June 16, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Have you been on the Bookmobile yet? Join Kern County staff members Fahra, Rachel, and Celina talk about the awesome Bookmobiles and Story Tours partnered with CAPK. Check out all the Story Tours stops here! 
Make sure you add to your TBRs what they have been, reading, watching, and listening to! 
Celina
Bookmobile Story Tours
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
 
Rachel
Bookmobile Story Tours
 
Celina is reading...

Atonement: A Novel
by Ian McEwan

The Booker Prize-winning author of Amsterdam creates a richly textured coming-of-age novel, set in 1935 England, that follows thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, who witness an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, as she becomes the victim of her own imagination, which tears her family apart and leads her on a lifelong search of truth and absolution. 
 
 
Wonder
by R. J Palacio

Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates.
 
Also available as eBook on CloudLibrary 
Also available as eAudiobook on OverDrive
 
Celina is watching...
 
Crown

The story of Queen Elizabeth II's reign of the United Kingdom, and how it helped to shaped the latter part of the twentieth century.
 
 
Fahra is reading...
 
Giraffe Problems
by Jory John

A follow-up to Penguin Problems finds an embarrassed giraffe trying to cover up the long neck he thinks is absurdly different from those of other animals before a turtle in a bow tie helps him realize how purposeful, and stylish, his long neck can be.
 
 
Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee

Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens. 
 
 
Fahra is watching...
The Little Mermaid (TV Series)
Disney+

Follow Ariel's adventures as a mermaid living under the sea with her father, King Triton, sisters, Sebastian the crab and Flounder the fish. With the help of her family and friends there's no problem, even from the evil sea witch Ursula, she can't handle. 
 
 Rachel is reading...

One Last Stop
by Casey McQuiston

Cynical August starts to believe in the impossible when meets Jane on the subway, a mysterious punk rocker she forms a crush on, who is literally displaced in time from the 1970s and is trying to find her way back. 
 
Also available as eBook on OverDrive
 
Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
by Casey McQuiston

After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign.
 
 Also available as eAudiobook on CloudLibrary
Also available as eAudiobook on HooplaDigital
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive 
 
Jasmin is watching...
Great British Baking Show

Amateur bakers compete to be named the United Kingdom's best baker.
 
Also available on HooplaDigital 
 
Even More Titles We Talk About
    Books
    Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
    Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

    Shows
    The Great Pottery Throw Down on HBO max
    Loki on Disney+
    This Is Us