Not Your Mother's Library

Let's listen in and hear all about OCPL's new playaways! Leah and Rachel celebrate this new collection by dishing out the details of their favorite audiobooks.

Check out what we talked about:

Audiobooks mentioned:

“To Die For” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous” by Linda Howard, "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul” from the "Dirk Gently" series by Douglas Adams, the "Arcane Society" series by Jayne Ann Krentz / Jayne Castle / Amanda Quick, “Dune” by Frank Herbert, "The Others" series by Anne Bishop, and “Night Film" by Marisha Pessl.

TV shows and movies mentioned:

Dirk Gently, BBC Four

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, BBC America

Dune, Director Denis Villeneuve

Dune, Director David Lynch

Tremors, Director Ron Underwood

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In order to celebrate the library's new board game collection, Rachel and Leah tell one another about their go-to tabletop games.

Check out what we talked about:

"Clue," "Goosebumps: Terror in the Graveyard," "Bananagrams," "Are You Afraid of the Dark?," and "Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle."

View a full list of items in OCPL's board game collection game by visiting our website: oakcreeklibrary.org/parents

Request board games and other items by filling out our Curbside Pick Up Request Form: oakcreeklibrary.org/curbside

To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast

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Our hosts discuss the Summer Reading Challenge, cookbooks, the importance of vegetables, and silly cat videos.

Imagine Your Story by registering for Oak Creek Public Library's 2020 Summer Reading Challenge: oakcreeklibrary.org/src

Check out what we talked about:

The 2016 movie "My Life as a Zucchini," directed by Claude Barras. "Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom, with Over 300 Deliciously Simple Recipes" by Deborah Madison and "Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants" by Stefani Bittner. The "Uncharted" video game franchise, "The Fourth Labyrinth” by Christopher Golden, and "Prey" by Linda Howard.

For more information on National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, visit: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-sneak-some-zucchini-into-your-neighbors-porch-day-august-8/

To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast

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Rachel and Leah start the Summer Reading Challenge by talking about their favorite fairy tales.

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Check out what we talked about:

"Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories" by Thornton W. Burgess, featuring "Why Striped Chipmunk is Proud of His Stripes." "The Classic Fairy Tales" edited by Maria Tatar, featuring "Tiger's Bride" by Angela Carter and "Bluebeard's Egg" by Margaret Atwood. "Trouble with Trolls" and "The Mitten" by Jan Brett.

For more information on Project Gutenberg, visit:

www.gutenberg.org

To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast

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Leah and Rachel celebrate National Dairy Month by talking about books and authors based in and around the state of Wisconsin.

Check out what we talked about:

"Images of America: Oak Creek Wisconsin" by Anita and Larry Rowe, "Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past" by John Gurda, "The Coincidence of Coconut Cake" by Amy Reichert, "Warriors, Saints, and Scoundrals: Brief Portraits of Real People Who Shaped Wisconsin's History" by Michael Edmonds and Samantha Snyder," "Walking Home Ground: In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth" by Robert Root, and "Seven Stones" by Julia Lee.

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Who doesn't love to laugh? Rachel shares a handful of classic British TV shows that will have you in stitches.

Here's everything we talked about in the episode:

The Office (U.K.), BBC Two / BBC One

The Office (U.S.), NBC

Black Books, Channel 4

Spaced, Channel 4

The IT Crowd, Channel 4

Green Wing, Channel 4

Extras, BBC Two / BBC One

Read the article that Rachel mentioned by visiting:

https://time.com/3720218/difference-between-american-british-humour

For more information on Interlibrary Loans, visit:

https://oakcreeklibrary.org/borrowing-fees

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This week, Leah talks all about two true crime books for her mini!

Titles mentioned:

"Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson with readalike "In the Garden of Beasts" by the same author. Also, "The Good Nurse" by Charles Graeber.

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Rachel gets nostalgic with kid-friendly horror shows! Watchalikes included.

Here's everything we talked about in the episode:

The "Goosebumps," "HorrorLand," and "SlappyWorld" series by R.L. Stine.

Goosebumps, Fox Kids

Episodes:

Season 2, Episode 5 - "The Headless Ghost"

Season 2, Episode 13 - "Let’s Get Invisible"

Season 1, Episode 4 - "The Girl Who Cried Monster"

Season 3, Episode 3 - "The House of No Return"

Season 3, Episode 1 - "Shocker on Shock Street"

Season 2, Episode 8 - "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes"

Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nickelodeon

Episodes:

Season 1, Episode 6 - "The Tale of the Super Specs"

Season 2, Episode 2 - "The Tale of the Midnight Madness"

Season 2, Episode 10 - "The Tale of The Shiny Red Bicycle"

Season 2, Episode 13 - "The Tale of Old Man Corcoran"

Season 5, Episode 1 - "The Tale of the Dead Man’s Float"

Season 1, Episode 12 - "The Tale of the Prom Queen"

Season 4, Episode 9 - "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner"

Season 6, Episode 8 - "The Tale of Vampire Town"

R.L. Stone's The Haunting Hour, Hub Network / Discovery Family

Episodes:

Season 1, Episode 4 - "The Dead Body"

Season 1, Episode 17 - "Catching Cold"

Season 2, Episode 12 - "Dreamcatcher"

Season 2, Episode 8 - "Mascot"

Season 3, Episode 9 - "Poof de Fromage"

Season 3, Episodes 1-2 - "Grampires"

The Twilight Zone, CBS

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Fox

Goosebumps (2015), Director Rob Letterman

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Director Ari Sandel

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Leah gushes about Old World Wisconsin, her childhood memories of it, and a book that is set there!

Here's everything we talked about in the episode:

Old World Wisconsin: https://oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_Wisconsin

“Old World Murder” and “The Heirloom Murders” from the Chloe Ellefson Mystery series by Kathleen Ernst.

Author Jerry Apps.

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This month, Rachel focuses on different genres. This episode is all about niche films with neon noir themes.

Here's everything we talked about in the episode:

Music mentioned:

Artists S U R V I V E, Kavinsky, Chromatics, and Disasterpiece.

New Retrowave on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD-4g5w1h8xQpLaNS_ghU4g

Neon Nights on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrTeuVswPozq3VJKN73-N0g

Movies mentioned:

Drive (2011), Director Nicolas Winding Refn

The Guest (2014), Director Adam Wingard

It Follows (2014), Director David Robert Mitchell

Good Time (2017), Directors Benny and Josh Safdie

Nightcrawler (2014), Director Dan Gilroy

The Neon Demon (2016) and Only God Forgives (2013), Director Nicolas Winding Refn

Nerve (2016), Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010), Director Panos Cosmatos

Maniac (2012), Director Franck Khalfoun

Lost River (2014), Director Ryan Gosling

Enter the Void (2009), Director Gaspar Noé

Read the article that Rachel mentioned by visiting:

https://www.thatmomentin.com/5-neon-noir-movies-watch-blade-runner-2049

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