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2005, 2006, & 2007

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Mike

Bleed, Blister and Purge by Volney Steele
The Blight Way by Patrick McManus
Blues with Vengeance (CD) by John Lee Hooker
Blindfold Game by Dana Stabenow
By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Swashbucklers and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen
Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehreneich
Day of the Clipper (CD)
Etta Baker with Taj Mahal (CD)
Expanded Universe by Robert Heinlein
A Fate Worse Than Death by Gregory Michno
Fiddler's Green (CD) by Tim O'Brien

First American Army by Bruce Chadwick
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Harnessing Anger: The Way of the American Fencer by Peter Westbrook
Home in Halifax (CD) by Stan Rogers
The Klondike Quest by Pierre Berton
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Moral Courage by Rushworth M. Kidder
Precious Little (CD) by Jeremy Spencer
The Thousand-Mile War by Brian Garfield
Time Travelers Strictly Cash by Spider Robinson
Workers Doxology by Rosalie Sorrels

Kathy

Cesar's Way: The Natural Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Prolems by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier
Cyanide Canary by Joseph Hilldorfer
The Deep Dark by Gregg Olsen
Duane's Depressed by Larry McMurtry
Governing Idaho by James B. Weatherby
Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay

Listening Women (CD audio) by Tony Hillerman
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Meadow by James Galvin
Ryrie Study Bible
Salmon River Country by Stephen Stuebner
The Solitude of Thomas Cave by Georgina Harding

Gaila

Across the Snowy Ranges by James R. Fazio
Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalf & Charlotte Hayes
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinny
The Clutter-Buster Handbook by Rita Emmett
Dirty Wow-Wow and Other Love Stories by Jeffery Katz
Essential Lewis and Clarke by Landon Jones
Fire! by Edward Goodman

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Ice House by Minette Walters
Jane Austen Miscellany by Lesley Bolton
More Letters From Pemberley 1814-1819 by Jane Dawkins
Next by Michael Crichton
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sex With Kings by Eleanor Herman
Sex With Queens by Eleanor Herman
Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen
State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Stiff by Mary Roach
Tea With Jane Austen by Kim Wilson

Kris

Book of Jasher
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry
Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Cyanide Canary by Joseph Hilldorfer
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (DVD)
Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep
Enslaved by Jesse Sage
Escape from the Dungeon: Jennifer's survival story from the wrath of anger, intimidation and abuse by Jennifer M. Stephens
The Flock by Joan Frances Casey
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

House Next Door by Ann Rivers Siddons
I am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis
Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
Last Templar by Michael Jacks
Mole People by Jennifer Toth
No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark
Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Old Testament King James Version (Audio)
Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman
Strange Red Cow by Sara Bader
Three Against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe and Jerry Borrowmen
Welcome Silence by Carol S. North

Ann

Beyond Reach by Karen Slaughter
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride
Dance of Death by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
Faithless by Karin Slaughter
Field of Fire by James O. Born
Final Exam by Pauline W. Chen
Germ by Robert Liparulo
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Hear No Evil by James Grippando
Homefront by Chuck Logan
Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason

Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman
Lost by Michael Robotham
Murder in Montmartre by Cara Black
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
One Drop of Blood by Thomas Holland
Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
The Plague Maker by Tim Downs
The Rogue's Game by Milton T. Burton
Running Dark by Joseph Heywood
Spider Mountain by P.T. Deutermann
Thriller edited by James Patterson
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish

Becky

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon! Over 650 activities to teach toddlers using familiar rhymes and songs for toddlers and twos by Pam and Thomas Moore
Double Identity by Margaret Haddix
East by Edith Pattou
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
The Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Patterns by Patricia Wilens
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Family Trade by Charles Stross
Hadassah by Tommy Tenney
The Hidden Family by Charles Stross
How to Clean Your Home Fast: For Busy Moms edited by Vickie Christian
Kiki Strike: Inside the shadow city by Kirsten Miller
Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freeman

Murder on the Middle Fork by Don Ian Smith
The Multiples Manual by Lynn Lorez
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Phantom Isles by Stephen Alter
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Regina's Song by David and Leigh Eddings
Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

Kathryn

The Changeling by Zilpha Keaty Snyder
Clair-de-lune by Cassandra Golds
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
The Exiles by Hilary McKay
Framed by Cottrell Boyce
Gossamer by Lois Lowery
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm
Ludie's Life by Cynthia Rylant
The Mysteries Benedict Society by Trent Lee Stewart

The Penultimate Peril (audio) by Lemony Snicket
Petey by Ben Mikaelson
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Smile! by Geraldine McGuhrer
Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator
The Teeth of the Gale by Joan Aiken
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
The Truth about Forever by Sara Dessen

Marcia

The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryon
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Mamma Do Your Love Me? by Barbara M. Joose

Once I Ate a Pie by Katy Schneider
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Conner
Terrible Storm by Carol Otis Hurst
The Web Files by Margie Palatini
When I Wished I Was Alone by Dave Cutler

Kath Ann

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Leaving the Saints by Martha Nibley Beck
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
Savage Summit by Jennifer Jordan
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Helenga
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Sold by Patricia McCormick
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston
A Wreath For Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson

