Fairfield What Are You Reading?

Fairfield Public Library's podcast helps you find your next great read.

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Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair

Guest: Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian

Guest: John Kofron, Youth and Teen Library Services Manager, Pequot Library

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This episode is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2025 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

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Library Staff Favorite Books for 2024:

Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian

James by Percival Everett

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian

Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena

Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

Emily Muller, Children's Librarian

A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian

The Backyard Bird by Amy Tan

How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard

Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services

When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Librarian

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Leslie Hagel, Adult Servies Librarian

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (selected twice!)

Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian

Table for Two by Amor Towles

Long Island by Colm Toibin

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames

Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian

This Book Will Make You An Artist by Ruth Millington and Ellen Surrey

Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan

Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Coordinator

A Murder Most French: American in Paris Mystery, Book 2 by Colleen Cambridge

A Fashionably French Murder (An American in Paris Mystery Book 3) (coming in April)

Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services

Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects Book 1) Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson and Howard Lyon

The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) Book 2 by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

After Oz by Gordon McAlpine

Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch

Children's Librarian and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Tamara:

Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat Hardcover by Li Chen

This Land: The History of the Land We Are On by Ashley Fairbanks

Looking forward to:

Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies by Megan McDonald

Your Places Series by Jon Klassen

Stefanie:

The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily by Richard Ayoade ill. David Roberts

Doctor Fairytale by Catherine Jacob, ill. Hoang Giang

Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts by Syl Sobel

Looking forward to:

Keeper of the Lost Cities – Unraveled by Shannon Messenger

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Emily:

Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn

The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen

Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner

Looking forward to:

Scare School Diaries: Forest Frights by Jarrett Lerner

Best Wishes: Like a Boss by Sarah Mlynowski and Hena Khan, ill. Jennifer Bricking

The Bad Guys in One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT

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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services, and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Mary:

Maria by Michelle Moran

The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff

In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

also mentioned:

The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Jen:

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

Snowglobe by Soyoung Park

Elaine:

James by Percival Everett

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

Long Island by Colm Toibin

Philip (up and coming):

Our Evenings by Alan Holinghurst

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Rough Pages by Lev AC Rosen

When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian, Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Jan:

The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne

The Yankee Way: the untold inside story of the Brian Cashman era by Andy Martino

Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: a history by William Alexander 

Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri

Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

Jessica:

The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones 

Once Upon A Time by Elizabeth Beller 

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 

She’s not Sorry by Mary Kubica

 Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Bébé day by day : 100 keys to French parenting by Pamela Druckerman

Leslie:

Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Roley

The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (current audio)

The Singer Sisters by Sarah Seltzer

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

The Sequel by Jean Hanff (talked about with Jess)

Philip

Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George

After Oz by Gordon McAlpine

Lark Ascending by Silas House

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Sue:

THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST  by Jana Milbocker

D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones

NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland

THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche

Due out in October

AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024

 BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024

 DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips

 THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024

Other titles:

On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers

THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic

Out May 14, 2024

MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O’Connor

Out February 2024   #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series

A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge  

Out in April   An American in Paris #2

Led me to… 

WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'S

INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman

out June 25, 2024

bestselling author of Bird Box

LOOKING FORWARD TO:

THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny         October 29

BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville                August 6

author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck.

THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG

ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Claudia:

American Mother by Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams

The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found

Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand

The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear

Philip:

In Tongues by Thomas Grattan

Wildful by Kengo Kurimato

Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Tamara

Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs by Heather L. Montgomery

One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth

The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly

Looking forward to:

The Infinity Rainbow Club Series (3 in a series) by Jen Malia and Peter Francis

Stefanie

The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation): An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla

Piano Wants to Play by Colleen Kong-Savage

Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo and Carmen Mok

Looking forward to:

The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Emily

Dogtown by Gennifer Choldenko and Katherine Applegate

Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto

Rise of the Green Flame: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah and Natasha Nayo

Looking forward to:

Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch) Book 1 of 2: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch by Coco Simon and Manuela Lopez

The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate

Karen's Sleepover: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #8) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina

Summer Reading coming soon!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair

Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair

Guest: Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT Reading Committee Member

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley.

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, and Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services.

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month's FPL staff picks:

Jan Fisher:

Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins

Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin

Mary Coe:

The Hunter by Tana French (also

The Official MIND Diet by Dr.

The Berry Pickers by Amanda

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

My Father's House by Joseph

Amy Peck:

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our

 Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of

A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds by

Philip Bahr:

Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: All Podcast Staff.

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.

Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager

The General and Julia by Jon Clinch

Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:

Big by Vashti Harrison

Simon sort of says by Erin Bow

Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James

Jessica Stevens:

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services

20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs

Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden

Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan

Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services

Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese

Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom

Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services

The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/

One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson

The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise

Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond

Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper

Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian

The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor