Fairfield What Are You Reading?: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Fairfield What Are You Reading? We are Fairfield Public Library staff in Fairfield, CT and we love reading. Join us each month as we gather together for a conversation about what we're reading, what we've just finished, what we're excited about coming soon. Most of the books will be new. The mood of this podcast is relaxed. Imagine you come into the library, ask a librarian for a next great read, and a couple more people stop by and soon everyone is trading their favorite new reads.
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Sue:
THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST by Jana Milbocker
D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones
NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland
THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche
Due out in October
AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024
BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024
DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips
THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024
Other titles:
On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers
THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic
Out May 14, 2024
MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O’Connor
Out February 2024 #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series
A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge
Out in April An American in Paris #2
Led me to…
WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'SGREATEST TREASURE Don Kladstrup
INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman
out June 25, 2024
bestselling author of Bird Box
LOOKING FORWARD TO:
THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny October 29
BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville August 6
author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck.
THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG
ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNESERIES: CERULEAN CHRONICLES (#2)
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Claudia:
American Mother by Colum McCann& Diane Foley
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
The Sun Does Shine: How I FoundLife and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
Philip:
In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
Wildful by Kengo Kurimato
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara
Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs by Heather L. Montgomery
One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth
The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly
Looking forward to:
The Infinity Rainbow Club Series (3 in a series) by Jen Malia and Peter Francis
Stefanie
The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation): An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla
Piano Wants to Play by Colleen Kong-Savage
Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo and Carmen Mok
Looking forward to:
The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Emily
Dogtown by Gennifer Choldenko and Katherine Applegate
Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto
Rise of the Green Flame: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah and Natasha Nayo
Looking forward to:
Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch) Book 1 of 2: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch by Coco Simon and Manuela Lopez
The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate
Karen's Sleepover: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #8) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina
Summer Reading coming soon!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair
Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair
Guest: Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT Reading Committee Member
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley.
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, and Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins
Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin
Mary Coe:
The Hunter by Tana French (alsotalked about the 1st book in the series, The Searcher)
The Official MIND Diet by Dr.Martha Claire Morris and Laura Morris
The Berry Pickers by AmandaPeters
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
My Father's House by JosephO'Connor
Amy Peck:
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of OurPlanet by Ben Goldfarb
Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group OfPioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman
A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds byAnders Gyllenhaal and Beverly Gyllenhaal
Philip Bahr:
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: All Podcast Staff.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.
Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:
Big by Vashti Harrison
Simon sort of says by Erin Bow
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James
Jessica Stevens:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs
Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/
One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson
The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper
Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Claudia Silk:
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club book 4) by Richard Osman
The Well-Lived Life: A 102 Year Old Dr.'s Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey
xoxo Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Weisner (12/5/23 release date)
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (1/24/23 release date)
Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Elaine Barrie:
Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch (11/14/23)
Philip Bahr:
The Bell in the Fog by Lev LC Rosen
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult ServicesGuests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Mary Coe:
A Life with Ghosts: true, terrifying, and insightful talesfrom my favorite haunts by Steve Gonsalves
Life with the Afterlife: 13 truths I learned about ghosts by Amy Bruni
And the Devil Shivered: a year in my life by Dustin Pari
Ghost Hunting: true stories of unexplained phenomena fromthe Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jasonn Hawes and Grant Wilson
All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Artand me by Patrick Bringley
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin
Looking forward to:
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
The Hunter by Tana French
Susan Balla
The Caretaker: A Novel by Ron Rash
On Great Fields: The Life And Unlikely Heroism Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White
The Bell In The Fog by Lev Ac Rosen
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery) by Colleen Cambridge
Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice (Hercule Poirot series Book 36) by Agatha Christie
How Can I Help You by Laura Sims
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: A Novel by Sophie Hannah Book 5 of 5: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Leslie Hagel:
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Briefly, at end, The Night House by Jo Nesbo
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Emily Muller, Children's Librarian, and Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara Lyhne:
Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum
Your One and Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca, M.D.
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohenn
Upcoming:
The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (The Bad
Guys #18) by Aaron Blabey
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death (Cat on the Run
1) by Aaron Blabey
Emily Muller:
Best Wishes: The Sister Switch by Sarah Mlynowski and Debbie Rigaud, ill. Maxine Vee
Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord
Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass, ill. Gabi Mendez
Upcoming:
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian
Angus Is Here by Hadley Dyer
Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
Rebel Girls minis
Upcoming:
new Percy Jackson
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Block Party by Jamie Day
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Amy Peck:
Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man In the Natural World by Christian Cooper (June 2023)
- TV series: Extraordinary birder with Christian Cooper on National Geographic
Leader of the Pack : An Andy Carpenter Mystery [#10] by David Rosenfelt (July 2012)
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 2023)
The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes Of Wonder, Peril and Hope by David Quammen (May 2023)
Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries Of Octopuses by David Scheel (June 2023)
Upcoming:
The Last Devil To Die : A Thursday Murder Club Mystery [#4] by Richard Osman (Sept 2023)
Leslie Hagel:
The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine 5/23/23
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis 6/12/23
Hedge by Jane Delury 6/6/23
The Only One Left by Riley Sager 6/20/23
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James 7/25/23
California Golden by Melanie Benjamin 8/8/23
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jennifer Laseman:
Warrior Girl on Earth by Angeline Boulley (author of Firekeeper's Daughter)
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
Elaine Barrie:
The Gifts by Liz Hyder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (author of The Killers of the Flower Moon)
Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work by Joanne Lipman
Philip Bahr:
looking forward to four new books being released on June 6, 2023:
Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult ServicesGuests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services LibrarianThanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Sue Balla:
A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story Of Desegregation In America by Rachel Louise Martin (June 2023)
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis (June 2023)
You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose (April 2023)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (May 2023)
Phaedra by Laura Shepperson (Jan 2023)
The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann (April 2023)
The General And Julia by Jon Clinch (November 2023)
Linda Quinn:
Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan
Ms. Davis by Sybille Titeux de la Croix
The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams
What Remains by Wendy Walker
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Claudia Silk:
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick
Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Same Time Next Summer by Annabelle Monaghan
Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Nora Goes Off Script byAnnabelle Monaghan
Summer Stage byMeg Mitchell Moore
Philip Bahr:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult ServicesGuests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services LibrarianThanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
Beyond that, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live by Jack Gedney
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
Amy Peck:
A Siege Of Bitterns (Birder Murder mysteries #1) by Steve burrows (2016)
Killers Of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (2022)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (2022)
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World By Christian Cooper (June, 2023)
Leslie Hagel:
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patty Callahan Henry
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
These are the ones I’m looking forward to reading:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine
Spectacular by Fiona Davis
We are honored that our 2023 One Book One Town (OBOT) title was written by a resident of Fairfield. This year’s OBOT selection is I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel. It is an honest and emotionally deep memoir in which Ivan reflects on the loss of his dear son Max to suicide, the impact of grief on family and community, and the painful journey which brings Ivan to a place of seeing grief as an expression of love.
We are so fortunate to have Ivan and his wife Meg Murray with us for the podcast to focus on their journey as individuals, as a couple and as parents to their three children including Max. Please join us for a very special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading.
