The Bookmark

By Wabash Carnegie Public Library

Laura and Rachel chat about the goings on at the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, covering everything from book recommendations to services you may not even know you can get from your local library.... more

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December 05, 2023 Book 3, Chapter 3: Holiday Gift Guide 2023
Trying to figure out what to get the book lover on your list? Does your mom keep asking what YOU want for Christmas and you need ideas for your own list? The Bookmark has you covered!
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
Basics with Babish: A Guide to Making a Mess, Making Mistakes, and Making Great Food by Andrew Rea
Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin
The Way of the House Husband: The Gangster's Guide to Housekeeping by Laurie Ulster, Victoria Rosenthal, Kousuke Oono (Creator)
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Making It So by Patrick Stewart
The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
Being Henry by Henry Winkler
Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan
The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America by Steve Inskeep
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith
Fangirl 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition by Rainbow Rowell
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write by Alex Johnson, Illustrated by James Oses
Murdle books by G.T. Karber
The Totally Awesome Book of Useless Information by Noel Botham
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo
Just Because by Matthew McConaughey
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

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November 07, 2023 Book Three, Episode 2: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Rachel has gone off the rails and Laura is doing her best to keep this pod afloat. (They also talk about the live podcast record that took place on October 25, 2023 - due to some audio issues, that episode was unable to be released, but recording it was really fun!)

We both read:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Books Laura has read since the last episode:
The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart
American Demon by Daniel Stashower
The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
Spear by Nicola Griffith
Crossings by Alex Landragin
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Book of Night by Holly Black
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Books Rachel has been revisiting:
Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters universe, including The Mortal Instruments, The Dark Artifices, The Infernal Devices and The Eldest Curses.
Other Japanese fiction in translation that we like: Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari and Erased by Kei Sanbe
A special thank you to our guest this month, Marion Castle!
Laura also wants to thank her doctor, because without him she would not have read 15 books this month.

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October 03, 2023 Book Three, Chapter One: Ask Us Anything
Welcome to the very first chapter of Book Three of The Bookmark. This month we answered your questions about books, tropes, gift-giving, and more. Have more questions to ask us? Send them to us, and we'll be happy to answer them on a future episode!
Books we discussed this month:
The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney
The Rosewood Hunt by Mackenzie Reed
Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis
Claws and Contrivance by Stephanie Burgis
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
The Love Study by Kris Ripper
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Foundation Saga by Isaac Asimov
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones
Dav Pilkey's books
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
DK's Eyewitness Books
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
The Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Jane Austen's books
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Calvin and Hobbes comics by Bill Watterson
Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Chef's Choice by T.J. Alexander
The Left Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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September 05, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 12: Happy Podiversary, Again
It's time to celebrate two years of The Bookmark! This month we asked WCPL staff members to join us in celebrating our podiversary.

Here's what we read this month:
The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Darkhearts by James L. Sutter
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Once More with Feeling Elissa Sussman
A Little Too Familiar by Lish McBride
Rough Around the Hedges by Lish McBride
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Staff Desert Island Reads:
Ware Wimberly: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis or The Civil War by Shelby Foote
Savannah Neher: Lucinda Berry or The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
Polly: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Abby: The Bible
Victoria: Bleak House
Leah: The Giver by Lois Lowry or The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Laura: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Romantics and Victorians, various authors (If that's cheating, she wants Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones)
Rachel: The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman

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August 01, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 11: Exciting Fall Releases
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. Each month, we'll let you know what's going on at the library, along with making a few book recommendations, introducing you to another member of our staff, and filling you in on services you may not even know are available at your library.
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July 18, 2023Book Two, Bonus Chapter 2: Roll for MORE Recommendations
There were so many recommendations in July's podcast record that we couldn't leave half of them on the cutting room floor! Here are some extra recs:
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

Faded Coat of Blue by Owen Parry (pen name of Ralph Peters)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Devil in the White City Erik Larson

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

The Noodle Shop Mysteries by Vivien Chein

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Agatha Raisin series by M.C. Beaton

