Staff Favorites From 2020
December 30, 2020 - 2020 has come to an end! It’s that time of year when numerous ‘Best Of’ lists pop up around the internet. Well, the staff at The Camas Public Library thought we would share some of our favorite books that we read in 2020. These are books the staff enjoyed reading in 2020, but may not have been published in 2020.
After talking with staff and friends, I’ve heard that for some 2020 was a difficult time for reading and for others is was even more important as a refuge during the Covid pandemic. For myself, I was hoping to read more books than I did. However I take comfort in the Mortimer J. Adler quote, “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” Luckily, some did get through in 2020!
Okay, so here are some of the staff’s favorite reads from 2020...Drum Roll Please!
Leah Burch, Library Associate
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
John Goaring, Circulation Supervisor
You Can’t Make This Up by Al Michaels
Colleen Kawamura, Library Aide
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Christopher Knipes, Administrative Support Assistant
Duma Key by Stephen King
Rebel Martin, Library Associate
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
Ellen Miles, Programming and Outreach Coordinator
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah Maas
Vanessa Perger, Library Associate
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Danielle Reynolds, Technology and Collections Manager
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Elliot Stapleton, Library Associate
The New Me by Halle Butler
Connie Urquhart, Library Director
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Haley Zach, Library Aide
The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai
Lindsey Zoller, Library Aide
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi