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Episode Synopsis
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: All Podcast Staff.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.
Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:
Big by Vashti Harrison
Simon sort of says by Erin Bow
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James
Jessica Stevens:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs
Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/
One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson
The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper
Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: All Podcast Staff.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.
Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:
Big by Vashti Harrison
Simon sort of says by Erin Bow
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James
Jessica Stevens:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs
Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/
One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson
The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper
Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor
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