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Fairfield What Are You Reading? episodes

January 27, 2022 Episode 12: Children's Lit: Newbery Nominees, Dragons, and a Japanese Adventure
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly, Ice Dragon vol 6 by Jordan Quinn
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Services Librarian
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate Dicamillo
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca – It did win a Newbery honor!
Youth Media Awards: https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba (Author), Miho Satake (Illustrator), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator)
Tidesong by Wendy Xu
Winter Reading Challenge: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/winter-reading/
34 min
December 22, 2021 Episode 11: Our Favorite Books for 2021
Join us as we celebrate 2021 and all the great reads from this past year - what books inspired, informed, and made us smile this year.
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Linda Quinn, Adult Services:
Billy Summers by Stephen King
Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
City of Secrets by Victoria Ying
City of Illusion by Victoria Ying
Claudia Silk, Adult Services
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Henry
The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Jessica Stevens, Adult Services
The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial
Philip Bahr, Adult Services and podcast host
Alec: A Novel by William di Canzio
Lies With Man (Henry Rios Mystery #3 by Michael Nava
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Mary Coe, Adult Services
In Memoriam: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier
The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
The Reading List: A Novel by Sara Nisha Adams
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Happiest Girl in the World: A Novel by Alena Dillon
While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams
Tamara Lyhne, Children's Services
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Vol 4) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good as Gold (Whatever After) by Sarah Mlynowski
Stefanie Bergstrom, Children's Services
Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire
Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood by Mark A. Torres
I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion by Nancy Barile
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
53 min
November 10, 2021 Episode 10: Mathew Pearl's Jemima Boone, Taylor Jenkins Reid's Collection, and Stanley Tucci
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor
The Taking of Jemima Boone by Mathew Pearl
Read a-likes:
The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
The Splendid And The Vile by Erik Larson
Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
Bloody Crimes: The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln And The Chase For Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson
The Heron’s Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel (#2 In Series) by Ann Cleeves
Yonder by Jabari Asim (due out in January)
A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham (due out in January)
Murder On An Irish Farm (An Irish Village Mystery #8) by Carlene O’Connor (due out in February)

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
The Family by Naomi Krupitski
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Violetta by Isabel Allende (due out in January)
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Jessica Stevens, Branch Reference Librarian
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services
How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
26 min
October 21, 2021 Episode 9: October Thrillers, Non-fiction, and Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Adult Non-fiction:
Fuzz: When nature breaks the law by Mary Roach
How y'all doing? Misadventures and mischief from a life well lived by Leslie Jordan (audiobook: read by Leslie Jordan)
Adult Fiction:
Leave the world behind by Rumaan Alam
Heron's Cry (Book 2, Detective Matthew Venn series) by Ann Cleeves

Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Sycthe by Neal Shusterman
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time: https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/

Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate Main
Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Bury Me in Shadows by Gregg Herren
Time YA:
I'll Get There, It better be worth the trip by John Donovan
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by
Benjamin Alire Saenz
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Day of Dialog: https://www.libraryjournal.com/?event=library-journal-day-of-dialog-nyc-ve-spring
34 min
September 15, 2021 Episode 8: Spooky Thrillers, TJ Klune, and Spotify Book Soundtracks
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
The Great Glorious Goddamn of it All by Josh Ritter
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel
My Body is a Big Fat Temple: an ordinary story of pregnancy and early motherhood
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

Leslie Hagel, Part-Time Adult Services Librarian
The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski
Not a Happy Family by Shari LaPena
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
Alec by William di Canzio
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
41 min
August 12, 2021 Episode 7: Children's Librarians, Middle Grade Reads, and #OwnVoices
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark
Coming soon:
8/31 Friends Forever by Shannon Hale art by LeUyen Pham
9/14 A Soft Place to Land By Janae Marks
9/14 What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Curie
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian
When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller
Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac
Coming soon:
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal
It Fell From the Sky by The Fan Brothers
(Smart Cookie by Jory John, lol)
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
The Comeback by E. L. Shen
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine
Coming soon:
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
City of Illusion by Victoria Ying
Room to Dream by Kelly Yang
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
32 min
July 19, 2021 Episode 6: Brat Pack Memoir, Cookbooks, and Summer Suspense Thrillers
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Helene Murtha, Town Librarian
Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
Brat: An ‘80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
I Will Judge You By Yout Bookshelf by Grant Snider
Looking forward to:
Nighthawks by Elly Griffith
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Oscan

Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell
Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Mr. Met : How a sports-mad kid from Jersey became like family to generations of big leaguer by Jay Horowitz
Tom Seaver : A Terrific Life by Bill Madden
House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell
Looking forward to:
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
A Line to Kill : A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery by Anthony Horowitz
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
Door to Door 7/6/2021: Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Archer in Conversation (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/Bh9bgCv2UUU

Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian
Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering
GrowVeg: the beginners guide to easy vegetable gardening by Benedict Vanheems
The Secret Ingredient Cookbook: 125 family friendly recipes with surprisingly tasty twists by Kelly Senye
Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering
Looking forward to:
Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing by Pete Davis
Matrix by Lauren Groff

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services; Podcast Host
Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe by Stefanie Posavec
Looking forward to:
Unprotected by Billy Porter
33 min
June 15, 2021 Episode 5: Summer Reading, Advanced Reader Copies, and Pride
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Sue Balla, Circulation Manager
Anthony Doerr:
• ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
• CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Chris Bohjalian
• HOUR OF THE WITCH
Jennifer Saint
• ARIADNE
Grady Hendrix:
• THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP
Stuart Neville
• THE HOUSE OF ASHES
• GHOSTS OF BELFAST

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Lightning Strike by William Kent Kruegger

Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services
New LGBTQ books for Pride 2021:
Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
After Francesco by Brian Malloy
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

37 min
May 17, 2021 Episode 3: Favorite Authors, Nature Non-fiction and a Thriller
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Helene Murtha, Town Librarian
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (referred to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens)
Every Last Fear by Alex Finley (referred to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold)
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (referred to The Mother In Lawby Sally Hepworth)
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Owls of the eastern Ice : a quest to find and save the world’s largest owl by Jonathan Slaght
(audiobook, read by author)
Nomadland: surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder
(audiobook, read by Karen White)
Series titles due out:
Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves (book 2 of Two Rivers series; out Sept 7)
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache series; out Aug 24)
Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson (Longmire series; out Sept. 21)
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (Release date: June 1, 2021)
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Release date: June 1, 2021)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Release date: September 28, 2021)
Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services
Lies With Man by Michael Nava (Henry Rios Mysteries #8) (Release date: April 27, 2021)
27 min
May 17, 2021 Episode 4: Thrillers, Nutmegs, and Road Trips
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Girls I’ve Been By Tess Sharpe
Linda Quinn, Reference Associate
Falling by TJ Newman
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Mercy House by Alena Dillon
The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon
Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (brief mention)
The Searcher by Tana French
Upcoming:
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash (September 21st)
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (October 5th)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (September 28th)
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services (host)
Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky
also discussed a film with Anne Bancroft: The Turning Point (1977)
32 min

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