Hi! I’m Heather-Lee Byrne, Information Services librarian and host of the Wellesley Free Library Book Report podcast. We want to make it easy for busy people in our community to figure out what to read next. Our podcast connects Wellesley library patrons with ranked popular titles and book recommendations from subject librarians in different genres so you know what to reach for when you’re ready to read!

Comments? Questions? Send us an email! wflbookreport@minlib.net

Guest Librarian: Annette Diola

 

Interview Notes:

Today I’m going to talk to Annette, who just so happens to be our cookbook selector, about the collection, how she chooses what to add, and a couple of recent recommendations.

In today’s episode, Annette mentions:

Celebrate with Kim-Joy : cute cakes and bakes to make every occasion joyful by Kim-Joy

Let’s Make Dumplings! : a comic book cookbook by Hugh Amano

Barefoot Contessa: Ina Garten cookbooks

Ottolenghi test kitchen : extra good things : bold, vegetable-forward recipes plus homemade sauces, condiments, and more to build a flavor-packed pantry by Noor Murad & Yotam Ottolenghi

The Tucci cookbook by Stanley Tucci

Taste : my life through food by Stanley Tucci.

Reader’s Report

ADULT FICTION

 

1. Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
2. Foster by Claire Keegan
3. Small things like these by Claire Keegan
4. The Lincoln highway by Amor Towles
5. The secret history by Donna Tartt

 

ADULT NONFICTION

 

1. Breaking bread : essays from New England on food, hunger, and family
2. We don’t know ourselves : a personal history of modern Ireland by Fintan O’Toole
3. The Combat Zone : murder, race, and Boston’s struggle for justice by Jan Brogan
4. These precious days : essays by Ann Patchett
5. Make your bed : little things that can change your life –and maybe the world by William H.  McRaven

 

MYSTERY

 

1. The madness of crowds by Louise Penny
2. April in Spain : a novel by John Banville
3. We begin at the end by Chris Whitaker
4. A pretty deceit by Anna Lee Huber
5. The Thursday murder club by Rishard Osman

 

SCIENCE FICTION

 

1. Project Hail Mary : a novel by Andy Weir
2. A deadly education : a novel by Naomi Novik
3. The fifth season by N.K. Jemisin
4. Dune by Frank Herbert
5. The return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard

 

DVD

 

1. Mrs. Harris goes to Paris
2. Licorice pizza
3. Don’t worry darling
4. Elvis
5. Nope

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

1. I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
2. Constructing a nervous system : a memoir by Margo Jefferson
3. The chancellor : the remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
4. Brazen by Julia Haart
5. Is this anything? by Jerry Seinfeld

 

AUDIOBOOKS

 

1. Spanish I A : the complete course ; Spanish I B : the complete course
2. The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times by Michelle Obama
3. The little book of talent : 52 tips for improving your skills by Daniel Coyle
4. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
5. How to listen to and understand great music by Robert Greenberg

 

COOKBOOKS

 

1. Half baked harvest every day : recipes for balanced, flexible, feel-good meals by Tieghan Gerard
2. The date night cookbook by Ned Fulmer
3. Basque country : a culinary journey through a food lover’s paradise by Marti Buckley
4. Moosewood Restaurant cooking for health : more than 200 new vegetarian and vegan recipes for delicious and nutrient-rich dishes
5. Veganomicon : the ultimate vegan cookbook by Issa Chandra Moskowitz

 

YOUNG ADULT

 

1. City of dragons. The awakening storm by Jaimal Yogis
2. Flying witch by Chihiro Ishizuka
3. Space Boy by Stphen McCranie
4. Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur
5. The fifth quarter by Mike Dawson

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS

1. March by John Lewis
2. Heaven official’s blessing = Tian guan ci fu by Moxiangtongxiu
3. Life is strange. Coming home by Emma Vieceli
4. Squire by Nadia Shammas
5. Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu

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