June 02, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Thinking about new books to add to your ever growing TBR? Join Kern County Library staff members, Fahra and Nerina talk about new upcoming young adult releases for June 2021. Find out what they have been reading, watching, listening to, and don't forget to join the Summer Reading Challenge. 
 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
Nerina 
Kern County Library
Fahra is reading...

The Bookweaver's Daughter
by Malavika Kannan

Living in disguise as a peasant in the fields, Reya's sole focus is protecting the Bookweaver's secret, but when her father is taken, Reya must flee deep into the jungle, alone with her best friend Nina and one ancient book.
 
Make up Break up
by Lily Menon

Rendered instantly famous when his break-up app becomes meteorically successful, Hudson Craft moves into a new office adjoining the workspace of a commitment-minded woman with whom he once shared a Las Vegas summer fling.
 
Also available as eAudiobook on CloudLibrary
 
Fahra is watching...
 
9-1-1

Follows first responders in Los Angeles who are paramedics, firefighters, police, and dispatchers, as they respond to emergency situations and try to balance the pressures of their personal and professional lives.
 

Nerina is reading...
 
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke

Living in a labyrinthine house of endless corridors, flooded staircases and thousands of statues, Piranesi assists the dreamlike dwelling’s only other resident throughout a mysterious research project before evidence emerges of an astonishing alternate world. 
 
Also available as eBook on CloudLibrary
Also available as eBook on OverDrive 
The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World
by John Forti

An award-winning heirloom specialist, garden historian, ethnobotanist and writer offers this wood-block illustrated, alphabetical compendium of heirloom flowers and artisanal crafts like distilling and wreath-making to help inspire gardeners to connect with the natural world. 
 

Nerina is watching...
True Blood

In a world where vampires are an out and vocal minority, a telepathic Louisiana barmaid falls for a century-old member of the undead who is suspected of murder.
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    Ace of Spades by Faridah °bíké-íyímídé
    Afterlove by Tanya Byrne
    Arthur's Birthday by Marc Tolon Brown
    Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
    Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
    The Complete Guide to Astrology: Understanding Yourself, Your Signs, and Your Birth Chart by Louise Edington
    Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
    Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke
    Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews
    The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic by Chic Cicero
    The Lady or the Lion by Aamna Qureshi
    The Moon Book: Lunar Magic to Change Your Life by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener
    Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon
    Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
    A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions by Sheena Boekweg
    Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit by Afua
    Sisters of the Snake by Sasha Nanua
    Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
    Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park
    A Traves de Mi Ventana by Ariana Godoy
    A Traves de Ti by Ariana Godoy
    Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas
    The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon
    The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
     
    Shows
    Sailor Moon 
     
    Music 
    Heroes del Silencio 
     
    Movies 
    Heroes del Silencio Y Rock & Roll
    The Woman in the Window