The Bookmark

In this episode, Julie and Cindy discuss what's new at the Wallingford Public Library, what they're reading, and then "get into it" over the Philip Roth, Blake Bailey, W.W. Norton controversy. Then they end on a sweet note talking about what they're baking. “Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture & Identity” by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi “Early Morning Riser” by Katherine H...

“XING” by Debora Kuan “Lunch Portraits” by Debora Kuan Joe Pan, joepan.com Brooklyn Arts Press, brooklynartspress.com “Sight Lines” by Arthur Sze Jennifer Mackenzie, poet “Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage” by Anne Lamott “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year” by Anne Lamott “No One is Talking about This” by Patricia Lockwood “Priestdaddy:...

In this episode, Julie and Cindy welcome special guest Leah Farrell to talk about what's new at the Wallingford Public Library; what they're reading; One Book, One Wallingford; and three recipes in the "Cook the Book/Bake the Book" segment. Here are the show notes: "When All is Said" by Anne Griffin "Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future" by Elizabeth Kolbert The Charles Lenox Mysteries seri...

In this episode, Cindy and new co-host Julie talk about what's new at the Wallingford Public Library, what they're reading, the dreaded reading slump, and two sweet recipes in the "Bake the Book" segment. Here are the show notes: The Likeness by Tana French Inside Story by Martin Amis Restless by William Boyd Watchmen: The Annotated Edition by Alan Moore. Illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Edited with n...

In today's episode, Cindy and Allison talk about all things related to home.  We share books that have a strong sense of home, discuss feel good books, and chat about two delicious recipes in the Cook the Book segment.  Here are the show notes: Empty: A Memoir by Susan Burton Untamed by Glenna Doyle Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley World of Wonders by Aimee...

In this episode, Cindy and Allison discuss one of their greatest loves - food!  We talk about food writer memoirs, recipes, tv shows, movies, and even our favorite cooking gadgets.  Enjoy! Memoirs : My Life in France by Julia Child Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelson Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi Eat a Peach by David Chang Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent E...

Thanks for listening! Here are the books, audiobooks, and movies we talked about today: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell Twice Magic by Cressida Cowell Took by Mary Downing Hahn It by Stephen King In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Woman in Cabin Ten b...

Here are the show notes from today's episdode: Broken Places and Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected, by Nnedi Okorafor Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah Come Again, by Robert Webb Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, by Malcolm Gladwell The Whole 30, by Melissa Urban Oute...

Show Notes for 7/31 episode of The Bookmark: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Intimations by Zadie Smith White Teeth by Zadie Smith On Beauty by Zadie Smith TransAtlantic by Colum McCann Let the Great World Spin by Column McCann The Maze at Windermere by Gregory Blake Smith The Ninth Hour by Alice McD...

Here's a list of the books we talked about on today's episode! Adult titles: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Deacon King Kong by James McBride Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Roots by Alex Haley Children's titles : I Am Brown by Ashok Banker, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe Let th...

Here is a list of the books, podcasts, recipes and other stuff we talked about on today’s show: North Main Book Notes blog post about books on racism: https://northmainbooknotes.blogspot.com/2020/06/10-books-on-race-in-america.html Wallingford Public Library’s Park ‘n Pickup Program: https://www.wallingford.lioninc.org/introducing-park-n-pickup-a-no-contact-pickup-service/ Happier with Gretchen Ru...

Here's a list of the books, movies, and recipes we talked about on today's show: Writers & Lovers by Lily King All the Ways We Said Goodbye: A Novel of the Ritz Paris by Beatriz Williams, Laurent Willig and Karen White The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Always at the Carlyle, a Kanopy documentary In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite: 150 Recipes and Stories...

Thanks so much for listening to The Bookmark, a podcast sponsored by the Wallingford Public Library.  Your hosts are Allison Murphy, Children's Librarian, and Cindy Haiken, Reference and Readers Advisory Library.  Here's a list of the books, audiobooks, websites, and recipes we mentioned on today's show: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel  Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy,...