July 21, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Join staff members, Fahra and Jasmin update you on their reading goals and find out who has already passed their goal. Check out what they have been reading, watching, and listening to this week. 
 
Jasmin LoBasso & Fahra Daredia 

Kern County Library & Beale Memorial Library 
 
 
Fahra is reading...

Illusionary
by Zoraida Córdova

A follow-up to Incendiary finds Renata embarking on a dangerous journey alongside an unlikely ally to find a fabled artifact and bring peace to the kingdom. 
 
Also available as eBook on OverDrive 
 
 
The Parted Earth
by Anjali Enjeti

When a pregnancy loss uproots her life, Shan begins the search for her estranged grandmother and, piecing together her family history shattered by the Partition of India, discovers how little she actually knows about the women in her family and what they endured.
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on HooplaDigital 
 
Fahra is watching...
 
Radhe
Zee5
 
Mumbai is suffering from the wrath of a drug kingpin, and the Police force is falling short of handling the situation. Radhe, a specialist cop, is appointed to bring this situation under control for peace in the city. Being the last hope, will Radhe be able to get everything under control?
 

Jasmin is reading...
 
The Intimacy Experiment
by Rosie Danan

The co-founder of a popular sex-education platform joins forces with a young rabbi who would save his cash-strapped synagogue to host a seminary series on modern intimacy, before their professional
partnership is complicated by their unexpected attraction. 
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive 
 
A Sea Monster Story
by Natasha Bouchard

Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney/Pixar’s new feature film, Luca is a coming-of-age story about a young boy, Luca, experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides as an unlikely but strong friendship grows between Luca and his newfound best friend, who is really a sea monster disguised as a human.
 
Also available as eBook on HooplaDigital 
 

Jasmin is watching...
 
Never Have I Ever 
Netflix
 
After a traumatic year, a first-generation Indian-American teenager wants to improve her status at school, but friends, family, and feelings don't make it easy on her.
 
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
    Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood
    Dove Alight by Karen Bao
    Friends are Forever by Natasha Bouchard
    Moana's New Friend by Jennifer Liberts
    The Roommate by Rosie Danan
    Sisters of the Snake by Sasha Nanua
    Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

    Movies 
    Chaos Walking 
    The Tomorrow War