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Hosts and TPL Librarians Manda and Olivia (alongside some special guests) will be revisiting old favorites -- books, movies, music -- to ask themselves: does this hold up?
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- 3 days ago11 min
BOOKSHORTS: NOT your grandpa's westerns!
Today the ladies dig into some "new westerns" -- books that infuse the old genre with new blood. Titles discussed: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Graham Jones Amity, Harris True Grit (movie) Lucky Red, Cravens The Country Under Heaven, Durbin The Bullet Swallower, Gonzalez Jones Now I Surrender, Enrigue
- 1 weeks ago56 min
90s horror nostalgia
Today the ladies are joined by library director, Emily, for their 5th Halloween episode, where 90s horror (and more) is discussed! *This episode is recommended for an adult audience* Titles: Play Nice, Harrison Hidden Pictures, Rekulak Memorials: a novel, Chizmar Her Body and Other Parties, Machado Kelly Link books Per our convo about horror subgenres: Blumhouse horror subgenres
- 2 weeks ago9 min
BOOKSHORTS: giving CREEP vibes
Since it's spooOOOooOoOOOky season, the girls chat about books that skeeved them out. Books discussed: Woman in the Window, Finn The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Gaiman Notes on a Scandal, Heller The 5th Wave, Yancey The Address Book, Calle I-5 Killer, Rule
- 3 weeks ago6 min
BOOKSHORTS: Cozy Fantasy
In this super speedy episode, the ladies share the following titles: Legends & Lattes, Baldree The Spellshop, Durst Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, Dow A Letter to the Luminous Deep, Cathrall The Baby Dragon Bookshop, Qureshi The Phoenix Keeper, Maclean
- 4 weeks ago48 min
HOT READ: Hollywood, Ending by John Green
Have you read John Green's latest novel, Hollywood, Ending? So have we, and we have thoughts. Keegan from Youth Services joins Manda & Olivia to dish about all things Hollywood, Ending. Happy reading!
- Oct 7, 202640 min
kindred spirit, Anne of Green Gables
Today the ladies discuss the much loved children's classic, Anne of Green Gables and it's author, L.M. Montgomery. RESOURCES: April/May 2023 – Vanessa Braganza, Historian, Harvard University, “The Author of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Lived a Far Less Charmed Life Than Her Beloved Heroine” M. Montgomery Institute at the University of Prince Edward Island website
- Sep 30, 202616 min
Book to Film Adaptations
Today the ladies chat books turned into movies and streaming shows that have come out in the past year (or so). Titles discussed: Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder East of Eden, Steinbeck The Marlow Murder Club, Robert Thorogood The Dog Stars, Heller Every Summer After (show: Every Year After), Carley Fortune Vladimir, Julia May Jones Sense & Sensibility, (the Winslet/Thompson movie), Jane Austen Remain, Shyamalan and Sparks
- Sep 23, 202647 min
THROWBACK: Where the Wild Things Are, Ep. 1
This week, as the gals recoup from summer, we'll go back to the beginning. Enjoy episode 1 (again), as the ladies discuss, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
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