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SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Margo's Got Money TroublesWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe.
As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet's always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and while the affair is brief, it isn’t brief enough to keep her fro...
2025-01-2256 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: FangsWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Fangs by Sarah Andersen.
Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf with a wry sense of humor and a fondness for running wild during the full moon. Together they enjoy horror films and scary novels, shady strolls, fine dining (though never with garlic), and a genuine fondness for each other’s unusual habits, macabre li...
2025-01-0815 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: BabelWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Babel by R.F. Kuang.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using en...
2024-11-201h 19
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Demon CopperheadWe're back! Welcome to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own...
2024-11-061h 25
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Remarkably Bright CreaturesWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream...
2024-05-2251 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Behind the DoorWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel by Amy Price.
The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series Crime The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. When Amy Price took a temporary design job at an Art Deco hotel in Los Angeles to help a friend, she had no idea the path it would lead her down. For...
2024-05-0844 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: YellowfaceWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Yellowface by R.F. Kuang.
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.White liesWhen Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.Dark humourBut as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.Deadly consequences…What happens next is enti...
2024-03-0647 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Bright Young Women by Jessica KnollWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll which is focused on infamous serial killer Ted Bundy and the Chi Omega Sorority House murders.
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2024-02-2155 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueWelcome back to Book with a View/the Goodreads Virtual Book Club. This month we read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.But everything...
2024-02-0745 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: My Heart is a ChainsawWelcome back to Book with a View/the Goodreads Virtual Book Club. This month we read My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones.
Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of tho...
2024-01-031h 26
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: In a HolidazeWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved...
2023-12-2038 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: The London Séance SocietyWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner.
1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike.
Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister...
2023-11-1558 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: The Librarian of Burned BooksWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture exchange program in Germany. For a girl from a small town in Maine, 1933 Berlin seems to be sparklingly cosmopolitan, blossoming in the midst of a great change with the charismatic new chancellor at the helm. Then Althea meets a beautiful woman who promises to show her the real Berlin, an...
2023-11-0157 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Crying in H MartWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over...
2023-10-1855 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: The Lost Girls of WillowbrookWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman which is based on the infamous urban legend Cropsey as well as the Willowbrook State School.
You can check out your own copy of The Lost Girls of Willowbrook https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=the+girls+of+willowbrook&te=.
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2023-10-041h 17
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Book LoversWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Book Lovers by Emily Henry.
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.Which is why s...
2023-09-0654 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: In the Garden of Spite by Camilla BruceWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce which is based on the infamous black widow of LaPorte Belle Gunness.
You can check out your own copy of In the Garden of Spite https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=in+the+garden+of+spite&te=ILS.
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2023-08-021h 12
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook With A View: She Who Became the SunWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.
In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate...
2023-07-2657 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Severance by Ling MaWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Severance by Ling Ma.
Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies halt operations. The subways squeak to a halt. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost.
Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a...
2023-05-311h 09
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: I'll Be You by Janelle BrownWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at I'll Be You by Janelle Brown that is based on a few infamous cults including NXIVM and Synanon.
You can check out your own copy of I'll Be You here https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=i%27ll+be+you&te=ILS!
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2023-05-1754 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Circe by Madeline MillerWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Circe by Madeline Miller.
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she...
2023-05-031h 16
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: A Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly and the true story of the infamous murder of Grace Brown in upstate New York.
You can check out your own copy of A Northern Light here https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/?dt=list!
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2023-04-1954 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with A View: Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. FordWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford.
For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who understands her. She thinks she understands him too. He's sensitive like her, an artist, and maybe even just as afraid of the dark. She's certain that one day they'll be reunited again, and she'll finally feel complete. There...
2023-04-0541 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Harriet Said by Beryl BainbridgeWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge and the true story of the infamous Parker-Hulme case in New Zealand.
You can check out your own copy of Harriet Said exclusively on the Hoopla App!
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2023-03-0139 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: Cultish by Amanda MontellWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read Cultish by Amanda Montell.
What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join—and more importantly, stay in—extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already h...
2023-02-0849 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: The Wonder by Emma DonoghueWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at The Wonder by Emma Donoghue and the true stories of Fasting Girls from the 14th-19th centuries.
