Sometimes I go to the library and just wander. I'll walk in with no plan at all and walk out with nothing in my hands. I'll browse. I'll go down every aisle, pick up books, flip through them, and put them back. I'm not one to judge a book by its cover. Picking the next book to read is quite the trial. I have to be in the right mood or I'll half heartedly start a book and never finish it. Montana 1948 caught my attention. It was on the Staff Pick shelf. The cover caught my eye, then the brief synopsis on the back. I started it and could hardly put it down. It was a short, quick read, but very powerful. It's a story set in small town Montana about a young boy, his father the Sheriff, and his uncle who is caught molesting Indian women. It's a book with an underlying moral to the story that is reminiscent of To Killing A Mockingbird or Summer of the Monkeys. I was impressed by my Staff Pick and have since recommended the book to many friends.
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