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Tiny Town Library Podcast
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54 episodes
5 days ago
A slice of life in a small New England town as reported by the town librarians at the beginning of each month. Podcast includes town news, community updates, book recommendations, and guest interviews.
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A slice of life in a small New England town as reported by the town librarians at the beginning of each month. Podcast includes town news, community updates, book recommendations, and guest interviews.
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Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 56: Witch Talk
It's Fall Y'all!  The leaves are falling and it's time to carve the pumpkins!!  Listen in to this new episode to hear all the excitement at the library as we head towards Halloween...candy collection, mini pumpkin hunt, Witch Walk and of course Trick or Treating in Mont Vernon!!  Get your costumes on and stop by the library on Halloween

Amy's Book Recommendations
Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel
A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia
We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Bog Queen by Anna North
 
Upcoming Books
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite (My Sister the Serial Killer) 11/4/25
The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan 11/18/25
Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen 11/18/25
 
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 2 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 55: Summer’s End
We had the best time this summer with the children of Mont Vernon! So many books, so much art!  It's not over yet...tune into this episode for the Summer Reading Program recap, book recommendations, and an interview with the editor of the MVFlyer!  Enjoy the rest of summer!
 
Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
Saltwater by Katy Hays
The Names by Florence Knapp
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The Road toTender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
Greenwich by Kate Broad
You Belong Here by Megan Miranda
The Goldens by Lauren Wilson
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
 
Upcoming Books 
Hot Wax M.L. Rio 9/9/25
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club #5!) 9/30/35
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2 months ago
1 hour 32 minutes 8 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 54 1/2: Color Our World
Whoops we added the wrong audio file to the last episode...2nd try!  Tune in to hear all about the most colorful, art filled, fun Summer Reading Program from Miss JoAnn, take note of Amy's beach read recommendations and stay until the end to hear the Summer Concert Series line up from co chair Doug Irvine!  See you at the library! Have a great summer!!
Amy's Book Recommendations
 
Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano -5th book in series, 6th comes out 2026
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Time of the Child by Niall Williams
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig 4/29/25
The Names by Florence Knapp 5/6/25
The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve 5/20/25
The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly 5/27/25
Mansion Beach by Meg Mitchell Moore 5/27/25
 
Upcoming Books
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/3/25
With a Vengeance by Riley Sager 6/10/25
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) 6/10/25
So Far Gone by Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins) 6/16/25
 
One Last Note:
Diana Gabaldon has announced the name of her 10th (and final!) Outlander Book!
A Blessing For A Warrior Going Out (no publication date yet- she hasn’t finished writing it)
 
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4 months ago
1 hour 37 minutes 19 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 53: Support Libraries
It's National Library Week! We've packed the week with programs and a new episode of the podcast. Listen in to catch up on the latest news that affects your library and libraries across the country. Sarat Rogers joins us as our local person of interest today to introduce herself and gives us a sneak peek of the Town Egg Hunt.  Thank you for your support this week and always!

Amy's Book Recommendations
Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
The Safekeep by Yael Van de Wouden (Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted)
The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Once There Were Wolves and Migrations)
Upon A Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
The Sirens by Emilia Hart (Weyward)
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah, We Should All Be Feminists)
Heartwood by Amity Gage
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park
 
Upcoming Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
My Friends by Fredrik Backman 5/6/25
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (American Dirt) 5/15/25
We All Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough 5/20/25
 

 

 
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7 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes 39 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 52: False Spring
Tiny Town is thawing out and spring is around the corner!  Town Voting and Town Meeting are quickly coming up next week and creating community conversations. Listen in to this episode for the latest news from town, book recommendations from Amy, and our interview with college student and Wizarding Week professor Nick Brown. Happy (almost) Spring!!

Amy's Book Recommendations
Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
Playground by Richard Powers
The Heart of Winter by Johnathan Evison
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading
The Queen of Fives by Alex Hay 1/21
Dream State by Eric Puchner 2/18
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld 2/25
 
Upcoming Books I Want to Read
Heartwood by Amity Gaige 4/1
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 4/22
The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner 4/29 (The Lost Apothecary)
 
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8 months ago
50 minutes 51 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 51: The Longest Month
Winter is upon us and we've loaded the calendar with events and programs to get you out the door and into the library.  Need a distraction from it all? We've got new book recommendations from Amy and tons of programs coming up in February. Be sure to catch our interview with the newly appointed Mont Vernon Recreation Co-Directors Autumn Grdina and Jessica Hinkley. Stay warm everyone!
Amy's Book Recommendations
Books I’ve read that I enjoyed:
The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
New Books I’d Like to Read:
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Upcoming books I’m looking forward to reading:
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey (The Snow Child)
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (Horse)
The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore (Oona Out of Order)
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9 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes 20 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 50: Nifty Nifty Look Who’s 50!
It’s a magical time of year and we’d like to thank our listeners for tuning into the Tiny Town Library Podcast for 50 EPISODES! Listen in to this episode to recap 2024 and hear from our town welfare officer Juli Harvey. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and have a Happy New Year Tiny Town!


Amy’s Top 24 of 2024

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

North Woods by Daniel Mason

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Leaving by Roxana Robinson

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

12 Books Coming out in Jan/Feb/March I’m looking forward to:

1/14 - More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova (Still Alice)

1/14 - Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (Daisy Darker, Rock Paper Scissors)

1/14 - Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, How to Sell A Haunted House)

1/21 - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (3rd in Empyrean, follows Fourth Wing and Iron Storm)

1/28 - Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson (Black Cake)

2/11 - We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Me Before You, The Giver of Stars)

3/4 - One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter (We Were the Lucky Ones)

3/11 - The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian (The Flight Attendant, Hour of the Witch)

3/11 - Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn (Killers of A Certain Age)

3/18 - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #5!)

3/25 - Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire

4/1 - A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (2nd book after The Tainted Cup)

BONUS BOOK: I called it! Louise Penny’s 20th Armand Gamache book comes out October 28th- the name…The Black Wolf!
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10 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes 9 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 49: Gobble Gobble
Heading into the weekend and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Tune into this episode to hear a preview of all the festivities happening in Tiny Town this holiday season.  Amy has her book recommendations to help you reach your 2024 reading goals and JoAnn is so excited to introduce our new teen library assistant Arianne!

Amy's Book Recommendations

Books I’ve Read Recently That I Enjoyed

The Black Bird Oracle by Deb Harkness (5th book in the All Souls Series)

1. A Discovery of Witches

2. Shadow of Night

3. The Book of Life

4. Time’s Convert

5. The Black Bird Oracle

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny #19 (!) - audiobook is notable as she has a new Quebecois

narrator, Jean Brassard

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley #11 in his Flavia DeLuce series

 

Newish Books I’d Like to Read

Now or Never by Janet Evanovitch #31 in her Stephanie Plum series

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob

Sheffield

Time of the Child by Niall Williams (set in same town as This is Happiness)

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

 

Upcoming Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading

Havoc by Christopher Bollen Dec 3, 2024

The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin Dec 3, 2024

Pretty Dead Things by Lilian West Dec 10, 2024

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis January 5, 2025

 
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11 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes 29 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 48: Happy Cat-0-Ween!
It's Halloween podcast episode! Stop and check out The Black Cat Cafe display on the library lawn and get ready to Trick or Treat on Main Street! MEOW!! We can’t wait to see your costumes!! Stacy Clark, President of Turnstone Corporation joins us on this episode to introduce herself and the team building the new library.  Don't miss her interview for the three month outlook on the new library project! Happy Halloween! See you at the polls...get out and VOTE!!

Amy's Book Recommendations

Books I read that I enjoyed:

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Guillotine by Delilah Dawson

The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia

 

New Books I’d Like To Read:

The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

 

Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read:

The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

A Queen’s Game by Katharine McGhee

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire

 
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1 year ago
59 minutes 22 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 47: Groundbreaking
September has come and gone too fast! Catch up with the local librarians this episode for the Library Groundbreaking Event recap, fall programming line up, book recommendations and more! Happy fall!!

Amy's Book Recommendation

Books I Read Recently that I Enjoyed

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (nominated for National Book Award in 2018)

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (she wrote The Wishing Game)

Finished Laurie Gelman’s Class Mom series:, Class Mom, You’ve Been Volunteered, Yoga Pant Nation, Smells Like Tween Spirit

 

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (wrote We Begin at the End)

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (he wrote The Thursday Murder Club series)

Graveyard Shift by ML Rio (novella)

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Bringer of Dust by JM Miro (2nd book in The Talents series, 1st was Ordinary Monsters)

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Guillotine by Delilah Dawson

When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman (Grades 3-7)

 

Upcoming Books I Want to Read

10/1- The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose

10/1- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

10/22- Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

10/29- The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

11/5- The Author’s Guide to Murder by Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, Karen White

 

 
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1 year ago
55 minutes 53 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 46: Road Construction Ahead
Hooray! Construction of the new road to the new library has begun!! Tune into this episode to catch up on all the good news from Mont Vernon and what's been happening at the library this summer.  JoAnn is wrapping up the adventurous Summer Reading Program and Amy has great book recommendations to get you to the end of summer! Happy August!!

