The Page Turner

Wrapping up our summer series of speaking to YOU, the patrons, today we have a very special guest, Taara Jayaraj! Host Breanna chats with Taara, who has been coming to the library since she was 7 years old! Tune in as we chat about book to movie adaptations, how fiction and reality reflect each other, dystopian fiction, technology and the future, and more!

Continuing our summer series of speaking to YOU, the patrons, today we have a very special guest, Esha Bagora! Host Breanna chats with Esha, our teen representative on the Library Board! She is able to give a wonderfully unique perspective, by having a voice on both the patron side and advisory side of our library!

Hosts Breanna and Francisco chat with our first patron guest, Nancy Eldredge, about A (Very) Brief History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee. In A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee zips through the last 4.6 billion years with infectious enthusiasm and intellectual rigor. Drawing on the very latest scientific understanding and writing in a clear, accessible style, he tells an enlightening tale of survival and persistence that illuminates the delicate balance within which life has always existed.

Hosts Breanna, and Very Special Guest Mary Smathers, discuss her book In This Land of Plenty.

Mary Smathers is an independent author whose book In this Land of Plenty has been awarded numerous accolades included the Best Regional Fiction--E-book, Bronze, Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2021 and Shelf Unbound Best Indies, Top 100 Notable Book of 2020!

In this Land of Plenty is an expansive American family saga set against the rich history of California.

Hosts Breanna, and Very Special Guest Jen Siraganian, Poet Laureate of the Town of Los Gatos, discuss The Carrying by the prolific and talented Ada Limón. The Carrying is a poetry collection full of vulnerable, tender, acute, serious, and more brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. Listen to also learn more about the Town's Poet Laureate, how she got her dream job, and more!

Hosts Breanna, and Special Guest Francisco, discuss a graphic novel for the first time on the podcast! March is a trilogy, written by late Congressman John Lewis, about his time during the Civil Rights movement, starting when he was just a young teen. A thoughtful, beautiful curated, but most importantly truthful look at various harrowing and inspiring moments of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.

Host Breanna, and special guests Carol and Amanda, discuss the first book in a steamy new series from the prolific romance author Gena Showalter. The Warlord is so much more than just a romance! There's warriors, people fighting to become Gods, scheming, two people falling in love...and did we mention the steaminess? The podcast is tame, but we recommend all listeners who decide to read this book be 18+! Thanks for listening!

Hosts Breanna, and Special Guest Amanda, discuss The Comfort Book by Matt Haig. This is a nonfiction title from the prolific fiction author that reads more like a journal than anything else. In it Haig makes note of positive and comforting quotes, memories, song quotes, philosophical quotes, and more as a point of comfort. Although the aim is to comfort, he doesn't back away from difficult topics, such as depression and anxieties.

We're the 1st official podcast from The Los Gatos Public Library!

Every month Librarian Breanna and a rotating cast of hosts, all who work at the library, will discuss a book in our collection, but that's not all!

We also give insights into the behind the scenes of the library, upcoming events, answer listener book recommendations requests, and more!

We post the first Tuesday of every month!

Join our hosts, Breanna and Gwyn, for both a non-spoiler review and a review with spoilers of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. They do an in depth review of the book, suggest a read-alike, and give a behind-the-scenes story about the Los Gatos Library.