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Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Links for Book Break 05/03/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Library Director Cathy, as they discuss cozy mysteries!
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge (Claire)
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A High End Finish by Kate Carlisle (Cathy)
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Fresh Brewed Murder by Emmeline Duncan (Claire)
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Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay (Cathy)
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The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams (Claire)
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Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly (Cathy)
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The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell (Claire & Cathy)
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Links for Book Break 04/19/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Mindy, as they discuss books about gardens, flowers and spring!
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman (Claire)
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Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Mindy)
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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Claire)
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A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor (Mindy)
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Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers by Jessica Roux (Claire)
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A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari (Mindy)
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Have you read any of our choices? Have thoughts about our picks? Connect with us at greecepl.podcasts@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners, and also getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Links for Book Break 04/05/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Stephanie, as they discuss books about books, libraries, or bookstores!
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis (Claire)
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I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (Stephanie)
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The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore (Claire)
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The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (Stephanie)
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Claire)
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Bait and Witch (first in Witch Way Librarian Mysteries) by Angela Sanders (Stephanie)
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Cozy Series recommendations from Stephanie:
Cozy Capers Book Group series by Maddie Day first books is Murder on Cape Cod
By the Book series by Tamara Berry. First book is Buried in a Good Book
The Open Book Mystery series by Margaret Loudon. First book is Murder in the Margins
Lakeside Library Mystery series by Holly Danvers. First book is Murder at the Lakeside Library
Library Lovers Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay. First book is Books Can Be Deceiving
Claire’s Other “Bookish titles”
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (Both Claire & Stef loved this one)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (first in a trilogy called “The Cemetery of Forgotten Books”
Have you read any of our choices? Have thoughts about our picks? Connect with us at greecepl.podcasts@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners, and also getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Links for Book Break 03/15/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Rebecca, as they discuss a round-up of books they have been reading recently.
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita (Claire)
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Travels with Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets by Lars Eighner (Rebecca)
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A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella (Claire)
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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Rebecca)
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All That is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay (Claire)
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The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison (Rebecca)
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Have you read any of our choices? Have thoughts about our picks? Connect with us at greecepl.podcasts@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners, and also getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Jenna, as they discuss a round-up of Cozy Fantasy they have been reading recently.
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Claire)
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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Jenna)
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Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Claire)
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Under the Whispering Door by T. J. Klune (Jenna)
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Claire)
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The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (Jenna)
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Have you read any of our choices? Have thoughts about our picks? Connect with us at greecepl.podcasts@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners, and also getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Links for Book Break 02/15/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Mindy, as they discuss a round-up of what they have been reading recently. Today we feature Historical Fiction titles.
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
The Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh (Claire)
Purchase a copy here. Not available in the Monroe County Library system at this time.
The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian (Mindy)
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The Siege Winter by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman (Claire)
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Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris (Mindy)
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Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Claire)
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Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (Mindy)
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Links for Book Break 02/01/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Hannah, as they discuss a round-up of what they have been reading recently.
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
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Beach Read by Emily Henry
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Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
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The Selection by Kiera Cass
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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
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The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Librarians Claire and Stephanie talk about some of the 2023 releases that they are excited to add to their “To Be Read” piles!
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum: Etaf Rum’s follow-up to her 2019 debut, A Woman Is No Man, is a complicated mother-daughter drama that looks at the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma and what it takes to break the cycle of abuse. (Claire)
2022 Greece Reads author, Etaf Rum
One of Time Magazine’s “Most anticipated books of 2023”
March 2023 release
Mothered by Zoje Stage: From the USA Today bestselling author of the international sensation Baby Teeth comes a claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother. (Stephanie)
Our first Greece Reads author, Zoje Stage
We love a book with psychological mother issues!
Feb 14. 2023 release
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See: The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See’s classic Snowflower and the Secret Fan and The Island of Sea Women. (Claire)
historical fiction based on a “real” person!
this one will be a solid choice for book clubs.
June, 2023 release
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita: debut from an Academy Award–nominated screenwriter. Takes place in a tiny town in Alaska. All 200 residents live in one high rise building. Town is only accessible via a tunnel and is isolated. Detective goes in to investigate a murder and then gets stranded when a blizzard closes off the tunnel. (Stephanie)
Debut novel
Alaska!
Female detective
January release
Happy Place by Emily Henry: A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this fun new novel. (Claire)
Rom-Com fake romance trope
June 2023 release – great vacation read!
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix: Parents die, two adult siblings must sell their house, but the house has a creepy feeling to it. Filled with dolls and puppets. Saw it described as Annabelle and Child’s Play. It’s “hilarious and terrifying” as the blurb says. That’s a hard combination to get right, but it seems it has. (Stephanie)
12 rating on Goodreads
January release
All That is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay: A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt. From the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. (Claire)
True Crime vibes
Family secrets? Vengeance? What’s not to like?
March 2023 relase
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher: described as “Southern gothic.” We both enjoy Southern. A woman goes home to visit her mother, and everything seems “off.” Her mother seems terrified, she’s painted all the walls white, and then she discovers a jar of teeth in the yard. (Stephanie)
Creepy / horror movie vibes
March release
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Crosby: Southern noir specialist S.A. Cosby (Razorblade Tears) is back with his unique brand of high-octane crime fiction. Titus Crowne is a former FBI agent recently elected sheriff of a small town. When a school shooting shatters the community, Titus must endure the trials of being a Black man in a police uniform in the American South. (Claire)
Love books about the South in a contemporary setting
Southern Noir!
June release
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham: baby stolen out of his crib and the mother hasn’t slept in a year. Case is cold but she is desperate to find him. (Stephanie)
Love missing persons stories
Interviewed by a true crime podcaster in the story
34 Goodreads rating already
January
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai: From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. (Claire)
Historical fiction in a different time period
Loved her first book (available on Hoopla)
March release
Who We are Now by Lauryn Chamberlain: Four friends. Fifteen years. Graduated college in 2006, they think they will always be close, but entering adulthood changes things. Each of the next years is told from one of their points of view. Drift apart but a tragedy brings them back together. (Stephanie)
Friendship, including a male… interesting perspective
Covering such a large span of time in a novel. Very interesting.
“explorations of the second coming of age moment that arrives in our thirties.” Being in this age range, I understand that.
August
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May: From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. (Claire)
Non-fiction pick – enjoyed “Wintering”
Description of helping people “trapped in a sea of constant change” appeals to me
February release
The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye: a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet. When Helene was young, she dreamed of the perfect man and wrote about him in journals. Grew up, moved on, went through a messy divorce. She decides to move to Alaska where she meets a man… who is the exact person she dreamed up. How? (Stephanie)
Alaska again
Retellings can be overdone, but this sounds intriguing and not sure how it relates to Romeo and Juliet yet
Interested because I think it may take a magical turn?
August
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai: A stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. A successful producer and pod caster returns to teach a class at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered during their senior year. (Claire)
On many “most anticipated” lists – NPR, Time, Good Housekeeping, Today, etc.
Love the pod casting connection
February release
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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Links for Book Break 01/04/2023
Join GPL librarian Claire and special guest, Ashley, as they discuss a round-up of what they have been reading recently.
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
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When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
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Slow Horses by Mick Herron
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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
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Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah
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Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Join GPL librarians Claire and Kirstra as they discuss their favorite books published in 2022!
Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org:
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
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Where I Can’t Follow by Ashley Blooms
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
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Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
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Book Lovers by Emily Henry
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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
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Have you read any of our choices? Have thoughts about our picks? Connect with us at greecepl.podcasts@gmail.com. We love hearing from our listeners, and also getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!