Trina

Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Austenland by Shannon Hale
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett
Dragonsong by Ann McCaffery
Fly By Night by Frances Hardinger
Fragile Things: short fictions and wonders by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Mimus by Lillian Thal

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Chocolate Pot by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Squirrel Mother Stories by Kelso
Stitch'n Bitch: The Knitters Handbook by Debbie Stroller
Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

Bonnie

Blindfold Game (CD Audio) by Dana Stabenow
Bolt by; Dick Francis
Canyon Winter by Walt Morey
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dream Lovers by Dodd Darin
Fire From the Rock by Sharon M. Draper
Firestar's Quest by Erin Hunter
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (DVD)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (CD Audio) by J.K. Rowling

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Lost World by Michael Crichton
Mary, Mary (Audio) by James Patterson
My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
Robert Kennedy (CD audio) by Evan Thomas
Spy (CD Audio) by Ted Bell
Step on a Crack (CD audio) by James Patterson
Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Watchman (CD audio) by Robert Crais
Winds of War by Herman Wouk

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Cecily

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell
Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
Chamomile Mourining by Laura Childs
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
Daddy's Little Girl (CD audio) by Mary Higgins Clark
End in Tears by Ruth Rendell
Faithless (CD audio) by Karin Slaughter
Hummingbirds Daughter by Albert Louis Urrea
Indian Pipes by Cynthia Riggs
Jasmine Moon Murder by Laura Childs

The Journal of Antonio Montoya by R. CollignonMissing Persons (Audio) by Steven White
Name Withheld by J.A. Jance
Night Country by Stewart O'Nan
Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Predator (Audio) by Patricia Cornwell
Rage (Audio) by Jonathan Kellerman
The Return by Hakan Nesser
Trigger by Susan Vaught
The White Lioness (CD audio) by Henning Mankell

Connie

Alibi by Sandra Brown
Bloody Mary by Joe Konrath
Coast Road by Barbara Delinsky
Cooking the Dutch Oven Way by Woody Woodruff
Cooking Light Cookbook
The Cow who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
Dutch Oven Cooking Western Style (VHS)
Ella Enchanted (VHS)
Epossumondas by Colleen Salley
Greatest Hits Volume 2 (CD) by Tim McGraw
His Lovely Wife by Elizabeth Dowberry

Honor Bound by Sandra Brown
Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
My Sergei by Ekatrina Gordeeva
Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels
Rusty Nail by J.A. Konrath
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Stuttering and Your Child (VHS)
Stuttering and Your Preschool Child (VHS)
Therapy in Action (VHS)
Vanishing Point by Marica Mueller
Younger Next Year for Women by Chris Crowley

Melissa

Believe in My Child With Special Needs by Mary Falvey
Birthright by Nora Roberts
A Child Called "IT" by David Pelzer
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Fifth Horseman by James Patterson
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Lottery by Patricia Wood
Mad River Road by Joy Fielding
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Proof Positive by Philip Margolin
Revenge of Innocents by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Say Good Night Gracie by Julie Reese Deaver
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
Sullivan's Evidence by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Sullivan's Justice by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas by James Patterson
Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy by Peter Wright
Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 by Peter and Pam Wright

Sheri

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die edited by Robert Dimery
ACME Catalog by Charles Carney
Art of Chainsaw Carving by Jessie Groeschen
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Back in Time by Idaho State Journal
The Best 30-minute Recipe edited by Cooks Illustrated
Buzzmarketing by Mark Hughes
Decorating with Books by Marie Hueston
Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook by Ray Lampe
The Family Kitchen by Debra Ponzek
Gecko's Foot by Peter Forbes
How to Get Your Lawn off Grass by Carole Rubin
How to Iron Your Own Damn Shirt by Craig Boreth

The Hungry American by Tom McDevitt
Just One More Thing by Pete Falk
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley
Picture Puzzle edited by Life Magazine
Pop-up Book of Phobias by Gary Greenberg
The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets by Richard Middleton
Pumpkin Chic by Mary Caldwell
Renewable Energy Handbook by William H. Kemp
Stiff by Mary Roach
Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais
24-Hour Crochet Projects by Rita Weiss
You've Got to Read This Book
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Wedded to the Game by Shannon O'Toole

Tammie

About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd
Black Dahlia Avenger by Stave Hodel
Breaking the Da Vinci Code by Darrell L. Block
The Clothes They Stood Up In Alan Bennett
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Dog who Rescues Cats by Phillip Gonzalez
Don't Kiss Them Good-Bye by Allison DuBois
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
Howard Hughes Untold Story by Peter Brown and Pat Broeske

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident by William McKeowinIn Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart by Ruth Graham
The Last Victim: The Extraordinary Life of Florence Maybrick by Anne Graham
Life Sentences by Wilbert Rideau
Newjack by Ted Conover
A Promise is a Promise by Wayne Dyer
Soiled Doves by Anne Seagraves
The Silence We Keep by Karol Jackowski
Silent Star by Tracie Peterson
Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
They Said We'd Never Make It by Tammi Menendez