July 14, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
Join library staff member Fahra talk with Jeremy from Employer's Training Resource about all the workforce opportunities that are available for job seekers. Don't forget to check out what they have been reading, watching, and listening to this week. 
 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
Jeremy Shumaker
Employer's Training Resource 
Fahra is reading...

Rocking in My School Shoes
by Eric Litwin

Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song.
 
Also available as read along ebook on HooplaDigital 
Also available as eBook on OverDrive
 
Witches Steeped in Gold
by Ciannon Smart

A tale inspired by Jamaican culture follows the rivalry of two witches who set aside their differences to become unlikely allies against an increasingly violent enemy.
 
Also available as ebook on CloudLibrary 
Also available as ebook on OverDrive 
Fahra is watching...
 
Sherni
Amazon Prime 
 
A jaded forest officer (Vidya Balan) leads a team of trackers and locals intending to capture an unsettled tigress, while battling intense obstacles and pressures, both natural and man-made.
 
Watch trailer here

Jeremy is reading...
 
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell

Draws on a range of case studies to explore the process by which people make decisions, explaining how the difference between good and bad decision making is directly related to the details on which people focus, and counseling readers on how to become better decision makers in every aspect of life. 
 
Also available as eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive
Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution
by Lawrence Goldstone

Documents the heated debates about slavery in 1787, revealing how the Constitution was irrevocably shaped and compromised by issues involving the definition of treason, the disposition of land, taxation, and other factors in which slavery played an integral role, in an account that cites the contributions of specific delegates and founding leaders.
 

Jeremy is watching...
Warrior
HBOMax
 
Set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century, this gritty, action-packed series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown's most powerful tongs (Chinese organized crime family).
 
Watch trailer here 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
    Transforming Young Adult Services by Anthony Bernier
     
    Movies 
    Luca 
     
    Shows 
    Jack Ryan 
    Law & Order Organized Crime 
    Shadow and Bone