Your Shelf or Mine: Recent Episodes
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Your Shelf or Mine is the podcast of the Longview Public Library in Longview, Washington! We chat about library events, local happenings, books, pop culture, and more!
Becky and Austin explore the myth of the American Pioneer through Little House on the Prairie.
We discuss "Little House on the Prairie" and "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by Caroline Fraser, "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich, "Prairie Lotus" by Linda Sue Park, and the new Little House on the Prairie Netflix series.
Becky, Shelley, and Austin explore the Founding myths through musical theater. This is the first in a six-part series exploring American mythology through different texts.
We discuss 1776 (music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, book by Peter Stone) and Hamilton (music, lyric, book by Lin-Manuel Miranda).
Other work referenced: "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" by Jill Lepore, "A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America" by Richard Slotkin, and the essay "Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Lin-Manual Miranda's Hamilton" by Lyra D. Monteiro.
https://online.ucpress.edu/tph/article/38/1/89/90687/Review-Essay-Race-Conscious-Casting-and-the?__cf_chl_f_tk=RYgtNhx8xBI4oM1lbTJWq.vpN8FWjMQmCiZ91vf4euU-1783030175-1.0.1.1-vToaORa2QQj0TiJ5U9.4FCSpCIaP_CS_PS864EnlqEA
Becky, Holly, Jakob, and Austin talk about books of the 2020s, trends in reading and publishing, our hopes for the future, and a couple of predictions for the next big thing.
This reading data: https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2024/federal-data-reading-pleasure-all-signs-show-slump
Books mentioned include:
Spillover by David Quammen, The Great Influenza by John M. Barry, The Plague by Albert Camus, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, These Precious Days and Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, There is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cash ore, All Fours by Miranda July, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, What Were We Thinking by Carlos Lozada, Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen, Just Us by Claudia Rankine, The Trees by Percival Everett, Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette, Intimacies and A Separation by Katie Kitamura, Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, Ducks by Kate Beaton, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty, The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, The Most by Jessica Anthony, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, Autocracy Inc by Anne Applebaum, Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, Doppleganger by Naomi Klein, Detransition, Baby by Torry Peters, Woodworking by Emily St. James, Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan, Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks, Jesus Wept by Philip Shenon, Romney by McKay Coppins, Motherland by Julia Ioffe, The Gales of November by John U. Bacon, Murderland by Caroline Fraser, King of Kings by Scott Anderson, All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilberty, Challenger by Adam Higginbotham, More Everything Forever by Adam Becker, Red White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca, The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, Wanderhome by Jay Dragon, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The House in the Cerulean sea by TJ Klune, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Women by Kristin Hannah, Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey, The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Alchemised by SenLinYu, Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga and Carment Urbita, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, Berry Song by Michaela Goade, Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The Tragedy of True Crime by John J. Lennon, The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne, We Tell Ourselves Stories by Alissa Wilkinson, Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik, Enshittification by Cory Doctorow, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, Back After This by Linda Holmes, The Caretaker by Ron Rash
And authors Patricia Lockwood, Claire Keegan, Rachel Kushner, Timothy Snyder, Helen Garner, Casey Plett, Mr Beast/James Patterson, Stephen Graham Jones, Silvia Moreno Garcia, and more!
Becky and Jakob talk about "the crawdad book," a.k.a. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, and more!
Becky and Heather talk about the 2000s and books of the 2000s including Twilight (of course!) by Stephenie Meyer, Touch the Dark (the Cassie Palmer series) by Karen Chance, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom series) by Garth Nix.
Becky and Jenny wax nostalgic about the 90s. Jakob is also there. We talk about:
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel;
The Perfume by Caroline Cooney;
Silent Scream by Diane Hoh;
The Cuckoo Clock of Doom by R.L. Stine;
Frindle by Andrew Clements;
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman;
and more!
context for Jakob's Mitt Romney joke: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4I-SG8dK1AU
Becky and Jo talk about books of the 1980s including:
Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) by Tamora Pierce (and the rest of the Song of the Lioness Quartet), The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood, The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker, and picture books by Robert Munsch (Love You Forever, 1986; The Paper Bag Princess, 1980; Thomas's Snowsuit, 1985), Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express, 1985), David Wiesner (The Loathsome Dragon, 1987), Jan Brett (The Mitten, 1989), and Don and Audrey Wood (The Napping House, 1984; The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, 1984; King Bidgood's In the Bathtub, 1985).
Becky, Jennifer, Heather, and Jakob talk about Stephen King's classic novel "Cujo." Remember - don't have regrets, vaccinate your pets!
Apologies for any poor sound quality in this one.
Becky, Austin, and Heather talk about books of the 1970s including:
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Norma Klein, Mom, the Wolf Man, and Me by Norma Klein, Taking Sides by Norma Klein, Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry, Sophie's Choice by William Styron, The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers, The Japanese Screen by Anne Mather, The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt, Love Story by Erich Segal, M.C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton, Dispatches by Michael Herr
PLUS:
1974: A Personal History by Francine Prose, King of Kings by Scott Anderson, Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin, Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming, Joan Dideon, Rick Perlstein, and this article: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/childrens-literature-in-united-states
Becky, Jo, and Holly talk about books of the 1960s including:
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Young Unicorns by Madeline L'Engle, Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer and much more!
Holly recommends:
The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan, The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie, The Fire Is Upon Us by Nicholas Buccola, The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
Becky and Jakob talk about:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Eloise by Kay Thompson
and more!
Becky and Austin talk about books of the 1940s, including:
Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstro m
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary
“Looking At Picture Books” substack by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen: https://lookingatpicturebooks.substack.com/
Especially: https://lookingatpicturebooks.substack.com/p/goodnight-moon
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald (Margaret Wise Brown) and Leonard Weisgard
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Lit Hub list: https://lithub.com/a-century-of-reading-the-10-books-that-defined-the-1940s/
Hiroshima by John Hersey
https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/a-rare-discovery-on-the-seventy-fifth-anniversary-of-john-herseys-hiroshima
Fallout by Lesley M.M. Blume
Gwendolyn Brooks
Becky and Jey talk about books of the 1930s including: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, and Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink.
Check out American Indians in Children's Literature here: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
Find our reading challenge here: https://longviewlibrary.beanstack.com/
We are counting down to the Longview Library's 100th anniversary in April 2026 by reading and discussing books from one decade each month. You can read along with us and track your participation on our Beanstack page: longviewlibrary.org.
This month, Becky, Jo, and Austin talk about books from the 1920s:
Millions of Cats by Wanga Gag (Wanga Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray and Before They Were Artists: Famous Illustrators as Kids by Elizabeth Haidle)
The Brownies' Book
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
and more!
Becky, Austin, and Holly talk about the work of National Book Award winner Percival Everett, including Erasure (and the movie adaptation "American Fiction"), God's Country, Watershed, So Much Blue, Telephone, The Trees, James, and more!
Becky, Jennifer, Jo, and Jakob talk about library book club selections from September through November 2024!
Including:
Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld, Monica by Daniel Clowes, Air by Monica Roe, The Getaway by Lamar Giles, Mexikid by Pedro Martin, Witchlings by Claribel Oretga, the Samantha books from American Girl, and much more!
Becky and Jakob talk about Christmas books, including:
Santa's Gotta Go by Derrick Barnes
A City Full of Santas by Joanna Ho
Love, Santa by Martha Brockenbrough
One Foggy Christmas Eve by Kerilynn Wilson
Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney by Mac Barnett
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Natalie Andrewson
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June
Make My Wish Come True by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
and more!
Becky, Jenny, Jakob, and Heather talk about the work of Stephen Graham Jones including:
The Only Good Indians
My Heart is a Chainsaw
I Was a Teenager Slasher
Mongrels
and more!
Becky, Jakob, Heather M, and Jennifer talk about Misery by Stephen King, the 1990 movie starring Kathy Bates, and season two of Castle Rock. Plus more! Spoilers abound, plus some discussion of graphic violence in the book, movie, and show.
Becky, Jennifer, Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about library book club selections from summer 2024.
Becky and Austin talk about the work of Ann Patchett including:
These Precious Days, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, Tom Lake, The Patron Saint of Liars, The Magician's Assistant, The Dutch House, Commonwealth, and more!
Introductory reading from Commonwealth.
Listen to Ann Patchett in conversation with Cheryl Strayed at Literary Arts here: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/
The Tom Lake jam is no longer available, but other Michigan jams are from American Spoon: https://spoon.com/collections/cherries
Visit Parnassus Books here: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/
Becky, Austin, and Jakob talk about the work of M.T. Anderson including:
Feed (2002);
Landscape with Invisible Hand (2017);
Landscape with Invisible Hand movie (2023);
Elf Dog & Owl Head (2023);
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (2015);
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I: The Pox Party (2006);
The Daughters of Ys (2020)
introductory reading from Feed.
Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/m-t-anderson-feed-20-years-later/
Becky and Jo dish on contemporary romance novels, particularly the work of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood including:
"Love, Theoretically" by Ali Hazelwood;
"Check & Mate" by Ali Hazelwood;
"People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry;
"Happy Place" by Emily Henry;
"Funny Story" by Emily Henry;
Introductory reading from "Book People" by Emily Henry.
Becky, Austin, and Shelley talk about the work of Rita Mae Brown including:
Six of One;
Rubyfruit Jungle;
Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy #1);
and more!
Becky, Jo, Jakob, Jennifer, and Austin talk about Longview Public Library book club selections from March, April, and May! Including those from our:
Adult Book Club, Romance Book Club, Graphic Novel Book Club, Kids Book Club, Little Kids Book Club, Evergreen Teen Book Club, and American Girl Book Club!
Books discussed include: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Subeik Lubeik by Deena Mohammed, Family Style by Thein Pham, Bride by Ali Hazelwood, The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga, The Red Palace by June Hur, Melody: No Ordinary Sound by Denise Lewis Patrick, Lola Levine is Not Mean! by Monica Brown,
and more!
Becky, Austin, and Jennifer discuss various poets and their own personal experiences with poetry. Discussed topics and poets include:
E.E. Cummings
Shel Silverstein
Chen Chen
Kwame Alexander
William Stafford
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry Foundation
Mary Oliver
and more!
Introductory reading "Some Things I Like" by Lemn Sissay
Other readings:
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
"Ask Me" by William Stafford
"Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem" by Matthew Olzmann
"Fire" by Matthew Dickman
"In the Desert" by Stephen Crane
Becky and Austin discuss the work of children's author Kate DiCamillo including:
The Puppets of Spellhorst
The Beatrice Prophecy
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Raymie Nightingale
and more!
New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/what-kate-dicamillo-understands-about-children
Betsy Bird review: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/03/08/review-of-the-day-ferris-by-kate-dicamillo/
Ann Patchett at Literary Arts: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/
Becky, Jo, Jakob, and Austin talk about the books from this past season's book clubs including:
Secret Explorers series by DK and SJ King
Rainbow Days series by Valerie Bolling
Miles Lewis King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons
Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro
Courtney Changes the Game and Courtney Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate Lebo
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Knock Out by Sarah MacLean
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
and more!