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2023-01-2547 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: If We Were Villains by M.L. RioWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club/A Book with a View podcast! This month we read If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio for our December Found Family read.
Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago.
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an...
2022-12-281h 05
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Give Me Your Hand by Megan AbbottWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott, based on the true crime case of Marie Robards.
Article mentioned in the show:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/poisoning-daddy/
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2022-12-211h 00
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with a View: The Guncle by Steven RowleyWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read The Guncle by Steven Rowley.
Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is honestly a bit out of his league.
So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their moth...
2022-12-0738 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Winter Counts by David Husk Wanbli WeidenWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden and the long and fraught history of tribal and federal law.
Here are a few links to get starting in your own research: https://www.lakotamall.com/history-and-ancestry/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/rushmore-sioux/
Books recommended by the author: American Apartheid: The Native American struggle for self-determination and inclusion by Stephanie Woodard
American Indians, American Ju...
2022-11-0954 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Afterparties by Anthony SoWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read a short story collection by a local author from Stockton, CA; Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So.
Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family. A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a r...
2022-11-021h 04
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady HendrixWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, based on the Satanic Panic that happened in the 1980s and 1990s.
You can check out your own copy of My Best Friend's Exorcism here https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:516450/one?qu=my+best+friend%27s+exorcism
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2022-10-191h 17
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View Minisode: Ghost SquadWelcome back to A Book with a View! This month we read a middle grade book called Ghost Squad by Claribel A Ortega.
Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy. For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd's witch grandmother, Babette, and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the...
2022-10-0517 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: All These Bodies by Kendare BlakeWelcome to Dark Fascinations the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at All These Bodies by Kendare Blake based on the infamous murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate as well as the infamous Clutter Family Murders.
You can check out your own copy of The Patient's Secret at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=all+these+bodies&te=ILS
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2022-09-1458 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read a short story collection called Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.
Her Body and Other Parties is a debut collection of shorty stories with a variety of stories dealing with the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of...
2022-09-0734 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: The Patient's Secret by Loretta Anne WhiteWelcome to Dark Fascinations, previously Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at The Patient's Secret by Loreth Anne White, a book based on the Richardson Family murders in Alberta, Canada.
You can check out your own copy of The Patient's Secret at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=the+patient%27s+secret&te=ILS
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2022-08-1756 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBook with A View: Harlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadWelcome back to the Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we participated in the National African American Read-In and read Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Harlem Shuffle’s ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It’s a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem.
To continue the discussion head over to goodreads.com search SSJCPL. Also check out the library's new podcast that features this book club! Search SSJCPL P...
2022-08-1039 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Home Before Dark by Riley SagerWelcome to Dark Fascinations, previously Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Home Before Dark by Riley Sager, a book loosely based on the Amityville Horror.
You can check out your own copy of Home Before Dark at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=home+before+dark&te=ILS.
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2022-07-1346 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we discuss Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley.
Firekeeper's Daughter is about eighteen year old Daunis Fontaine. Daunis has never quite fit in anywhere. She dreams of studying medicine but her plans are derailed when tragedy strikes and her mother becomes ill. This is a YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community.
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2022-07-0650 min
2022-06-2157 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkDark Fascinations: Never Saw Me Coming by Vera KurianWelcome to Dark Fascinations, previously Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian, a book loosely based on the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy and the study of psychopathy.
You can check out your own copy of Never Saw Me Coming at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=never+saw+me+coming&te=ILS.
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2022-06-0837 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: One Last Stop by Casey McQuistonWelcome back to the A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month our book club theme was Winter Romance and the book we read was One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston.
One Last Stop is about a young woman named August who meets the love of her life in the Q train in New York. The only foil is that Jane may be a time traveler.
Join us next month as we read Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley.
To continue the conversation go to goodreads.com search SSJCPL.
2022-06-0147 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: The Hole in the Ground (Feat. Kathy Layfield)Welcome back, campers! This episode, Michael and special guest Kathy Layfield discuss Lee Cronin’s 2017 supernatural horror film, The Hole in the Ground. To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at Kanopy. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free!
