Book Talk

Book talk for June 11, 2024 Girl in the Leaves by Robert Scott "In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley, Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang; her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina's two children, thirteen-year-old Sarah and eleven-year-old Kody. Investigators began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs of the missing people were...

Book Talk for June 4, 2024 Nuclear War a scenario by Annie Jacobsen "Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; where the choreography of the world's end requi...

Book talk for May 28, 2024 Then came Violence Virgil Tibbs No. 6 by John Dudley Ball "Virgil Tibbs, the cool, highly competent black detective of the Pasadena Police Department opens the door of his bachelor apartment to find that it has been expertly stripped to the bare walls—not a thing is left to show that he ever lived there. At headquarters he is given a cryptic note from Police Chief McGowa...

Book Talk for May 21, 2024 Reaching for the stars: the inspiring story of a migrant farmworker turned astronaut  by Jose M Hernandez "Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American ast...

Book Talk for May 14, 2024 Far from the Madding Crowd By Thomas Hardy and Ronald Blythe In this late-Victorian novel, a penniless girl becomes a woman of means when she inherits her uncle's farm. The plot focuses on her changing relationships with the three men who court her, and on their personal relationships with other people. DB32653 The Vanished Man Book NO. 5 in the Lincoln Rhyme series by J...

Book Talk for May 7, 2024 Time and Tide by Thomas J. Fleming Historical World War II melodrama about a U.S. Navy cruiser, the USS "Jefferson City." As the lone survivor of a battle in the Solomon Islands, the ship is disgraced and considered jinxed until a new captain takes command. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1987. DB26656 Shamed A Kate Burkholder novel by Linda Castillo Th...

Book Talk for April 30, 2024 Angels in the ER: Inspiring true stories from an emergency room doctor by Robert D. Leslie "Twenty-five years in the ER could become a résumé for despair, but for best-selling author Dr. Robert D. Lesslie, it's a foundation for inspiring stories of everyday angels - friends, nurses, doctors, patients, and even strangers who offer love, help, and support in the midst...

Book talk for April 23, 2024 Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews Meg is knocking herself out trying to be a bridesmaid for the weddings of her brother, mother, and best friend. As she tries to help her ditzy relatives prepare for their various outrageous festivities, one of the guests is murdered, old crimes are uncovered, and she falls in love. 1999. BR13270 DBC16974 Close to Home Adam Fawley 1...

book talk for April 16, 2024 Broadcasters In Baseball by Curt Smith The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis DB116879 Reaching for the Stars the inspirational story of an immigrant turned astronaut DB116999 Heart of a killer by David Rosenfeld DB74334 Honeymoon Crasher by Tina Morris DB116577 Motion to Suppress DB52073 Paul Harvey's America by Stephen Mansfield DB72283 61 Hours by Lee Child DB71403 BR...

Book Talk for April 9, 2024 The Perfect Marriage  by Geneva Klint Hill The Michael Bennett Series Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump Live from the Battlefield by Peter Arnet Gilda Radner   Hans Christian Anderson A stranger in the House  Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly Kate Shugak by Dana Stabinow  DB109792 The Good Dream DB118478 Paper Moon by tatum O'Neal Finding Stevie by Kathy Gla...

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...