The Bookmark

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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We recommend:

The Betty Crocker Cookbook

America's Test Kitchen and their cookbook collection

I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown

The Wok by J. Kenji López-Alt

Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines

Dessert Person and What's for Dessert? by Claire Saffitz

Bake by Paul Hollywood

Nadiya Bakes by Nadiya Hussain

Savory Bakes by Erin McDowell

The Dude Diet by Serena Wolf

Damn Delicious Meal Prep by Chungah Rhee

Make it Ahead by Ina Garten

Beautiful Boards by Maegan Brown

Stilton. The cheese. Just a whole block of it. Enjoy.

Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman

Katie Brown Entertains by Katie Brown

The Woks of Life by Bill, Judy, Sarah, and Kaitlin Leung

Indian-ish by Priya Krishna

East and Made in India by Meera Sodha

Instantly Indian by Madhur Jaffrey (and all her other books)

Plenty and Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi

Supercook.com

Marcella Hazan and her simple yet beautiful tomato sauce with onion and butter.

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.

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.

It's Book Two! Thanks so much for listening to us. Now have some spooky recommendations, as a treat:

Foods you should be eating this season include but are not limited to: Pumpkin rolls, candy corn (Laura does not endorse this one), pumpkin-shaped cookies, Pumpkin Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, this specific Halloween candy, and Almond Joy or Mounds depending on your relationship to tree nuts.

Movies and TV that we love include Diabolique, E.T., the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, Young Frankenstein, Knives Out, The Book of Life, Hocus Pocus, It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Supernatural, and The X-Files.

We also encourage you to make spooky crafty fall things and also check out some special effects makeup!

BOOKS: 

Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

Body by Asa Nonami

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Edgar Allen Poe's works

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Tana French's books

Ruth Ware's books

Thr3e by Ted Dekker

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle

It's our Podiversary! Celebrate with Rachel and Laura while they talk about the books they're looking forward to reading this fall and do a fun quiz with a very special guest.

Get some early literacy information at Read Aloud 15 Minutes, and sign your little pre-readers up for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten at WCPL on the Beanstack website or app!

Delicious! by Ruth Reichl. Copies of this book will be available for purchase at the circulation desk, but you can get started reading now on the Libby app! Make sure you register for our book discussion on September 21st!

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

Thursday Next series (The new book is coming in 2023, so you have time to catch up.)

Amish Horror, the genre you didn’t know you needed

Patricia A. McKillip’s books

Note: Our elevator work has yet to begin. We will announce the start of construction on our social media and will share any updates about accessibility with as much notice as possible. Keep an eye out, and sign up for text alerts on our website for updates on library closures. 

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. A special thank you to Marion Castle for being our quiz show host in this episode and for providing us with such an excellent bookish dad joke.

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.

Text Alerts!

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All the books recommended in this month's podcast are available digitally via the Libby app or Overdrive. If you need help getting started with ebooks, ask us at the circulation desk! 

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett--Here's a Discworld reading guide to tell you what book to start with!

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. (We also love: Fortunately, the Milk, Coraline, and Stardust, all by Neil Gaiman)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (The book is COMPLETELY different from the movie, but Laura loves both!)

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

Agatha Christie books

Rachel loves a cookbook! Check out Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines, The Dude Diet by Serena Wolfe, or the great ones from Yotam Ottolenghi.

Rachel’s Slump-Busters: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, Louise Penny's books, When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Laura’s Slump-Busters: All are graphic novels! Check out Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu, The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (Laura misspoke--the main characters of the book are Vietnamese), Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill, Nimona by Noelle Stevenson, and everything by Kate Beaton

This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.

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.

Sign up for Text Alerts! We promise not to blow up your phone!

This month, we discussed bookish "Would you rather" questions. Here are the books we mentioned in our answers:

Louise Penny (of course)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Poirot series by Agatha Christie

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins

Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.

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.

Beanstack—Join the Summer Reading Program! You can also use the app, available on Google and Apple.

Armand Gamache books

Louise Penny’s Website

Cat Sebastian’s books

Rosemary and Thyme

Gamache Series website

Emily Carr's artwork

The Nature of the Feast PDF by Louise Penny

Genealogy at WCPL

Secret Cat Forest App, available on Google and Apple

David Copperfield (1999 miniseries, Laura highly recommends)

Charles Dickens’ Kids Nicknames

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Victoria Dolmanet.

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.

It's our first mini-episode and there is still not enough room to link all of the books you'll hear recommended in this episode. Most of them can be put on hold through our physical or digital collections and a bookmark with all of the titles and authors is available in the library or through our website.

The WCPL Summer Reading Program, "Oceans of Possibilities," takes place from June 3 - July 16, 2022! 

Summer Slide  

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Squid Hats  

Fish Flops  

This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler, Rachel Castle, and Polly Howell and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to Julie Lengel, Abby Abbott, Cody Abbott, Victoria Dolmanet, Polly Howell, and Bethany for offering their summer reading recommendations! 

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.

There's not enough space to link all the books discussed in this episode, but most can be put on hold on the Libby app or our on our online catalog with your library card.

Alice Bands

Book of Night by Holly Black

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

The Curse Workers series by Holly Black

Killers Amidst Killers: Hunting Serial Killers Operating Under the Cloak of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Billy Jensen

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Ruth Galloway Mysteries by Elly Griffiths (Laura may have called Ruth by a new and confusing name she made up in her head, but she was wrong. The character is named Ruth, not Rose.)

The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

I Kissed Shara Wheeler and One Lasby Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

While you’re at it, also read Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

Stevie Bell Mysteries by Maureen Johnson

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Sadie by Courtney Summers

"Honkaku" mysteries from Japan

Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

Mean Baby by Selma Blair

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Sounds Like a Cult Podcast

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Abby Abbott.

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 discussed:

*THE LUME Indianapolis at Newfields

*Noodle Shop Mysteries by Vivien Chien

*The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, on Netflix (subscription required)

*The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

*And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, Illustrated by Henry Cole

*Nasreen's Secret School by Jeanette Winter

*Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

*Family Secrets Podcast

*Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

*Smile by Raina Telgemeier

*Goodreads 

*James Herriot's books

*BBC's All Creatures Great and Small, on PBS Masterpiece

*Heated Outdoor Cat Houses for Strays

*Wabash Public Library's StoryWalk (For information on StoryWalk sponsorships, please contact the library or stop by the Children's Room.)

*Dial-A-Story from WCPL, call 260-274-8400

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Amy Wendt.

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 discussed: 

*Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie

*Kids Book Club, March 7th at 6:00 PM: Kondo and Kezumi Visit Giant Island by David Goodner

*Chapter Book Club, March 21st at 6:30 PM: History Comics The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes by Kate Hannigan

*The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

*When Strivings Cease by Ruth Chou Simons

*Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger

*The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

*The Honjin Murders (Kosuke Kindaichi Mysteries) by Seishi Yokomizo

*Junji Ito's artwork

*Dragon Sword, Wind Child by Norjiko Ogiwara 

*Witchmark by C.L. Polk

*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

*Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

*Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

*Pokémon Legends: Arceus

*Stardew Valley

*Animal Crossing New Horizons

*Laura's Smashbook Video

*Brandon Sanderson's books

*Dungeons and Dragons

*The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book: 40 Fast, Easy, and Fun Tabletop Games by James D'Amato

*Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Player's Handbook, all available in our print collection

*Roll20

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Cody Abbott.