Whether you are looking for a day trip, a weekend getaway, a special event or just to make some lasting memories with friends or family, the state of North Carolina has some great options that will appeal to just about every interest.  Join us as we discuss three locations in North Carolina, Beech Mountain Resort, Blowing Rock and Biltmore Estate, that are perfect for your next trip. #northcarolinatrips #weekendgetaways #ncwinteractivities #wanderlust #goexplore #doyoutravel 

Welcome to the Page to Screen edition of the Yadkin County Public Library Podcast, where each month, we’ll be discussing a book that has been turned into a movie or TV series, as well as the reception of each.  This month we'll be discussing Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, which was first published in 1996.  The book has since won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize as well. The novel has also been nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel award,  a Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book award, and a Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel award.  In 2017, the novel was adapted for the big screen as a CBC Television miniseries of the same name, Alias Grace.

Read Alikes for Alias Grace include:

1.   Burial rites by Hannah Kent

2.  His bloody project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

3.  Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

4.  The confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

5.  The Massey murder by Charlotte Gray

6.  See what I have done by Sarah Schmidt

7.  The lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

8.  The companion  by Kim Taylor Blakemore

9.  The lives of Diamond Bessie by Jody Hadlock

All of these read-alike books (with the exception of "The Massey Murder") are available for checkout through NC Cardinal with an NC Cardinal library card.  Alias Grace is also available through NC Cardinal in a variety of mediums, including the book, in large and regular print, as well as audiobook on CD.  The Alias Grace CBC 2017 miniseries adaption is also available for checkout through NC Cardinal on DVD  

Other library staff will be bringing you more topics each week. Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1 pm for a new episode.  Be sure to contact us if you have questions, and visit our social media and website for more great resources. • Phone: 336-679-8792 • Email: [email protected] • nwrlibrary.org/yadkin • www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary • www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary • twitter.com/YadkinL • www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary

Welcome to the next episode of Cozy on up in NC Cardinal! Each episode is a journey through a Cozy Mystery theme or author available in NC Cardinal public libraries. This month, we're looking at coffee cozies! Well, just like our book character Lana Lewis, who is tasked with writing a newspaper feature on coffee, I too open with a blurb about it, and a list of coffee history books in NC Cardinal. The book we're reviewing this month is Tara Lush's *GROUNDS FOR MURDER*, book #1 in the Coffee Lover's Mystery series. There are currently 3 books in this series, with #3 having come out in October 2022.

I loved this book, so take a listen to find out why!

Feel free to join our Goodreads group or Amazon Book Clubs to discuss and recommend books to your fellow cozy mystery lovers. We also have a Pinterest board, if you’d like to follow along there and grab a digital copy of the handout I make for each theme.

Welcome to the third episode of Ripples in Space hosted by the Yadkin County Public Library.  Each month we review a new science fiction book and discuss major scientific concepts used throughout the story.   For this episode, we are reviewing The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One is a collection of the best in science fiction stories from the years 1929-1964.

This week, we meet some of the most prolific science fiction writers in history; Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, and Alfred Bester.  We meet a murderous android who is specifically programmed not to harm, a group of explorers who land on a Mars that looks quite familiar and encounter people on the planet Lagash 4 hours before the possible end of the world. 

Each week, other staff members will be bringing you more topics.  Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1pm for a new episode.   Feel free to follow and connect with us on www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary  www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary  twitter.com/YadkinL and www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary . And contact us if you have any questions! Email:[email protected] and Phone: 336-679-8792.

If you are looking for a new read during the Christmas break or something to read during holiday travel, join us as we discuss new releases for this month.  Books discussed are organized by genre, providing books in a variety of genres:  mystery, thriller, general fiction, nonfiction, mystery and cozy mystery.  If you are interested in any of the books discussed, log into your account through the NC Cardinal catalog and place your hold. #newreleases #tbr #whatshouldireadwednesday #ycplpodcast #nccardinal

Welcome to the Page to Screen edition of the Yadkin County Public Library Podcast, where each month, we’ll be discussing a book that has been turned into a movie or TV series, as well as the reception of each.  For this installment of page to screen, since we’re coming up on Christmas and the holiday season, I thought it would be fun to go over a list of Christmas themed books and their accompanying film adaptations. 

