We discuss books our library's book clubs have covered in the last six months and offers som tips to making your book club successful.  Here is a partial listing of the discussed titles:

January Chapters: The Swimmers

January Facts: Ultra Processed People

January Rise & Read: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl (Tso-Chil) Gonzales

February Rise & Read: Instructions for a Heat Wave  by Maggie O'Farrell

February Investigating Mysteries: City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

April He Said, She Said: Educated by Tara Westover

Chapters March: Leave the World Behind

Rise and Read March: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel!

April Facts: Knowing what we Know by Simon Winchester

April Investigating Mysteries: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

April Chapters: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

June Facts: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

July Chapters: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

July Rise & Read: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottleib

Librarians Veronica Reynolds and Joe Barbieri dive into the historical record on The Bard and discuss his family, his life and the questions that surround his work.

Veronica and Joe are back! They celebrate their return with a dive into the life of Mary Shelly, author of Frankenstien and The Last Man.  Shelley's life matches the captial 'R' Romantic that she was at heart.

Librarians Veronica Reynolds and Joseph Barbieri begin a new series that asks the question: what is the great American novel? The most frequently listed title is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Joe and Veronica re-read the book and dive into it's highs and it's lows. Do they think it's the great American novel? What other books should they tackle in this series?

Veronica Reynolds and Joe Barbieri talk about twelve music videos that feature libraries, the fate of music videos in general and the fate of the monoculture.

Discover the amazing and tragic life of a literary figure that still looms large, one hundred and twenty-three years after his death. Witty, brilliant, and proud, Oscar Wilde left behind a legacy both troubled and rich.

Father, son and grandson all lead fasinating lives. So fasinating there's only time for father and son as we race through two amazing lives.

Veronica Reynolds tells Joe Barbieri about the origins of the language we use every day! A quick romp through history tells us so much about how language evolves!

Librarians Veronica Reynolds and Karen Ostertag discuss paranormal romance, horror, and recommend several titles while also talking about the subtle differences of genre, themes of early weird fiction, and what this whole speculative fiction thing even means.