Fall Programming at Yadkin County Public Library

Episode 34: Beach Reads Readalikes

Hello all you fans of summer and romance books! We have a brochure that lists all of the beach-y authors (both major series and standalone novels scattered throughout) available on our shelves at our branch. A great resource to see all the books in a series is fantasticfiction.com. It is open for public viewing, so you can scroll it on your phone or print it out to make a checklist as you work through an author.

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Grace Greene

Jacqueline DeGroot

Fiona Baker

Joanne Demaio

Nicholas Sparks

Mark Grady’s Mailbox By the Sea

Catherine Miller’s The Day That Changed Everything

T. I. Lowe’s The Carolina Coast series

Dianne Ducharme’s The Outerbanks House series
Susan Boyer’s Liz Talbot Mysteries series is set in SC

Frequently Set on the Beach or during Summer

Nicole Ellis

Wendy Francis

Michele Gilcrest

Kristy Woodson Harvey

Pamela Kelley

Jan Moran

Jessie Newton

Meredith Summers

Jennifer Weiner

Catherine Anderson (lots of cowboys too)

Mary Kay Andrews

Barbara Bretton

Robyn Carr

Holly Chamberlain

Claire Cook

Dorothea Benton Frank

Kristan Higgins

Elin Hilderbrand

Jill Marie Landis

Debbie Macomber

Susan Mallery

Mary Alice Monroe

Jill Shalvis

Anne Rivers Siddons

Nancy Thayer

Karen White

Susan Wiggs

Susan Wilson

Sheryl Woods

Specific Series

Heather Burch’s Wishing Beach series

Catherine Bybee’s D'Angelos series

Julia Clemens’ Whistling Island and Pualei Beach serieses

Terri Dulong’s Cedar Key and Ormond Beach serieses

Leigh Duncan’s Sugar Sand Beach series

Jennifer Faye’s Bluestar Island series

Kristin Harper’s Dune Island series

Rachel Hauck’s Lowcountry series

Denise Hunter’s Nantucket Love Story series

Ciara Knight’s Sweetwater County series

Emily March’s Eternity Springs series

Jennifer Probst’s Sunshine Sisters series

Christie Ridgway’s Crescent Cove, CA series

Shannon Stacey’s Blackberry Bay series

Karen Swan’s Wild Isle series

Liz Talley’s Boys of Bayou Bridge series

Courtney Walsh’s Nantucket Love Story and Harbor Pointe serieses

Marybeth Whalen’s Sunset Beach series

Sail Away series written by multiple authors https://www.fantasticfiction.com/series/sail-away/

New Fall Science Fiction Releases

Welcome to another episode of Ripples in Space hosted by the Yadkin County Public Library. Each month, we review a new science fiction book and discuss major scientific concepts used throughout the story. For this episode, we will be talking about new fall sci-fi releases.

Books we will discuss include:

“The Blue Beautiful World” by Karen Lord

“The Sky Vault” by Benjamin Percy and

“The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8” edited by Neil Clarke

We will also look at the Apple TV show Foundation Season 2 and the movie Dune: Part 2

Each week, other staff members will be bringing you more topics. Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1pm for a new episode. Feel free to follow and connect with us on www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary twitter.com/YadkinL and www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary . And contact us if you have any questions! Email:[email protected] and Phone: 336-679-8792

Fall Programming at Yadkin County Public Library

Join us as we discuss our programming for August and other upcoming fall programming options. Check out our calendar of events by visiting our website, nwrl.org, or any of our social media pages for a complete listing of programming and events. #libraryprograms #ycpl #preschoolprogramming #schoolageprogramming #librarypodcast #healthtraining #teenprogramming #outreachprogramming

Page to Screen 2023: Coming Soon to A Screen Near You

Welcome  to the Page to Screen edition of the Yadkin County Public Library  Podcast, where each month, we usually discuss a book that has been turned into a movie or TV series, as well as the reception of each.   This month we'll be discussing a few more books that are coming to the big screen in 2023. In this episode we discuss The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice; Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski; American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; and Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie.

Other library staff will be bringing you more topics each week. Be  sure to check back each Wednesday at 1 pm for a new episode.  Be sure to  contact us if you have questions, and visit our social media and  website for more great resources. • Phone: 336-679-8792 • Email:  [email protected] • nwrlibrary.org/yadkin •  www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary •  www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary • twitter.com/YadkinL •  www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary

New and Interesting Nonfiction

This episode of the YCPL podcast provides book recommendations based upon our patrons frequently asked about, discussed, or checked out topics. This episode covers new and 1-5 year old books, so you can put yourself on hold for the new books, and while you wait, read the older books. Topics include mental illness, body issues and body image, family issues, personal trauma, true crime, European history, Native Americans (including Project 562), the last slave ship Clotilda, the Tulsa race massacre, explorers, regional cultures, books for movies currently in theaters (Sound of Freedom, Barbie, and Oppenheimer), unusual topics, genealogy, the history of small towns, the opioid and overdose crisis, Russia and the Ukrainian War, inspirational, fun, religious, and people writing about overcoming struggles. All books are available in NC Cardinal, and some are in CD audiobook, large print, and/or regular print. #newnonfiction #nonfiction #oppenheimer #barbie #soundoffreedom #tulsaracemassacre #clotilda #project562 #ukraine #russia #truecrime #genealogy