Shows
Your Shelf or MineBooks of the 1930sBecky and Jey talk about books of the 1930s including: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, and Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink.
Check out American Indians in Children's Literature here: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
Find our reading challenge here: https://longviewlibrary.beanstack.com/
2025-05-211h 14Your Shelf or MineBooks of the 1920sWe are counting down to the Longview Library's 100th anniversary in April 2026 by reading and discussing books from one decade each month. You can read along with us and track your participation on our Beanstack page: longviewlibrary.org.
This month, Becky, Jo, and Austin talk about books from the 1920s:
Millions of Cats by Wanga Gag (Wanga Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray and Before They Were Artists: Famous Illustrators as Kids by Elizabeth Haidle)
The Brownies' Book
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
E...2025-04-1758 minYour Shelf or MinePercival EverettBecky, Austin, and Holly talk about the work of National Book Award winner Percival Everett, including Erasure (and the movie adaptation "American Fiction"), God's Country, Watershed, So Much Blue, Telephone, The Trees, James, and more!
2025-02-081h 37Your Shelf or MineFall Book Club ConvoBecky, Jennifer, Jo, and Jakob talk about library book club selections from September through November 2024!
Including:
Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld, Monica by Daniel Clowes, Air by Monica Roe, The Getaway by Lamar Giles, Mexikid by Pedro Martin, Witchlings by Claribel Oretga, the Samantha books from American Girl, and much more!
2025-01-151h 11Your Shelf or MineHoliday BooksBecky and Jakob talk about Christmas books, including:
Santa's Gotta Go by Derrick Barnes
A City Full of Santas by Joanna Ho
Love, Santa by Martha Brockenbrough
One Foggy Christmas Eve by Kerilynn Wilson
Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney by Mac Barnett
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Natalie Andrewson
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra...2024-12-2054 minYour Shelf or MineStephen Graham JonesBecky, Jenny, Jakob, and Heather talk about the work of Stephen Graham Jones including:
The Only Good Indians
My Heart is a Chainsaw
I Was a Teenager Slasher
Mongrels
and more!
2024-11-271h 11Your Shelf or MineMiseryBecky, Jakob, Heather M, and Jennifer talk about Misery by Stephen King, the 1990 movie starring Kathy Bates, and season two of Castle Rock. Plus more! Spoilers abound, plus some discussion of graphic violence in the book, movie, and show.
2024-11-0154 minYour Shelf or MineSummer Book Club ConvoBecky, Jennifer, Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about library book club selections from summer 2024.
2024-10-201h 15Your Shelf or MineAnn PatchettBecky and Austin talk about the work of Ann Patchett including:
These Precious Days, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, Tom Lake, The Patron Saint of Liars, The Magician's Assistant, The Dutch House, Commonwealth, and more!
Introductory reading from Commonwealth.
Listen to Ann Patchett in conversation with Cheryl Strayed at Literary Arts here: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/
The Tom Lake jam is no longer available, but other Michigan jams are from American Spoon: https://spoon.com/collections/cherries
Visit Parnassus Books here: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/
2024-09-261h 09Your Shelf or MineM.T. AndersonBecky, Austin, and Jakob talk about the work of M.T. Anderson including:
Feed (2002);
Landscape with Invisible Hand (2017);
Landscape with Invisible Hand movie (2023);
Elf Dog & Owl Head (2023);
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (2015);
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I: The Pox Party (2006);
The Daughters of Ys (2020)
introductory reading from Feed.
Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/m-t-anderson-feed-20-years-later/
2024-08-3155 minYour Shelf or MineContemporary RomanceBecky and Jo dish on contemporary romance novels, particularly the work of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood including:
"Love, Theoretically" by Ali Hazelwood;
"Check & Mate" by Ali Hazelwood;
"People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry;
"Happy Place" by Emily Henry;
"Funny Story" by Emily Henry;
Introductory reading from "Book People" by Emily Henry.
2024-07-271h 03Your Shelf or MineRita Mae BrownBecky, Austin, and Shelley talk about the work of Rita Mae Brown including:
Six of One;
Rubyfruit Jungle;
Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy #1);
and more!
2024-07-041h 05Your Shelf or MineSpring Book Club ConvoBecky, Jo, Jakob, Jennifer, and Austin talk about Longview Public Library book club selections from March, April, and May! Including those from our:
Adult Book Club, Romance Book Club, Graphic Novel Book Club, Kids Book Club, Little Kids Book Club, Evergreen Teen Book Club, and American Girl Book Club!
Books discussed include: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Subeik Lubeik by Deena Mohammed, Family Style by Thein Pham, Bride by Ali Hazelwood, The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga, The Red Palace by June Hur, Melody: No Ordinary Sound by Denise Lewis Patrick, Lola Levine is...2024-06-291h 10Your Shelf or MineNational Poetry Month 2024Becky, Austin, and Jennifer discuss various poets and their own personal experiences with poetry. Discussed topics and poets include:
E.E. Cummings
Shel Silverstein
Chen Chen
Kwame Alexander
William Stafford
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry Foundation
Mary Oliver
and more!
