Between the Shelves

Marianne and Peter go on a deep-dive of their favorite Spring TV shows ( Yellowjackets and Ted Lasso ) … and Alex is there too!  01:17 - TV’s “Golden Age?” 09:45 - The “Streaming Era” 13:39 - Yellowjackets 37:19 - Ted Lasso 49:33 - Other Favorite Shows 58:54 - “Cozy Shows” ~~~~~ Question, comment or suggestion? Let us know at alex@sayvillelibrary.org !

Jenn, Jonathan, Morgan and Alex discuss what they're currently into! 00:58 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 07:23 - Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 09:22 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 11:50 - Sanditon 13:41 - The Indian Doctor 15:42 - All Creatures Great and Small 16:56 - Grantchester 17:50 - A Place to Call Home 19:40 - Hogwarts Legacy & Harry Potter Audiobooks 20:32...

Library Director Jenn and Department Heads Jonathan and Morgan help kick off National Library Month with a heartfelt, enlightening discussion on how public libraries remain as relevant today as ever. 00:45 - Podcast News! 02:51 - How Libraries Remain Relevant 34:56 - What Does a Librarian Actually Do? 57:13 - Favorite Reference Questions ~~~~~ Show Notes: TED Talk: Reimagining the Public Library Q...

Broadway aficionadas, Stephanie and Tory, join Alex to celebrate World Theater Day! 00:01:30 - Theatrical Origins 00:12:52 - Soap Box Musicals 00:17:55 - Favorite Broadway Experiences 00:23:31 - Shows We've Missed 00:27:36 - Worst Broadway Experiences 00:41:12 - Favorite Shows of 2022 00:49:13 - Movie Musicals 00:56:51 - Matilda: The Musical Review 01:17:43 - "Which Jellicle Cat Are You?&#...

The Oscar Review Crew returns for a very special bonus episode! In it, we discuss our favorite moments from the 95th Academy Awards and movies we're looking forward to seeing in next year's Oscars. 00:00 - Thoughts on last night's event 08:27 - Favorite moments 16:05 - Snubs 20:45 - Best Song & recently watched 25:51 - What makes a "Best Picture" 35:12 - Upcoming films of 2...

Movie-buffs Chuck, Sean and Rachel join Alex to discuss this year’s Best Picture nominees! 0:01:41 - All Quiet on the Western Front 0:05:05 - Avatar: The Way of Water 0:11:10 - The Banshees of Inisherin 0:16:09 - Elvis 0:24:38 - Everything Everywhere All At Once 0:33:00 - The Fabelmans 0:42:19 - Tár 0:50:52 - Triangle of Sadness 0:58:47 - Top Gun: Maverick 1:11:32 - Women Talking We also discuss s...

Jonathan and Erin join Alex to discuss their varied and interesting past jobs and what led them to becoming a librarian, all the while taking some nice detours on cooking, finding time to read, indie role playing games, and motorcycle gangs! 00:19 - Introduction 00:59 - What We're Into 17:58 - Fav Books of 2022 27:05 - Audiobooks: Fiction or Nonfiction? 33:34 - Finding the Time to Read 41:29 -...

Jenn and Peter, the Library's unofficial detectives, join Alex on a special mystery-themed episode! We discuss our favorite mystery books and series, what makes a good cozy mystery, and review The Thursday Murder Club .  00:00:19 - Introduction 00:01:11 - What We're Into 00:06:45 - Sci-Fi Recommendations 00:09:25 - Talkin' Music 00:15:41 - Fav Books of 2022 00:22:46 - The Mystery Begin...

Children’s Librarians, Kerry and Meg, join Alex in this episode to discuss audiobooks, Twilight, fantasy series, and modern romance books, then we wrap up with a fun round of “Would You Rather?” 00:20 - Introduction 02:52 - What We're Into 04:02 - Talkin' Audiobooks 11:10 - BookTok 14:25 - YA Fantasy & New Readers 17:46 - Twilight 24:32 - Talkin' more Audiobooks 27:29 - Meg's F...

Alex and Morgan are joined by Assistant Director Tim! In this episode, we talk more best books of 2022, recommendations that just didn’t land for us, all things Elden Ring, and we play a fun round of “Two Truths and a Lie!” 00:20 - Introduction 01:03 - What We're Into 07:46 - Elden Ring! 16:29 - What We're Into cont. 19:13 - Most Checked Out Books of 2022 23:24 - Tim's Fav Books of 202...

Librarians Marianne and Melissa join Alex to discuss their favorite books of 2022! We also talk book adaptations, Andor, video games, Lord of the Rings, Nope, and recap the year with some 2022 pop culture trivia! 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - What We're Into 16:50 - Fav Books of 2022 24:09 - Year-End Recap Trivia 38:57 - Nope film discussion & "zen" media 44:21 - Outro If you have a...

Welcome to Between the Shelves, the premiere Sayville Library podcast! In this episode, Librarians Alex, Morgan and Kristina talk Star Wars, Kingdom Hearts, their favorite books of 2022 and play some Santa-themed movie trivia. 00:00 - Introduction 01:29 - What We're Into 10:38 - Kingdom Hearts rant! 18:49 - What's going on at the Library? 27:25 - Our Fav Books of 2022 41:44 - Faux Films (S...