TWICE a month, the librarians are in, with their favorite recommendations in Two Book Minimum, a toe-to-toe discussion on a book or topic, as well as news from the book world, updates from Lawrence Public Library, and beyond.
Bookish News:
The 2017 National Book Award shortlist for Fiction
Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman
The Leavers by Lisa Ko (eBook on Hoopla!)
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel prize in literature!
Sisters in Crime an organization whose stated mission is “to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers”—turns 30 this year!
Two Book Minimum:
Dirty Dancing at Devil’s Leap by Julie Anne Long (2017)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (2016)
Note: Polli wanted to clear up that, while she called this a memoir in the podcast, it's actually a biography. Sorry, y'all! She definitely DOES know the difference ;)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (2016)
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1993)
She Said/She Said: ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr (2014)
We are actually disagreeing for once! Hear our takes on this Pulitzer Prize winning novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France.
Upcoming Events:
FRI OCT 20 @7PM Mic Supremacy #2 at Raven Bookstore: “Mic Supremacy is a POC led and centered open mic night open to the Lawrence community.”
SUN Oct 29 @2PM - “Pure Imagination - Music from the Movies” -- Jayhawk Harp Ensemble coming to play music from beloved movies like Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, Beauty and the Beast, etc. in the library Auditorium
Show notes: http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/2017/10/book-squad-podcast-012-the-one-where-we-finally-disagree/
This episode was produced by Jim Barnes in the Sound & Vision studio. The theme song is by Heidi Lynne Gluck.
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