Introductory reading "Some Things I Like" by Lemn Sissay
Other readings:
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
"Ask Me" by William Stafford
"Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem" by Matthew...2024-04-241h 12Your Shelf or MineKate DiCamilloBecky and Austin discuss the work of children's author Kate DiCamillo including:
The Puppets of Spellhorst
The Beatrice Prophecy
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Raymie Nightingale
and more!
New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/what-kate-dicamillo-understands-about-children
Betsy Bird review: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/03/08/review-of-the-day-ferris-by-kate-dicamillo/
Ann Patchett at Literary Arts: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/
2024-03-2856 minYour Shelf or MineWinter Book Club ConvoBecky, Jo, Jakob, and Austin talk about the books from this past season's book clubs including:
Secret Explorers series by DK and SJ King
Rainbow Days series by Valerie Bolling
Miles Lewis King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons
Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro
Courtney Changes the Game and Courtney Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate...2024-02-291h 20Your Shelf or MineKekla MagoonBecky, Austin and Jakob discuss the work of author Kekla Magoon including:
The Rock and the River,
X,
Revolution in Our Time,
How It Went Down,
The Minus-One Club, and
Chester Keene Cracks the Code.
Introductory reading from Revolution In Our Time.
2024-02-011h 00Your Shelf or MineN.K. JemisonBecky and Jakob talk about the work of author N.K. Jemison, particularly her novel "The Fifth Season."
Introductory reading from "The Fifth Season."
2024-01-191h 03Your Shelf or MineShirley JacksonBecky and Austin talk about the work and life of Shirley Jackson, including:
"The Lottery and Other Stories,"
"The Haunting of Hill House,"
"We Have Always Lived in the Castle," and more!
Introductory reading from "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."
2023-11-2358 minYour Shelf or MineMaggie StiefvaterWhere Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about the work of Maggie Stiefvater! Including:
"The Raven Boys;"
"Shiver;"
"The Scorpio Races;"
and more!
introductory excerpt from "The Scorpio Races."
2023-10-311h 13Your Shelf or MineKurt VonnegutBecky, Austin, and Heather M. talk about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.! Including:
"Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969);
"Player Piano" (1952);
"A Man Without a Country" (2005);
"Breakfast of Champions" (1973)
"Welcome to the Monkey House" (1968)
"Hocus Pocus"(1990)
"Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time" documentary (2021);
Salman Rushdie's essay "What Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Tells Us Now": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-tells-us-now
"Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson;
"Civilwarland in Bad Decline" by George Saunders;
and more!
2023-09-2255 minYour Shelf or MineThe Peters Brothers and the Nutty Narrows BridgeIn this special Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Mark and Roger Peters about their father, Amos J. Peters, who constructed the Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. They share about their family, their father's legacy, the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, and other Peters Construction projects that have had a lasting impact on our community, particularly Campus Towers.
Learn more about Squirrel Fest on their website here: https://lvsquirrelfest.com/
Nutty Narrows wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Narrows_Bridge
Longview Library digital archive http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/ search "Nutty Narrows." Content i...2023-08-181h 02Your Shelf or MineJudy BlumeBecky, Jo, and Austin can't get enough Judy Blume.
We talk about:
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the book;
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the movie;
"Forever";
"Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing";
"Blubber";
"Judy Blume Forever," the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0
and more!
Learn about Judy's editor Dick Jackson: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81494-dick-jackson-remembered.html
Charlamagne Tha God Conversation with Judy Blume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HihS5EPb6o 2023-08-131h 25Your Shelf or MineDavid SedarisWhere Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about the work and style of David Sedaris including:
"Me Talk Pretty One Day,"
"Holidays on Ice,"
"The Best of Me,"
"Happy-Go-Lucky,"
"Calypso,"
and more!
2023-07-2854 minYour Shelf or MineArchie Anderson’s DaughtersIn this special Centennial episode, Becky and Jo talk with Diane Burch and Karen Rasmussen, two daughters of late Longview community stalwart Archie Anderson. In 2000, the former Highlands Park on Alabama Street, between 22nd and 21st Avenues, was renamed Archie Anderson Park in his honor.
2023-07-2044 minYour Shelf or MineRobert Mumford and Gary Schmauder Get MarriedOn this Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Robert Mumford and Gary Schmauder about their December 9, 2012 wedding, what it was like to be the first gay couple married in Cowlitz County, and their hopes for the future of Longview.
2023-06-2249 minYour Shelf or MineElena Ferrantewith Jennifer Jensen! Where we talk about:
Elena Ferrante;
The Lost Daughter (book);
The Lost Daughter (movie);
My Brilliant Friend (book);
My Brilliant Friend (HBO series);
The Lying Life of Adults (book);
The Lying Life of Adults (Netflix series)
and more!
Introductory reading from "The Lying Life of Adults."
2023-06-0647 minYour Shelf or MineAndre Stepankowsky and Reporting Mt. St. HelensBecky and Austin talk to journalist Andre Stepankowsky, who was part of the staff at the Longview Daily News that won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story.
Andre retired from the Daily News in 2020 and currently writes the Lower Columbia Currents substack at https://andrestepankowsky.substack.com/ as well as a column for the Columbia River Reader.
2023-05-311h 09Your Shelf or MineJacqueline WoodsonWhere Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about:
Jacqueline Woodson;
Brown Girl Dreaming;
Red at the Bone;
The World Belonged to Us;
National Poetry Month;
and more!
2023-05-1242 minYour Shelf or MineEdith WhartonWhere Becky and Austin talk about:
Edith Wharton;
The Mount;
Mr. Jones;
Edith Frome;
The House of Mirth;
The Custom of the Country
and mention:
Inventing Anna
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/my-favorite-anti-semite-edith-wharton
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-edith-wharton-knew-a-century-ago-about-women-and-fame-in-america
Introductory reading from "The House of Mirth."
2023-04-271h 09Your Shelf or MineJoseph Govednik and World War II LongviewBecky and Angela talk to Joseph Govednik from the Cowlitz County Historical Museum about World War II and Longview. Visit the museum in person at 405 Allen Street in Kelso or online at: https://cowlitzcountyhistory.org/
2023-04-211h 01Your Shelf or MineJulia QuinnWith Jo Dallas!
Where we talk about:
Julia Quinn;
Netflix’s Bridgerton;
The Duke and I;
The Viscount Who Loved Me;
And more!
2023-04-1046 minYour Shelf or MineEmpire of Trees and the Columbia River ReaderBecky and Angela talk to Sue Piper, editor of the Columbia River Reader, and Hal Calbom, author of their upcoming book "Empire of Trees: America's Planned City and the Last Frontier."
"Empire of Trees" takes a look at Longview's 100 year history and builds off of Hal's column "People + Place."
Visit Columbia River Reader online: http://crreader.com/
2023-03-3044 minYour Shelf or MineLynda BarryWith Jennifer Jensen and Jakob Collins! Where we talk about:
Lynda Barry;
One! Hundred! Demons!
Making Comics;
What It Is;
Picture This;
Syllabus;
The Greatest of Marlys
And more!
2023-03-2444 minYour Shelf or MineLongview 23 ClubA special Centennial episode with Longview 23 Club members Cal Fowler and Abe Ott!
Learn more about them or contact the club here: http://www.longview23club.org/
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067339691727
An image of the original 1924 log archway that Abe mentions in the podcast can be found on the library's digital archive here: http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/digital/collection/lvr/id/2164/rec/1
Learn more about Centennial celebrations here: https://www.longview100.org/
2023-01-2038 minYour Shelf or MineCraig JohnsonWhere we talk about:
Buffalo, Wyoming;
Longmire (TV show);
The Cold Dish;
Death Without Company;
Kindness Goes Unpunished;
As the Crow Flies;
The Serpent’s Tooth;
Christmas in Absaroka County;
and more!
introductory reading from "The Cold Dish."
2023-01-0351 minYour Shelf or MineNora EphronWhere we talk about the works of Nora Ephron, including:
Everything Is Copy (HBO Documentary);
Wallflower at the Orgy;
Crazy Salad;
Heartburn (novel);
Silkwood;
When Harry Met Sally;
Sleepless in Seattle;
Mixed Nuts;
Michael;
You've Got Mail;
Hanging Up;
Julie & Julia;
I Feel Bad About My Neck;
and more!
introductory reading from "Heartburn."
2022-12-2851 minYour Shelf or MineUrsula K. Le Guinwith special guest James Newkirk!
Where we talk about:
Ursula K. Le Guin's
"The Wave in the Mind,"
"A Wizard of Earthsea,"
"The Tombs of Atuan,"
"Solitude" (included in the anthology "Diverse Energies"),
"The Left Hand of Darkness,"
"The Language of the Night,"
"Is Gender Necessary?"
"Dancing at the Edge of the World,"
"Catwings"
and:
"Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki;
"The Left Hand of Darkness" BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatization;
2014 National Book Award Speech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7RDyo7o...2022-11-211h 03Your Shelf or MineToni MorrisonWhere we talk about Toni Morrison! Including:
"The Bluest Eye;"
"Beloved;"
"Home;"
"Song of Solomon;"
"Remember: the journey to school integration;"
"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders;
"The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/magazine/the-radical-vision-of-toni-morrison.html
and mention:
"Miss Chloe: a memoir of a literary friendship with Toni Morrison" by A.J. Verdelle;
"The Toni Morrison Book Club" by Piper Kendrix Williams, Cassandra Jackson, Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude, and Juda Bennett.
Introductory excerpt from "T...2022-11-1940 minYour Shelf or MineSusan OrleanWhere we talk about:
The work of Susan Orlean:
The Orchid Thief;
The Library Book;
Rin Tin Tin;
Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan;
and more!
2022-09-3049 minYour Shelf or MineLouise ErdrichWhere we talk about:
RFID tagging;
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett;
Louise Erdrich;
Birchbark Books;
LaRose;
The Round House;
The Plague of Doves;
The Sentence;
The Birchbark House;
The Night Watchman;
Love Medicine;
The Beet Queen;
Tracks;
The Blue Jay's Dance;
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country;
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse;
Tales of Burning Love;
and more!
Intro excerpt from the first edition of Love Medicine, 1984
2022-09-021h 08Your Shelf or MineArmistead MaupinWhere we talk about:
Armistead Maupin;
Tales of the City (1978 book);
Tales of the City (1993 TV miniseries);
More Tales of the City (1980 book);
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017 documentary);
and more!
2022-08-0143 minYour Shelf or MineHerman MelvilleWhere we talk about:
Herman Melville;
Moby Dick;
Bartleby the Scrivener;
Billy Budd;
Herman Melville at Home by Jill Lepore: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/herman-melville-at-home ;
The Beige Moth blog: https://beigemoth.blog/moby-dick/ ;
In the Heart of the Sea;
Drifting Dragons;
and more!
2022-06-2855 minYour Shelf or MineDavid RakoffWhere we talk about:
Seed Library;
NW Voices: http://longviewlibrary.org/nwvoices.php ;
David Rakoff;
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish;
Half Empty
and more!
Our Friend David: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/472/transcript ;
Invisible Made Visible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7V0UKySaI ;
Lindsey Ellis on Rent: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q0qfFbtIj5w ;
Article from 2020: https://www.timesofisrael.com/locked-down-open-up-to-david-rakoffs-defensively-pessimistic-wit/ ;
Poems to get you through hard times: https://www.oprah.com/spirit/poems-that-get-you-through-hard-times/all ;
Ira Glass on making the audiobook: https://www...2022-04-2753 minYour Shelf or MineBeverly Clearywith Joanne Dallas, Austin Brigden, and Jakob Collins
where we talk about:
Story Walks;
Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq;
Oi Frog! by Kes Gray;
Beverly Cleary;
Drop Everything and Read Day;
Henry Huggins;
A Girl from Yamhill;
Ramona the Pest;
Ramona and her Mother;
Beezus and Ramona;
My Own Two Feet;
Dear Mr. Henshaw;
Walking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland by Laura O. Foster;
https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6456
Beverly Cleary Endowed Professorship: https://ischool.uw.edu/faculty-affair...2022-04-0256 minYour Shelf or MineJason Reynoldsexcerpt from "Long Way Down," by Jason Reynolds, published by Simon and Schuster.
Where we talk about:
the work of Jason Reynolds;
Long Way Down;
Ghost;
All American Boys;
Brendan Kiely;
Ain't Burned All the Bright;
Jason Griffin;
Stuntboy, in the Meantime;
Raul the Third. His picture books are the "Vamos!" series: "Vamos! Let's Go to the Market," "Vamos! Let's Go Eat!" and "Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge."
Tired as F*ck by Caroline Dooner;
Breathing Fire by Jaime Lowe;
and more!
2022-02-2841 minYour Shelf or MineHelen HoangWhere we talk about:
The 2022 Our Shelf Reading Challenge;
www.longviewlibrary.beanstack.org ;
The 2022 Printz Award;
https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award#previous ;
Library building restoration;
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang;
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang;
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang;
and more!
2022-02-1139 minYour Shelf or MineCarriewith Jennifer Jensen!
Where we talk about:
Carrie by Stephen King;
Carrie directed by Brian de Palma;
Maneaters by Chelsea Cain;
and more!
2021-10-3036 minYour Shelf or MineWhere the Buffalo Roamwhere we talk about:
library news;
new library staff;
Becky and Austin's road trip;
Glacier National Park;
Deep Creek by Pam Houston;
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy;
Pine Creek Lodge and the Montana Gang of writers;
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison;
The Traveling Feast by Rick Bass;
The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich;
The Meadow by James Galvin;
Outlawed by Anna North;
The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson;
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei;
Longmire show and serie...2021-08-141h 01Your Shelf or MineEast of Edenwith Austin Brigden
where we talk about:
Summer Reading 2021;
East of Eden by John Steinbeck;
other works by John Steinbeck;
and more!
Watch our Summer Reading Promotional Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwyHlZ71-0
2021-06-2753 minYour Shelf or MineElizabeth ReunionWith special guest Elizabeth Partridge!
