[♪♪]
I OBVIOUSLY HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.
A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE
"OZARKS LIVE!" BOOK CLUB.
THIS IS SARAH, THE YOUTH
SERVICES MANAGER AT THE LIBRARY
CENTER.
AND ON THE END DOWN THERE, MISS
EMILY, THE YOUTH SERVICES
ASSISTANT AT THE WILLARD BRANCH
LIBRARY.
WELCOME, LADIES.
THAT MEANS SUMMER READING FOR
KIDS AND TEEN-AGERS.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THESE
BOOKS AGAIN?
WHAT IS THE GENRE AGAIN?
Guest: YOUNG ADULTS, Y.A.
BOOKS.
Joy: Y.A. BOOKS, THAT'S WHAT
IT MEANS.
WHICH BOOK?
WHO WANTS TO START.
WANT TO START WITH THIS ONE,
"GRAVE MERCY".
Guest: THIS IS ONE OF MY
PICKS.
IT'S THE FIRST IN HIS TRILOGY.
I HAVE TWO WORDS FOR YOU,
ASSASSIN NUNS.
THAT'S THE HOOK FOR THE BOOK.
[LAUGHTER]
Joy: THAT'S A GOOD HOOK.
Guest: YOU'RE WATCHING "GAME
OF THRONES" AND YOU NEED
SOMETHING TO TIDE YOU OVER
BETWEEN EPISODES, IT'S ABOUT A
GIRL WHO FINDS OUT SHE'S THE
DAUGHTER OF DEATH.
SHE GOES TO A CONVENT TO TRAIN
TO BE AN ASSASSIN.
THERE'S POLITICAL INTRIGUE.
SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO
TO TRUST AND WHO IS GOING TO
TAKE OVER THE THRONE AND THERE'S
ROMANCE.
Joy: THERE'S A LOT MORE
INTRIGUE IN THE YOUNG ADULT
BOOKS.
THESE ARE INVOLVED BOOKS.
Guest: THEY ARE.
Joy: BIG TIME STORY LINES.
VERY INVOLVED.
AGAIN, THAT SOUNDS INTRIGUING.
I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE
BETWEEN EPISODES OF "GAME OF
THRONES" THIS MIGHT BE THE THING
FOR YOU.
"GRAVE MERMERCY".
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, "WHEN DIMPLE
SHE WANTS TO BE A CODER.
HER PARENTS AREN'T SURE ABOUT
THAT.
SHE GETS ACCEPTED TO A SUMMER
PROGRAM.
UNBEKNOWNST TO DIMPLE, HER
ARRANGED HUSBAND IS AT THE CODE
CAMP.
HE KNOWS ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT.
SHE DOESN'T.
Joy: I WONDERED IF IT WAS
THE PARENTS WHO WERE THE ONLY
ONES WHO KNEW.
Guest: THEY ARE NOT.
Joy: IS IT FUNNY?
Guest: IT'S VERY, VERY
FUNNY.
RISHI IS TRYING TO CONVINCE
DIMPLE A RELATIONSHIP COULD BE
IN THE FUTURE.
SHE'S NOT SURE.
Joy: OH, MY GOODNESS!
PERFECT BEACH READ FOR SUMMER, I
THINK.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
I LOVE THE TITLE.
IT IS CALLED "ONE OF US IS
LYING."
Guest: YES, THIS IS ONE OF
MY PICKS.
I CHOSE THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT'S
MY CURRENT FAVORITE Y.A. BOOK.
IT'S A GREAT MURDER MYSTERY.
IT'S BILLED AS A CROSS BETWEEN
"BREAKFAST CLUB" AND "PRETTY
LITTLE LIARS".
Joy: THAT'S WHAT I READ
ONLINE.
Guest: I WOULD TOSS IN
"GOSSIP GIRL".
IT'S ABOUT FIVE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS WHO HAS TO GO TO
DETENTION AND SOMEBODY DIES.
Joy: NOT EVERYBODY MAKES IT
OUT ALIVE.
Guest: AND THE OTHER FOUR
ARE THE MAIN SUSPECTS IN THE
MURDER OF THE OTHER STUDENT.
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HUGE
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PRESENCE
FOLLOWING THEM.
THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN
TRUST EACH OTHER OR THEMSELVES.
THEY ALL ARE HIDING A SECRET
THAT THEY WANT TO NOT BE
RELEASED.
AND SO -- THE POLICE FIND OUT
ABOUT IT.
THEY THINK THAT'S THEIR
MOTIVATION FOR WANTING TO MURDER
THIS STUDENT.
SO NOW, THEY ALL SUSPECT EACH
OTHER AND DON'T KNOW WHO TO
TRUST.
THERE'S A LITTLE ROMANCE.
IT'S A TIGHTLY-PLOTTED MURDER
MYSTERY.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO DONE
IT AND IT KEPT ME GUESSING UNTIL
THE END.
Joy: DID YOU FIGURE IT OUT?
Guest: NO.
I'M HORRIBLE FIGURING IT OUT.
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STORIES.
I DON'T THINK AHEAD.
I'M ALWAYS WRONG.
I'M JUST IN THE MOMENT.
Joy: THIS SOUNDS LIKE A
GREAT BOOK.
THERE'S SMART PEOPLE WRITING
BOOKS.
THERE'S A SEQUEL COMING UP
NEXT YEAR, CALLED "ONE OF US IS
NEXT".
Joy: OOH, INTRIGUING TITLE.
THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO
START.
"ALUNINAI" IT IS CALLED.
HOW DID YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
Guest: A EPIC SPACE OPERA.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SPACE Y.A.
BOOK.
IT STARTS OFF ON ILLEGAL MINING
COLONY IN OUTER SPACE.
IT'S RUN BY THIS COMPANY.
AND FAMILIES HAVE WENT OUT THERE
AND LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS.
THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS, CATTY
AND EZRA HAVE BROKEN UP.
AND THEY ARE IN THEIR CLASS AND
JUMP POINT TO JUMP BACK TO THE
POPULATED PARTS OF SPACE, SO
THEY CAN REPORT THIS HORRIBLE
CRIME THAT JUST HAPPENED.
Joy: OF COURSE, MAKES
PERFECT SENSE.
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: THERE'S A ZOMBIE
OUTBREAK.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT
HAPPEN.
[LAUGHTER]
Joy: WHY WOULDN'T THERE BE!
Guest: OF COURSE.
IT'S OUTERSPACE.
THERE'S NO RULES.
Joy: MY GOODNESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ADULTS LOVE THEM
AS MUCH AS TEEN READERS, YOUNGER
READERS DO.
SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SPRINGFIELD GREENE COUNTY
LIBRARY SYSTEM AND ALL IT HAS TO
OFFER.
YOU JUST GET A CARD ONLINE.
YOU CAN DRIVE UP AND THEY'LL
HAND YOU THE BOOK FOR FREE!
AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT LATE
GETTING IT BACK, YOU STILL GET
TO READ IT FOR FREE.
[LAUGHTER]
Joy: YOU'VE OPENED MY MIND
TO A NEW REALM OF BOOKS I'M NOT
FAMILIAR WITH.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEAVE THESE
WITH ME.
[LAUGHTER]
Joy: PUT THEM ON MY LIBRARY
CARD.
ANYWAY, THANKS, LADIES.