Jen J., librarian at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, was the guest presenter for a booktalk at the Bethany BookTalks on November 17, 2023, where she shared some of the best graphic novels she's read recently.
Check out the list of titles Jen shared at the following link:
Karrie S. and Steph E., staff members at the Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries, presented another in their series of joint booktalks at the Bethany BookTalks on October 6, 2023, where each shared a half-dozen of their favorite recent reads, in both fiction and non-fiction.
Check out the list of titles Karrie and Steph shared at the following link:
Check out the list of titles Donna shared at the following link:
Check out the list of titles Meredith shared at the following link:
Check out Leeane's selections in this new booktalk booklist in the archives on BookGuide at the following link:
Check out Jodi's selections in this new booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
Tracy T. and Nathan H., both of the Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries, presented a joint booktalk session to the Bethany BookTalks group on December 2, 2022. Each provided their own separate booklist. Tracy's included a variety of reads in several categories, and Nathan's focused on mysteries/thrillers.
You can check out their lists on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at these links:
A Sci-Fi Fan Dabbles in Mysteries and Thrillers
Jen J., from the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, was the presenter for the South Branch BookTalks on September 8, and the Bethany Branch BookTalks on September 9. She shared a variety of mystery novels, both classic and contemporary.
You can check out her list of Whodunnits at the following booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at this link:
South and Gere Branch staff member Marcy G., who also serves as the organizer/host of the weekly South Branch BookTalks, has stepped in to provide two recent entries in that series of booktalks.
Check out both of Marcy's latest lists, in these booktalk booklists on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:
Are you aware of the Once Upon a Crime book group, which started at the Gere Branch Library in the Fall of 2021, and continues there on a monthly basis?
This group is all about True Crime books, DVDs and podcasts. Each month has a specific "theme". This group is designed to be partially "presentation" style, and partially "participation" style. A team of three Gere staff members are the hosts, and every month each of them will provide a detailed description of one or more books on the monthly focus theme, plus give out a prepared handout with even more recommended reads. Before the end of the meeting, attendees are all given an opportunity to make recommendations of additional True Crime books, audiobooks, and podcasts to the assembled group members.
Check out the complete lists of prepared handouts from past Once Upon a Crime (OUaC) meetings in 2021 and early 2022, in these bookstalk booklists on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following links:
During the Summer Reading Challenge in June and July 2022, the Gere Branch Library tried a book group experiment, with two sessions of Adult Storytime. Staff members from throughout the library system were present to give readings from some of their favorite library books. Those readings ranged from entire chapters of books, essays from larger collections, a scene from a play, gross illustrations with humorous commentary from a book parodying bad cookbooks, children's picture books, and more.
Check out the complete list of books featured in readings from both the June 22nd and July 13th sessions of Adult Storytime, in this booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:
On May 5th 2022, Margaret Berry was the guest BooksTalk presenter at the South Branch evening BooksTalk group, presenting a talk on only four titles.
Check out Margaret's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:
In January 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, Sarah D., from the administration offices at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, and a published author in her own right, presented a talk on "Sarah's Recent Recommendations" -- featuring her own latest work, and two other books she's enjoyed lately.
Check out Sarah's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:
In February 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, and in March at the Bethany BooksTalks in person, Jodi R., from the Anderson and Bethany Branch Libraries, presented a talk on "Books I've Read This Winter: 2021/2022" -- featuring a selection of her favorite reads from the past several wintery months.
Check out Jodi's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on the Lincoln City Libraries' BookGuide reader resources pages at the following link:
In February 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, Carrie K., from the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, presented a talk on "What Can You Believe?" -- featuring a selection of books about Moms and Dads and Kids, with a surrealistic edge.
Check out Carrie's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
In January 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, mystery fan Marcy G., from the Gere and South Branch Libraries, presented a talk on "Women Private Investigator Mysteries" -- featuring forty significant books or series that chronicle the presence of female private investigators throughout literary history, from 1864's "The Female Detective" by Andrew Forrester, to today's many contemporary and historical female sleuth series.
Check out Marcy's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
In January 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, Monica K., from the Gere and South Branch Libraries, presented an equine-themed talk on the topic "The Real Life Horse Whisperer and Other True Tales" -- featuring ten books related to horses.
Check out Monica's list of recommended reads, in this booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
In January 2022, as part of our South Branch BooksTalks on Zoom, Jasmine P., from the Gere Branch, presented a fascinating online talk on the topic "Questioning Our Realities and Recontextualizing Our Fictions: Using Films to Speak to Our Innermost Selves" -- featuring ten movies available in the libraries' DVD collection.
Check out Jasmine's list of recommended films, in this booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
Questioning Our Realities and Recontextualizing Our Fictions
Back in March 2021, Assistant Library Director Traci G. presented an online booktalk on the topic "Graphic Novels and More" -- featuring some of her favorite reads in that popular category.
Check out Traci's lists of recommended titles, in this booktalk booklist on BookGuide at the following link:
In November and December 2021, Susan S., Teen Specialist at the Eiseley Branch Library, presented two book talks at the Bethany and South Branch BooksTalk series -- featuring some cross-over between them, but also some titles only presented to one or the other group. Susan's list contained items for both Adults and Young Adults, and both Fiction and Non-Fiction.
Check out Susan's lists of recommended reads, in these two new booktalk booklists on BookGuide at the following links:
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