Recorded May 7, 2021
Where we talk about:
Her work at Manatee County Libraries;
Navigating the management of libraries during COVID;
Audiobooks;
Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman;
Radical Candor by Kim Scott;
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen;
Devolution by Max Brooks;
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt;
The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst;
Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell;
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater;
All Rise by Nick Offerman;
Linco...2021-05-2059 minYour Shelf or MineNational Poetry Month Part 2With special guest Hiedi Bauer, poet & LCC professor, and Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Hiedi’s background with poetry;
the Salal Review;
Hamilton;
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman;
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe;
Kathleen Flenniken;
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats;
The Girl Who Goes Alone by Elizabeth Austen;
Dolce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen;
writing during the pandemic;
Dear Heathcliff by Hiedi Bauer;
Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law by Adrienne Rich;
Addict by Hiedi...2021-05-0754 minYour Shelf or MineNational Poetry Monthwith Austin Brigden and Chris Skaugset!
Where We Talk About:
Poetry!
Including work by:
Jim Harrison;
Richard Hugo;
Kathleen Flenniken;
William Stafford;
Elizabeth Bishop;
T.S. Eliot;
and more!
2021-04-2448 minYour Shelf or MineAttention & LazinessWith Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price;
How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell;
Work, rest, attention, time,
And mention:
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss;
Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe;
Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds and Emma Reynolds;
And more!
2021-04-1548 minYour Shelf or MineBody Positivity & Anti-DietWith guest Shira Lile from Hello Life!
Where we talk about:
Hello Life, a Cowlitz County organization that provides peer support to people who struggle with eating disorders or negative body image;
Contact: hellolifeservices@yahoo.com, helloliferecovery.org, or text or call 971.770.0680
Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders;
The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar;
Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor;
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch;
The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor;
Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon;
A...2021-03-3156 minYour Shelf or MineParable of the Sowerwith Austin Brigden and Hillary Strobel!
Where we talk about:
Reopening the library;
Northwest Voices;
Seed Library;
Comics Corner in the library;
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler;
and more!
2021-03-101h 15Your Shelf or MineTalking Romancewith Angela Stephenson!
Where we talk about:
Valentine craft;
Wi-fi hotspots to checkout;
Digitizing the historic survey and inventory of the Old West Side;
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert;
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert;
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle;
Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday;
A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019);
Midnight at the Magnolia (2020);
Holidate (2020);
Love, Guaranteed (2020);
Roomies by Christina Lauren;
Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren;
The Duke Who Di...2021-02-1155 minYour Shelf or MineLibrary Sampler Part TwoWith Austin Brigden and Daniel Tate
where we talk about:
Daniel’s departure;
Mobile hotspots to checkout;
Winter Reading;
NW Voices Programs coming;
Friends of the Library greeting card fundraiser;
Becky’s Library Sampler challenge part 2;
The Meadow by James Galvin;
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller;
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson;
John O’Hara;
The Art of Burning Bridges by Geoffrey Wolff;
The Tradition by Jericho Brown;
The Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion;
Agnes at the End of the World;2021-01-2839 minYour Shelf or MineLibrary Sampler Part Onewith Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Jakob Collins
where we talk about:
three of five books from Becky's Library Sampler!
Sampler commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyj13avtng
Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQ9NgN5xd0
Sampler request form: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php
Winter Reading 2021;
A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong;
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny;
Among Others by Jo Walton;
Cork Dork by Biana Bosker;
Red Rising by Pierce Brown;
I Am Behind You by John Ajvid...2021-01-2147 minYour Shelf or Mine2020 Therapy Sessionwith Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Drive-Thru Santa;
Library updates;
Winter Reading;
Bulb Forcing Kit;
Friends Meeting January 11;
2020 Reflections;
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO Documentary);
McCartney III, Paul McCartney;
Evermore & Folklore, Taylor Swift;
Leon Bridges;
Charlie Crockett;
Dolly Parton’s America (podcast);
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics;
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square;
A Holly Dolly Christmas;
Heaven’s Gate (podcast);
The Vow (HBO Documentary);
Ted Bundy: Fallin...2021-01-021h 23Your Shelf or MineJulia Butler Hansenwith guest John C. Hughes, Chief Historian with Legacy Washington, Washington Secretary of State
where we talk about:
his new book "Julia Butler Hansen: a trailblazing Washington politician"
this book and others can purchased here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/store
Julia Butler Hansen was from Cathlamet, Washington and served 21 years in the Washington State House of Representatives (1939-1960) and 14 years in the United States House of Representatives (1960-1974).
2020-12-181h 04Your Shelf or MineA YA Nonfiction Bookwith Lisa Hedgpeth!
