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Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Daryl and Tanya
Today’s episode is all about our literary heartthrobs. All of the books mentioned can be found on our library catalogue
What we have been reading and listening to:
Tanya has been reading:
- Ilona Andrews Innkeeper series
Daryl has been listening to:
- Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole
New and forthcoming adult books:
- How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid
- The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (non fiction)
- Postscript: The sequel to PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
- Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- The Most Beautiful Child by William Papas (0-3 yrs)
- Weather and the Seasons (4-6 yrs)
- Billy and the Minpins by Roald Dahl (7-9 yrs)
- The Dog Who Saved the World by Ross Welford (9-12 yrs)
- SeaFire by Natalie Parker (Teen)
DVD recommendations
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG)
- Booksmart (15)
Our Reading Agony this week: ‘I keep reading about climate change and I’m feeling overwhelmed. Can you help?’
Okay, this is a massive topic that we’ll all need to get to grips with , but it can seem so big that it’s tempting to hide under the blanket and pretend it’s not there. However, as with most things in life, knowledge really helps. There are some brilliant books about climate change and about what you can do to help:
- The ecology book by Dorling Kindersley
- Small acts to save our world : simple, everyday ways you can make a difference by the World Wildlife Fund
- Live green : 52 steps for a more sustainable life by Jen Chillingsworth
- 50 ways to help the planet : easy ways to live a sustainable life by Sian Berry
If there are areas of becoming more green that you want to explore, like gardening, cycling, growing your own veg, cleaning with less polluting products, crafting with re-used items, rather than new, etc, then we also have lots of books about these. Another resource locally is Falkirk Environment Link who run various workshops and run ebike hire and how to ride sessions. There’ll be somewhere that does something similar close to you.
Staff quote of the day ‘Hmmm, kiss, marry, kill is a step too far – we are librarians’
Our Discussion was all about our literary heartthrobs. We Loooove books here, and that easily becomes loving particular characters in novels. Wee proviso – if any of them have been in a film, then we are thinking of them as how they were written in the book, not how they are portrayed in film. Difficult to separate the people who we would personally love and those who we love as they are loved by another character. Quite a lot of these involve a sort of ‘platonic’ love, the love of a character because of what they stand for, and who they represent. The love of seeing a character you can relate to in some way.
- Captain Wentworth in Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Harry Dresden in the Dresden series by Jim Butcher
- Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series by J K Rowling
- Sam Merlotte from the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris
- Mr Thornton in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Rhysand and Feyre both from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- Stargirl from Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Elena Greco in My Brilliant Friend
- Honor Harrington in the novels by David Weber
- Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones’ Diary
- Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
- Tank Girl
Did you Know? If you can’t find a book you are looking for on our shelves, come speak to us and we can see if it’s available at any of our other libraries. Failing that we may also be able to check our suppliers stock and if they have it we might be able to order it in for you for only a £1 charge. This service can be very handy if you are trying to find that book that someone mentioned on the radio, or even any of the books we have mentioned here today or on our other podcasts.
Coming soon in October, we’ll be running some Big Climate Conversation discussions around climate change and what Scotland can do about it in our libraries – these will feed into the Scottish Government’s climate change work. Keep your eyes open on social media or drop us a line if you’d like to get involved if you’re in the Falkirk area.
Thank you for listening to the Library Love podcast, we hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and if you did, then subscribe to our podcast. We love to hear from you and if you’d like to get in touch with us, then go to our blog LibraryLoveFalkirk.com, @LibFalkirk on Twitter, or Falkirk Libraries on Facebook or Instagram. Bye