{"id":3796,"date":"2024-07-03T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:06:50","slug":"heres-what-hardin-staff-are-reading-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2024\/07\/03\/heres-what-hardin-staff-are-reading-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s what Hardin staff are reading this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hardin Library has an\u00a0enrichment collection<\/a> to stimulate the mind and expand perspectives. The collection, which includes both print and electronic books, contains an assortment of health sciences biographies, histories, narratives, works of fiction, and graphic novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"man<\/td>\n\n

Mark Onken, administrative library assistant<\/strong>
I just finished Lucky Jim<\/em>, by Kingsley Amis, which is a funny novel about a post-WWII British academic who is seeking tenure for a position as a lecturer at a provincial university and keeps sabotaging his own prospects with his own reckless behavior (pro tip: no matter how nervous you may be before giving a lecture, soothing your nerves with Scotch is probably not a good idea).<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I started an ambitious project. Both from watching HBO\u2019s Rome,<\/em> and from reading my daughter\u2019s Percy Jackson series, I have been on a bit of a Roman history kick, and I have started to read Plutarch\u2019s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans<\/em>. I have read the first 200 pages (out of 1200), although I think I will give myself a break and read something a little less serious for a week.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"woman\n\"<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Kathleen Halbach, interlibrary loan supervisor<\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually have multiple books going at one time.<\/p>\n

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  1. Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America\u2019s History-Making Women<\/em> by Diana Carlin, Anita McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith (who I saw in person discussing this book)<\/li>\n
  2. 100 Things iTo Do In Iowa Before You Die<\/em> by Sara Broers<\/li>\n
  3. Lost Book of Bonn<\/em> by Brianna Labuskes<\/li>\n
  4. Ready or Not<\/em> by Cara Bastone<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Over the weekend I finished For the Love of Summer<\/em> by Susan Mallery.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"man<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Matt Regan, clinical education librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m currently reading Shakespeare: The World as Stage<\/em> by Bill Bryson and the Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"woman<\/td>\n\n

Jennifer DeBerg, user services librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just read Akhil Sharma\u2019s \u201cA Life of Adventure and Delight\u201d and am going to start on Lorrie Moore\u2019s \u201cA Gate at the Stairs\u201d soon.<\/p>\n

A few good ones I have read from Enrichment Collection: \u00a0
\u201cA Crack in Creation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cBlack Man in a White Coat\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cPhantom Plague\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"woman\"<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Janna Lawrence, director<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words<\/em> by Pip Williams. Next up is No One Goes Alone<\/em> by Erik Larson.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"man<\/td>\n\n

Damien Ihrig, curator, John Martin Rare Book Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am reading Wolf Hall<\/em> by Hilary Mantel.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"woman<\/td>\n\n

Cassie Reed Thureson, health sciences reference and research librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am reading the second book of the Einburgh Nights series, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments<\/em>, by T.L. Huchu. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"woman\n\"<\/td>\n\n

Sarah Andrews, program coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like to read mystery series. I am currently reading Miss Aldridge Regrets<\/em> by Louise Hare, and the Aimee Leduc Investigations series by Cara Black.\u00a0 I just finished Pay Dirt<\/em> by Sara Paretsky. I also started Babylon Berlin<\/em> by Volker Kutscher in preparation for watching the tv series.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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