Where we talk about:
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher;
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman;
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman;
Practical Magic (1998) directed by Griffin Dunne;
Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner;
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani, art by Maris Wicks;
Jane Against the World: Roe v Wade and the fight for reproductive rights by Karen Blumenthal;
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes;
The Room of Requirement, This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/664/the-room-of-requirement; 2020-12-021h 07Your Shelf or MineJane Eyre & Wide Sargasso Seawith Chris Skaugset and Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
Expanded Library Drive-Thru Hours;
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte;
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys;
Jane Slayer by Sherri Browning Erwin;
Jane by April Linder;
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey;
Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes;
Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg;
Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna;
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte;
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte;
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing (misstated as The Silent...2020-11-201h 15Your Shelf or MineA Book About Votingwith MaryAlice Wallis, Mayor of Longview and Hillary Strobel, Longview City Council Member
Where we talk about:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer;
Foundations of Leadership;
Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark;
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh;
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende;
Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac;
Equality’s Call: the story of voting rights in America by Deborah Diesen;
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery;
How Women Won the Vote...2020-10-301h 13Your Shelf or MineThe Shiningwith Jennifer King and Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat;
The Shining by Stephen King;
The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick;
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King;
Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan;
Candyman title sequence: https://youtu.be/TSd81qwxDNo
Room 237 directed by Rodney Ascher;
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix series);
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix series);
Castle Rock (Hulu series);
lots of scary movies;
and more!
2020-10-161h 12Your Shelf or MineA Coming of Age Novelwith Angela Stephenson!
Where we talk about:
Angela's job at the library;
Drive-Thru Trick or Treat;
Library samplers and book box prizes;
Garters by Pamela Morsi;
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl;
While You Were Sleeping;
Die Hard;
Grosse Pointe Blank;
The Little Mermaid;
The Parent Trap (original);
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume;
https://lithub.com/the-50-greatest-coming-of-age-novels/ ;
Ray vs. The Meaning of Life by Michael F. Stewart;
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; 2020-09-251h 04Your Shelf or MineA Book Recommended by a Favorite Author, Actor, or MusicianSeason 3 premiere with Jakob Collins!
where we talk about:
would you rather?;
Jakob's cats;
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend;
Lucifer;
Memoirs and Misinformation by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon, read by Jeff Daniels;
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk;
Sonic the Hedgehog;
Jim & Andy: the Great Beyond;
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-06-30/jim-carrey-book-memoirs-misinformation
This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis;
Roleplaying Games;
upcoming online youth programs;
the LPL Discord;
and more!
2020-09-1259 minYour Shelf or MineA Book You Judge By the Coverwith Jennifer King!
where we talk about:
embroidery;
hammocks;
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi;
Stamped by Jason Reynolds;
Melanated Reader: https://www.melanatedreader.com/ ;
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez;
Books with Emily Fox: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5R53ckTBE4JJtUmc64lng ;
Invisible Kingdom by G. Willow Wilson and Christian Ward;
ODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward;
Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon by Matt Fraction and David Aja;
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang;
Saga by Brian K...2020-08-281h 16Your Shelf or MineA Book About a Pioneering Womanwith Austin Brigden!
Where we talk about:
the library garden;
https://conversationstartersworld.com/would-you-rather-questions/ ;
Yellow Bird: oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country by Sierra Crane Murdoch;
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/706/a-mess-to-be-reckoned-with ;
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland;
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/11/final-destination ;
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim;
The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm;
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld;
and more!
2020-08-131h 11Your Shelf or MineA Book with a Horse on the Coverwith guest Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
bird watching;
Grant by Ron Chernow;
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck;
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore;
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman;
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte;
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (cohost Vanessa Zoltan studied Jane Eyre as a sacred text) : https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/ ;
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman;
Far Side by Gary Larson;
Subscribe to our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6lrzgdqjlBBCoSte84PAw/ ;
and mor2020-07-281h 14Your Shelf or MineA Book About Books, Libraries, or Book StoresWhere we talk about:
Elizabeth leaving Longview for Manatee County Libraries in Florida!
The futures of libraries;
Craft Challenge videos on the LPL's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6lrzgdqjlBBCoSte84PAw
One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle;
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson;
Cold Storage by David Koepp;
and more!
2020-07-141h 05Your Shelf or MineA Book with a One-Word TitleWhere we talk about:
Drive-Thru book pickup;
Summer Reading program;
Stiff by Mary Roach;
Dig by A.S. King;
and more!
2020-06-2548 minYour Shelf or MineA Goodreads Choice Award WinnerWhere we talk about:
Library drive-thru service;
Elizabeth's opinions;
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb;
Brain Wash by David Perlmutter;
Recursion by Blake Crouch;
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty;
and more!