Becky, Austin and Jakob discuss the work of author Kekla Magoon including:
The Rock and the River,
X,
Revolution in Our Time,
How It Went Down,
The Minus-One Club, and
Chester Keene Cracks the Code.
Introductory reading from Revolution In Our Time.
Becky and Jakob talk about the work of author N.K. Jemison, particularly her novel "The Fifth Season."
Introductory reading from "The Fifth Season."
Becky and Austin talk about the work and life of Shirley Jackson, including:
"The Lottery and Other Stories,"
"The Haunting of Hill House,"
"We Have Always Lived in the Castle," and more!
Introductory reading from "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."
Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about the work of Maggie Stiefvater! Including:
"The Raven Boys;"
"Shiver;"
"The Scorpio Races;"
and more!
introductory excerpt from "The Scorpio Races."
Becky, Austin, and Heather M. talk about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.! Including:
"Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969);
"Player Piano" (1952);
"A Man Without a Country" (2005);
"Breakfast of Champions" (1973)
"Welcome to the Monkey House" (1968)
"Hocus Pocus"(1990)
"Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time" documentary (2021);
Salman Rushdie's essay "What Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Tells Us Now": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-tells-us-now
"Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson;
"Civilwarland in Bad Decline" by George Saunders;
and more!
In this special Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Mark and Roger Peters about their father, Amos J. Peters, who constructed the Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. They share about their family, their father's legacy, the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, and other Peters Construction projects that have had a lasting impact on our community, particularly Campus Towers.
Learn more about Squirrel Fest on their website here: https://lvsquirrelfest.com/
Nutty Narrows wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Narrows_Bridge
Longview Library digital archive http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/ search "Nutty Narrows." Content is being continually added to the archive!
Becky, Jo, and Austin can't get enough Judy Blume.
We talk about:
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the book; "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the movie; "Forever"; "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"; "Blubber"; "Judy Blume Forever," the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0 and more!
Learn about Judy's editor Dick Jackson: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81494-dick-jackson-remembered.html
Charlamagne Tha God Conversation with Judy Blume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HihS5EPb6o
Katie Couric interview: https://katiecouric.com/podcast/next-question/judy-blume-forever-documentary-banned-books/
Judy Blume archives at Yale: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/11190
SNL Kotex Classic sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBlR7qVQ0X8
Read with Jenna selected Summer Sisters for August 2023: https://www.today.com/popculture/read-jenna-book-club-pick-august-2023-t292373
Austin mentions "The Invisible Bridge" by Rick Perlstein
introductory reading from "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"
Where Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about the work and style of David Sedaris including:
"Me Talk Pretty One Day," "Holidays on Ice," "The Best of Me," "Happy-Go-Lucky," "Calypso,"
and more!
In this special Centennial episode, Becky and Jo talk with Diane Burch and Karen Rasmussen, two daughters of late Longview community stalwart Archie Anderson. In 2000, the former Highlands Park on Alabama Street, between 22nd and 21st Avenues, was renamed Archie Anderson Park in his honor.
On this Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Robert Mumford and Gary Schmauder about their December 9, 2012 wedding, what it was like to be the first gay couple married in Cowlitz County, and their hopes for the future of Longview.
with Jennifer Jensen! Where we talk about:
Elena Ferrante; The Lost Daughter (book); The Lost Daughter (movie); My Brilliant Friend (book); My Brilliant Friend (HBO series); The Lying Life of Adults (book); The Lying Life of Adults (Netflix series)
and more!
Introductory reading from "The Lying Life of Adults."
Becky and Austin talk to journalist Andre Stepankowsky, who was part of the staff at the Longview Daily News that won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story.
Andre retired from the Daily News in 2020 and currently writes the Lower Columbia Currents substack at https://andrestepankowsky.substack.com/ as well as a column for the Columbia River Reader.
Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about:
Jacqueline Woodson;
Brown Girl Dreaming;
Red at the Bone;
The World Belonged to Us;
National Poetry Month;
and more!
Where Becky and Austin talk about:
Edith Wharton;
The Mount;
Mr. Jones;
Edith Frome;
The House of Mirth;
The Custom of the Country
and mention:
Inventing Anna
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/my-favorite-anti-semite-edith-wharton
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-edith-wharton-knew-a-century-ago-about-women-and-fame-in-america
Introductory reading from "The House of Mirth."
Becky and Angela talk to Joseph Govednik from the Cowlitz County Historical Museum about World War II and Longview. Visit the museum in person at 405 Allen Street in Kelso or online at: https://cowlitzcountyhistory.org/
With Jo Dallas!
Where we talk about:
Julia Quinn;
Netflix’s Bridgerton;
The Duke and I;
The Viscount Who Loved Me;
And more!
Becky and Angela talk to Sue Piper, editor of the Columbia River Reader, and Hal Calbom, author of their upcoming book "Empire of Trees: America's Planned City and the Last Frontier."
"Empire of Trees" takes a look at Longview's 100 year history and builds off of Hal's column "People + Place."
Visit Columbia River Reader online: http://crreader.com/
With Jennifer Jensen and Jakob Collins! Where we talk about:
Lynda Barry;
One! Hundred! Demons!
Making Comics;
What It Is;
Picture This;
Syllabus;
The Greatest of Marlys
And more!
A special Centennial episode with Longview 23 Club members Cal Fowler and Abe Ott!
Learn more about them or contact the club here: http://www.longview23club.org/
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067339691727
An image of the original 1924 log archway that Abe mentions in the podcast can be found on the library's digital archive here: http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/digital/collection/lvr/id/2164/rec/1
Learn more about Centennial celebrations here: https://www.longview100.org/
Where we talk about:
Buffalo, Wyoming; Longmire (TV show); The Cold Dish; Death Without Company; Kindness Goes Unpunished; As the Crow Flies; The Serpent’s Tooth; Christmas in Absaroka County;
and more!
introductory reading from "The Cold Dish."
Where we talk about the works of Nora Ephron, including:
Everything Is Copy (HBO Documentary); Wallflower at the Orgy; Crazy Salad; Heartburn (novel); Silkwood; When Harry Met Sally; Sleepless in Seattle; Mixed Nuts; Michael; You've Got Mail; Hanging Up; Julie & Julia; I Feel Bad About My Neck;
and more!
with special guest James Newkirk!
Where we talk about:
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wave in the Mind," "A Wizard of Earthsea," "The Tombs of Atuan," "Solitude" (included in the anthology "Diverse Energies"), "The Left Hand of Darkness," "The Language of the Night," "Is Gender Necessary?" "Dancing at the Edge of the World," "Catwings"
and: "Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki; "The Left Hand of Darkness" BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatization; 2014 National Book Award Speech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7RDyo7os
text: https://parkerhiggins.net/2014/11/will-need-writers-can-remember-freedom-ursula-k-le-guin-national-book-awards/
introductory reading from "A Wizard of Earthsea."
Where we talk about Toni Morrison! Including:
"The Bluest Eye;" "Beloved;" "Home;" "Song of Solomon;" "Remember: the journey to school integration;"
"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; "The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/magazine/the-radical-vision-of-toni-morrison.html
and mention: "Miss Chloe: a memoir of a literary friendship with Toni Morrison" by A.J. Verdelle; "The Toni Morrison Book Club" by Piper Kendrix Williams, Cassandra Jackson, Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude, and Juda Bennett.
Introductory excerpt from "The Bluest Eye."
Where we talk about:
The work of Susan Orlean:
The Orchid Thief; The Library Book; Rin Tin Tin;
Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan;
and more!
Where we talk about:
The work of Susan Orlean:
The Orchid Thief; The Library Book; Rin Tin Tin;
Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan;
and more!
Where we talk about:
RFID tagging; These Precious Days by Ann Patchett; Louise Erdrich; Birchbark Books; LaRose; The Round House; The Plague of Doves; The Sentence; The Birchbark House; The Night Watchman; Love Medicine; The Beet Queen; Tracks; The Blue Jay's Dance; Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country; The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse; Tales of Burning Love;
and more!
Intro excerpt from the first edition of Love Medicine, 1984
Where we talk about:
Armistead Maupin; Tales of the City (1978 book); Tales of the City (1993 TV miniseries); More Tales of the City (1980 book); The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017 documentary);
and more!
Where we talk about:
Herman Melville; Moby Dick; Bartleby the Scrivener; Billy Budd; Herman Melville at Home by Jill Lepore: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/herman-melville-at-home ;
The Beige Moth blog: https://beigemoth.blog/moby-dick/ ;
In the Heart of the Sea; Drifting Dragons;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Seed Library; NW Voices: http://longviewlibrary.org/nwvoices.php ; David Rakoff; Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish; Half Empty
and more!
Our Friend David: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/472/transcript ; Invisible Made Visible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7V0UKySaI ; Lindsey Ellis on Rent: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q0qfFbtIj5w ; Article from 2020: https://www.timesofisrael.com/locked-down-open-up-to-david-rakoffs-defensively-pessimistic-wit/ ; Poems to get you through hard times: https://www.oprah.com/spirit/poems-that-get-you-through-hard-times/all ; Ira Glass on making the audiobook: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/books/david-rakoffs-last-deadline.html ;
with Joanne Dallas, Austin Brigden, and Jakob Collins
where we talk about:
Story Walks; Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq; Oi Frog! by Kes Gray;
Beverly Cleary; Drop Everything and Read Day; Henry Huggins; A Girl from Yamhill; Ramona the Pest; Ramona and her Mother; Beezus and Ramona; My Own Two Feet; Dear Mr. Henshaw; Walking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland by Laura O. Foster; https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6456
Beverly Cleary Endowed Professorship: https://ischool.uw.edu/faculty-affairs/beverly-cleary-professorship
Corrections: Beverly Clearly was 104 when she died; Becky refers to Beverly several times as "Ramona." :)
Excerpt from "Ramona the Pest" by Beverly Cleary, published by Harper Collins Publishers.
excerpt from "Long Way Down," by Jason Reynolds, published by Simon and Schuster.
Where we talk about:
the work of Jason Reynolds; Long Way Down; Ghost; All American Boys; Brendan Kiely; Ain't Burned All the Bright; Jason Griffin; Stuntboy, in the Meantime; Raul the Third. His picture books are the "Vamos!" series: "Vamos! Let's Go to the Market," "Vamos! Let's Go Eat!" and "Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge."
Tired as F*ck by Caroline Dooner; Breathing Fire by Jaime Lowe;
and more!
Where we talk about:
The 2022 Our Shelf Reading Challenge; www.longviewlibrary.beanstack.org ; The 2022 Printz Award; https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award#previous ; Library building restoration; The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang;
and more!
with Jennifer Jensen!
Where we talk about:
Carrie by Stephen King; Carrie directed by Brian de Palma; Maneaters by Chelsea Cain;
and more!
where we talk about:
library news; new library staff; Becky and Austin's road trip; Glacier National Park;
Deep Creek by Pam Houston; Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy;
Pine Creek Lodge and the Montana Gang of writers; Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison; The Traveling Feast by Rick Bass; The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich; The Meadow by James Galvin; Outlawed by Anna North; The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson; They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Longmire show and series by Craig Johnson;
and more!
with Austin Brigden
where we talk about:
Summer Reading 2021; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; other works by John Steinbeck;
and more!
Watch our Summer Reading Promotional Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwyHlZ71-0
With special guest Elizabeth Partridge! Recorded May 7, 2021
Where we talk about:
Her work at Manatee County Libraries; Navigating the management of libraries during COVID; Audiobooks; Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman; Radical Candor by Kim Scott; Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen; Devolution by Max Brooks; The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt; The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst; Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell; Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater; All Rise by Nick Offerman; Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders;
And more!
With special guest Hiedi Bauer, poet & LCC professor, and Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Hiedi’s background with poetry; the Salal Review; Hamilton; When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman; Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe; Kathleen Flenniken; Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats; The Girl Who Goes Alone by Elizabeth Austen; Dolce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen; writing during the pandemic; Dear Heathcliff by Hiedi Bauer; Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law by Adrienne Rich; Addict by Hiedi Bauer;
and more!
with Austin Brigden and Chris Skaugset!
Where We Talk About:
Poetry! Including work by:
Jim Harrison; Richard Hugo; Kathleen Flenniken; William Stafford; Elizabeth Bishop; T.S. Eliot;
and more!
With Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price; How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell; Work, rest, attention, time,
And mention: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss; Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe; Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds and Emma Reynolds;
And more!
With guest Shira Lile from Hello Life!
Where we talk about:
Hello Life, a Cowlitz County organization that provides peer support to people who struggle with eating disorders or negative body image;
Contact: hellolifeservices@yahoo.com, helloliferecovery.org, or text or call 971.770.0680
Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders; The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar; Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor; Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch; The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor; Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon; Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison; The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner; Shrill by Lindy West; Dietland by Sarai Walker; Land Whale by Jes Baker; Embody by Connie Sobczak; Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings; What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon; Untamed by Glennon Doyle; Daring Greatly by Brené Brown;
Behind the Before and After: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTY_hCTmI98
https://bookriot.com/best-body-positive-books/
and more!
with Austin Brigden and Hillary Strobel!
Where we talk about:
Reopening the library; Northwest Voices; Seed Library; Comics Corner in the library; Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler;
and more!
with Angela Stephenson!
Where we talk about:
Valentine craft; Wi-fi hotspots to checkout; Digitizing the historic survey and inventory of the Old West Side; Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert; Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert; You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle; Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday; A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019); Midnight at the Magnolia (2020); Holidate (2020); Love, Guaranteed (2020); Roomies by Christina Lauren; Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren; The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; My Nerdy Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson; Fool’s Gold series by Susan Mallory; Virgin River series by Robyn Carr; Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn; The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang; Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Writer Friends series by Rachel Gibson; Aisling Grey series by Katie MacAlister; The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister; Say No to the Duke by Eloisa James; Nothing But Trouble by Amy Andrews; Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson; The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams; Sugarplum Way by Debbie Mason; One Day in December by Josie Silver; The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory; Love a la Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm; Tweet Cute by Emma Lord; You Say it First by Katie Cotugno; Windy City Magic series by Crystal Cestari; Lucy Valentine series by Heather Webber;
And more!
With Austin Brigden and Daniel Tate
where we talk about:
Daniel’s departure; Mobile hotspots to checkout; Winter Reading; NW Voices Programs coming; Friends of the Library greeting card fundraiser; Becky’s Library Sampler challenge part 2; The Meadow by James Galvin; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller; Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; John O’Hara; The Art of Burning Bridges by Geoffrey Wolff; The Tradition by Jericho Brown; The Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion; Agnes at the End of the World;
and more!
with Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Jakob Collins
where we talk about:
three of five books from Becky's Library Sampler! Sampler commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyj13avtng Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQ9NgN5xd0 Sampler request form: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php Winter Reading 2021; A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong; Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny; Among Others by Jo Walton; Cork Dork by Biana Bosker; Red Rising by Pierce Brown; I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist; Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero; Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman; Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh; One of Our Own by Jane Haddam; The Hidden Half of Nature: the microbial roots of life and health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé
and more!
with Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Drive-Thru Santa; Library updates; Winter Reading; Bulb Forcing Kit; Friends Meeting January 11;
2020 Reflections; The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO Documentary); McCartney III, Paul McCartney; Evermore & Folklore, Taylor Swift; Leon Bridges; Charlie Crockett; Dolly Parton’s America (podcast); Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics; Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square; A Holly Dolly Christmas; Heaven’s Gate (podcast); The Vow (HBO Documentary); Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Amazon Prime Documentary); Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain; My Favorite Murder (podcast); The Ballad of Billy Balls (podcast); The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado and DaNi; Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill; Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf; The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich; The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich; Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick; Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader by Vivian Gornick; Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature and Feminism in Our Time by Vivian Gornick; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; Moby Dick by Herman Melville; Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville; How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell; Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price; Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi; In Five Years by Rebecca Serle; Tales of the City (1993 miniseries); Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin; Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave; Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron; Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara; Sabrina (1954); Adam’s Rib (1949); Desk Set (1957); The Bishop’s Wife (1947); It’s a Wonderful Life (1946); Christmas in Connecticut (1945); White Christmas (1954); A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019); You’ve Got Mail (1998);
and more!
with guest John C. Hughes, Chief Historian with Legacy Washington, Washington Secretary of State
where we talk about: his new book "Julia Butler Hansen: a trailblazing Washington politician" this book and others can purchased here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/store
Julia Butler Hansen was from Cathlamet, Washington and served 21 years in the Washington State House of Representatives (1939-1960) and 14 years in the United States House of Representatives (1960-1974).
with Lisa Hedgpeth!
Where we talk about:
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic (1998) directed by Griffin Dunne; Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner; Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani, art by Maris Wicks; Jane Against the World: Roe v Wade and the fight for reproductive rights by Karen Blumenthal; Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes; The Room of Requirement, This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/664/the-room-of-requirement; Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty; Kent State by Derf Backderf; The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candice Fleming; The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed; Winter Reading;
and more!
with Chris Skaugset and Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Expanded Library Drive-Thru Hours; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys; Jane Slayer by Sherri Browning Erwin; Jane by April Linder; The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey; Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes; Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg; Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna; Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte; The Lonely City by Olivia Laing (misstated as The Silent City); Jane Eyre (2011) directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender; Jane Eyre TV Mini-Series (2006) starring Ruth Wilson; Jane Eyre (1943) directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Orson Welles; Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore; Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen; Cowboy Christmas Redemption by Maisey Yates; Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund; Moby Dick by Herman Melville; March by Geraldine Brooks; Little Women by Louise Alcott; Marley by Jon Clinch; The Muppet Christmas Carol;
and more!
with MaryAlice Wallis, Mayor of Longview and Hillary Strobel, Longview City Council Member
Where we talk about:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer; Foundations of Leadership; Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark; Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Eva Luna by Isabel Allende; Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac; Equality’s Call: the story of voting rights in America by Deborah Diesen; Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery; How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and their big idea by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Suffrage: women’s long battle for the vote by Ellen Carol DuBois; With Courage and Cloth: winning the fight for a woman’s right to vote by Ann Bausum; Lifting As We Climb: black women’s battle for the ballot box by Evette Dionn; Freedom Summer: the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy by Bruce Watson; Ahead of the Curve: Washington women lead the way 1910-2020 by John C. Hughes;
and more!
with Jennifer King and Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat; The Shining by Stephen King; The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick; Doctor Sleep by Stephen King; Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan; Candyman title sequence: https://youtu.be/TSd81qwxDNo Room 237 directed by Rodney Ascher; The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix series); The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix series); Castle Rock (Hulu series); lots of scary movies;
and more!
with Angela Stephenson!
Where we talk about:
Angela's job at the library; Drive-Thru Trick or Treat; Library samplers and book box prizes; Garters by Pamela Morsi; James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl; While You Were Sleeping; Die Hard; Grosse Pointe Blank; The Little Mermaid; The Parent Trap (original); Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume; https://lithub.com/the-50-greatest-coming-of-age-novels/ ; Ray vs. The Meaning of Life by Michael F. Stewart; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; How to Make Out by Brianna R. Shrum; Solstice by Lorence Alison; In Five Years by Rebecca Serle; What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume; Dumplin' by Julie Murphy; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins; Watchmen (show); 13 Reasons Why (show); The Vow (documentary series); WandaVision; Down to Earth with Zac Efron; Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone;
and more!
Season 3 premiere with Jakob Collins!
where we talk about:
would you rather?; Jakob's cats; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Lucifer; Memoirs and Misinformation by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon, read by Jeff Daniels; Choke by Chuck Palahniuk; Sonic the Hedgehog; Jim & Andy: the Great Beyond; https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-06-30/jim-carrey-book-memoirs-misinformation This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis; Roleplaying Games; upcoming online youth programs; the LPL Discord;
and more!
with Jennifer King!
where we talk about:
embroidery; hammocks; Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi; Stamped by Jason Reynolds; Melanated Reader: https://www.melanatedreader.com/ ; Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez; Books with Emily Fox: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5R53ckTBE4JJtUmc64lng ; Invisible Kingdom by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward; ODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward; Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon by Matt Fraction and David Aja; Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang; Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples; Runaways by Rainbow Rowell; Snapdragon by Kat Leyh; Watersnakes by Tony Sandoval; Harrow County by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook; Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez; Junji Ito; Umbrella Academy; The People vs. OJ Simpson; Legion; Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland; Making Comics by Linda Barry; Bitter Root by David F. Walker and Chuck Brown; library sampler: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php
and more!
with Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
the library garden; https://conversationstartersworld.com/would-you-rather-questions/ ; Yellow Bird: oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country by Sierra Crane Murdoch; https://www.thisamericanlife.org/706/a-mess-to-be-reckoned-with ; My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland; https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/11/final-destination ; Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim; The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm; Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld;
and more!
with guest Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
bird watching; Grant by Ron Chernow; The Red Pony by John Steinbeck; Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore; Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman;
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (cohost Vanessa Zoltan studied Jane Eyre as a sacred text) : https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ ; Seraphina by Rachel Hartman; Far Side by Gary Larson;
Subscribe to our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6lrzgdqjlBBCoSte84PAw/ ; and more!
Where we talk about:
Elizabeth leaving Longview for Manatee County Libraries in Florida!
The futures of libraries; Craft Challenge videos on the LPL's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6lrzgdqjlBBCoSte84PAw One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle; Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson; Cold Storage by David Koepp;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Drive-Thru book pickup; Summer Reading program; Stiff by Mary Roach; Dig by A.S. King;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Library drive-thru service; Elizabeth's opinions; Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb; Brain Wash by David Perlmutter; Recursion by Blake Crouch; Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty;
and more!
Where we talk about:
New releases from Libro.fm; Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld; The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester; Don't Believe a Word by David Shariatmadari; Wildpreneurs by Tamar Jacobi; The Gumbo Coalition by Marc Morial; Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing; Fire in Paradise by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano; Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty; birthdays; cooking; The Edgar Awards: http://www.theedgars.com/ ; Other Wood by Pete Hautman; Slider by Pete Hautman; In the Woods by Tana French; The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins; Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Library resources for small business webinar; Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill; iZombie; A Thousand Sisters: the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein; Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein; Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys; Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson; Burnt by the Sun; Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin; The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater;
and more!
We are recording at home over Skype - please forgive the lower quality!
Where we talk about:
Working from home; Library content on Facebook; Barry the Fish with Fingers by Sue Hendra; Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates; Inheritance by Dani Shapiro; When I Was White by Sarah Valentine; Virtual hiring events; Online poetry readings with Austin;
and more!
Recorded remotely! Stay Home. Stay Safe.
Where we talk about:
Gardening; Digital Library Services; All By Your Shelf Beanstack challenge; Libro.fm; A Self-Help Book; Everyday Ubuntu by Nompumelelo Mungi Ngomane; The Leader's Greatest Return by John C. Maxwell;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Possible COVID-19 related closures and cancellations (UPDATE: the library is closed beginning March 17, 2020; see our website for more information: longviewlibrary.org); Seed Library; Gardening; Frozen on Broadway (in Portland); A book with “garden” in the title; “A Child’s Garden: 60 ideas to make any garden come alive for children” by Molly Dannenmaier; “The Forgotten Garden” by Kate Morton; Ted Chiang stories;
And more!
Where we talk about:
LPL Seed Library; Plant Exchange; Bad Art Night (for teens); Messy Art Night (for babies); Humanities WA: Undiscovered Feminists of Washington State; Indian-ish by Priya Krishna; The World Eats Here: amazing food and the inspiring people who make it at New York's Queens Night Market by John Wang and Storm Garner; Monty Don;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Library happenings; Book juries; Becky's 58 books in 29 days February goal; Elizabeth's Panama trip; The Romance Writers of America; The RITA Awards; Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O'Keefe; Clint Malarchuk’s hockey injury; Advanced Physical Chemistry by Susannah Nix;
and more!
with special guest Daniel Tate!
where we talk about:
Fire It Up! Adult Winter Reading program; Curl Up with a Good Book; Art Speaks Volumes; Teen Tuesdays; Kids Events;
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; Little Women (1994) directed by Gillian Armstrong; Little Women (2017) BBC miniseries; Little Women (2019) directed by Greta Gerwig;
and more!
Where we talk about:
New Year; Breakfast foods; Little Weirds by Jenny Slate; Libro.fm; Hopper; Audiobooks; 2020 Reading Challenge – now on Beanstack!: longviewlibrary.beanstack.org; Our 2020 TBRs (to be read lists);
And more!
Where we talk about:
Cookies; Returning 2020 library events; An African-based fantasy or sci-fi novel; Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi; Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor; A book by or about someone who identifies as neurodiverse; The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; A book by a journalist or about journalism; He Had it Coming by Marianne Mather and Kori Rumore; Bad Blood by John Carreyrou; Our favorite books of 2019;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Happy Noon Year; Library events coming up in 2020; The Friends of Galileo Solstice Walk; The 2020 LPL Reading Challenge; Disney Plus; Lifetime Christmas movies; Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan; Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney;
and more!
Where we...
get interviewed by Rose Lundy from The Daily News! Read the article here: https://bit.ly/2QWKdUX ;
and interview Sharon McAnear author of: Raining Love in Dove Creek; Raining Love in the Highlands; and more!
Our live at the library show November 18, 2019. With guests Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Austin Brigden. Where we talked about:
Paper Son by Julie Leung; Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat; Beavers (Superpower Field Guide) by Rachel Poliquin; Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk; Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks; Skyward by Brandon Sanderson; Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert; America Was Hard to Find by Kathleen Alcott; The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld; Everything Under by Daisy Johnson; The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal; Love and Ruin by Paula McLain; There, There by Tommy Orange; The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick; The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle; Useful Phrases for Immigrants by May-Lee Chai; Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado; My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker; Acid for the Children by Flea; Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe; Heavy: an American memoir by Kiese Laymon; Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott; Calypso by David Sedaris; Word by Word: the secret life of dictionaries by Kory Stamper; Educated by Tara Westover;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Your Shelf or Mine LIVE!; Hands on History; Winter at Orchard House;
2020 Reading Challenge ideas; Chinese Dragons by R.A. Montgomery; Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North; Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh; Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle;
and more!
Where we talk about:
The Kilted Man; Fall Events; The ____'s Wife book list from BooKNet Canada https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2019/10/1/the-wife ; And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman; Personalized book recommendations from Becky: http://longviewlibrary.org/teens-booklists.php ; Viral: The Fight Against AIDS in America by Ann Bausum; Awards for Good Boys by Shelby Lorman; The Swallows by Lisa Lutz; Twilight by Stephenie Meyer; The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice; Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris; Carry On and Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell; The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh; The Passage by Justin Cronin; The Curse of Dracula by Marv Wolfman; Buffy the Vampire Slayer;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Halloween; Little Monster Mash; Kids Book Clubs; The Kilted Man; Humanities Washington: Civil Conversations in an Angry Age; Pet Sematary (1989 movie); Ghostwriter; California Raisins (they were created at Will Vinton Studios in Portland. In 2002, the studio was acquired by Nike owner Phil Knight and changed to Laika, which is now located in Hillsboro); Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson; Cuentos de Eva Luna (The Stories of Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende; Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang; Exhalation by Ted Chiang;
and more!
with guest Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
Banned Books Week; Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz; Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Season 2! Fall library events; Books that take place in Australia or New Zealand; The Bone People by Keri Hulme; Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo; Pet Sematary by Stephen King; Pet Sematary (2019 movie);
And more!
