Each week, CL staffers drop by Studio 10, the morning show on Channel 10 at (natch) 10 a.m., to talk about what's in the week's issue. For our Best Book feature, we've turned the tables a bit and asked co-hosts Holley Sinn and Jerome Ritchey (husband of ABC Action News' Wendy Ryan), and Executive Producer Mark Thorn, to share what they've been reading. Here's what they told us.

Jerome Ritchey

Unfortunately I have not had as much time to read this year as I normally have, (you know how distracting toddlers can be). Actually, I did manage to finish Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis. Although it parodies American culture in the 1920s, the similarities to modern-day society are striking. I chose it while browsing the classics section at Barnes and Noble, as I had not read anything by Lewis since college. I am planning to re-read The Rum Diary as I have not picked it up since it was published in 1999, and after having seen the film, this one deserves a second look. Actually, my favorite part of the day is after our post-show meeting in the Studio 10 offices, when I go to the shelf and choose a book for Holley to read to me. It's very soothing, and she can really turn a phrase. See you soon!

Holley Sinn

Here's why I chose Bossypants as the best book I read this year. I have always loved Tina Fey — she is a renaissance woman in the entertainment field, and even though she is a talented comedian, her writing has always come first for her. I can relate to that ideal, and her book really shows off her ability to convey humor through the written word. That isn't easy. She can tell a story effortlessly, much like David Sedaris (possibly my favorite writer ever). Even when her mind is clearly meandering through a series of related events, she somehow never loses the reader. Her anecdotes are relatable and charming. She's a master of "writing like she talks," as they say.

I can't remember if I read this one this year or last, but another favorite is This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper. I got the opportunity to meet him when he visited Studio 10, and he is another writer who conveys the same wit and sincerity as a human being as he does as a writer. The story of one man's battle to leave behind what he thought was a perfect marriage and at once deal with the passing of his father and his mother's secret lesbian life is wrought with sincere pain and tenderness while still being laugh-out-loud funny. It's the kind of book you just want to hug. I've lent it out so many times, I don't even know who has it now, but I wish they would return it so I can read it again.

Mark Thorn

I'm in the middle of The Lake, The River and The Other Lake by Steve Amick. It's kind of a Twin Peaks meets On Golden Pond (but much lighter)… a bunch of wacky characters who inhabit a vacation lake town in Western Michigan. So far it's been a lot fun!

This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.