{"id":9914,"date":"2010-12-30T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=9914"},"modified":"2010-12-20T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T16:01:20","slug":"best-books-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/best-books-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Here&#8217;s the final installment of personal Best Books from our Blogging Librarians.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2252306\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9916\" title=\"the agency\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/the-agency.jpeg?resize=158%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Amber loved <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2252306\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Agency: A Spy in the House<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>and <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2280475\" target=\"_blank\">The Agency: The Body at the Tower<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by YS Lee : &#8220;This YA mystery series follows Mary Quinn on her path from the gutters and gallows to a member of the secret detective organization of Victorian ladies called the Agency. I could not pull myself away from these books full of smart, determined females, little bits of saucy romance, and lots of fascinating tidbits about the Victorians!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2048089\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9917 alignright\" title=\"city of thieves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/city-of-thieves.jpeg?resize=162%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a>Ann&#8217;s favorite for 2010 was <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2048089\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>City of Thieves<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by David Benioff : &#8220;In the midst of the worst possible circumstances, the true character of people is revealed, good and bad. Despite horrific images (starvation, torture, war), what I remember most about this book\u00a0is the light\u00a0&#8211; friendship, loyalty, laughter, finding something to celebrate even when the world seems to be ending. It&#8217;s a testament to the best of the human spirit.&#8221; Ann blogged about it <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/2010\/02\/city-of-thieves-by-david-benioff\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">There you have it &#8211; an eclectic, wide-ranging variety of the Best Books of 2010. Now it&#8217;s your turn &#8211; what was your favorite book that you read this year and why? <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the final installment of personal Best Books from our Blogging Librarians. Amber loved The Agency: A Spy in the House and The Agency: The Body at the Tower by YS Lee : &#8220;This YA mystery series follows Mary Quinn on her path from the gutters and gallows to a<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/best-books-part-4\/\">[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":[10,8],"tags":[1464,523,96,1467],"class_list":["post-9914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-best-books","tag-drama","tag-mysteries","tag-war-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2zU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914","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=9914"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9925,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914\/revisions\/9925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}