March 03, 2021
Featured in this week's Book Talk Bakersfield:
  • Join Kern County Library Staff members, Fahra and Jasmin with fellow book podcast guests the Reading Sirens. Check out what they have been reading, watching, and listening to.  Follow the Reading Sirens podcast and keep up with them on their social media sites.
Heather, Lucertia & Stephanie 
Reading Sirens 
 
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library
 
Jasmin LoBasso
Kern County Library
 
Reading Sirens are reading...

Alex Six
by Vincent Taplin

Alexa and Francis were wealthy executives who had everything, except for kids. When he tragically passed away, she gave up hope for being a mother… until she met Vick Miller, a simple family man, and a nearly perfect doppelganger of her husband. She pays him handsomely for his donations to produce a child who resembles her beloved husband. The offers grow more enticing and Vick’s marriage begins to strain.Alexa wants his genes… his looks anyway. She is wealthy, attractive, powerful, and utterly obsessed.
 
He has no idea she is watching him.
 

The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides

A therapist becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client, an artist who refuses to speak, to murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation. 
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 
 
Reading Sirens are watching...
 
WandaVision
on Disney+

Marvel Studios' WandaVision blends the style of classic sitcoms with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision – two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban life – begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
 
 
Fahra is reading...
 
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
by A. N Roquelaure

An erotic retelling of the traditional folktale integrates elements of sexual desire, as the Prince awakens Beauty with sexual initiation, rather than with a simple kiss.
 
Also available as eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive
 
On Fragile Waves
by E. Lily Yu

Growing up on their parents’ mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a girl and her brother travel from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference challenges their dreams. 
 
Also available as ebook on HooplaDigital
 
Fahra is watching...
The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2
on YouTube
 
Kapil Sharma is back with a new ‘Salah Center’ (Consultancy Business) in a Mohollah with absurd characters. The wealthy milkman Bachcha Yadav (Kiku Sharda) with his wife Titli Yadav (Bharti Singh) and sister-in-law Bhoori (Sumona Singh) is the one who has rented out houses within the Mohollah and is Kapil Sharma’s business partner. The neighbors in the Mohollah are also full of quirks and don’t shy away from the antics. With celebrities gracing every episode, The Kapil Sharma Show promises fun-filled entertaining weekend.
 
 Jasmin is reading...

A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J. Maas

Nesta and Cassian must face their haunting pasts in order to stop a dangerous alliance of treacherous human queens in the fourth novel of the fantasy series following A Court of Wings and Ruin. 
 
Also available as ebook on OverDrive
Also available as eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 
 
Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
by Jill Biden

The former Second Lady describes her marriage to Joe Biden and the role of politics in her life and teaching career, sharing intimate insights into the traditions, resilience and love that have helped her family establish balance and endure tragedy.
 
 
Jasmin is watching...
Young Rock
on NBC
 
Every legend has a beginning. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in a larger-than-life family comedy based on outrageous stories of his youth. This coming-of-age journey highlights the unforgettable moments and incredible relationships that took Dwayne from ordinary kid to extraordinary superstar – revealing he’s more like us than we know.
 
Even More Titles We Talk About
    Books
    The Covenant by James A. Michener
    Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
    Let it Snow: A novel by Nancy Thayer
    Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
    The Wedding Game by Jane Feather