June 01, 2022
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Join Library staff members, Fahra and Jasmin talk about the Summer Reading Challenge. Learn how you can signup and don't forget to check out what they have been reading, watching, and listening to!
 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
 
Jasmin LoBasso 
Kern County Library 
Fahra is reading...

Ballad & Dagger
by Daniel José Older

While performing for a music legend on the night of the Grand Fete, piano prodigy Mateo witnesses a brutal murder that awakens a power within him, linking him to the killer and possibly unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland. 
 
Also available as eBook on CloudLibrary 
My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding
by Sajni Patel

During her sister’s extravagant wedding week, Zurika, a naturally gifted violinist, secretly enters a high-profile music competition that pits her against the groom’s South African cousin Naveen, who just happens to be a cocky vocalist set on stealing her spotlight.
 
 Also available as eBook on CloudLibrary
Also available as eBook on HooplaDigital 
Also available as eBook on Libby
Fahra is watching...
 
Gangubai Katiawadi 
Netflix 
 
A woman becomes a powerful underworld figure.
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Jasmin is reading...
 
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina 
by Zoraida Córdova

Seven years after their matriarch Orquidea passed away, blessing them with her special gifts, the Montoya family journeys to Ecuador to uncover the truth behind their inheritance to stop a hidden figure from killing off Orquidea’s line one-by-one.
 
Also available as eBook on Libby 
Overdue: Reckoning With the Public Library
by Amanda Oliver

Drawing on first-hand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, the author highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded—racism, segregation and class inequalities.
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on HooplaDigital 
Also available as eBook &eAudiobook on Libby

Jasmin is watching...
 
The Righteous Gemstones 
 On Hulu 
 
This comedy series tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work.
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Shows
    Stranger Things
     
    Movies 
    Fear Street Part One: 1994
    Fear Street Part Two: 1978
    RRR