Other library staff will be bringing you more topics each week. Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1 pm for a new episode.  Be sure to contact us if you have questions, and visit our social media and website for more great resources.

 • Phone: 336-679-8792 

• Email: [email protected] 

• nwrlibrary.org/yadkin 

• www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary 

• www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary 

• twitter.com/YadkinL 

• www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary

Welcome to the next episode of Cozy on up in NC Cardinal! Each episode is a journey through a Cozy Mystery theme or author available in NC Cardinal. I open with some history or chatter on the topic, then I jump into the books – author’s bio, series info, character snippets to flesh out what we’re looking at (sometimes you can connect to a story if you see yourself reflected it it), favorite quote (no spoilers), book readability (does it grab your attention, have an annoying character, confusing plot holes, etc.), lead character plausibility on why involved in the investigation, and plausibility / guessability on the crime.

Feel free to join our Goodreads group or Amazon Book Clubs to discuss and recommend books to your fellow cozy mystery lovers. We also have a Pinterest board, if you’d like to follow along there and grab a digital copy of the handout I make for each theme.

This month, we're opening with a discussion of Christmas foods and their history, then I jump into reviewing two books:

Welcome to the second episode of Ripples in Space hosted by the Yadkin County Public Library.  Each month we review a new science fiction book and discuss major scientific concepts used throughout the story.   For this episode, we are reviewing All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai.

In this week's story, we meet our aimless protagonist Tom Barren who lives in a futuristic world, unlike ours.  Technological advancements have solved all the world's problems. It’s a utopia.  Yet Tom is not satisfied.  Through some twists and sad turn of events, Tom takes an extremely unprepared leap with a time machine to change the past.  The changing of the past brings forth a present Tom was not expecting.  This is a story about the complexities of family, of unexpected journeys and the messiness and wonder of love.

Along with talking about the book, we will take a novice look at the plausibility of time travel and the impact it’s had in fiction.  Each week, other staff members will be bringing you more topics.  Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1pm for a new episode.   Feel free to follow and connect with us on nwrlibrary.org/yadkin www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary  www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary  twitter.com/YadkinL and www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary . And contact us if you have any questions! Email:[email protected] and Phone: 336-679-8792.

For this week's episode we will be discussing holiday tips.  This time of year can be busy so join us as we discuss tips for decorating, gift wrapping and giving, in and around the kitchen, reducing stress and managing your time, holiday travel and entertaining.  #holidaytips #preparingfortheholidays #nostressholidays #traveltips #decoratingtips #kitchenhacks #entertainwiththebest   

Welcome to the Page to Screen edition of the Yadkin County Public Library Podcast, where each month, we’ll be discussing a book that has been turned into a movie or TV series, as well as the reception of each.  For this installment of page to screen, we're discussing a book that has sparked a pop culture phenomenon, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, as well as the accompanying Starz original series.

Read Alikes for Outlander include:

1.   The river of no return by Bee Ridgway

2.   Overseas by Beatriz Williams

3.   Green darkness by Anya Seton

4.   A discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness

5.   Shadow of night by Deborah Harkness

6.   The heavens by  Sandra Newman

7.   Chance of a lifetime by Jude Deveraux

8.   The game of kings by Dorothy Dunnett

9.   Midnight's master by Donna Grant

All of these read-alike books are available for checkout through NC Cardinal with an NC Cardinal library card.  Outlander is also available through NC Cardinal in a variety of mediums, including the book, audiobook, and playaway device. All six seasons of the Starz original series, Outlander, are also available for checkout through NC Cardinal.  We have seasons 1-5 for checkout here at Yadkin County Public Library.  

 Other library staff will be bringing you more topics each week. Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1 pm for a new episode.  Be sure to contact us if you have questions, and visit our social media and website for more great resources. • Phone: 336-679-8792 • Email: [email protected] • nwrlibrary.org/yadkin • www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary • www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary • twitter.com/YadkinL • www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary