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    Page Turners: Book Talk from Our Library - Summer 2026 (Ep. 39)

    Also available to listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Fiction The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand The Favorites by Layne Fargo Heartwood by Amity Gaige Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge The Overstay by Richard Powers North Woods by Daniel Mason The Other Bennett Sister by Janice Hadlow The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill Jubilee by Margaret Walker Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven Kissing the Sky by Lisa Patton Suspense Everyone Is Lying to You Jo Piazza Best Offer Wins by Merisa Kashino Strangers in the Car by C. M. Ewan Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera The Windsor Knot by S. J. Bennett Agatha Christie books Rom Com Fake Skating by Lynn Painter One and Only by Maureen Goo  In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman Love Haters by Katherine Center First Time Caller by B. K. Borison One Golden Summer Carley Fortune Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Magical Realism I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison Big Feelings Home of the American Circus by Allie Larkin Gracie Harris Is Under Construction by Kate Hash Heart the Lover by Lily King Good for a Laugh Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston Non-Fiction A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Unruly by David Mitchell I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst L’Appart by David Leibovitz Open by Andre Agassi Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Christian Living Joyful Outsiders by Patrick Keith Miller Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop Waiting Isn’t a Waste by Mark Vroegop A Heart Aflame for God by Matthew Bingham Everyday Spiritual Habits by Hanna Seymour Younger Readers The Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter The Unlikely Intrusion of Adams Klein by John Greco The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye Looking forward to reading: Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune The Keeper by Tana French The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester When You Loved Me by Beatrice Williams The Midnight Train by Matt Haig Land by Maggie O’Farrell

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    Page Turners: Book Talk from Our Library – Summer 2025 (Ep 38)

    On this episode of Second Look, our Growing Place Library staff member, Merrill Skipworth, along with 2PC members, Jennifer Wilson and Lacey Moody, sit down for the seventh annual book talk! The list below features books recommended and mentioned in this episode.  Also available to listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. General Fiction:  Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jiminez The Wedding People by Alison Espach The Love Haters by Katherine Center Tilt by Emma Pattee How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman The Husbands by Holly Gramazio How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The Favorites by Layne Fargo  Historical Fiction: I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams Husbands and Lovers by Beatriz Williams Classics: Emma by Jane Austen The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainJames by Percival Everett Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Rom Com: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center Is She Really Going Out with Him? By Sophie Cousens  Quiet Literature: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell This Is Happiness by Niall Williams Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach Good Material by Dolly Alderton Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell  Young Adult: Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Light-Hearted Mystery: Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Mystery: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Non-Fiction/Memoir: Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents by Kayla Craig Parenting Without Panic in an LGBT-Affirming World by Rachel Gilson Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren  Middle Grade: Bad Badger: A Love Story by Maryrose Wood The Next Great Jane by K.L. Going The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan The Book Scavenger Series by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Series by Maryrose Wood  Check Out From Our Library: Books: Skymar Series by Pepper Basham The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh Timeless Series by Gabrielle Meyer The Perfect Rom-Com by Melissa Ferguson Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson Murphy Shepherd Series by Charles Martin The Extraordinary Death of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold Authors: Courtney Walsh Pepper Basham Gabrielle Meyer Melissa Ferguson New Books We Are Excited About: Steeped in Stories by Mitali Perkins Tim Keller on the Christian Life by Matt Smethurst Trembling Faith by Taylor Turkington Joyful Outsdiers by Patrick Miller Faithful Exiles by Ivan Mesa What Do I Say When…? by Andrew Walker and Christian Walker

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    Page Turners: Book Talk from Our Library – Summer 2024 (Ep. 35)

    On this episode of Second Look, our Growing Place Library staff member, Merrill Skipworth, along with 2PC members, Jennifer Wilson and Lacey Moody, sit down for the sixth annual book talk! The list below features books recommended and mentioned in this episode. Middle Grade: Clara Poole and the Long Way Round by Taylor Tyng 21 Balloons by William Pene de Bois Wish Tree by Katherine Applegate Key Player by Kelly Yang (Series)  Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt  Young Adult Fiction: American Royals by Katharine McGee (Series) The Royal We by Heather Cocks Pride by Ibi Zoboi The Do Over by Lynn Painter Unequal Affections by Lara S. Ormiston  Rom-Com: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson Moorewood Family Rules by HelenKay Dimon The Good Part by Sophie Cousens  Memoir: Finding Me by Viola Davis How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore Taste by Stanley Tucci You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin  Non-fiction: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Good Apple by Elizabeth Passarella  Historical Fiction:  The Women by Kristen Hannah Kindred by Octavia E. Butler The Dictionary of Lost Words by Philippa Williams The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver  Science Fiction: The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis General Fiction:  Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman Talking at Night by Claire Daverley The Last Love Note by Emma Grey Thriller/Mystery: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister The Fury by Alex Michaelides The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Going Zero by Anthony McCarten  Spiritual Growth: Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie Real by Catherine Parks Made to Belong by David Kim Made for People by Justin Whittle Earley See Christian Book Recommendations from Staff

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