2020-06-161h 01Your Shelf or MineAn Edgar Award WinnerWhere we talk about:
New releases from Libro.fm;
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld;
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester;
Don't Believe a Word by David Shariatmadari;
Wildpreneurs by Tamar Jacobi;
The Gumbo Coalition by Marc Morial;
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing;
Fire in Paradise by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano;
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty;
birthdays;
cooking;
The Edgar Awards: http://www.theedgars.com/ ;
Other Wood by Pete Hautman;
Slider by Pete Hautman;
In the Woods by Tana Fr...2020-05-1545 minYour Shelf or MineA Book with a Number in the TitleWhere we talk about:
Library resources for small business webinar;
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill;
iZombie;
A Thousand Sisters: the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein;
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein;
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys;
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson;
Burnt by the Sun;
Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin;
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater;
and more!
2020-04-2353 minYour Shelf or MineA Book About a Family SecretWe are recording at home over Skype - please forgive the lower quality!
Where we talk about:
Working from home;
Library content on Facebook;
Barry the Fish with Fingers by Sue Hendra;
Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates;
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro;
When I Was White by Sarah Valentine;
Virtual hiring events;
Online poetry readings with Austin;
and more!
2020-04-0822 minYour Shelf or MineA Self-Help BookRecorded remotely! Stay Home. Stay Safe.
Where we talk about:
Gardening;
Digital Library Services;
All By Your Shelf Beanstack challenge;
Libro.fm;
A Self-Help Book;
Everyday Ubuntu by Nompumelelo Mungi Ngomane;
The Leader's Greatest Return by John C. Maxwell;
and more!
2020-03-2737 minYour Shelf or MineA Book with Garden in the TitleWhere we talk about:
Possible COVID-19 related closures and cancellations (UPDATE: the library is closed beginning March 17, 2020; see our website for more information: longviewlibrary.org);
Seed Library;
Gardening;
Frozen on Broadway (in Portland);
A book with “garden” in the title;
“A Child’s Garden: 60 ideas to make any garden come alive for children” by Molly Dannenmaier;
“The Forgotten Garden” by Kate Morton;
Ted Chiang stories;
And more!
2020-03-1739 minYour Shelf or MineA CookbookWhere we talk about:
LPL Seed Library;
Plant Exchange;
Bad Art Night (for teens);
Messy Art Night (for babies);
Humanities WA: Undiscovered Feminists of Washington State;
Indian-ish by Priya Krishna;
The World Eats Here: amazing food and the inspiring people who make it at New York's Queens Night Market by John Wang and Storm Garner;
Monty Don;
and more!
2020-02-271h 02Your Shelf or MineA RITA Award WinnerWhere we talk about:
Library happenings;
Book juries;
Becky's 58 books in 29 days February goal;
Elizabeth's Panama trip;
The Romance Writers of America;
The RITA Awards;
Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O'Keefe;
Clint Malarchuk’s hockey injury;
Advanced Physical Chemistry by Susannah Nix;
and more!
2020-02-141h 11Your Shelf or MineLittle Womenwith special guest Daniel Tate!
where we talk about:
Fire It Up! Adult Winter Reading program;
Curl Up with a Good Book;
Art Speaks Volumes;
Teen Tuesdays;
Kids Events;
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott;
Little Women (1994) directed by Gillian Armstrong;
Little Women (2017) BBC miniseries;
Little Women (2019) directed by Greta Gerwig;
and more!
2020-01-241h 36Your Shelf or Mine2020 VisionWhere we talk about:
New Year;
Breakfast foods;
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate;
Libro.fm;
Hopper;
Audiobooks;
2020 Reading Challenge – now on Beanstack!:
longviewlibrary.beanstack.org;
Our 2020 TBRs (to be read lists);
And more!
2020-01-081h 13Your Shelf or Mine2019 Wrap UpWhere we talk about:
Cookies;
Returning 2020 library events;
An African-based fantasy or sci-fi novel;
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi;
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor;
A book by or about someone who identifies as neurodiverse;
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida;
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang;
A book by a journalist or about journalism;
He Had it Coming by Marianne Mather and Kori Rumore;
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou;
Our favorite books of 2019;
and more!
2019-12-311h 21Your Shelf or MineA Book Recommended by a KidWhere we talk about:
Happy Noon Year;
Library events coming up in 2020;
The Friends of Galileo Solstice Walk;
The 2020 LPL Reading Challenge;
Disney Plus;
Lifetime Christmas movies;
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan;
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney;
and more!
2019-12-131h 01Your Shelf or MineA Self Published BookWhere we...
get interviewed by Rose Lundy from The Daily News! Read the article here: https://bit.ly/2QWKdUX ;
and interview Sharon McAnear author of:
Raining Love in Dove Creek;
Raining Love in the Highlands;
and more!
