KASEY: Kasey's favorite genres are contemporary lit/fiction, especially "book club" choices and National Book Award winners; young adult fiction; and mysteries. She also dabbles quite a bit in contemporary poetry, fantasy, and Christian theology. In college, Kasey had a double major in religious studies and in French. She has worked with high school exchange programs, and can help with books in several languages. Having pursued a masters' in education, and working a great deal in the fields of education and mental health before working at the bookstore, she is happy to help people with books in the education, psychology, mental health and recovery fields.

Here are some of Kasey's regular recommendations:

*The Invisible Circus, by Jennifer Egan
*The Book of Qualities, by J. Ruth Gendler
*With Open Hands, by Henri Nouwen
*The Stand, by Stephen King
*What Narcissism Means to Me, by Tony Hoagland
*The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
*The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
*The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
*One Amazing Thing, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
*Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, by Matthew Sullivan
*Any Bitter Thing, by Monica Wood
*The Little Prince, by Antoine St-Exupery
*The Yoga Deck, by Olivia Miller
*Search for Significance, by Robert McGee
*A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
*Down a Dark Hall, by Lois Duncan