July 13, 2022
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Join Kern County Library staff member, Fahra and get to know new library staff member, Brenna Smith new Librarian at Kern County Library. Don't forget to check out what they have been reading, watching, and listening to.
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
Brenna Smith 
Kern County Library 
Fahra is reading...

Book of Night
by Holly Black

In a world where shadows have feelings and memories and can be altered, a low-level con artist/bartender is pitted against doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, shadow thieves and her own sister while trying to keep out of trouble. 
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on Libby 
 
Mommy's Love
by Anastasiya Galkina

This joyful ode to a mothers unconditional love reinforces the message that no matter a childs strengths or weaknesses, whether they succeed or fail, their mother will always be there for them. 
 
 
Fahra is watching...
 
Public 

When the weather turns bitterly cold, several homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to have shelter for the night.
 
 Watch the trailer 
 

Brenna is reading...
 
Good Company: A Novel
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Nest.
 
Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on Libby
 

Brenna is watching...
 
Umbrella Academy

Follows a group of estranged siblings who reunite and form a team of superheroes known as the Umbrella Academy.
 
Watch the trailer
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
    How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
    The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
    One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
    One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
    The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
    The Wicked King by Holly Black
    Will by Will Smith
     
    Shows 
    9-1-1 Lone Star 
    Big Brother 
    Ms. Marvel