I really enjoyed going to the Montana Library Association Conference in Bozeman this year. There were so many interesting sessions to attend that it was hard choosing between them. Still, I think that my favorite session was the Montana Book Awards Committee's presentation on their picks for the best books of 2009. My list of books to read definitely got a lot longer after I went to this session, and yours might, too, when you see their recommended reads:
Greg Mortenson -- Stones into Schools (sequel to 3 Cups of Tea)
Robert Greer -- Spoon (modern MT Western fiction)
Michael & Elizabeth Norman -- Tears in the Darkness (about the
Ted Leeson -- Inventing
Donald Jones -- Born Wild in
William C. Pack -- The Bottom of the Sky (memoirs of Roundup in the 1960s)
Kevin Canty -- Where the Money Went (collection of humorous, MT-related short stories)
Richard Manning -- Rewilding the West (about a proposal to buy ranchland for a reserve in MT)
Phil Condon -- Nine Ten Again (a short story collection about people facing a great moment of decision)
Debra Oberbillie -- Bug Feats (for 9-12 yr. olds, great for reluctant readers, especially boys)
Wallace McRae -- Stick Horses (memoirs of Rosebud county)
Timothy Egan -- The Big Burn (history of forest service)
Craig Lancaster -- 600 Hours of Edward (Asperger’s syndrome
Reif Larsen -- The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (go to tsspivet.com for more info)
Jamie Ford -- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (this is the 2009 Montana Book Award Winner)
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