Book Talk

Book talk for April 2, 2024 This Thing Between Us Summer Days and Summer nights Finding Sky A Nicki Valentine mystery by Susan O'Brien DB89711 The Second Life of Muriel West by Amanda DB109792 The Gray Man Thunderstruck by Erik Larson DB63094 The Women by Kristin Hannah The Program by James Swain DB99079 Cabin Fever   by Mike Smith and Jonathan Franklin DB117025 Murder at Rock by Elen Armstrong DB...

booktalk for March 19, 2024 When Character was King the story of Ronald Reagan by Peggy Noonan Former special assistant to president Ronald Reagan asserts that his greatness lay in his character. Includes anecdotes from those who knew the president well; analyzes his career as a film star, a union representative, and a politician; and discusses the factors that influenced him. Some strong language...

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah France, 1939. Vianne Mauriac sends her husband off to war, while her younger sister Isabelle runs off to Paris, claiming an affair. Once there, Isabelle becomes involved in the Resistance. Vianne's home is occupied by the invading Nazis. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015. BR23299 DB81189 The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding "In the end, I ha...

Booktalk for February 27, 2024 The Good old boys Hewey Calloway No. 1 by Elmer Kelton Will easy-riding, old-time cowboy Hewey Calloway finally settle down? He realizes that a new era is coming to Texas in the early 1900s, but at the age of thirty-eight, he doesn't want to change with the times. Prequel to The Smiling Country (DB 48506). DB48505 Preacher's Fire by William W Johnstone and A J. Johns...

Book talk for February 20 2024 One Child By Torey L. Hayden When six-year-old Sheila, the unwashed, unkempt daughter of a migrant worker injures another child, she is temporarily placed in the author's class of retarded and handicapped preadolescents. Hayden soon realizes that this troubled child, whom the court wants to commit to a state institution, is gifted with the IQ of genius. 1980. DB16872...

Book talk for January 23, 2024   The Cove By Catherine Coulter Someone thinks Sally Brainerd knows who murdered her father. If Sally can just get to Aunt Amabel's house in The Cove, on the Pacific coast, she knows she will be safe. But then, the man she begins to rely on for help turns out to be with the FBI. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. DB42271   Lee and Grant a D...

Book Talk for November 21, 2023   A Child's Christmas in Wales By Dylan Thomas   Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him when he was a child. 1954. BR16134 DB24355   The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans   Three weeks before Christmas, the newspaper erroneously publishes the obituary of Utah real-estate developer James...

Book Talk for October 31, 2023   Carry on: a story of resilience, redemption, and an unlikely family  by Lisa Fenn   An ESPN producer went home to Cleveland to cover the local story of legally blind Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton, who lost his legs in an accident. The two became like brothers when brought together by wrestling. In following the story, the author became close with the boys. Un...

Book Talk for October 3, 2023   The Survivors by J. Elizabeth Harper DB101853   The Association by Bentley Little DB56461   Memory Man by David Baldacci BR21707 DB81260   Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt DB94783   The Shepherd     Black Death at the Golden Gate The race to save America from the Bubonic Plague By david K. Randall DB97899   A magical Christmas  by Heather Graham  DB47384      

Book Talk for September 26, 2023   A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain BR13640 DB18136   The book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel DB100408 Lucy Kincaid books 9-10 by Allison Brennan DB83573 Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks BR24534 DB110362   Count the ways by Joyce Maynard DB104929   A dog named Beautiful: a Marine, a dog, and a long road trip home  by Rob kugler DB95368   Under...

Book talk for September 19, 2023   on borrowed time by David Rosenfelt Db74208   Code name Blue wren Jim Popkin DB114279   Hit for hire by David Archer DB111485   Tiger in the sea: the ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the desperate struggle for survival  by Eric Lindner DB108279   kindness is for weakness by Shawn Goodman DB76880   Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsay   An Irish country docto...

Book Talk for September 12, 2023   Under the Bayou Moon by Vallerie Fraser Luesse DB109151   A Calder at Heart By Janet Dailey DB114898   Orphans preferred the twisted truth an lasting legend of the Pony Express by Christopher Corbett DB63187   Salina Utah Massacre July 8, 1945  by mike Rose DBC20315    The Housemaid by Freida ,McFadden DB114201   The Hidden One: A Kate Burkholder Novel by Linda C...

or September 5, 2023   Charltans by Robin Cook DB114437   Rise to rebellion by Jeff Shaara Db52454 Book 1 in the revolutionary war series   The chiefs  by Stuart Woods                 DB17674 Book 1 in the Will lee series The mercy of the sky: The story of a tornado by Holly Bailey DB83414   Halsey's typhoon: the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue  by Bob Drury D...

August 29, 2023   A civil war Army versus navy by John Feinstein DB44165   Apache   Hit by brett Battles   The light of Luna Park  by Addison Armstrong  DB105931   The hand that rocks the ladle :: a Pennsylvania Dutch mystery with recipes  Tamar Myers DB55404   Hearts In Harmony by Beth Wiseman DB95231   Dreamtown By David Baldacci DB107645   up to no Gouda by Linda Reilly   Blind eye: how the med...

Book Talk for August 22, 2023   you only rock once by Jerry blavat Db113228   Doo wop: the music, the times, the era  by Cousin Bruce Morrow DBC09824   Unoffendable: how just one change can make all of life better  by Brant Hansen DB97849    The five love languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate  by Gary D Chapman DB64174   spirit of steamboat by Craig Johnson BRC01300 DB78294  ...

Book talk for August 15, 2023   Glimpses beyond death's door Brent L  Top DBc20600   Return to valetto   then  she was gone by Lisa Jewell DB93135   Stories of young pioneers in their own words by Violet t Kimball  dbc14252   Deceptions by Judith Michael DB21613   A tangled Web by Judith Michael DB39474  

Book talk for August 8, 2023   Malice in maggody by Joan Hess DB35186   Molly murphy series books 1-4 by Rhys Bowen DB85427   Red badge of courage an episode of the American civil war by Stephen Crane DB22405   A single thread Cobbled Court Quilts series NO. 1  by Marie Bostwick DB93357   Buddy read for September is  Identity by Nora Roberts DB114782

Book talk for August 1, 2023   Evil among us the Texas Mormon missionary murders  by Ken driggs DBC18113   Now that you mention it by Kristan Higgins DB89960   Secret Obsession By Kimberla Roby Lawson DB77251 BR19531   Criminally in Cocoa by Amanda Flower DB110629   Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais DB55482   Any sign of Life by Rae Carson DB105815        

Book Talk for July 25, 2023   Just mercy the story of justice and redemption by bryan Stevenson DB80035   Desert Heat by Judith A Jance BRC00696 DB81543   After: a doctor explores what near-death experiences reveal about life and beyond  BY Bruce Greyson DB109313   Bums: an oral history of the Brooklyn Dodgers  by Peter Golenbock DB112202   the second ending by Michelle Hoffman   My body is not a...

Book talk for July 18, 2023   South of the buttonwood Tree by Heather S Webber DB112517   The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins BR18488 DB68384

Book talk for July 11, 2023   Forward together: an inside look at guide dog training by Christie Bane DB10008   Honky in the House writing and producing the Jeffersons By Jay Moriarty DB105352   Crash and Burn by Lisa Gardner DB80653 BRG06318   The Night and the music The Matthew Scudder stories By Lawrence Block DB97736   So Help me God by Mike Pence DB111606   The Golden Couple by Greer Hendrick...

Book Talk for June 27, 2023   The Noodle shop books 1-3 by Vivien Chien DB95088   The Korean War by Matthew B Ridgeway DB32628    

Book talk for June 20th   The Push By Ashley Audrain BRG04461 DB102320   You'll Never Know dear: a novel of suspense by Hallie Ephron DB92952   Fairy tale by Stephen King DB110155   Remarkably Bright Creatures By Shelby Van Pelt DB107924   An inquiry into love and death by Simone ST. James DB108368   Diana William and Harry by James patterson and Chris Mooney DB110618 Finding Chika: a little girl,...

Book Talk for June 13, 2023   When do you like to read a book as opposed to having it narrated?   The Sixth Man by David Baldacci DB73352 Brightstorm a sky ship adventure Vashti Hardy DB100563   Pete Shepherd series by Michael Stag   A decade of fantasy and science fiction By Robert P Mills DB20374   Helter skelter: the true story of the Manson murders  By Vincent Bugliosi DB36994 Eyes On you by K...