Beyond Books Beyond Books

Join us for an in-depth discussion of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 

Recommendations: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Intro Music Composed by Dana K. 

Join Sara, Kate and special guest Maggie for a discussion about nonfiction books!

What we're currently reading: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid; Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff; The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang 



Intro Music composed by Dana K.! 

Listen as we chat about some of our favorite books we've read so far in 2021!



Our Top Books so far:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, Seeds Planted in Concrete by Bianca Sparacino, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Anxious People by Frederik Backman, Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.

Our Honorable Mentions:

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Space Boy by Stephen McCranie, Ariadne by Jennifer Saint, How to Order the Universe by Maria Jose Ferrada, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, Bits & Pieces by Dawn Hosmer, The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, and Deadly Education by Naomi Novik.

Books we've both read:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, and Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield.

Our Biggest Disappointments:

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge, and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.

What we're currently reading:

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Listen to us quiz each other about our favorite books!



One-Star Review Game inspired by Merphy Napier (YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FW6FYqPLeQIXMSulBfOLw)



SPOILERS FOR THE GAMES BELOW:

Titles Mentioned:  

- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien

- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

- The Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik

- The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

- Mr. Penumbra's 24-hr. Bookstore by Robin Sloan

- The Three Dark Crowns Series by Kendare Blake

- The Robert Langdon Series by Dan Brown

- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

- The Giver by Lois Lowry

- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

- Blood, Water, Paint by Joy McCullough

- Redwall by Brain Jaques

- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

What's better, the book or the movie? In this episode we break down some of favorite (and not-so-favorite) book-to-screen adaptations. Titles Mentioned in this Episode: Grishaverse series - Leigh Bardugo; A Song of Ice and Fire series - George R.R. Martin; Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury; The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments - Margaret Atwood; Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng; Inferno - Dan Brown; The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks; The Martian - Andy Weir; The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne; Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie; Bird Box - Josh Malerman; War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells; The Birds, Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier; Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon; The Chronicles of Narnia series - C.S. Lewis; The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien; Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman; Dumplin' - Julie Murphy; The Queen's Gambit - Walter Tevis; The Giver - Lois Lowry; Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett; Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare; Pride & Prejudice, Emma - Jane Austen; The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe; We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson; Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid; Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson; Temeraire series - Naomi Novik; The Relic Master - Christopher Buckley
What We're Reading: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint; Saving the Dragon by Sarah R. Cleveland

This episode we have a very special guest: our former boss and current Library Director, Crystal! Join us for a chat about how we got our start in the library field, what it takes to become a librarian, debunking stereotypes, and all of the amazing ways libraries help their communities.