{"id":9850,"date":"2010-12-28T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=9850"},"modified":"2010-12-17T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T23:15:37","slug":"best-books-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/best-books-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>More personal Best Books from our Blogging Librarians!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2086015\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9855\" title=\"graceling\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/graceling.jpeg?resize=167%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lexie<\/span><\/strong><\/span> loved <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2086015\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Graceling<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Kristin Cashore : &#8220;This is a fantasy novel about a world where some people are gifted with a &#8220;grace&#8221;, an extreme skill. It tells the story of Katsa, a girl who has been graced with killing, and her unlikely friendship with a young prince. When the two discover a disturbing secret about a nearby ruler, they must work together to bring peace to their land. It has action, drama, romance and an interesting and well-developed new world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2136999\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9856 alignright\" title=\"girl who played with fire\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/girl-who-played-with-fire.jpeg?resize=176%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michelle&#8217;s<\/span><\/strong><\/span> favorites were some of the hottest books of the year : &#8220;My favorite book(s) that I read this year are actually two books that have to be read together, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2136999\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Girl Who Played with Fire<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2245239\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&#8217;s Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by the late Stieg Larsson. The second and final installment of the Millennium Trilogy are a tour de force that pack a powerful punch of intrigue, scandal, corruption and mystery in present day Sweden. The first tow films with English subtitle are now available at the library with the final film&#8217;s release in the United States coming in January. There is even an English version that will be released sometime near the end of the next year!&#8221;\u00a0 Michelle blogged more about &#8220;Fire&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/2010\/03\/the-girl-who-played-with-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> and about &#8220;Hornet&#8217;s Nest&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/2010\/08\/the-final-chapter-of-the-millenium-trilogy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More personal Best Books from our Blogging Librarians! Lexie loved Graceling by Kristin Cashore : &#8220;This is a fantasy novel about a world where some people are gifted with a &#8220;grace&#8221;, an extreme skill. It tells the story of Katsa, a girl who has been graced with killing, and her<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/best-books-part-2\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,96,774,331],"class_list":["post-9850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-picks","tag-favorites","tag-mysteries","tag-science-fiction","tag-suspense"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2yS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9850"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9863,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9850\/revisions\/9863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}