Are you bookish? You are if you perpetually swear to read just one more chapter before bed but keep reading far into the night.

If you are bookish, here are some books for you and your family:

Buck, Peony – assimilation in China.

Belfoure, The Paris Architect – an unlikely hero by default.

Foer, Here I am – a fracturing family in a moment of crisis.

Gundar-Goshen, Waking Lions – the unbridgeable gap between insiders and outsiders.

Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things – colorful characters and life in New York a century ago.

Kaminsky, Adolfo Kaminsky, a forger’s life (nonfiction) – dangerous work on behalf of people fighting for their lives.

Levy, I Dissent (JBIO) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Rabinyan, All the Rivers – a powerful, deeply intimate Romeo and Juliet story for our times

Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man (YA) – trust builds between two strangers who come to depend upon each other.

Stein, The Six-day Hero (J) – there are many types of heroes.

Wiviott, Paper Hearts (YA) – the power of small acts of kindness.

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Aileen Grossberg

Aileen Grossberg, a professional librarian, is a long-time congregant and serves as volunteer librarian for Shomrei's Lampert Library. The library, one of the best-kept secrets at Shomrei is used by the Rabbi, congregants, students and teachers of the JLC (Hebrew School) and Preschool. It's a tremendous resource completely supported by your donations and gifts. Aileen also heads the Shomrei Caterers, the in-house food preparation group. Can there be any better combination…good food and good books!

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