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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.
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Episode 36: Robot Dogs, Piano's Journey, and Animal Germs
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: 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! -
Episode 35 One Book One Town (OBOT) 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed
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 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. -
Episode 34: Blueberry Mysteries, Protecting Our Animal Friends, and a Mother/Son Roadtrip
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, 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 (also
talked 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 Amanda
Peters
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
My Father's House by Joseph
O'Connor
Amy Peck:
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our
Planet by Ben Goldfarb
Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of
Pioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman
A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds by
Anders Gyllenhaal and Beverly Gyllenhaal
Philip Bahr:
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper -
Episode 33: Our Favorite Books for 2023
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: 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 -
Episode 32: Missing Person Thriller, Advice from a Centenarion, and SF 50's Historical Fiction
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: 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 -
Episode 31: Old and New Poirot, Kids Show Mystery, and a Museum Guard Speaks
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: 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 tales
from 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 from
the Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jasonn Hawes and Grant Wilson
All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and 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