JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.
Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 109
We’re kicking off the Winter Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge with audiobooks read by multiple narrators! These multi-voiced productions make audiobooks even more engaging.
Tune into our action-packed choices: a YA dystopian novel, a horror/thriller hybrid, and a sweeping, historical Western.
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Jacqueline’s Pick
This dystopian science fiction story is the the first young adult novel in the Fifth Wave trilogy. This book lends itself well to multiple narrators because it is told from several points of view.
Yancey’s writing is imaginative and humorous. All the action and fighting will appeal to readers who like adventure and science fiction.
Pairing: Homemade bread
Michael’s Pick
Spider to the Fly by J.H. Markert
This horror/thriller hybrid opens with Ellie Isles watching the news one day, only to discover that the latest victim of the I-64 murders looks exactly like her. Same face. Same features.
Six years later, Ellie moves to Ransom, Kentucky — the hometown of her deceased doppelganger — and dedicates her life to uncovering the connection between them and solving the I-64 serial killings.
The story is told through three different points of view, each with its own narrator.
Pairing: S’mores Brownies
Carrie’s Pick
The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
Main characters Gig and Rye Dolan are hobos from Montana who find themselves at the center of the 1909 labor fights in Spokane, Washington.
This sweeping, historical novel gives voice to tramps and activists, crooked detectives and policemen, as well as vaudeville performer Ursula the Great—all expertly narrated by a full cast.
Pairing: Minestrone from An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler