This week Katie recommends "Your Song Changed My Life" by Bob Boilen. Katie and Burgundy also discuss how QPL continues to adapt during COVID.

This week Katie recommends "Hedy Lamarr: An Incredible Life" by Sylvain Dorange and William Roy, "The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)" by Philippa Perry, and "A Mile and a Half of Lines: The Art of James Thurber" by Michael J. Rosen. Katie and Burgundy also talk about Summer Reading and Beanstack.

This week we are talking cookbooks! Katie recommends "Afternoon tea at the Cutter & Squidge Bakery" by Annabel and Emily Lui, "The Lemonade Stand Cookbook" by Kathy Strahs, "The Gross Cookbook" by Susanna Tee, and "Plant, Cook, Eat! A Children's Cookbook" by Caroline Craig and Joe Archer. 

We are back! After taking a few weeks off, Katie and Burgundy are back and ready to talk books! This week, Katie recommends "Carving Out a Living on the Land: Lessons in Resourcefulness and Craft from an Unusual Christmas Tree Farm" by Emmet Van Driesche. Katie and Burgundy also talk Summer Reading and some of the precautions the library is currently taking. 

Listen to our bonus episode this week! Katie recommends "In Pieces" by Sally Fields for anyone who likes a good story. Katie and Burgundy also discuss some of the digital services QPL provides!

Book Notes is back! This week, Katie recommends "Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital" by Sheri Fink, available as an audiobook on Libby. We also talk about some of our favorite comfort reads, and discuss some of the digital services QPL has available.

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This week on Book Notes, QPL Reference Librarian Katie Kraushaar and Marketing Coordinator Burgundy Hill are talking Shakespeare! Katie recommends The Merchant in Venice, and they talk about all the resources that are available at QPL to make Shakespeare accessible to all reading levels.