Staff Picks

The staff of the Antigo Public Library is willing to share their personal recommendations on books, both fiction and nonfiction. Each month, another staff member will recommend two or three books and tell you why.

This month, Elizabeth Simek is sharing her thoughts about three of her personal favorites:

If you like to read books that give you the chills any one of John Saul’s books would be right for you.  Faces of Fear is a good book to read with the doors locked and lights on.  It will make you think twice before you make life-changing decisions about anything from whom to date, who you pick as friends, or if you should get that face lift. 

John Saul makes a point of showing his readers that no matter how sure you are about someone, you never really know them…. most especially if they are public figures.

This book is a great read!  It has action and intrigue to hook you.  What keeps you interested is the science behind the madness because it is almost too real.  The author creates this world with words you will want to explore to the very end. 

It also makes you think about how many countries are doing the research in this book.  This is the first book by James Rollins that I have read, and I plan to read more of his work.

Stephen King has a way of wrapping his words around a reader and creating this wonderful imaginary world.  He did it again with this book.  I got so lost in it that I wouldn’t have heard the phone ring. The book also made me think about what it would be like if my town were trapped under a dome.  I like to think compassion and level-headedness would win out over chaos and madness. 

I would recommend this book to anyone, a Stephen King fan or not.  Don’t let the size of the book intimidate you -- pick it up and read it!

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