Tiny Book Club: Recent Episodes
Librarians of the Glenview Public Library
Ethan, Anne, and Maggie talk about books related to the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Books discussed:
- Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
- Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship by Anna O. Law
- Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Other titles discussed:
Flashlight by Susan Choi, Civic Longing by Carrie Hyde, The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Ethan, Linda, and Eric talk about the best books they read this year.
Books discussed:
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- King Sorrow by Joe Hill
- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
- The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
- The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- Starter villain by John Scalzi
- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
- The Will of the Many by James Islington
- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Ethan, Ryan, and Kat discuss books about AI.
Books discussed:
- The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- Simply Artificial Intelligence published by DK
Other titles discussed: The Song of Achilles, Circe by Madeline Miller, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.
Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss memoirs.
Books discussed:
- This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear
- Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison
- Patriot by Alexei Navalny
Other titles discussed: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, and All the Beautiful Sinners by Stephen Graham Jones.
Ethan, Anne, and Ryan discuss books they've read recently.
Books discussed:
- How to Be Both by Ali Smith
- God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Other titles discussed: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, and The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff
John Scalzi titles discussed: Zoe's Tale, Starter Villain, and When the Moon Hits Your Eye
Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in, or (roughly) from, the 1970s.
Books Discussed:
- The Final Revival of Opa & Nev by Dawnie Walton
- The Crime of Punishment by Karl A Menninger
- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Other books mentioned: The Turner House by Angela Flournoy, Patriot by Alexei Navalny, and Wind & Truth by Brandon Sanderson.
Ethan, Anne, and Alina discuss books for the Halloween season.
Books discussed:
- Pay the Piper by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus
- A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Other books mentioned: Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Maeve Fly by C. J. Leede, and The Leftovers by Tom Perotta.
Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in or about Europe.
Books discussed:
- Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
- How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic
- The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss eBooks they might take on vacation.
Books discussed:
- Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
- Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
- Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Other books mentioned: Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about food.
Books discussed:
- The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, by Mark Kurlansky
- My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings, edited by Zosia Mamet
- The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, by Taras Grescoe
Other books mentioned: Enter Ghost by Isabelle Hammad, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, and The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss recent releases they enjoyed.
Books discussed:
- The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
- Absolution by Alice McDermott
- The Skull by Jon Klassen
Other books mentioned: Mister Magic by Kiersten White, Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel, Happiness Falls by Angie Kim.
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on journalists and journalism.
Books discussed:
- Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil
- Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan
Other books mentioned: The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, Absolution by Alex McDermott, Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by Richard Adams, James Sturm, and Joe Sutphin.
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they wish more people would read.
Books discussed:
- Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Other books mentioned: The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, The Guest List by Lucy Foley, No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen, Drood by Dan Simmons, The Mysteries by Bill Watterson
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books from different perspectives.
Books discussed:
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Other books mentioned: The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss fiction featuring the natural world.
Books discussed:
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
The River by Peter Heller
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Other books mentioned: Horse by Geraldine Brooks, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books with a strong sense of place.
Books discussed:
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry
Other books mentioned: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan, The Visitors by Sally Beauman, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss Asian-American authors.
Books discussed:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they have recommended to each other.
Book discussed:
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about libraries and librarians.
Books discussed:
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
Ethan and Ryan talk about the board game Wingspan, available in our Library of Things.
Join us on the third Tuesday of every month for our Game On! Board Game Night for Adults, at 6:30 in the Library.
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books featuring magical realism.
Books discussed:
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
Ethan, Anne, and Katie talk about intellectual freedom and banned books.
Books discussed:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Melissa by Alex Gino
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about time travel.
Book discussed:
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books by African-American authors.
Books discussed:
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books published in 1972.
Books discussed:
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss romance novels. Books discussed:
The Love Con by Seressia Glass
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss memoirs.
Books discussed:
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels about magic.
Books discussed:
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels set at schools.
Books discussed:
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Bunny by Mona Awad
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on reading and writing.
Books discussed:
On Writing by Stephen King
Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret Atwood
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more books about animals.
Books discussed:
The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about the immigrant experience.
Books discussed:
Threads by Kate Evans
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
The Abundance by Amit Majmudar
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss self-help books.
Books discussed:
The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss food-related biographies.
Books discussed:
Relish by Lucy Knisley
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee
Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss microhistories.
Books discussed:
Zero by Charles Seife
Spook by Mary Roach
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss short form horror.
Books discussed:
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
Books of Blood, volume 1 by Clive Barker
Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books set on other worlds.
Books discussed:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss shorter titles.
Books discussed:
Frying Plaintain by Zalika Reid-Benta
You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames
Pastoralia by George Saunders
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss armchair travel titles.
Books discussed:
Our Towns by James and Deborah Fallows
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Here is Where by Andrew Carroll
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more humorous books.
Books discussed:
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss adventure books in the public domain.
Books discussed:
White Fang by Jack London
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss LGBTQ+ reads.
Books discussed:
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The Last Place you Look by Kristen Lepionka
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more classics.
Books discussed:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Forever war by Joe Haldeman
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Teri, Anne, and Ethan look back at some of their favorite books they read this decade.
Books discussed:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss historical fiction set in America.
Books discussed:
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books written by Stephen King.
Books discussed:
Salem's Lot
Pet Sematary
Needful Things
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about space for Glenview Reads Together 2019.
Books discussed:
Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
Moonbound by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Apollo by Matt Fitch
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books set in Chicago.
Books discussed:
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels
American Summer by Alex Kotlowitz
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about exploration.
Books discussed:
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss titles in the space opera genre.
Books discussed:
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan
The Player of Games by Iain Banks
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books by Native American authors.
Books discussed:
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
There, There by Tommy Orange
Winter in the Blood by James Welch
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about plants.
Books discussed:
Grow the Good Life by Michele Owens
The $64 Tomato by William Alexander
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss "band" books: books about musicians.
Books discussed:
Petty by Warren Zanes
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
Gold Dust Woman by Stephen Davis
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books based on fairy tales.
Books discussed:
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss some Classics.
Books discussed:
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Night by Elie Wiesel
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about food.
Books discussed:
Biting Through the Skin by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
Serve the People by Jen Lin-Liu
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by Ryan J Stradal
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss debut novels.
Books discussed:
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Puley
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books from The Great American Read.
Books discussed:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss readalikes for Glenview Reads Together 2018.
Books discussed:
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss Western novels.
Books discussed:
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
Close Range by Annie Proulx
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on travel.
Books discussed:
The Kindness of Strangers
A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Strange Stones by Peter Hessler
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on science.
Books discussed:
The Thing With Feathers by Noah K Strycker
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss the first books in three series.
Books discussed:
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Bone Rattler by Eliot Pattison
Teri, Anne, and Ethan read books that another host has recommended to them.
Books discussed:
The City & The City by China Mieville
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books that have been made into movies.
Books discussed:
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Librarians Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books with a different point of view.
Books discussed:
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A. J. Steiger
Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Librarians Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss humorous books.
Books discussed:
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North
Maggody series by Joan Hess
Librarians Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about family.
Books discussed:
Like Family by Paula McLain
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Librarians Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss graphic novels.
Books discussed:
The New Deal by Jonathan Case
My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Here by Richard McGuire
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss horror books.
Books discussed:
Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Dark Matter by Peter Straub
Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss three books they've read examining the inner lives of animals.
Books discussed:
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
Animal Wise by Virginia Morell