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BROADWAY PRODUCER AND PORTLAND LOCAL!

Corey Brunish lives in our town while creating Tony award winning Broadway plays like, "Beautiful" the Carole King musical. Corey's favorite book of the year is "Hamilton" which started the whole craze and became a gigantic Broadway smash hit. Pictured with him at the Tony's is Corey's beautiful wife Jessica Rose. Thanks to Brunish we have a beautiful performing arts theater dedicated to his mother.

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JOHN ERICKSON ALSO GIVES "HOMEWARD BOUND" BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

K103 morning host and terrific blogger of "The Daily Drip"on Facebook also gives a big thumbs up for Peter Ames Carlin's book "Homeward Bound". John's book of the year

RADIO PERSONALITY BOB MILLER RAVED ABOUT THE BOOK "ASTORIA"

Bob Miller retired from doing mornings at KEX and KPAM (still keeps the pipes in order to fill in now and then) and donates his time conducting the Astoria Riverfront Trolley and gets rave reviews doing it, loved the book "Astoria" which features the life of John Jacob Astor & his famous expedition. I have this one on my night stand. This is Bob's favorite book for 2016.

MIKE & AMY'S FAV READS FOR 2016

99.5 The Wolf morning team, Mike and Amy have selected their favorite books of the year. Mike was nuts over the Paul Simon bio written by Portland author Peter Ames Carlin. Rolling Stone rates this book #2 of the year. Amy Faust loved "The Girls" by Emma Cline, a fictional account of Girls following danger during The Manson years. Another highly rated book.

KATHY SMITH'S FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR

This week I will be featuring local celebs with their fav book picks for 2016. The best anchor to work in this town is Kathy Smith. Her choice is Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It must be a great one, it's won many awards. Kathy is pictured with her husband Herb Sharp.

THE BRAINS BEHIND ROSE'S

Max Birnbach who purchased Rose's from Rose Naftalin ( 2nd photo )
We haven't had a real Jewish deli since!