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-05-1847 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBeyond the Book: Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne PhillipsWelcome to Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips, a book based on the infamous Great Depression Lonely Hearts Killer.
You can check out your own copy of Quiet Dell at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=quiet+dell&te=ILS.
Links to more information and the trial transcript.
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2022-05-1138 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. ManansalaWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala. Arsenic and Adobo is a character driven cozy mystery set around food.
Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup and is suddenly tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, while also dealing with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly...
2022-05-0434 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Train to Busan (Feat. Gissella Maltos)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Gissella Maltos discuss Yeon Sang-ho’s 2016 record setting zombie film, Train to Busan.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at hoopladigital.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free!
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-04-2047 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBeyond the Book: Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodWelcome to Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood based on the killings of Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear in 1840s Canada.
You can check out your own copy of Alias Grace at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=alias+grace&te=ILS.
Links to more information and the trial transcript.
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2022-04-1546 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Imaginary Friend by Stephen ChboskyWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! For the spookiest month of the year we read an equally spooky book, Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky.
Imaginary Friend is a story about familial love and obligation, ghosts both real and imaginary, and an epic battle of good vs. evil.
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2022-04-0650 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: The Innkeepers (Feat. Jodi Crawford)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Jodi Crawford discuss Ti West’s 2011 supernatural horror, The Innkeepers.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com or hoopladigital.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-03-1638 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkBeyond the Book: The Long Drop by Denise MinaWelcome to Beyond the Book, the podcast that deep dives into the true stories popular fiction is based on. This month Jodi and Brianna take a look at The Long Drop by Denise Mina and the true crime story of serial killer Peter Manuel the Beast of Birkenshaw.
You can check out your own copy of The Long Drop at an SSJCPL branch nearest you here: https://stks.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/ssjcpl/search/results?qu=the+long+drop&te=ILS.
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2022-03-0947 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This episode we read a book purely based off of it's cover. That chosen book was Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Join us as we talk about labyrinths, cults, and mind palaces.
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#ssjcpl #bookclub #Piranesi #SusannaClarke
2022-03-0239 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Summer of 84 (Feat. Shenae Crain)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Shenae Crain discuss Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell’s 2018 horror mystery, Summer of 84.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com or hoopladigital.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-02-1648 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Educated by Tara WestoverWelcome back to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read Educated a memoir by Tara Westover about her childhood and in rural Idaho and beyond.
Here are the discussion questions we used to base our conversation on: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzHJ932WYj5911U8pYM3DOj-1FLzP-iJ/view?usp=sharing
Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
#ssjcpl #ssjcplreading #bookclub #Educated #TaraWestover
2022-02-0250 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkCyndee's Selections: I'm not dying with you tonightHow unexpected events help two girls from two completely different backgrounds bond in order to survive a dangerous night.
2022-01-1305 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkCyndee's Selections: Latinx PicksGet the low down on some great reads with Ms. Cyndee and Ms. Kendra.
2022-01-1307 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkCyndee's Selections: Poetry and MusicLooking for more ebooks and music available online? Cyndee and Kendra have you covered. All of the books and music mentioned are available on the Hoopla app with your library card.
For more library news visit: ssjcpl.org
2022-01-1303 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkCyndee's Selections: American MarriageJoin Cyndee and Kendra for a riveting discussion of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An American Marriage centers around newlyweds Celestial and Roy as they settle into their life together. Just as they begin to settle in Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. The novel is an insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
Check out our library catalog: ssjcpl.org.
2022-01-1312 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: The Witch/VVitch (Feat. Malia Leuck)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Malia Leuck discuss Robert Egger’s 2015 feature directorial debut, The Witch – The VVitch: A New-England Folktale.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-01-1233 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Dead Calm (Feat. Melinda Kopp)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Melinda Kopp discuss Phillip Noyce’s 1989 psychological thriller, Dead Calm.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-01-1238 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Black Christmas (Feat. Kendra Vinyard)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Kendra Vinyard discuss Bob Clark’s 1974 Canadian slasher, Black Christmas, considered by some to be the first of its kind.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com or hoopladigital.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-01-1238 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Under the Shadow (Feat. Nathan Maez)Welcome back, friends! This episode, Michael and special guest Nathan Maez discuss Babak Anvari’s 2016 directorial debut, Under the Shadow.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com or hoopladigital.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free! Want to get in on all the horror fun? Join Horror Club at ssjcpl.org.
