February 3, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
  • Join Kern County Library staff members, Fahra and Jasmin they learn about Bizarro Fiction 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...

Girl, Serpent, Thorn
by Melissa Bashardoust

Cursed to be poisonous to the touch, Princess Soraya endures a life in seclusion before making fateful decisions about her twin’s upcoming wedding, a young man who is not afraid of her and a demon who holds the answers she seeks.
  • Also available as eBook on OverDrive 
 
Lobizona
by Romina Garber

When her mother is arrested by ICE, sixteen-year-old Argentinian Manu--who thinks she is hiding in a Miami apartment because she is an undocumented immigrant--discovers that her entire existence is illegal.
  • Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive
 
Fahra is watching...
 
Cocomelon
on Netflix & YouTube 
 
Learn letters, numbers, animal sounds and more with J.J. in this musical series that brings fun times with nursery rhymes for the whole family!
 

Jasmin is reading...
 
A Night Like This
by Julia Quinn

A governess to three highborn young ladies, Anne Wynter, who is not who she claims to be, is tempted by the dangerously handsome Earl of Winstead who relentlessly pursues her despite her social station. 
  • Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on HooplaDigtal 
 
Don't Touch This Book!
by Bill Cotter

A reluctant monster allows the reader to play with his book, as he makes a rainbow, acts like a robot, and calls up a dinosaur.
 

Jasmin is watching...

Emma
on HBOmax 
 
A ravishing, hilarious new take on Jane Austen's classic comedy, this stellar film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the mischievous titular character who meddles in the love lives of those around her. "An unalloyed delight" (Movie Nation). Co-starring Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart and Bill Nighy.
 

Even More Titles We Talk About

    Books
    Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
    City of Villains by Estelle Laure
    Cursed by Jeremy C. Shipp
    Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter
    The Egg Said Nothing by Caris O'malley
    Help! A Bear Is Eating Me! by Mykle Hansen
    The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
    Kissing the Coronavirus by M.J. Edwards
    The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
    Moo Hoo by Candace Ryan
    Odd Owls & Stout Pigs: A Book of Nonsense by Arnold Lobel
    Owl Howl by Paul Friester
    Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III
    Shatnerquake by Jeff Burk