Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Vikki and Tanya
Today’s episode is about the exciting new books coming out in 2020
All of the books mentioned can be found on our library catalogue
What we have been reading and listening to:
Vikki has been reading:
- The Absolution, Yrsa Siguardardottir
- Violet, SJI Holliday
Tanya has been reading:
- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
New and forthcoming adult books:
- Philosophy for Polar Explorers, Erling Kagge
- The Art of Rest: How to Find Respite in the Modern Age, Claudia Hammond
- Highfire, Eoin Colfer
- False Value (Rivers of London 8), Ben Aaronovitch
- Grown Ups, Marian Keyes
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- Greta and the Giants: inspired by Greta Thunberg’s stand to save the world, Zoe Tucker (author), Zoe Persico (illustrator) (3-7)
- Help Wanted, Must Love Books by Janet Sumner Johnson (Author), Courtney Dawson (Illustrator) (4-7)
- Your Interests, My Interests: A Visual Guide to Playing and Hanging out for Children on the Autism Spectrum, Joel Shaul (7-14)
- The Vegetarian Cookbook: More than 50 Recipes for Young Cooks (Dorling Kindersley) (9-12)
- Reverie, Ryan La Sala (Teen)
DVD recommendations:
- Downton Abbey The Movie (PG)
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG)
Our Reading Agony this week:
“My 14 year old daughter says she isn’t interested in reading anymore as most of the books are boring or lovey dovey and she doesn’t want romance books. Any ideas to help me out with some good suggestions for her?”
That’s tricky, because there are so many good books that she might like, kids, adult and teen: How about: Some manga or comics – like Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy – based on the very popular Dungeons and Dragons podcast. NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson – villainy, mischief, strong female character.
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman. Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui. My Hero Academia by Kouhei Horikoshi Terry Pratchett Discworld novels. Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. Sabriel by Garth Nix. Cirque Du Freak (The Saga of Darren Shan Book 1) by Darren Shan. Gail Carriger’s Finishing School Series (these are her teen books, her adult novels often have romance and sometimes erotica). The Darkest Minds: Book 1 (A Darkest Minds Novel) by Alexandra Bracken. Before I die by Jenny Donovan
Staff quote of the day: “It’s too early for a Christmas cardigan surely?” Reply but it’s December! Oh no I thought it was still November!
Our Discussion: Forthcoming books in 2020 that we are most excited about.
- Dark Matter, Doug Johnstone
- Dead to Her, Sarah Pinborough
- Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid
- Lift As You Climb, Viv Groskop
- In Five Years, Rebecca Serle
- This Lovely City, Louise Hare
- The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Djinn Patrol on the Purple Liney, Deepa Anappara
- Six Wicked Reasons, Jo Spain
- Three Hours, Rosamund Lupton
- Below The Big Blue Sky, Anna McPartlin
- The Other People, C.J. Tudor
- The Squiggly Careers, Helen Tupper, Sara Ellis
- Dragman, Steven Appleby
- Us Three, Ruth Jones
Did you know?
Quick Reads! Launched in 2006, Quick Reads has distributed over 4.8 million copies of more than 100 titles! The books have been loaned more than five million times through libraries and have established a reputation for publishing diverse works by top quality and popular authors, including Andy McNab, Jojo Moyes, Anne Cleeves, Ian Rankin and Benjamin Zephaniah.
Each year 4 to 6 short and engaging books for adult readers are published these books are a perfect entry point to reading for pleasure. In 2018, after announcing that they had been unable to secure financial support to keep the programme going, they received an incredible gift from best-selling author Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You. She has generously offered three years of funding to continue publishing Quick Reads.
New Quick Reads titles are coming out in February 2020 and for a sneak peak go to the
Reading Agency Website via the following link https://readingagency.org.uk/news/blog/quick-reads-2020-find-out-more-about-the-books.html
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