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
OBOT Co-chair: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian,
Guests: Ivan Maisel, author, and his wife Meg Murray
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara Lyhne:
Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes
Capturing Cow Farts and Burps by Erin Twamley
Cooking with Chef Sloth (Part of the Animal Chef Series)
School Trip by Jerry Craft On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Stefanie Bergstrom:
Miles Lewis series – King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons, ill. Wayne Spencer
The Girl who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating, ill. Michelle Mee Nutter
The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin
Emily Muller:
Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller, ill. Geraldine Rodríguez
Lily and the Night Creatures by Nick Lake, ill. Emily Gravett
Upcoming releases: The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Mary Coe:
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls
Hester by Lori Lico Albanese
House is on Fire Rachel Beanland (also by this author Florence Adler Swims Forever)
Hundred Waters by Lauren Acampora
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Jennifer Laseman:
Gilded and Cursed by Marissa Meyer
All of Us Villains and All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Philip Bahr:
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Lavender House (Andy Mills, #1) by Lev A.C. Rosen
Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune (April 2023)
Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise (May 2023)
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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December 2022: Our Favorite Books for 2022
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Library Staff Guests:
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Series by Richard Osman:
The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice
The Bullet That Missed
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
Jan Fisher, Deputy Library Director
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron & Clint Howard
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Jessica Stevens, Woods Adult Services Librarian
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Children's Librarian
A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin
Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty and David Roberts
This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve and Carson Ellis
Elaine Barrie , Adult Services Librarian
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Leslie Hagel
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Mary Coe, Woods Adult Services Librarian
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
Yonder by Jabari Asim
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
2022 One Book One Town conversation with author T.J. Klune
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor; Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, The Nazi’s Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre
Few other titles by Ben Macintyre:
*Operation Mincemeat
Double Cross
Agent Sonya*
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose #6 in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series. First in series is Murder on Black Swan Lane
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Other titles by Catriona Ward:
*The Last House on Needless Street
Sundial*
American Midnight: Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921 by Adam Hochschild
Some other titles by Hochschild:
*King Leopold’s Ghost
To End All Wars*
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
Author of *The Lost Apothecary
Weyward* by Emilia Hart (debut)
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate
Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris
Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck
Series follow-ups:
Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch)
Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike)
Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (sequel to The Kind Worth Killing)
Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (third in trilogy)
Mentioned local authors:
Juliette Brisman (A Heart Returned)
Valerie Walsh (Shattered to the Core)
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Marmee by Sarah Miller
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
This month we welcome our new podcast editor, Max Berryman. Welcome and thanks Max for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and the Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack Davis
also mentioned:
Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
Jessica Stevens, Branch Adult Services Librarian
Surrounded by Narcissists by Thomas Erikson
The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
also mentioned:
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty by James Reginato
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gramus
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: stories by Alice Munro (The short story is "Queenie")
Philip Bahr, Podcast Host and Head of Adult Services
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries #3) by TJ Klune
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/childrens/
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
The Science Spell Book Magical Experiments For Kids by Cara Florance
Odder- Katherine Applegate
Library Girl by Karen Henry Clark
Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch Children's Librarian
The Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Coming soon:
A Taste of Magic by J. Elle
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O’Reilly
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: the Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
Looking forward to:
Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendship by Nina Totenerg
The Audies (Audiobook Awards): audiopub.org/members/audies
Read for Joy: Katherine Center
https://youtu.be/7VVyUA4dTAw
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Coming soon:
Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena Dillon / October 18, 2022 / William Morrow
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell / September 6, 2022 / Knopf
Shrines of Gaiety by Atkinson / September 27, 2022 / Doubleday
Leslie Hagel, Reference Librarian
Last Call at the Nightingale by Katherine Schellman
The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres
The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White
Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Blood Sugar by Sasha Rothchild
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
The Change by Kirsten Miller
Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth
The Vanishing Museum on Rue Mistral by M.L. Longworth
Did Your Hear Mammy Died? By Seamus O’Reilly
Warming Up with Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (if you're missing HBOMax's Julia)
Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services
United Against Book Bans: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/
American Library Association's press release on censoring efforts:
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/american-library-association-opposes-widespread-efforts-censor-books-us
Before Her (part of The One) by Jacqueline Woodson
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (audiobook) (Reel Charlie blog)
A Do-Si-Do With Death (Stan Kraychik Mystery Book 7) by Grant Michaels (Queer Writers of Crime podcast)
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
River of The Gods: Genius, Courage, And Betrayal In The Search For The Source Of The Nile by Candice Millard
Also by Candice Millard:
*Destiny of The Republic: A Tale Of Madness, Medicine And The Murder Of A President
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Hero of The Republic: The Boer War, A Daring Escape
And The Making of Winston Churchill*
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Danger On The Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #3) by Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Marlowe Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Murder Most Grave by G.A. Mckevett
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, A Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, And A Trial At The Dawn Of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer
Due Out In July:
Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcguire
Coming Out Late In The Year:
The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Winter's End: A Mystery (Alaska Wild #4) by Paige Shelton
The Mitford Affair : A Novel by Marie Benedict
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Unprotected by Billy Porter
How do I Un-Remember This by Danny Pellegrino
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host
Unprotected by Billy Porter
The Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton
Sister Stardust by Jane Green
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (May 2022)
It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler (June 2022)
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian
In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
The Bookwoman’s Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson
Love Marriage by Monica Ali
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
The Ride Of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts (2020) Audiobook narrated by Tavia Gilbert
The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate (2020) Audiobook narrated by Danny DeVito
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (2019) Audiobook narrated by Katie Schorr
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and podcast host
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Welcome to a special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading?
