Straddle the horse's saddle and lasso some great westerns!
Check out what we talked about:
"Bad Country" by C.B. McKenzie with watchalike "Sicario" directed by Denis Villeneuve. "Inland" by Téa Obreht with readalike "The Woman Who Built a Bridge" by C.K. Crigger. The movie “City Slickers” directed by Ron Underwood and its sequel "The Legend of Curly's Gold." The movie "Home on the Range" directed by John Sanford with watchalike "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook. "Westward the Women" by Nancy Wilson Ross with a watchalike of the same name directed by William A. Wellman. "Wyoming Winter" by Diana Palmer with readalike "Where Coyotes Howl" by Sandra Dallas.
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Episode 63: Break-ing Eggs
With Easter *break* on the horizon, we discuss books that are perfect to read when you have a few days off.
Check out what we talked about:
"The Twilight Garden" by Sara Nisha Adams with readalike "The Last Garden in England" by Julia Kelly. "A First Time for Everything" by Dan Santat with readalike "Merry-Go-Round" by Sergio Rossi. "The Suite Spot" by Trish Doller” with readalike "One Night on the Island" by Josie Silver. "This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America" by Navied Mahdavian with readalike "Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam" by Thien Pham. "Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home" by Shira Gill with readalike "Call It Home: The Details that Matter" by Amber Lewis. “The Human Target" series by Tom King with readalike series "Powers" by Brian Michael Bendis.
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Episode 62: Books We Love
Following "I Love My Library!" Month, we discuss some books we *love* to continue the trend.
Check out what we talked about:
The "Griffin & Sabine" series by Nick Bantock with readalikes including the "Cathy Vickers Trilogy" by Sean Stewart and the "Ologies" series by various authors. "The Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins with readalike series "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld, "City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Tanith Lee’s "Tales from the Flat Earth" series with Tamora Pierce's "Tortall" universe and "The Queen’s Thief" series by Megan Whalen Turner as readalikes. "Henry VIII: The King and His Court" by Allison Weir with readalike "On This Day in Tudor History" by Claire Ridgeway. "The Way of the Househusband" by Kousuke Oono with readalike "Spy x Family" by Tatsuya Endo. "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas
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Episode 61: Easy Readin'
Our librarians suggest some 'easy' reads to 'ease' you into the new year.
Check out what we talked about:
"Undertow: A Short Story" by Marlena Frank with readalike "The Deep" by Nick Cutter. "Everything Is OK" by Debbie Tung as well as "Happily Ever After and Everything In Between," "Book Love," and "Quiet Girl in a Noisy World" by the same author. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman with readalike "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. "Rabbits" by Terry Miles and its sequel "The Quiet Room" by the same author. "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher with watchalike series "The Fall of the House of Usher" from Netflix. "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall, likened to the series "Doctor Who" from BBC and the film "Memento" directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Episode 60: Bloopers 3, Beyond Thunderdome
The Return of the King. Rise of the Machines. The Last Crusade. Good things come in threes, and our end-of-year blooper reels are no exception.
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Librarians from Oak Creek Public Library discuss their latest reads and give their favorite reading, watching, and listening recommendations each month! Visit https://oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast for complete transcripts of every episode.
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