Alrighty

Ok, let's just go with Little Bee.

Who would be able to come on Wed, March 24th?

Okeydokey

Two choices:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Hey, it's got a pretty cover and is getting rave reviews, which we know doesn't really mean squat.
Here's the reading group guide:
Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee, has just been released from the British immigration detention center where she has been held under horrific conditions for the past two years, after narrowly escaping a traumatic fate in her homeland of Nigeria. Alone in a foreign country, without a family member, friend, or pound to call her own, she seeks out the only English person she knows. Sarah is a posh young mother and magazine editor with whom Little Bee shares a dark and tumultuous past.

They first met on a beach in Nigeria, where Sarah was vacationing with her husband, Andrew, in an effort to save their marriage after an affair, and their brief encounter has haunted each woman for two years. Now together, they face a disturbing past and an uncertain future with the help of Sarah’s four-year-old son, Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. A sense of humor and an unflinching moral compass allow each woman, and the reader, to believe that even in the face of unspeakable odds, humanity can prevail.

The other is completely different than what we usually read, but maybe that is a good thing: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Steampunk. Seattle. Zombies. I really don't need to say more, but it is being pegged as one of the best sci-fi/fantasy novels of last year.

Which one do you guys like better?

Sweetness.

Powell’s Books polled their customers to pick the best book of the last decade. Guess what won??? Yep, The Road. It also won for the Staff Favorite category. Sweet.
Some of my other customer favorites that made the list were The Shadow of the Wind, A Fine Balance, American Gods, Oscar Wao, Outlander, Water for Elephants, and many of the Harry Potter novels. Yes, points must be deducted for including Twilight and the Kite Runner (I duck the shoes thrown at my head) but there are a lot of ideas for what to dip into next.
What were some of your favorites?