sandy Ridlington – Olive Kitteredge
- Gary Whitehouse – Seabiscuit
- David Low – DaVinci Code
- Gregg Kleiner – This House of Sky
- Curtis Kiefer – Harry Potter
- Rick Borsten – Snow Falling on Cedars
- Charlotte Headrick – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Jane Donovan – Nickel and Dimed
Readers theater was directed by Jane Donovan
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November 9 : Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
Reviewer: Gary Whitehouse
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December 14 : Cascadia’s Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami that Could Devastate North America by Jerry Thompson
Reviewer: Chris Goldfinger
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January 11 : A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
Reviewer: Cristina Eisenberg
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February 8 : Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future by Robert Reich
Reviewer: Charles Vars
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March 14 : The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Reviewer: Marisa Chappell
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April 11 : Country Driving: A Journey from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
Reviewer: Staci Simonich
(recording not available)
May 9 : Mink River by Brian Doyle
Reviewer: John Larison
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June 13 : The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin
Reviewer: Michael Wong
Coffee, tea, and cookies served. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
These programs are open to the public and free of charge.
Sign language interpreter provided with 48 hours notice.
Call 541-766-6928.