Amy's Book Recomendations

Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed
First two books in Attica Locke’s Highway 59 Series:
Bluebird, Bluebird
Heaven, My Home
3rd Book Guide Me Home comes out September 3rd
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Sandwich by Katherine Newmann
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett - 1st book in his new series, Shadow of the Leviathan - 2nd book will be out next April, A Drop of Corruption.
The Hunter by Tana French- 2nd book in series, 1st book is The Searcher
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd June 11 The Memo by Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling June 18
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore July 2 The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman July 16 The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer July 16 - she wrote The Wishing Game
Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness July 16
Queen B by Juno Dawson - July 23rd 3rd book in the Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series- other books are: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven & The Shadow Cabinet

Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read
Worst Case by T.J. Newman -also wrote Falling and Drowning August 13
We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida September 3rd

 
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1 year ago
54 minutes 3 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 45: Wicked Smart
June is upon us and it's time to sign up for the  Summer Reading Program! Tune in to hear our plans for a BIG ADVENTURE at the library for children and adults.  June also means graduations and we are so proud to have the SHS 2024 Valedictorian Jackson Hipp, and Salutatorian Owen Stine as our special guest interviews. Both boys are from Mont Vernon and are wicked smart! Listen in to hear their plans for the future.  Have a great summer everyone! Keep reading!!
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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 44: “Magnificent May”
The month of May has arrived and tiny town is blooming. Catch up with the librarians in Mont Vernon to hear what's happening in town and get excited for summer reads! Don't miss our interview with Friend of the Library, Hayley Parker. She's our special guest and honored Friend of the Year for 2023! Be sure to wave to her in the Spring Gala Parade!

Amy's Book Recommendations

Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Luckiest Girl Alive, The Favorite Sister)

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes (YA)

1st in a series, the rest are as follows:

The Hawthorne Legacy
The Final Gambit
The Brothers Hawthorne
Games Untold
New offshoot series, 1st book coming out in July- The Grandest Game is book 1

The Book of Fire by Christie Lefteri (The Beekeeper of Aleppo)

The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay (The London House, Lizzy & Jane, Dear Mr. Knightley, plus others)

 

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/7

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski 5/7

Long Island by Colm Toibin 5/7

The Stolen Child by Ann Hood 5/7

Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews 5/7

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 5/21

You Like It Darker by Stephen King - short stories - 5/21

 
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1 year ago
1 hour 9 minutes 6 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 42: Cheers to the New Library!
It's National Library Week...Ready, Set, CELEBRATE!! Tune into this episode to hear all about what have planned for the week and to celebrate the new library WIN!  Amy has awesome book reviews and Sue Ries is joining us to tell us all about the up coming Friends of the Library Plant Sale. Drop in and celebrate with us! Cheers!!

Amy's Recommendations:
Books I’ve Read Recently I Enjoyed:
Martyr! By Kaveh Akhbar
Family, Family by Laurie Frankel (she also wrote One Two Three & This is How It Always Is)
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Code Name Helene & I Was Anastasia)
The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Table For Two by Amor Towles
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading: (all these books came out in March 2024)
The Hunter by Tana French (it’s a sequel to The Searcher! Read that one first)
The Great Divide by Cristina Enriquez
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano



All books in the series:


Finlay Donovan is Killing It


FInlay Donovan Knocks Em’ Dead


Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun


Also a Short story, Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank


 
Upcoming Books I Want to Read:
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - April 9
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda - April 9
Funny Story by Emily Henry - April 23rd
The Demon of Unrest by Eric Larson - April 30th
 
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny - October 29th
The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian - March 2025
 
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1 year ago

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 41: Meet Me @ the Library
Don't miss the chance to meet up with your favorite librarians on the latest episode of the Tiny Town Library Podcast. We filled the library calendar this month with meetings, meet ups, and "Meet & Greets" before Town Meeting in March to help open lines of communication.  Listen in for up to date town news, book recommendations and an interview with Christine Hamilton from the Library Building Committee.  Thanks for listening!

