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!