Each year Fairfield Public Library creates a One Book One Town event for Fairfield, Connecticut. This year the committee (comprised of library staff, local university and bookstore staff, and others) selected TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea.
From the publisher, “The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.”
On March 1, 2022 Fairfield Public Library hosted an evening (in-person and remote) with author TJ Klune. This podcast episode is the interview portion of the evening as TJ sat down with me for a one-on-one deep dive into his life and work. I'm Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services at the library. I was extremely honored to interview TJ. Please enjoy this portion of our One Book One Town signature event. To view the entire evening, click below for the YouTube recording:
https://youtu.be/1VD0KM4-HOY
And now, curl up, and enjoy our 2022 OBOT author TJ Klune.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT co-chair
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT member
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and OBOT co-chair
2022: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
TJ Klune's website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/
OBOT History: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/history/
Previous OBOT selections:
2008: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Reling
2009: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2010: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
2011: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
2012: The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
2013: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
2014: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
2015: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2016: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
2017: Books for Living by Will Schwalbe & A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
(no OBOT in 2018)
2019: Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
2020: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall
2021: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly, Ice Dragon vol 6 by Jordan Quinn
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Services Librarian
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate Dicamillo
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca – It did win a Newbery honor!
Youth Media Awards: https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba (Author), Miho Satake (Illustrator), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator)
Tidesong by Wendy Xu
Winter Reading Challenge: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/winter-reading/
Join us as we celebrate 2021 and all the great reads from this past year - what books inspired, informed, and made us smile this year.
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Linda Quinn, Adult Services:
Billy Summers by Stephen King
Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
City of Secrets by Victoria Ying City of Illusion by Victoria Ying
Claudia Silk, Adult Services
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Henry
The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Jessica Stevens, Adult Services
The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial
Philip Bahr, Adult Services and podcast host
Alec: A Novel by William di Canzio
Lies With Man (Henry Rios Mystery #3 by Michael Nava
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Mary Coe, Adult Services
In Memoriam: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier
The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
The Reading List: A Novel by Sara Nisha Adams
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Happiest Girl in the World: A Novel by Alena Dillon
While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams
Tamara Lyhne, Children's Services
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Vol 4) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good as Gold (Whatever After) by Sarah Mlynowski
Stefanie Bergstrom, Children's Services
Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire
Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood by Mark A. Torres
I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion by Nancy Barile
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor
The Taking of Jemima Boone by Mathew Pearl
Read a-likes:
The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
The Splendid And The Vile by Erik Larson
Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
Bloody Crimes: The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln And The Chase For Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson
The Heron’s Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel (#2 In Series) by Ann Cleeves
Yonder by Jabari Asim (due out in January)
A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham (due out in January)
Murder On An Irish Farm (An Irish Village Mystery #8) by Carlene O’Connor (due out in February)
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
The Family by Naomi Krupitski
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Violetta by Isabel Allende (due out in January)
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Jessica Stevens, Branch Reference Librarian
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services
How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Adult Non-fiction:
Fuzz: When nature breaks the law by Mary Roach
How y'all doing? Misadventures and mischief from a life well lived by Leslie Jordan (audiobook: read by Leslie Jordan)
Adult Fiction:
Leave the world behind by Rumaan Alam
Heron's Cry (Book 2, Detective Matthew Venn series) by Ann Cleeves
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Sycthe by Neal Shusterman
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time: https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate Main
Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Bury Me in Shadows by Gregg Herren
Time YA:
I'll Get There, It better be worth the trip by John Donovan
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by
Benjamin Alire Saenz
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Day of Dialog: https://www.libraryjournal.com/?event=library-journal-day-of-dialog-nyc-ve-spring
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
The Great Glorious Goddamn of it All by Josh Ritter
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel
My Body is a Big Fat Temple: an ordinary story of pregnancy and early motherhood
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
Leslie Hagel, Part-Time Adult Services Librarian
The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski
Not a Happy Family by Shari LaPena
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
Alec by William di Canzio
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark
Coming soon:
8/31 Friends Forever by Shannon Hale art by LeUyen Pham
9/14 A Soft Place to Land By Janae Marks
9/14 What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Curie
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian
When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller
Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac
Coming soon:
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal
It Fell From the Sky by The Fan Brothers
(Smart Cookie by Jory John, lol)
Emily Muller, Children's LibrarianThe Comeback by E. L. Shen
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine
Coming soon:
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
City of Illusion by Victoria Ying
Room to Dream by Kelly Yang
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Helene Murtha, Town Librarian
Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
Brat: An ‘80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
I Will Judge You By Yout Bookshelf by Grant Snider
Looking forward to:
Nighthawks by Elly Griffith
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Oscan
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell
Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Mr. Met : How a sports-mad kid from Jersey became like family to generations of big leaguer by Jay Horowitz
Tom Seaver : A Terrific Life by Bill Madden
House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell
Looking forward to:
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
A Line to Kill : A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery by Anthony Horowitz
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
Door to Door 7/6/2021: Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Archer in Conversation (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/Bh9bgCv2UUU
Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian
Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering
GrowVeg: the beginners guide to easy vegetable gardening by Benedict Vanheems
The Secret Ingredient Cookbook: 125 family friendly recipes with surprisingly tasty twists by Kelly Senye
Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering
Looking forward to:
Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing by Pete Davis
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services; Podcast Host
Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe by Stefanie Posavec
Looking forward to:
Unprotected by Billy Porter
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Sue Balla, Circulation Manager
Anthony Doerr:
• ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
• CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Chris Bohjalian
• HOUR OF THE WITCH
Jennifer Saint
• ARIADNE
Grady Hendrix:
• THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP
Stuart Neville
• THE HOUSE OF ASHES
• GHOSTS OF BELFAST
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Lightning Strike by William Kent Kruegger
Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services
New LGBTQ books for Pride 2021:
Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
After Francesco by Brian Malloy
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Helene Murtha, Town Librarian
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (referred to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens)
Every Last Fear by Alex Finley (referred to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold)
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (referred to The Mother In Lawby Sally Hepworth)
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Owls of the eastern Ice : a quest to find and save the world’s largest owl by Jonathan Slaght
(audiobook, read by author)
Nomadland: surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder
(audiobook, read by Karen White)
Series titles due out:
Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves (book 2 of Two Rivers series; out Sept 7)
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache series; out Aug 24)
Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson (Longmire series; out Sept. 21)
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (Release date: June 1, 2021)
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Release date: June 1, 2021)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Release date: September 28, 2021)
Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services
Lies With Man by Michael Nava (Henry Rios Mysteries #8) (Release date: April 27, 2021)
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Girls I’ve Been By Tess Sharpe
Linda Quinn, Reference Associate
Falling by TJ Newman
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Mercy House by Alena Dillon
The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon
Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (brief mention)
The Searcher by Tana French
Upcoming:
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash (September 21st)
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (October 5th)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (September 28th)
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services (host)
Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky
also discussed a film with Anne Bancroft: The Turning Point (1977)
Show notes:
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jan's books:
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard
Better Luck Next Time Julia Claiborne Johnson
The Survivors by Jane Harper
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Trial of the Chicago Seven: The Official Transcript
Linda's books:
I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
Billie Holidayby Carlos Sampayo
Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvinby Emilie Plateau
Adulthood is a Mythby Sarah Andersen
Jessica's books:
White Ivy by Susie Yang
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
Audie Awards for Audiobooks: https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies-1
Welcome to our podcast. We are Fairfield Public Library staff in Fairfield, CT and we love to read. Join us monthly as we have a conversation about what we are reading, and what we are looking forward to in the near future. In this episode, we talk about our 2021 One Book, One Town selection, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam.
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/