And here we are again! It’s 2020!! Twenty years ago, we lived through the build up to 2000 and wondered if the doomsayers were correct that the future would be one of planes falling out of the sky and only those survivalists with underground bunkers and stashes of freeze-dried food would last the year. Well, here we are, and I can’t believe how fast the time has flown!
The staff of Topsham Public Library has been making their list, and checking it twice, and I’m happy to present their Top 5-ish List of 2019.
Dave will get the party started:
Books:
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad
How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir by Kate Mulgrew
A Keeper by Graham Norton
Movies/Series:
Barry, seasons 1-2
The Kominsky Method, season 1-2
London Kills, season 1
Manhunt, season 1
Linda Ronstadt: Sound of My Voice
Lindsey, new to the game, keeps the party going:
Star vs Forces of Evil, television program
Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk
Klaus, movie
The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox
Julie keeps things rolling with her Top Picks:
You Suck at Cooking: The Absurdly Practical Guide to Sucking Slightly Less at Making Food by released by Clarkson Potter Publishers
Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells: Book 1: All Systems Red; Book 2: Artificial Condition; Book 3: Rogue Protocol; Book 4: Exit Strategy
Shirtless Bear-Fighter! Volume 1 by Jodi Leheup and Sebastian Girner
Chew: The Omnivore Edition, Volume 1 by John Layman
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
And Lynne will sing us home with her Top Picks:
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Sculptor by Scott McCloud
Tune in next week for Part 2 of Top 5-ish Picks of 2019!