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Tiny Town Library Podcast
Hosted by Daland Memorial Library · EN
A slice of life in a small New England Town as reported by the town librarians. Podcast includes town news, community updates, book recommendation, and guest interviews
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Episode 49: Gobble Gobble
Nov 27, 202401:09:29Tap to summarizeHeading into the weekend and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Tune into this episode to hear a preview of all the festivities happening in Tiny Town this holiday season. Amy has her book recommendations to help you reach your 2024 reading goals and JoAnn is so excited to introduce our new teen library assistant Arianne! Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I’ve Read Recently That I Enjoyed The Black Bird Oracle by Deb Harkness (5th book in the All Souls Series) 1. A Discovery of Witches 2. Shadow of Night 3. The Book of Life 4. Time’s Convert 5. The Black Bird Oracle Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny #19 (!) – audiobook is notable as she has a new Quebecois narrator, Jean Brassard What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley #11 in his Flavia DeLuce series   Newish Books I’d Like to Read Now or Never by Janet Evanovitch #31 in her Stephanie Plum series Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob Sheffield Time of the Child by Niall Williams (set in same town as This is Happiness) The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami   Upcoming Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading Havoc by Christopher Bollen Dec 3, 2024 The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin Dec 3, 2024 Pretty Dead Things by Lilian West Dec 10, 2024 The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis January 5, 2025  
Transcribe →Episode 48: Happy Cat-0-Ween!
Oct 28, 202400:59:22Tap to summarizeIt’s Halloween podcast episode! Stop and check out The Black Cat Cafe display on the library lawn and get ready to Trick or Treat on Main Street! MEOW!! We can’t wait to see your costumes!! Stacy Clark, President of Turnstone Corporation joins us on this episode to introduce herself and the team building the new library. Don’t miss her interview for the three month outlook on the new library project! Happy Halloween! See you at the polls…get out and VOTE!! Amy’s Book Recommendations Books I read that I enjoyed: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Guillotine by Delilah Dawson The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia New Books I’d Like To Read: The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling The City in Glass by Nghi Vo The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke Upcoming Books I’d Like to Read: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny A Queen’s Game by Katharine McGhee Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire
Transcribe →Episode 47: Groundbreaking
Oct 1, 202400:55:53Tap to summarizeSeptember has come and gone too fast! Catch up with the local librarians this episode for the Library Groundbreaking Event recap, fall programming line up, book recommendations and more! Happy fall!! Amy’s Book Recommendation Books I Read Recently that I Enjoyed The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (nominated for National Book Award in 2018) The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (she wrote The Wishing Game) Finished Laurie Gelman’s Class Mom series:, Class Mom, You’ve Been Volunteered, Yoga Pant Nation, Smells Like Tween Spirit New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading The Life Impossible by Matt Haig All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (wrote We Begin at the End) We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (he wrote The Thursday Murder Club series) Graveyard Shift by ML Rio (novella) Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Bringer of Dust by JM Miro (2nd book in The Talents series, 1st was Ordinary Monsters) By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult Guillotine by Delilah Dawson When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman (Grades 3-7) Upcoming Books I Want to Read 10/1- The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose 10/1- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten 10/22- Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson 10/29- The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins 11/5- The Author’s Guide to Murder by Lauren Willig, Beatriz Williams, Karen White
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