Book Talk for June 25 2024 Dinner in Camelot: the night America's greatest scientists, writers, and scholars partied at the Kennedy White House by Joseph Esposito Account of a dinner on April 29, 1962, hosted by President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy for Nobel laureates, writers, scientists, historians, and artists. Discusses the historical context of …

Book talk for June 18, 2024 First Father First Daughter by Maureen Reagan "Mermie," as she was affectionately called by her father writes about growing up with the former president and about realizing her own political ambitions. Maureen's admiration for her father shows throughout the book as she writes about her childhood in Hollywood, a string o…

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 ext…

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 retur…

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 h…

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 th…

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 Vanish…

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 S…

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 strange…

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. …

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 …

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 Moo…

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 Frank…

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…

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…

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 Pre…

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 instituti…

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 …

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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 obi…

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 sto…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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 unto…

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 …

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…

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 DB39474By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

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 b…

Book talk for July 18, 2023 South of the buttonwood Tree by Heather S Webber DB112517 The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins BR18488 DB68384By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

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 DB1116…

Book Talk for June 27, 2023 The Noodle shop books 1-3 by Vivien Chien DB95088 The Korean War by Matthew B Ridgeway DB32628By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

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 …

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 Vi…

Book Talk for May 6, 2023 The Maid by Nita Prose DB106298 Miracle and Wonder Conversations with Paul Simon Malcolm Gladwell DB108147 Dying For Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson DB52106 Forsaking all Others by Jimmy Breslin DB18184By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Book talk for May 30, 2023 Alcatraz versus the evil librarian Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor DB14475 Under the cloud the decades of nuclear testing by Richard Miller DB25539By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Book Talk for May 23, 2023 The glass castle: a memoir by Jeannette Walls BRC00809 DB61540 Falling by P. J. Newman DB104510 next buddy read for 2 weeks The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin DB101803 All The Wrong Places by Joy Fielding DB94449 More than you'll ever know by Kati GutierezBy Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Book Talk for May 16th The Guest List By Fern Michaels DB51010 Do you speak American by Robert MacNeil DB62014 The Water Keeper By Charles Martin DB100040 The 5 wishes of Murray McBride DB104366 Only love can hurt like this Anguished English :: an anthology of accidental assaults upon our language by Richard Lederer DB33613 Clara's War One girl's s…

Carpenters: musical legacy was our buddy read. The next buddy read is The Chain by Adrian McKinty BR22789 DB95738 The Survivors Club the secrets and science that could save your life By Ben Sherwood DB68508 Whispers and lies by joy fielding DB55354 BR14715 Back in the game: one gunman, countless heroes, and the fight for my life by Steve Scalise DB…

Book Talk for May 2, 2023 Haven by Sheri Gomes DBC00693 Code to Zero By Ken Follett DB51273 BR12966 The night she disappeared by LisaJewell . DB105170 The alt apocalypse by Tom Abram The four doors a guide to joy, freedom and a meaningful life by Richard Paul Evans DB78243 Death by the light of the moon Joan Hess DB53592…

2023 Lessons In Chemistry By Bonnie Garmus DB107538 Carpenters: the musical legacy by Miche Cidoni Lennox DB110717 The Chain By Adrian MCKinty DB95738 The Children's Blizzard Melanie Benjamin DB101802By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Book Talk for April 18, 2023 under the bayou moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse DB109151 Grit: a family memoir on adversity and triumph By Jeff Moyer DB104231 The accidental President Harry S Truman and the four months that changed the world By albert Baime DB89835 Winter in paradise By Elin Hilderbrand DB92619 What happens in paradise By Elin Hilderbra…

Book Talk for April 11, 2023 The Carpenters a musical legacy by Mike Cidoni Lennox DB11071 The wrecking Crew: the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret by Kent Hartman DB74698 The frugal wizard's survival guide to mideva England The buddy read is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus DB107538…

Book talk for April 4, 2023 The housemate by Eve L patterson Faye, faraway by Helen Fisher The dog star by Peter Heller DB75493 Playing for the ashes by Elizabeth George DB40562 Crossfire by Dick and Felix Francis DB72174By Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Book talk for March 28, 2023 Buddy read for next time is The Wrecking Crew: the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret by Kent Hartman DB74698 Jimmy Stewart bomber piolit by starr smith DB60563 If you tell: a true story of murder, family secrets, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood by Gregg Olsen DB98239 Other people's marriages by Car…

Books discussed on book talk fohr March 21, 2023 Never look at the empty seats by Charley Daniels DB89931 Unoffendable: how just one change can make all of life better Brant Hansen Db97849 The Other Me by Sarah Jeng Zachrich DB106694 Seabiscuit The story of an american legend by Laura Hillenbrand DB51968 or BR14930 The Mountain between us By Charle…

books for March 14, 2023 Second chance pass by Robyn Carr DB68737 Split second by David Baldacci DB56904 It doesn't take a hero: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the autobiography DB35557 The hobbit by J R R Tolkien BR07827 DB11497 Dog on it by Spencer Quin DB68453 eighteen acres book 1 by nicolle Wallace DB72341 It's classified book 2 by Nicolle Wal…