Episodios

  • Fiction and Memoir

    Fiction and Memoir
    Sep 13 2024

    In this episode, library staff Jana, Jimmy, and Amber discuss what they're reading, and loving, now including the following titles: Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley, The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas, Fresh Hell by Cameron Chaney, Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk,The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, Swimming in Paris: A life in three stories by Colombe Schneck, and Turn Left at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the lost city one step at a time by Mark Adams.



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    23 m
  • The Reality of Life And Some Fiction

    The Reality of Life And Some Fiction
    Aug 26 2024
    Join your host Z with special guests Heidi and Michelle as we cover a special selection of books.

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    1 h y 6 m
  • 6. Etymologies, Apologetics and OCD

    6. Etymologies, Apologetics and OCD
    Jul 12 2024

    Barb, Donne and Tracey bring an eclectic mix to the table-- from vampire hunters to mini-habits, romance to suspense, and books exploring the origins of words, foods, and video games.

    Tasting history: explore the past through 4000 years of recipes, by Max Miller; When in Rome, by Liam Callanan

    Atomic Habits by James Clear (audio); Puzzled by Pan Cooke (graphic novel); Bullet by Laurel K Hamilton (Kindle)

    Little Book of Video Games by Melissa Brinks;The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney by Randy Singer; Once Upon a Word for Kids by Jess Zafarris.


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    28 m
  • Fantasies and What it Means to be "Home."

    Fantasies and What it Means to be "Home."
    Jun 14 2024
    In this episode we discuss the following books: A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace both by Arkady Martine; Mangle Street Murders and Curse of the House of Foskett both by M.R.C. Kasasian; Index, a History of The: A bookish adventure from medieval manuscripts to the digital age by Dennis Duncan; Eragon by Christopher Paolini; Fabelhaven by Brandon Mull; Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein; The Victorian House, The Invention of Murder, The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens’ London, Consuming Passions: Leisure and pleasure in Victorian England, The Making of Home, A Murder of Magpies, A Bed of Scorpions, A Cast of Vultures, and A Cast of Vultures all by Judith Flanders.



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    19 m
  • Books on Being Human

    Books on Being Human
    May 10 2024
    In this episode we discuss the following books: The Last Ranger: a novel by Peter Heller; Soul Craft: crossing into the mysteries of nature and psyche by Bill Plotkin; Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, literary heartthrobs and the monsters they taught us to love; Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange; Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole; There's Always Next Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib; Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval N. Harari; Sapiens: a graphic history. Volume one, The birth of humankind by Yuval N. Harari, Light Bringer by Pierce Brown (a Red Rising novel).

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    40 m
  • Books of science and grandmas

    Books of science and grandmas
    Apr 12 2024
    Join your host Z and a crew of other librarians as they talk about books they are reading!

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    31 m
  • Mostly Nonfiction, Mostly Circulation

    Mostly Nonfiction, Mostly Circulation
    Mar 8 2024

    Barb welcomes Alyssa, Amber and Creola, three staff from our Circulation Department, to talk about what they’re reading and loving now. And it’s mostly nonfiction, with a Contemporary Southern Gothic novel thrown in for spice!

    LPL Resources mentioned:

    AllData Repair and Auto Repair Source https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/library/digital-collections/research-and-learn

    Discovery Passes https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/library/discovery-passes

    Library of Things https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/library/library-of-things

    Titles discussed:

    But First, Coffee: a guide to brewing from the kitchen to the bar, by Jordan Michelman and Zachary Carlsen

    Prague Winter: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948, by Madeleine Albright

    Somebody’s Daughter: a memoir, by Ashley C. Ford

    Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow

    I am Bunny: how a “talking” dog taught me everything I need to know about being human, by Alexis Devine

    The Last Ride of the Pony Express: my 2,000 mile horseback journey into the Old West, by Will Grant

    Cultish: the language of fanaticism, by Amanda Montell

    Tell My Horse: life and voodoo in Haiti and Jamaica, by Zora Neale Hurston

    (all but the last title are available from the library; we can borrow that last one through interlibrary loan)


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    24 m
  • Books That Teach Us How To Live. . . and Die

    Books That Teach Us How To Live. . . and Die
    Feb 9 2024

    Library staff discuss and recommend what they're reading and chat about what the Longmont Public Library has to offer. Books recommended and discussed in this episode:


    My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, by Christian Wiman; The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff; Watership Down: the Graphic Novel adapted from Richard Adams' novel by James Sturm and Joe Stutphin; Whalefall: a Novel by Daniel Kraus; The Book of Joy with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Self-Therapy by Jay Earley; Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin;18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern, Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb.


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    29 m