January 27, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
  • Join Kern County Library staff members, Fahra and Jasmin to Celebrate National Literacy Week and talk about what they have been reading, watching and listening to. 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
Jasmin LoBasso
Kern County Library
Fahra is reading...

Bloodlust & Bonnets
by Emily McGovern

Set in early nineteenth-century Britain, Bloodlust & Bonnets follows Lucy, an unworldly debutante who desires a life of passion and intrigue--qualities which earn her the attention of Lady Violet Travesty, the leader of a local vampire cult. But before Lucy can embark on her new life of vampiric debauchery, she finds herself unexpectedly thrown together with the flamboyant poet Lord Byron ("from books!") and a mysterious bounty-hunter named Sham. The unlikely trio lie, flirt, fight, and manipulate each other as they make their way across Britain, disrupting society balls, slaying vampires, and making every effort not to betray their feelings to each other as their personal and romantic lives become increasingly entangled.
 
Blood & Honey
by Shelby Mahurin

A follow-up to the best-selling Serpent & Dove finds fugitives Lou, Reid, Coco and Ansel splitting up to recruit allies against the Dames Blanches, an effort that is complicated by Morgane's lethal game of cat and mouse.
  • Also available as eBook on OverDrive 
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Fahra is watching...
 
Bridgerton
on Netflix 
 
The eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society. Inspired by Julia Quinn's bestselling novels.
 

Jasmin is reading...
 
Geekerella: A novel
by Ashley Poston

A devoted fan of a classic sci-fi television series risks the ire of her evil stepsisters by entering a contest to win an invitation to a ball where she would meet her favorite actor, a teen star who would prove he is more than just a dumb heartthrob. 
 
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
by Jill Tomlinson

Plop, the baby barn owl, is like every barn owl there ever was, except for one thing - he is afraid of the dark! Mrs. Barn Owl sends him down from the nest-hole to find out more about the dark, and on his travels he meets a little boy who shows him fireworks, a cat who takes him exploring, and a little girl who tells him about Father Christmas.
 

Jasmin is watching...


The White Tiger
on Netflix 
 
The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    Get on Your Bike by Joukje Akveld
    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    Goodnight Punpun. 1 by Inio Asano
    Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
    Kissing the Coronavirus by M.J. Edwards
    Llama Llama Loves to Read by Anna Dewdney
    Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
    The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace
    The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace

    Shows
    Search Party on HBOMax
    Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix
    WandaVision   on Disney+