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Book Talk

Jenny Sparks and Nolan Crabb

Welcome to Book Talk! We"re all about books. What you like to read, how you like to read it. Who"s your favorite author? What"s your favorite series and much more.

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Remembering the Korean War

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2025/10/07

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book talk for march 11 2025

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2025/03/12

Eventide by Kent HarufFollowing Plainsong (RC 49056), Harold and Raymond McPheron escort nineteen-year-old Victoria and her daughter to Fort Collins so Victoria can start college. In Colorado tragedy awaits the brothers returning to their cattle ranch in rural Holt. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004.DB60217Hit ManLawrence BlockTen stories that trace the grim exploits of New York-based hired killer J.P. Keller. Between contracts Keller enjoys his pet dog

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book talk march 04 2025

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2025/03/05

Book Talk for March 4, 2025James: a Novelby Percival Everett"From Percival Everett a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he

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book talk february 25 2025

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2025/02/26

Book Talk for Feb 25 2025The Book Of Fateby Brad MeltzerAn assassination attempt leaves twenty-three-year-old presidential aide Wes Holloway disfigured and kills deputy chief of staff Ron Boyle. But when he spots Boyle in Malaysia eight years later, Holloway discovers a labyrinthine conspiracy involving the Freemasons and Thomas Jefferson. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Commercial audiobook. 2006.DB63643Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure The True Story of a Great American Road

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book talk february 11 2025

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2025/02/19

Book Talk for February 11 2025Temptation Ridgeby Robyn CarrAfter years of caring for her now-deceased mother, twenty-five-year-old Shelby McIntyre moves in with her uncle in Virgin River. Shelby meets former Blackhawk pilot Luke Riordan, and the two fall in love. But Luke doesn't envision a future together. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009.BR22730 DB68681The mountain between usby Charles MartinWhen Dr. Ben Payne is stranded at a Salt Lake City airport, he

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coffee club february 04 2025

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2025/02/19

Book Talk for Feb 4 2025A Storm of Infinite Beauty: A Novelby Julianne Maclean"Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum in Nova Scotia dedicated to the Hollywood legend Scarlett Fontaine's life. Gwen is also sole descendant and heir to Scarlett's fortune. Gwen is dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward. So when Peter Miller, a biographer and photojournalist, come to the museum with shocking claims about Scarlett, which include a life of exile in Alaska

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book talk january 28 2025

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2025/02/18

Book Talk for Jan 28, 2025Mystery Writers of America presents the prosecution rests: new stories about courtrooms, criminals, and the law Linda FairsteinTwenty-two short stories dealing with the criminal justice system, with themes that include lawyers, victims, liars, revenge seekers, killers, and alibi witnesses. In Joel Goldman's "Knife Fight" a female Jewish attorney defends a black, drug-dealing murderer. Includes work by James Grippando, Barbara Parker, and S.J. Rozan. Strong

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book talk january 14 2025

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2025/02/18

Book talk for January 14, 2025Papa Married a Mormonby John Dennis FitzgeraldCheerful reminiscences of the author's early life on the old Utah frontier where his father, a respected Roman Catholic newspaper editor, and his spunky Morman mother made an unorthodox but very happy home for their children.DB13297The Braille Killer: An Alice Bergman Novelby Daniel Kuhnley"Blind at birth, Alice Bergman's sight has been restored--but her childhood struggles and the assault she endured have never

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book talk january 07 2025

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2025/02/18

Book talk for Jan 7 2025Christmas At the Borrow a Book Shopby Kiley Dunbar'Tis the season for finding love... and the perfect book! With just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festive...Icelandic ex-bookseller Magnús Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he’s nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix. When Alexandra Robinson winds up stranded in

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book talk for october 22 2024

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2024/10/22

Book Talk for October 22 2024Sanibel Dreams 1 a Shellseeker Beach novelby Hope Holloway"When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she's uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father's widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs. Eliza sees the trip to a place called Shellseeker Beach as a distraction from her loss, and maybe a way to get some

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book talk for october 08 2024

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2024/10/15

Book talk for October 8 2024Sanibel Dreamsby Hope Holloway"When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she's uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father's widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island to help settle his affairs. Eliza sees the trip to a place called Shellseeker Beach as a distraction from her loss, and maybe a way to get some closure on the difficult

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book talk for september 17 2024

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2024/09/17

Book talk for September 17 2024Plain honest men: The Making of the American Constitutionby Richard BeemanHistorian provides a day-by-day account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Uses primary and secondary sources to illustrate the debates and negotiations that raged between the states before the document's ratification. Discusses the failure to come to an agreement about the issue of slavery. 2009.DB70182Whiskey Islandby Emilie RichardsA carjacking brings ex-priest

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book talk for september 10 2024

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2024/09/10

Book talk for September 10 2024The Sunflower Forestby Torey L HaydenSeventeen-year-old Lesley is preoccupied with high school, the prospect of college, and her first serious romance. She must also come to terms with her mother's eccentric behavior and tragic past and her father's unwillingness to deal with his wife's deteriorating mental state. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.DB21394The Accidental Time Machineby Joe W HaldemanGrad-school dropout Matt Fuller's work

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book talk for september 03 2024

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2024/09/03

Book Talk for September 3 2024Failure to appearby Judith A JanceSeattle police detective J. P. Beaumont follows his 18-year-old daughter Kelly when she runs away to Ashland, Oregon. He finds her pregnant and about to marry an actor in the midst of the town's Shakespeare festival. When one of Kelly's actress friends is accused of murder, Beau investigates. Some strong language and some violence.DBC00510 Cook County ICU 30 years of unforgettable Patients and Odd Casesby Cory M Franklin"An

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book talk for august 27 2024

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2024/08/27

Book talk for august 27 2024Straighten up and fly Right The Music and life of Nat King Coleby W FriedwaldA music journalist examines the life and legacy of jazz great Nat King Cole (1919-1965). He explores his early life in Alabama, the start of his career as a successful pianist and bandleader of the Nat King Cole Trio, and the transition later in his career to solo singer. Some strong language. 2020.DB105361 DBC24669The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen KingFantastic tale of sorcery, poison

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book talk for august 20 2024

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2024/08/21

Book Talk for August 20, 2024Blood and iron: the rise and fall of the German Empire, 1871-1918 by Katja Hoyer"This vivid fifty-year history of Germany from 1871–1918—which inspired events that forever changed the European continent—is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would

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book talk for august 14 2024

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2024/08/14

Book Talk for August 13 2024The bone collectorby Jeffery DeaverRetired forensic scientist and criminologist Lincoln Rhyme is enlisted to track down a serial murderer who is stalking victims in New York City. Injured on the job and now a quadriplegic, Rhyme can move one finger--enabling him to use his computer. Assisted by policewoman Amelia Sachs, Rhyme races against time to find the killer. Includes a glossary of forensic terms. Violence and strong language. 1997.DB47078Water for the

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book talk for august 06 2024

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2024/08/09

Book Talk for August 6, 2024Shepherds for Saleby Megan VashamPromise me, Dad: a year of hope, hardship, and purpose by Joseph Biden JR.In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years. But this year felt different. Joe and Jill Biden's eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. "Promise me, Dad," Beau had

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book talk for july 30 2024

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2024/07/31

Book talk for July 30 2024Breathe your lastby Lisa ReganDropping off a shirt off for her brother at his college job, Detective Josie Quinn spots a body in the pool, but her attempts to save the young woman fail. How did the star swimmer--who was not dressed for practice--drown? Strong language and some violence. 2020. DB101647The BodyguardKatherine Center"She's got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a

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book talk for june 25 2024

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2024/06/26

Book Talk for June 25 2024Dinner in Camelot: the night America's greatest scientists, writers, and scholars partied at the Kennedy White House by Joseph EspositoAccount of a dinner on April 29, 1962, hosted by President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy for Nobel laureates, writers, scientists, historians, and artists. Discusses the historical context of the dinner, notable interactions, and the many repercussions in the years following the dinner. 2018.DB91362Music and imaginationby Aaron

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