April 06, 2022
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Join Kern County Library staff member, Fahra and get to know new library staff member, Michael Garay the supervisor of the Rathbun Branch Library and the Holloway-Gonzales Branch Library. Visit the Rathbun Branch Library on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 11am-6pm. Also visit the Holloway-Gonzales Branch Library on Thursday and Friday from 11am-6pm. See all the fun and exciting things these branches are doing and more on the library website and the library Facebook pages. 
 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
Michael Garay
Rathbun Branch Library & Holloway-Gonzales Branch Library
Fahra is reading...

The Silver Eyes
by  Cawthon, Scott

Ten years after the murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Charlie and her childhood friends get together on the anniversary of the event at the abandoned pizza place to find that the four animatronic entertainment mascots have changed.
 
Also available as eBook on Libby 
Also available as eAudiobook on HooplaDigital 
Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night
by Barry Deutsch

Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously, so Morrowseer's devastating news changes everything--now she must forge a new identity, and find a way to stop the futile and destructive war between the dragon clans.
 
Also available on CloudLibrary 
Also available on Libby 
 
Fahra is watching...
 
Bridgerton
on Netflix

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
 

Michael is reading...
 
Far Sector
by N. K. Jemisin

For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent. But that's all about to change in this new graphic novel that gives a DC's Young Animal spin to the legacy of the Green Lanterns!
 
 Also available on HooplaDigital 
Promise That You will Sing About Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar
by Lewis, Miles Marshall

A pop culture critic and music journalist explores the life of one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation, providing an in-depth look at how he revolutionized the music industry from the inside.
 

Michael is watching...
Moon Knight
on Disney+
 
Steven Grant discovers he's been granted the powers of an Egyptian moon god. But he soon finds out that these newfound powers can be both a blessing and a curse to his troubled life.
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    My Life by 1959- Johnson, Earvin
    The Sheriff of Babylon by 1978- King, Tom
     
    Movies
    The Batman
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
     
    Shows 
    Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
    RuPaul's Drag Race 
    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty