Lisa Sullivan

Lisa SullivanLisa Sullivan is the owner of Bartleby’s Books and The Book Cellar. Lisa left the hectic world of high-tech marketing for the quiet life in Vermont. The quiet lasted about six months, until she started working in bookstores, community volunteerism, and raising children. She is a reader of fiction, memoir, young adult and cookbooks. Lisa hopes to one day have enough time to use some of the fantastic cookbook library she is building. Lisa lives in Wilmington with her husband, Phil Taylor and their two children, Ally and Zach. 

 Lisa's Picks

Show Me Good Land (Hardcover)

By Shonna Milliken Humphrey
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780892729166
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Published: Down East Books, 4/2011
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Not the story of the picturesque Maine with lobster dinners and lighthouses. This book is gritty. I loved every minute.

Silver Sparrow (Hardcover)

By Tayari Jones
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781565129900
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 5/2011
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Algonquin is finding incredible talent. Tayari Jones' novel is heartbreaking and unexpected. A great read.

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (Paperback)

By Heidi W. Durrow
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781616200152
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1/2011
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A must-read coming of age novel. We've hosted Heidi and she's amazing.

The Madonnas of Echo Park (Paperback)

By Brando Skyhorse
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781439170847
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Published: Free Press, 3/2011
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The neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles was completely foreign to me when I began reading, but felt a real connection to the people and the place when I finished. From day laborers to housekeepers to busboys, the reader is drawn into the world of Mexican American immigrants. I loved that each of the chapters could stand alone as a story, but also the power of the connections between each character's story was incredible. What a fantastic debut!

 

Backseat Saints (Hardcover)

By Joshilyn Jackson
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780446582346
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 6/2010
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Joshilyn Jackson is compulsively readable. Using a minor character from her first novel, Gods in Alabama, Jackson's latest novel takes the reader on a journey across the country. Rose Mae is a character that draws you in, makes you laugh and has you rooting for her. A great summer read!

Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Collins
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439023511
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Published: Scholastic Press, 8/2010
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The Dead Lie Down (Paperback)

By Sophie Hannah
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143117490
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 6/2010
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Ok, so I usually can figure out what's happened about halfway through a mystery. Not with this one. Sophie Hannah has woven such a complex and mystifying novel, it will keep you not only guessing, but literally trying to wrap your head around what could possibly be going on. Ruth Bussey is a woman with a secret past. Her boyfriend, Aidan Seed, also has a secret that he shares with her: that he killed a woman named Mary Trelease years ago. The catch? Ruth knows Mary Trelease and she is alive. And so begins a tale that will keep you reading late into the night...

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Collins
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780439023498
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Published: Scholastic Press, 9/2009
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The first two books in this young adult trilogy are well written, action-packed, and full of suspense. A futuristic world with televised fights to the death and evil leaders is paired with tales of heroism and survival.
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