Where we talk about:
Youth Summer Reading report: 881 readers logged 12,151 days of reading; Small Business kits; Giant Days by John Allison; Again, But Better by Christine Riccio; Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Summer Reading Picnic; Gardening; Smells; Small Business theme boxes for checkout; No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lous by Rhonda Gowler Greene; The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara; Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie; our planned Pet Sematary reread;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Elizabeth's trip to Quito and the Galapagos; Waterfall hikes; A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg; Oval by Elvia Wilk; The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller; Veronica Mars; I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted; Apollo 8 by Martin W. Sandler; space programs;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Dog fitbits; Summer events; Elizabeth's trip to the Galapagos; The Weight of Our Sky by Hannah Alkaf; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; Author's Notes; The Outsider by Stephen King; Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan;
and more!
with special guest Jennifer King!
In which we talk about:
Booker being a bad dog (he came back!); July events; Summer Reading; The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris; Salt Houses by Hala Alyan; the nature of historical fiction; and more!
Where we talk about:
Lady Gaga; Summer Reading; Black Swan Green by David Mitchell; Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa; The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes; White Rose by Kip Wilson;
and more!
Where we talk about:
Summer Reading; New library catalog; Is Truth Dead in America? presentation; Chamber of Commerce Boot Camp; Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo; Brainstorm by Daniel J. Siegel; Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg; Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick;
and more!
with special guest Josh Carter!
Where we talk about: Working in libraries; Community involvement; Humanities Washington program: "Is Truth Really Dead in America?"; Cosplay; Summer Reading & Fire It Up; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Turtles All the Way Down by John Green; Once A Wolf by Bryan Sykes; and more!
Where we talk about:
French Fries; Yurting; Jerry's Retirement; Fire It Up!; Summer Reading; Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by May-lee Chai; My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero;
and more!
Where we talk about:
special guest Jennifer King! X-Files; The Public; Fried Potatoes; Messy Art Day; Polaris; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Deep River by Karl Marlantes; There, There by Tommy Orange; The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir; Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson; Blessed Are Those Who Thirst by Anne Holt; John Ajvide Lindqist; Jo Nesbo;
and so much more!
Where we talk about:
National Library Week; Firefighter Story Time; Civic Engagement corner; Polaris - new catalog!; Jesus Christ Superstar; The Importance of Being Ernest; Dear Evan Hansen; and a bunch of nonsense!
Where we talk about:
Falafel; Spring programming; St. Patrick's Day Murder by Leslie Meier; Night of the Blackbird by Heather Graham; Big Dreams, Small Spaces; Christina Lauren romance novels; 100 anniversary of 19th Amendment coming up; Documentaries; Riverdale; and more!
Where we talk about:
Nanocon; Kids Book Club; Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza; Lucha Libre: the Man in the Silver Mask by Xavier Garza; Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales; Backfield Boys by John Feinstein; and more!
Where we talk about:
Changes at the library; Sabrina by Nick Drnaso; The Simpsons Barn Burner by Matt Groening; The Curse of Dracula by Marv Wolfman; meat snacks;
and more!
We talk about:
Kids' Book Club; SCORE classes; Altered books workshops; Art Speaks Volumes; AARP Tax Aide; Friends Book Sale; Writing workshops; Teen Tuesdays; When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall; Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris; All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda; and more!
contact us at elizabethp@mylongview.com
Becky and Elizabeth get started on the 2019 Reading Challenge by reading an Amish Romance! We talk about:
Winter Story Times; Winter Teen Tuesdays; Self-Publishing Workshop; Altered book workshops; Library changes; Karl's going away party; The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin; Treating People Well by Lea Berman and Jeremy Bernard; The Crossroad by Beverly Lewis; The Parting by Beverly Lewis; and more!
contact us at epartridge@mylongview.com
Where we talk about:
Happy Noon Year; Self-publishing workshops; Altered books workshops; Art speaks volumes; Budget news; 2019 You Can LPL Reading Challenge; Children of Blood and Bone; New Year's Resolutions; and more!
Where we talk about:
Thanksgiving; Netflix Christmas movies; Haji Baba's in Phoenix; Shows we want to see in 2019; Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman; The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin; Mother Can You Not by Kate Siegel; Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer; Schitt's Creek; Runaways by Rainbow Rowell; and more!
Where we talk about:
Yule Ball; Home Alone; Playing for the Devil's Fire; Like Water for Chocolate; The Kiss Quotient; While You Were Sleeping; A Holiday Engagement; So Close to Being the Sht Ya'll Don't Even Know; The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck; Public Libraries and Workforce Development; NaNoWriMo; and more!
Where we talk about:
Little Monster Mash 2018, Washington Library Association Conference, Becky's excuses for falling behind in the reading challenge, PBS's The Great American Read,
and more!
Where we talk about
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain by Will Walton What I Leave Behind by Allison McGhee I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan I Know What You Did Last Summer (movie) Scream Scream 2 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and more!
Where we talk about:
Halloween events! Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe The Outsiders Pet Sematary by Stephen King Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss Halloween costumes and more!
Where we talk about:
Fall 2018 library events YouCan! Longview Public Library Reading Challenge Pokemon GO Alanis Morissette Leon Bridges Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard Vox by Christina Dalcher Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips Radical Candor by Kim Malone Scott The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez and more!