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

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July 03, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 10: Roll for Recommendations
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. This month we're trying out a trend from TikTok and rolling for book recommendations. We also fill you in on how Summer Reading is going and give you a construction update so you know what to expect when you come visit us.
This is how we rolled:
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Mystery)
Heavy by Kiese Laymon (Biography and Memoir)
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune (Romance)
The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman (Dark Academia)
LEGO: A Love Story by Jonathan Bender (Biography and Memoir)
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Literary Fiction)
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Whittman (True Crime)
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Classic)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Children's Classic)
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (Western)
Outlawed by Anna North (Western)
The Devil's Revolver by V.S. McGrath (Western)
The Riddlemaster of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip (Fantasy)
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip (Fantasy)
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Historical Nonfiction)
Chuck Klosterman's books (Historical Nonfiction)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore (Historical Nonfiction)
Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton (Adventure)
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Thriller)
The Martian by Andy Weir (Science Fiction)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Science Fiction)
This Book Is Full of Spiders by Jason Pargin (Horror)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Dystopian)
Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook by Sohla el-Waylly (Cookbook)
The Woks of Life by the Leung family (Cookbook)
The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook (Obviously also a Cookbook)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Thriller)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Thriller)
Master and Commander series by Patrick O'Brian (Historical Fiction)
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (Satire)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Satire)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (Satire)
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

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June 06, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 9: All Together Now
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. Each month, we'll let you know what's going on at the library, along with making a few book recommendations, introducing you to another member of our staff, and filling you in on services you may not even know are available at your library.
This month, we talked about…
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Buried Bones (podcast)
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Heartwood Hotel by Kallie George
The Donut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
The Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
The Witchlands series by Susan Dennard
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Theodora Goss
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Afterward by E.K. Johnston
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Louise Penny's Armand Gamache books
Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones
Stevie Bell mysteries by Maureen Johnson
Cassandra Clare's books
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Armand Gamache books by Louise Penny
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
Murderbot and The Witch King by Martha Wells
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Darkhearts by James L. Sutter
Once More With Feeling by Ellisa Sussman
The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre
Pageboy by Elliot Page
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May 02, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 8: About the Construction
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. Each month, we'll let you know what's going on at the library, along with making a few book recommendations, introducing you to another member of our staff, and filling you in on services you may not even know are available at your library.
The Wabash Carnegie Public Library will be closed from May 12th to May 29th due to construction. Stock up on print materials and get to know our digital collections!

This month, we talked about…
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Agatha Raisin (TV series)
Death in Paradise (TV series)

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April 04, 2023 Book Two, Chapter 7: We're Going to the Movies
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. Each month, we'll let you know what's going on at the library, along with making a few book recommendations, introducing you to another member of our staff, and filling you in on services you may not even know are available at your library.
This month we talked movies and TV adaptations.

Thumbs up adaptations:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit (Peter Jackson's version)
The Hobbit (animated--Rachel likes this, Laura strongly disagrees)
Pinecone and Pony
Heartstopper
Shadow and Bone
About a Boy
High Fidelity
Jurassic Park
The Princess Bride
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Little Women
The Wizard of Oz
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Good Omens
Howl's Moving Castle
The Princess Diaries
Sherlock
The Martian
World War Z
Ready Player One
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Fight Club
Divergent (Rachel likes this)
The Maze Runner
Anne of Green Gables (with Megan Fellows)
Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes
David Suchet's Hercule Poirot
The Hollow Crown
Bleak House
Persuasion (2007)
Jane Eyre (2006)
Easy A
Julie and Julia

Thumbs DOWN:
The Hobbit, animated version (Laura REALLY hates this)
The Woman in White
The Moonstone
Paper Towns
Divergent (Laura hates this)
The Fault in Our Stars
Twilight
The Hunger Games
The Scarlet Letter
The Nanny Diaries
The original Percy Jackson movies (the Percy Jackson books are getting another adaptation and will hopefully be very good this time--coming soon to Disney+)
Paper Towns
The Dark Is Rising
City of Bones (film)
The Girl on the Train

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