Amy's Book Recommendations:

Books I’ve read recently that I’ve enjoyed:
The Women by Kristin Hannah
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
New Releases I’m looking forward to reading:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon December 3
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar January 23
Family Family by Laurie Frankel January 23
The Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones January 30th

Upcoming Releases:
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange February 27th
After Annie by Anna Quindlen February 27th - event Sunday March 3 11 am at Lenox Hotel in
Boston, tickets still available:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-croissants-with-author-anna-quindlen-tickets-78678096203
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The Hunter by Tana French March 5 - stand along novel
The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian March 19th

Library Building Committee Website: www.mvlibrarybuildingcommittee.com
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1 year ago
1 hour 44 minutes 8 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 40: Make a difference…Volunteer!
Cheers to the New Year! Big things on the horizon at the library in 2024! Catch up on what is happening at the library in January and join the conversation around volunteering.  Amy has great book recommendations and a list of new release to help you "Read More in 2024"! Don't miss a minute of the Tiny Town Library Podcast.
Amy's Recommendations

Books I’ve Read Recently That I Enjoyed:
The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan by Beth Merlin and Danielle Modafferi - released Jan 2024
Homecoming by Kate Morton - released April 2023
The Wager by David Grann - released April 2023
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell - released March 2023
Speech Team by Tim Murphy - released July 2023
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston -  released July 2022
 
Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan - January 9
The Women by Kristin Hannah - Feb 6
Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood (and others!) - Feb 6
(Celeste Ng, John Grisham, Dave Eggers, Tommy Orange, Louise Erdrich, and Neil Gaiman & More)
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - Feb 13
End of Story by A.J. Finn  - Feb 20
 
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1 year ago
1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 39: Jingle All the Way
We made it to the end of the year and are celebrating at the library! Join us at our Christmas Tea Party to hear town news and Amy's Best of 2023 book list! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Amy's Best of 2023

1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
2. Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
3. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
4. Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
5. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
6. Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
7. Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
8. This Other Eden by Paul Harding
9. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
10. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
11. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
12. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
13. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby VanPelt
14. Babel by R.H. Kuang
15. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
16. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
17. Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
18. The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
19. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
20. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
21. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
22. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
23. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Looking forward to these books in 2024!
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Table For Two by Amor Towles
The Hunter by Tana French
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Morningside by Tea Obreht
Funny Story by Emily Henry
The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
 
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1 year ago
51 minutes 53 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 37: Give Thanks
It's the day before Thanksgiving and there is so much to do, but first the library podcast!  We have a lot to be thankful for and hope that you all have a wonderful start to the holiday season.  Tune in to hear about the fun we have planned for December, Amy's awesome book recommendations, and our interview with an outstanding young patron from Mont Vernon. Happy Thanksgiving Tiny Town!
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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 36: One for the Books
This October has been sooo busy!  Listen in to the librarians chatter about the Friends of the Library fundraiser, epic Halloween preparations, and the final fundraiser of the Mont Vernon Library Charitable Foundation “One for the Books” Charity Auction. Catch up on all the good news and meet one of our newest resident, Megan Upperman, from MVLCF Auction Committee.

Amy's Recommendations

Books I’ve read recently I enjoyed:

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Nov. 2022 (also wrote Nothing to See here) 

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark July 2022

 

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 2008 Booker Prize winner

Incidentally, Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist was announced at the end of September:

Study for Obedience. Sarah Bernstein.
If I Survive You. Jonathan Escoffery.
This Other Eden. Paul Harding.
Prophet Song. Paul Lynch.
Western Lane. Chetna Maroo.
The Bee Sting. Paul Murray.

Winner will be announced November 26th.

New releases I’d like to read:

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch by Melinda Taub Oct. 3

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver Oct. 3 (she wrote One Day in December)

Upcoming books I’m looking forward to reading:

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Oct. 31

The Future by Naomi Alderman Nov. 7 (she wrote The Power)

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park Nov. 7

The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook Nov. 7

 

 

 
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2 years ago
54 minutes 7 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
Episode 35: Harvest Time
It's fall in New England! The leaves are starting to change and it's time for fall programs at the library. On this episode, we will be highlighting all the fun things happening at the Friends of the Library Harvest Market event. Don't miss Amy's book recommendations for new and upcoming releases.

Amy's Book Recommendations
Books I’ve Enjoyed Recently:
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Fairytale by Stephen King
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
 
New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Mother Tongue: A History of Women’s Words by Jenni Nuttall
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
 
Emma Donoghue’s other books I liked:
The Wonder
The Pull of the Stars
Haven
 
Other upcoming books that haven’t been published yet:
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward - Oct. 3
People to Follow by Olivia Worley - Oct. 31
Class by Stephanie Land Non fiction (Maid) - Nov. 7
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose (The Maid) - Nov. 28
 
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2 years ago
52 minutes 34 seconds

Tiny Town Library Podcast
A slice of life in a small New England town as reported by the town librarians at the beginning of each month. Podcast includes town news, community updates, book recommendations, and guest interviews.