KPL Podcast December 2022 Week 3 with Special Guest Amy E. Reichert

This week on the podcast, we have Bram Stoker award winning author, Gwendolyn Kiste.  We discuss her latest novel, The Haunting of Velkwood.  It is a story of an entire neighborhood turns into ghosts except for the three young women who left the night before.  Listen to learn more,
Other books by the author and recommendations
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
Grackle by AC Wise

The Kirkwood Library's One Author One Kirkwood event featured bestselling author Brendan Slocumb.  This week's podcast contains clips from the evening. Alvin Reid was the moderator.  He and Brendan discussed the two titles, The Violin Conspiracy and The Symphony of Secrets.  It was a wonderful, fun-filled night.  Listen to learn more about Brendan and his two novels.

Welcome back to another episode of the KPL podcast.  Ellen Baker author of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson is on the podcast.  We spoke about the circus, DNA and ancestry, family and so much more.  Listen to learn more.
Author Recommendations
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love  by Dani Shapiro
The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir by Jami Nakamura Lin

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Tiana Smith.  Her novel, The Spy and I is her  first adult book.  She's written YA novels and now brings her amazing skills to a fun, fast paced rom-com.  Her main character Dove is an introverted hacker, who prefers her computer to people.  She is mistaken for a spy and nearly killed.  Dove joins forces with an actual spy to bring down the bad guys.  Listen to learn more. 
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
Nancy Drew Mysteries

The week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling and award winning author Heather Webb.  She tells us about an all-female crime syndicate called the Forty Elephants during 1925 in London.  The Queens of London is a page turning historical novel about strong women pushing boundaries in the 1920's.

Author Recommendations
1. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
2. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
3. Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

This week on the KPL Podcast I have author and evolutionary biologist Noah Whiteman.  His book, Most Delicious Poisons: The Story of Nature's Toxins From Spices to Vices, tells the story of chemicals derived from nature and why we are attracted and addicted to them.  Listen to learn more. 

The KPL Podcast is back with another great book discussion.  This week we spoke with Shubnum Khan about her new novel, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years. A wonderful gothic love story that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

Author Recommendations
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Babel by RF Kuang

Imagine a category 5 hurricane, a single mom and her son having to evacuate from their home.  Then imagine taking shelter in a large home with several other family members but one is murdered and one of them is the murderer.  That is framework of Nishita Parekh's debut novel, The Night of the Storm.  Listen to learn more

Author Recommendations
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

Welcome back to the KPL podcast 2024.  We begin the new year with author and fellow librarian Julie Chavez and talk about her memoir, Everyone But Myself.  An elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, shines a light on motherhood and mental health by sharing an unflinchingly honest account of her experiences with panic and anxiety—and her path to finding her way back from the edge.

Author Recommendations
1. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
2. If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais
3. Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
4. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
5. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
6. The Seven Husbands for Evelyn Reid by Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
8. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
9. The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
10. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
11.  After the Fall by Dan Santat

This week on the KPL podcast we have author and librarian Laura Sims telling us about her wonderful new book, How Can I Help You.  If you ever wondered about librarian life than this is the perfect book for you.  Laura has done an incredible job capturing the nuances of librarian life. 
Author Book Recommendations
Killingly by Katherine Beutner
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Terrace Story by Hilary Liechter
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
All's Well by Mona Awad
The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith
Kill for Love by Laura Picklesimer
Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray