Bobby's Staff Favorites

Bobby in the '80s

[Bobby in the early '80s]

I opened Annie Blooms over thirty years ago, while still in law school. It remains my favorite place to be; the staff is exhilarating and there are books everywhere! I like complex stories with a twist in the world view. Dark humor also pleases me. In both fiction & nonfiction I like authors who can show me the world from fresh perspective.

 

Daniel R. Cobb: The Mine

$14.95
Model: 9781441474353

This fast-paced, fact-based, Grisham-esque thriller enthralled me. It cost me sleep and ultimately made me want to write to my Congressperson. Ryan Evans is a biologist working for Oregon DEQ when he discovers extreme environmental dangers, corruption, and corporate greed that will take more than one life. Really well written and researched, everyone should read The Mine!

-Bobby

The Samurai's Garden (Paperback)

By Gail Tsukiyama
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780312144074
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 5/1996
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I have long been recommending this fine novel to readers of all ages & persuasions. Ms Tsukiyama is half Japanese and half Chinese and brings a unique perspective to this tale of a young Chinese man who is sent to a small village in Japan on the eve of WWII to recover from TB. The only other person in the house is an old gardener whom he calls The Samurai. Through this gardener/mentor he meets a village of lepers and finds a new compassion. There is also a wonderful & poignant love story. -Bobby

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)

By Annie Dillard

ISBN-13: 9780060953027
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Harper Perennial, 10/1998
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This is one of my all time favorite books! I used it to help keep my sanity during law school. This collection of musings on the strange & wonderful workings of nature based on a year spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains is thought provoking and delightful. It is one book I return to time & again to hone my sense of wonder when it begins to wane. -Bobby

Angle of Repose (Paperback)

By Wallace Stegner
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780140169300
Availability: Not in Stock - Usually Arrives at Store in 1-3 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 5/1992
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The most compelling thing about this fine novel is the central metaphor which is a term borrowed from physics indicating that fine & difficult balance that allows "repose" in relationships as well as in the physical world. The story traces four generations of one family as they attempt to build a life for themselves in the American West. -Bobby