This week Tayla is joined by Lisa Valentino from Ink Fish Books in Warren and Steven Porter from Stillwater Books in Pawtucket to bring you an extra dose of book recommendations for your holiday gift giving! We also discuss enjoying books new and old, Netflix binge watching, and Norwegian sci-fi dramas. During the Last Chapter they discuss: if you could change one thing about literature, what would it be?

Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

BooksFive Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

Ball Four by Jim Bouton

Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, & Oscar O. Jupiter

You by Caroline Kepnes

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

For the Best by Vanessa Lillie

Ruby Falls by Deborah Goodrich Royce

People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards by Daniel Levy & Eugene Levy\

Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Change Sings by Amanda Gorman

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Beauty in the Street by Scott Turner

Rhode Island Stories by Michael Fine

Swan Song by Elizabeth B. Splaine

AVSquid Game (2021)

You (2018- )

Bridgerton (2020- )

What If…? (2021- )

Beforeigners (2019- )

OtherInk Fish Books, Warren, RI

Stillwater Books, Pawtucket, RI