Special thanks to Speaker Negotiations for our beautiful intro/outro music.
2022-01-1241 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkLibrary the 13th: Day of the Dead (Feat. Elsa Fregoso)Hello, friends! Did you know a library can take you anywhere you can imagine, even the darkest depths of the horror genre? Join Horror Club host Michael Vinyard for SSJCPL Podcast Network’s premier horror podcast, Library the 13th. In this pilot episode, Michael and A Book with a View’s Elsa Fregoso discuss George Romero’s 1985 zombie classic, Day of the Dead.
To avoid spoilers, watch the film ahead of time for free with your library card at ssjcpl.kanopy.com. Don’t have a library card yet? Call us at 209-937-8221 and get one for free...
2022-01-1243 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This episode we discuss Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo with two special guests. Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
#ssjcpl #bookclub # ClapWhenYouLand #ElizabethAcevedo
2022-01-1234 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune to fit the Summer Reading 2021 theme of Tails and Tales. Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
Check out what the author has to say about the inspiration for the book here: https://whatever.scalzi.com/.../03/17/the-big-idea-tj-klune/ as well as resources about residential schools here: https://www.nytimes.com/.../us-canada-indigenous-boarding...
#ssjcpl #ssjcplreading #bookclub #TheHouseintheCeruleanSea #TJKlune
2022-01-1231 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: The Push by Ashley AudrainWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we are reading about motherhood with a twist. We read The Push by Ashley Audrain. This is a pulse pounding almost thriller about isolation and motherhood.
Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
Discussion questions:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625327/the-push-by-ashley-audrain/9781984881663/readers-guide/?fbclid=IwAR0SNCpubJ1rjj_jAigrdsgOIBqWVWsrt9aKuIYkghiuRX-f2K3Y1eQQxN4
#ssjcpl #ssjcplreading #bookclub #thePush #AshleyAudrain
2022-01-1243 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! This month we read The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. This is the first book in a trilogy about a young girl named Vasya living in medieval Russia who comes into her powers through hardship and sacrifice.
Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
Link to the discussion questions:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251789/the-bear-and-the-nightingale-by-katherine-arden/9781101885956/readers-guide/?fbclid=IwAR1-j4TkEFC9umv0-72IWnY9GdhCVO8FjPRTXUqTfSAiCqPJOfjseYB1dcM
2022-01-1237 min
SSJCPL Podcast NetworkA Book with a View: Double FeatureWelcome to A Book with a View, a Goodreads Virtual Book Club! Join this special Goodreads Virtual Book Club Double Feature. This episode we are showcasing the novel Godshot by Chelsea Bieker with special guest Merrilee and When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole. Go to goodreads.com and search SSJCPL to keep the conversation going. Visit SSJCPL.org for more library news.
#Bookclub #Godshot #WhenNoOneIsWatching #AlyssaCole
2022-01-1240 min
Podcast Stockton70. Derron Lee - August 26, 2013What are you reading?Susan and Matt discuss what they've been reading. Since the two co-hosts originally met at a literacy fundraiser, the subject of what each is reading tends to come up a lot. Susan is currently reading Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and Matt is enjoying on Sugar, Fat, Salt as well as the Peter Criss autobiography.Both are big fans of our wonderful Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. Did you know you can search the library catalog online and even reserve a book and have it pulled and ready for you a...
2013-08-2700 minPodcast Stockton51. Chris Freeman, City Librarian - August 27, 2010Welcome to Podcast Stockton, featuring an interview with Chris Freeman, City Librarian.This week's show is co-hosted by Chris Kotsoglou. Read his blog and follow him on Twitter.In this episode:Catch up time with Chris the Greek. Chris is more than half-way through Stockton's Biggest Loser. Read about all of the other contestants here.Sports update with Lowell TuckermanLincoln Center Live and Miracle Mile Night. On back-to-back nights, Stockton had two awesome events. Car shows, live music, great food - these two events did not disappoint. In...
2010-08-2800 min