WBPL library podcast Melanie Terrill

Ellen and Michelle talk about why the Andy Weir novel, Project Hail Mary, is such a great read.

Gail McCarthy and Evelyn DeLutis discuss their involvement in the Dress-a-Girl-Around-the-World program. Another way libraries and churches can help protect vulnerable young girls. Want to get involved? Find out more here: http://www.westbpl.org, https://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/, https://www.bridgew.edu/news-events/news/worthy-outfit.
Email Gail if you want to make a personal connection: gmccarthy@westbpl.org

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
(passing reference to) Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Gretchen Newman reveals the background of the lure of the brooding Scottish highland man as the doomed hero.

Ellen and Gretchen talk about lifting the stigma that has existed for years on romance novels. Today's romance is a hip, sexy, and diverse genre that provides harried professional women with badly-needed escape and fantasy.
Authors discussed: Selena Montgomery, Julia Quinn, Diana Gabaldon, Courtney Milan.
Resources: https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5660117-beyond-heaving-bosoms

Ashley and Ellen talk about Anxious People by Fredrick Bachman.