2019-11-271h 18Your Shelf or MineYour Shelf or Mine LIVE! 11/18/19Our live at the library show November 18, 2019. With guests Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Austin Brigden. Where we talked about:
Paper Son by Julie Leung;
Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat;
Beavers (Superpower Field Guide) by Rachel Poliquin;
Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk;
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks;
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson;
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert;
America Was Hard to Find by Kathleen Alcott;
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld;
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson;
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette...2019-11-211h 03Your Shelf or MineA Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Style BookWhere we talk about:
Your Shelf or Mine LIVE!;
Hands on History;
Winter at Orchard House;
2020 Reading Challenge ideas;
Chinese Dragons by R.A. Montgomery;
Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North;
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh;
Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle;
and more!
2019-11-141h 14Your Shelf or MineA Book with Vampires In ItWhere we talk about:
The Kilted Man;
Fall Events;
The ____'s Wife book list from BooKNet Canada https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2019/10/1/the-wife ;
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman;
Personalized book recommendations from Becky: http://longviewlibrary.org/teens-booklists.php ;
Viral: The Fight Against AIDS in America by Ann Bausum;
Awards for Good Boys by Shelby Lorman;
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz;
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer;
The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice;
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris;
Carry On and Wayward So...2019-10-261h 21Your Shelf or MineA Book of Short StoriesWhere we talk about:
Halloween;
Little Monster Mash;
Kids Book Clubs;
The Kilted Man;
Humanities Washington: Civil Conversations in an Angry Age;
Pet Sematary (1989 movie);
Ghostwriter;
California Raisins (they were created at Will Vinton Studios in Portland. In 2002, the studio was acquired by Nike owner Phil Knight and changed to Laika, which is now located in Hillsboro);
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson;
Cuentos de Eva Luna (The Stories of Eva Luna) by Isabel Allende;
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang;
Exhalation by Ted Chiang; 2019-10-111h 00Your Shelf or MineScary Stories to Tell in the Darkwith guest Daniel Tate!
Where we talk about:
Banned Books Week;
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz;
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie;
and more!
2019-09-261h 05Your Shelf or MinePet SemataryWhere we talk about:
Season 2!
Fall library events;
Books that take place in Australia or New Zealand;
The Bone People by Keri Hulme;
Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo;
Pet Sematary by Stephen King;
Pet Sematary (2019 movie);
And more!
2019-09-111h 10Your Shelf or MineA Book Set in CollegeWhere we talk about:
Youth Summer Reading report: 881 readers logged 12,151 days of reading;
Small Business kits;
Giant Days by John Allison;
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio;
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi;
and more!
2019-08-2349 minYour Shelf or MineA Book With Pirates Or Robots In ItWhere we talk about:
Summer Reading Picnic;
Gardening;
Smells;
Small Business theme boxes for checkout;
No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lous by Rhonda Gowler Greene;
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara;
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie;
our planned Pet Sematary reread;
and more!
2019-08-091h 09Your Shelf or MineA Nebula Award WinnerWhere we talk about:
Elizabeth's trip to Quito and the Galapagos;
Waterfall hikes;
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg;
Oval by Elvia Wilk;
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller;
Veronica Mars;
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted;
Apollo 8 by Martin W. Sandler;
space programs;
and more!
2019-07-251h 13Your Shelf or MineSummer ReadingWhere we talk about:
Dog fitbits;
Summer events;
Elizabeth's trip to the Galapagos;
The Weight of Our Sky by Hannah Alkaf;
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang;
Author's Notes;
The Outsider by Stephen King;
Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan;
and more!
2019-07-1252 minYour Shelf or MineA Historical Novel Set in a Non-English Speaking Countrywith special guest Jennifer King!
In which we talk about:
Booker being a bad dog (he came back!);
July events;
Summer Reading;
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris;
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan;
the nature of historical fiction;
and more!
2019-06-2850 minYour Shelf or MineA Book with a Color in the TitleWhere we talk about:
Lady Gaga;
Summer Reading;
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell;
Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa;
The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes;
White Rose by Kip Wilson;
and more!
2019-06-1548 minYour Shelf or MineA Book Set In or Near Your HometownWhere we talk about:
Summer Reading;
New library catalog;
Is Truth Dead in America? presentation;
Chamber of Commerce Boot Camp;
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo;
Brainstorm by Daniel J. Siegel;
Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg;
Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick;
and more!
2019-05-2541 minYour Shelf or MineA Book With An Animal in the Titlewith special guest Josh Carter!
Where we talk about:
Working in libraries;
Community involvement;
Humanities Washington program: "Is Truth Really Dead in America?";
Cosplay;
Summer Reading & Fire It Up;
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo;
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green;
Once A Wolf by Bryan Sykes;
and more!
2019-05-101h 00Your Shelf or MineA Book With A Main Character Who Is an ImmigrantWhere we talk about:
French Fries;
Yurting;
Jerry's Retirement;
Fire It Up!;
Summer Reading;
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by May-lee Chai;
My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero;
and more!
2019-04-2651 min