Recent Reads * Maria: Maisie Dobbs by Jacquiline Winspear * Jenny: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan Recommendations * New: First-Time Caller by B.K Borison * Backlist: When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal * Local Author: Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakmito Book End: A Different Kind of Romance: * Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane * Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly * The Stolen Child by Ann Hood https://www.librarieshawaii.org/

Recent Reads: * Maria: Liars by Sarah Manguso * Kris: Sirens by Emilia Heart Reccommendations: * New: Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix * Backlist: Terrace Story by Hilary Leitcter * Local: There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqip Book End: Boost Your Mental Health * Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson * 10% Happier by Dan Harris * The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu https://www.columbuslibrary.org/school-help/

Recent Reads: * Maria: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes * Natalie: The Bear by Andrew Krivak Reccommendations: * New: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich * Backlist: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson * Local: Night Watch by Jayne Ann Phillips Book End - Appalachian fiction that connects the people, landscape, and mountain culture: * The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister * Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver * Given Ground by Ann Pancake

Recent Reads: * Maria: Family Family by Laurie Frankel * Kelley: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Recommendations: * New Book: Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews * Backlist Book: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune * Local Author: Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed by Jose Pablo Irarte Book End: BL Manga * Go For It, Nakamura! story and art by Syundei, translated by Amber Tamosaitis * Seven Days, Monday-Sunday, art by Venio Tachibana, story by Rihito Takarai, translated by Adrien Beck * Our Dining Table, story and art by Mita Ori, translated by Amber Tamosaitis Orange County Library Website [https://ocls.org/] Orange County Book Clubs [https://ocls.org/book-clubs/] 18th Annual SouthWest Author Series [https://ocls.org/18th-annual-southwest-author-series/]

Recent Reads * Maria: Sandwich by Catherine Newman * John: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Reccommendations: * New: The Women by Kristen Hannah * Backlist: Circe by Madeline Miller * Local Author: Loren by Jessica Harden Book End - Sci-Fi For People Who Don't Read Sci-Fi * All Systems Red by Martha Wells * Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey * We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

Recent Reads: * Maria - Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne * Tara - Cash by Jessica Peterson Recommendations: * New - Quicksilver by Callie Hart * Backlist - Book Lovers by Emily Henry * Local - Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby * Local - Pursuit of Innocence by Bethany Rosa Book End: Dark Romance * Lights Out by Navessa Allen * Phantasma by Kaylie Smith * PenPal by JT Geissinger FMC Books Website - https://www.fmcbooks.com/ FMC Books Insta - https://www.instagram.com/fmc.books/ How to reach Tara - tara@fmcbooks.com How to reach Mara - thecheckoutstack@gmail.com

Recent Reads: * Maria - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley * Kaite: This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter Reccommendations: * New - My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past,Present, and Future by Alice Randall * Backlist - Infinitum by Tim Fielder * Local - Secrets of the Tsil Cafe by Thomas Fox Averill Book End - Jukebox Heroines: Novels of Women in the Music Industry * The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner * Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid * The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton Show Links: YouTube: Kansas City Public Library [https://www.youtube.com/@kclibrary] Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMTUHwkLfoE] Author event with Tim Fielder My Black Country [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biTRSlHFtQc]  Author event with Alice Randall My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2YhsRlC9fJgRiRDPOJpifH] Kaite Also made an extended book list on her Jukebox Heroines [https://kclibrary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/703461058_kaites_kcmo/2690089738_jukebox_heroines_women_and_the_music_industry] theme, check it out for more titles!

Recent Reads: * Maria - Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors * Carla - The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas Fuller Recommendations: * New Title - The Small and Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil rights Movement by Sharon McMahon * Backlist Title - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah * Local Author - The Unwedding by Ally Condie Book End: Celebrity Memoir * Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis * I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy * Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Recently read * Maria: The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley * Kelly: Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garden Recommendations: * New book: Sandwich by Catherine Newman * Backlist book: Winter Solstice by Rasaumde Pilcher * Local Author: Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy Book End: Books to Reset in the New Year * Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman * The PLAN by Kendra Adachi * The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer https://waukeshareads.org/

Recently read * Maria: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty * Maddie: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Book Reccomendations: * New book: You Like it Darker by Stephen King * Backlist book: Animal Farm by George Orwell * Local Author: Cowboys and East Indians: Stories by Nina McConigley Book End: Cozy Winter Reads * The Shining by Stephen King * A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle * Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan

Recent Reads: * Maria: The Wedding People by Alison Espach * Megan: The Husbands by Holly Garmazio * Alyisha: And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier translated by Rhonda Mullins Reccommendations: * New (Megan): The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren * New (Alyisha): The God of the Woods by Liz Moore * Backlist (Megan): Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro * Backlist (Alyisha): Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban * Local (Megan): Gone for Good by Joanna Schaffhausen * Local (Alyisha): Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin Book End - Cozy Reads: * The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower * What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama translated by Alison Watts * Wintering by Katherine May Ames Free Library website: https://amesfreelibrary.org/ 300 Years, 300 Stories: https://300years300stories.omeka.net/ Subscribe to the Ames Free Library Newsletters: https://amesfreelibrary.org/newsletters

Recent Reads: * Maria - Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie * C - The Witch King by Martha Wells Book Recommendations: * New - The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang * Backlist - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller * Local - Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos Book End: Heartbreaking Horror * Beholder by Ryan LaSala * The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling * Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle Sign up for a Peoria Public Library Skills Unlocked course here - https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/151957540077/false#/invitation

Enjoy this bonus episode of halloween book recs with librarian Abigail Hubbard from the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County in Alabama. Recent Reads: * Maria: The Examiner by Janice Hallett * Abigail: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins Book Recommendations: * New: The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler * Backlist: The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher * Local: 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham and Gillis Figh Book End: Spooky Halloween Books * Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth * Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics * Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater If you are in Anniston-Calhoun County stop by the library anytime in the month of November to make a card for hospitalized kids. If you're not local, check out their website below. https://www.cardsforhospitalizedkids.com/

Book Recommendations: * Book End Topic: An Ernest Desire to Save the World - Ishmael, The Story of B, and My Ishmael  by Daniel Quinn * New Book: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears * Backlist Book: The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: 8 Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of  by David Gardner & Tom Gardner * Local author: The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill by Marcia Biderman - Recent Reads: * Maria: Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe * Adam: Dirty Jokes & Bawdy Songs: the Uncensored Life of Gershon Legman by Susan Davis Listen to Adam's podcast Bridgeport Unmasked here https://bportlibrary.org/bridgeport-unmasked-podcast/

Recent Reads: * Maria's : Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados * Chris's: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristin Perrin Book Recomendations: * New Book: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer * Backlist Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho * Local Author: The Lovely and Dangerous Launch of Lucy Cavanagh by Stacy Peterson * Book End - A Cozy Murder Mystery Series: A Shady Hollow Mystery by Juneau Black For more info on on the upcoming Park County Mill Levy to fund the library see https://livingstonparkcountylibrary.blogspot.com/p/mill-levy-info.html *** Episode Correction: Maria says "buffalo" when she means "bison". She knows they're different and profusely apologizes for offending the large horned mammals of the planet, don't come for her.

Recent Reads: * Maria's : The Bee Sting by Paul Murray * Jody's: One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose New Book: *  House with a Story: A Dragon's Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash Backlist Book: * The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill Local Author:  * The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Book End: Queer Graphic Novels * Magical Boy Volume 1  by The Kao * Save Me! (From Myself) : Crushes, Cats, and Existential Crises by So Lazo * Other Ever Afters by Melanie Gillman * Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

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