Book Fix: What we're reading
Carrie Cummings recommends
The Ice House by Laura Lee Smith
Native Scotsman, Johnny MacKinnon, owns an ice factory with his wife in Florida but he is beset by troubles with impending OSHA fines, a health crisis and the need to reconnect with his son who struggles with heroin addiction. From sweltering heat and invading frogs to leaping lambs in foggy Scottish glens, the landscapes from both sides of the Atlantic give joy to all your senses. Smith’s story will pull you along to the very end.
Scarlett Fisher-Herreman recommends
by Michael Wallis 
The Best Land Under Heaven
The ideas, assumptions and beliefs that propelled the Donners and Reeds on their epic, fatalistic journey have been spun into a tale that, 172 years later, has become more myth than truth. Wallis pulls apart the myth and provides an unflinching, engaging examination of this dark event in American history.
Jennifer Grammer recommends
by Jessamyn Stanley
Every Body Yoga
The author uses language I would use when talking to friends to talk about body awareness and exercise. This book is inspiring because she shares her personal journey about learning yoga as a person who doesn’t fit the norm of a yoga body.
Stephanie Hall recommends
by Karen Cleveland
Need To Know
This book jump-started my reading again. I had been in a slump but I started this book and finished it in two days (work got in the way of finishing it sooner). It's a quick read that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Need To Know makes you ask yourself where your loyalty lies as well as question who you can
really trust.
Thad Hartman recommends
by Greg Sestero
The Disaster Artist
A wonderful book chronicling the making of the infamously bad movie The Room. The behind-the-scenes accounts of the movie itself are humorous and absurd, but the real highlight of the book is the friendship between the film’s stars that is both touching and troubling.
Betty Jean Neal recommends
The Great Halifax Explosionby John U. Bacon
This true story is set in one of my favorite periods of history, those years surrounding the War to end all wars. The book tells of the multiple actions that resulted in the tragedy and how so many people were quiet heroes in the aftermath. The tragedy changed not only the lives of those who were there but also those who came after.
Meg Porteous recommends
by Daniel O’Malley 
Stiletto
Taking over where The Rook left off, we step deeper into the bizarre workings of the Checquy, a secret organization at battle with supernatural creatures plaguing the British Isles. A hilarious blend of supernatural spy craft, family drama and some truly horrific gore makes this the strangest series you never knew you needed in your life.
Kelli Smith recommends
Bottom of the Pie 
The Sweetness at the
This book, set in 1950s England, is the first of many mysteries featuring kid sleuth Flavia de Luce. Flavia is a natural when it comes to chemistry and a quick wit around her family and neighbors. When a body turns up in her garden and her father falls under suspicion by the authorities, Flavia dives in head first to settle the mystery.
Hayley Swisher recommends
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
This story immediately captivated me and left me feeling curious about the past, present and future of the digital revolution. This cyberpunk thriller would sate the appetite of anyone interested in science fiction's perspective of 1980s culture, while telling the gripping story of a boy's ambitious conquest in Ernest Cline's futuristic world.
