Episode 1: Beach Read with Megan

Latest Episode: Episode 1 – Beach Reads with Megan

Guest Librarian: Megan Flynn

This week we’ll introduce the podcast, the Wellesley Reader’s Report, and speak with Information Services librarian Megan Flynn about her summer book pick in Adult Fiction, The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner.

Interview Notes In today’s episode, Megan and I discuss Novelist, a Reader’s Advisory service that you can access through the database page on the Wellesley Free Library website. Already read today’s book? Check out other titles by Jennifer Weiner or authors Elinor Lipman, Elin Hilderbrand or Meg Mitchell Moore in the Minuteman Library Network catalog.

Wellesley Reader’s Report

ADULT FICTION

1	The Lincoln highway	Towles, Amor, author.
2	The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel	Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
3	The last thing he told me : a novel	Dave, Laura, author.
4	The paper palace	Cowley Heller, Miranda, author.
5	People we meet on vacation	Henry, Emily, author.

ADULT NONFICTION

1	Caste : the origins of our discontents	Wilkerson, Isabel, author.
2	Borges and me : an encounter	Parini, Jay, author.
3	Limitless : upgrade your brain, learn anything faster, and unlock your exceptional life	Kwik, Jim, author.
4	The Hebrew Bible : a translation with commentary
5	Braiding sweetgrass	Kimmerer, Robin Wall, author.

MYSTERY

1	Moonflower murders : a novel	Horowitz, Anthony, 1955- author.
2	The madness of crowds	Penny, Louise, author.
3	The dark heart of Florence	Alexander, Tasha, 1969- author.
4	The searcher	French, Tana, author.
5	A dangerous place : a novel	Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author.

SCIENCE FICTION

1	Red Rising	Brown, Pierce, 1988-
2	Ariadne	Saint, Jennifer, author.
3	Dune messiah	Herbert, Frank, author.
4	A deadly education : a novel	Novik, Naomi, author.
5	The Three-body problem	Liu, Cixin, author.

DVD

1	Spider-man : No way home
2	Uncharted
3	Death on the Nile
4	The contractor
5	The Batman

BIOGRAPHY

1	Lab girl	Jahren, Hope, author.
2	Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history	Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953-
3	Personal history	Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001.
4	Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of the Jazz Age	Applegate, Debby, author.
5	I dream he talks to me : a memoir of learning how to listen	Moorer, Allison, author.

AUDIOBOOKS

1	The complete chronicles of Narnia	Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963, author.
2	The omega factor	Berry, Steve, 1955- author.
3	This time tomorrow	Straub, Emma, author.
4	The lioness : a novel	Bohjalian, Chris, 1962- author.
5	French braid : a novel	Tyler, Anne, author.

COOKBOOKS

1	Cook this book : techniques that teach & recipes to repeat	Baz, Molly, author.
2	One-pot vegetarian	Fauda-Rôle, Sabrina, author.
3	Once upon a chef : weeknight/weekend : 70 quick-fix weeknight dinners + 30 luscious weekend recipes	Segal, Jennifer, author.
4	Together	Oliver, Jamie, 1975- author.
5	The comfortable kitchen : 105 laid-back, healthy, and wholesome recipes	Snodgrass, Alex, author.

YOUNG ADULT

1	Alone	Freeman, Megan E., author.
2	Dragon Ball	Toriyama, Akira, 1955- author, artist.
3	Archie	Waid, Mark, 1962- author.
4	The promised Neverland	Shirai, Kaiu, author.
5	Linked	Korman, Gordon.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

1	Asadora!	Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- author, artist.
2	Archie	Waid, Mark, 1962- author.
3	The ancient magus’ bride	Yamazaki, Kore, author, artist.
4	The way of the house husband	Oono, Kousuke, author, artist.
5	Scooby apocalypse	Giffen, Keith, author.

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