Joy: WELCOME BACK IT'S TIME
ONCE AGAIN FOR THE CLUB, YOU
KNOW ME LOVE TO READ.
ALONG WITH CHARITY JORDAN WAS A
YOUTH SERVICES ASSISTANT AT THE
SCHWEITZER BRENTWOOD BRANCH.
WELCOME, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
Joy: WANT TO DIVE RIGHT IN
AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF
YOU BROUGHT THE BOOK BECAUSE
IT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
HE LOVES THIS GENRE.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS?
THERE'S A REALLY GREAT
SUMMER READING INITIATIVE THAT
IS THROUGH THE HORROR WRITERS
ASSOCIATION, BOOK RIOT, UNITED
FOR LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY OF
JOURNAL CALLED SUMMER SCARES.
IT'S TO GET MORE TWINS, TEENS
AND ADULTS READING AND SUMMER
IS THE TIME WHEN MOST ARE
LOOKING FOR BOOKS.
SO THIS IS BY DAN.
[NAME].
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIM
HE COWROTE THE BOOK VERSION OF
THE SHAPE OF WATER WITH DEL
TORO, THEY COWROTE TRAIL
HUNTERS WHICH WAS ON NETFLIX.
THEN HE IS ALSO WORKING WITH
THE.
[NAME] DID THE LIVING DEAD,
FINISHING A BOOK THAT WHEN HE
DIED.
HE IS ONE OF THE ONES ON THE
SUMMER SCARE LIST.
ACTUALLY HAPPY AT THE LIBRARY
CENTER NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 18
AT 7:00 P.M.. THE WRITER
FOLLOWS A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY, HIS
MOM PASSES AWAY AND HE GOES TO
LIVE WITH HIS FATHER WHO IS
NEVER MET.
HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME AT
SCHOOL, NOBODY'S BEING NICE TO
HIM AND HIS DAD IS PRETTY
ABSENT AND HE LEARNS THAT HIS
DAD IS A GRAVE ROBBER.
HE FOLLOWS HIS DAD'S TRACKS AND
DISCOVERS THIS SO IT BECOMES AN
APPRENTICE GRAVE ROBBER.
WITH HIS DAD, IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU LEARN A
LOT ABOUT LIKE YOU KNOW, LIFE
OR BODIES AFTER DEATH AND
CEMETERIES AND SO THERE'S A LOT
OF SPICE IN IT, YOU CAN TELL
IT'S REALLY WELL RESEARCHED AND
REALLY WELL WRITTEN AND GRITTY,
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK.
I REALLY ENJOYED IT A LOT.
Joy: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN
ONE FOR SURE.
NAMAKE THIS QUICK BECAUSE WE
ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
THEY RECENTLY DISCOVERED THE
STORY, WE ALL REMEMBER THE BELL
JAR.
IT FOLLOWS A WOMAN WHO IS ON
THIS JOURNEY, DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE SHE'S GOING.
BUT IT'S KIND OF A.
[INAUDIBLE] LIKE THE BELL JAR
WAS.
IT TURNS OUT NEARLY HOPEFUL IN
THE END.
JUST A QUICK READ, RECENTLY
COVERED STORY AND YOU KNOW,
JUST READ IT IN THE EVENING.
THAT'LL BE A QUICK ONE READ.
ALL RIGHT, CHARITY YOU BROUGHT
ONE CALLED THE YEAR OF
PLEASURES BY ELIZABETH BERGMAN.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS SHE'S MY FAVORITE
AUTHOR, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND
SHE HAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME.
I PROMOTE HER WHENEVER I CAN.
THIS IS A STORY OF A WOMAN
WHO'S RECENTLY LOST HER HUSBAND
AND SHE NEEDS TO CHANGE IN HER
LIFE TO HELP GET OVER THAT
GRIEF SO SHE RELOCATES, SHE
STARTS A NEW BUSINESS, MAKE NEW
FRIENDS, IT'S KIND OF THE STORY
OF HOW SHE OVERCOMES THAT GREAT
THING THAT SHE'S DEALING WITH.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING
US THAT EVEN THROUGH STRUGGLE
YOU CAN STILL FIND THOSE
MOMENTS OF JOY AND HAPPINESS
AND BEAUTY.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE
TIME FOR IT.
SHE DOES, SHE IS A COZY WRITER,
GREAT CHARACTERS, GREAT
RELATIONSHIPS.
Joy: GOOD STUFF IT SOUNDS
LIKE A HALLMARK MOVIE.
THE DREAMERS.
Joy: THAT'S AN AUDIOBOOK.
YES IT IS, TONS OF
AUDIOBOOKS.
IT TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE
DIRECTION WITH THAT, THE
DREAMERS IS THE STORY OF AN
EPIDEMIC THAT FALLS DOWN ON
THIS COLLEGE TOWN IN
CALIFORNIA.
ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS KIDS GET
SICK SO BY FALLING ASLEEP AND
THEY NEVER WAKE UP.
THEY CAN'T BE WOKEN.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OKAY BUT
THEN THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL
AND ALL THEIR VITALS,
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
THEY JUST DON'T WAKE UP.IT
SPREADS ACROSS THE TOWN AND
IT'S KIND OF THE STORY OF WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE TOWN AND AMONGST
RELATIONSHIPS AND DIFFERENT
PEOPLE AS THEY FALL ASLEEP IT
AFFECTS EVERYONE.
BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL
GENTLE DYSTOPIA.
IT'S A TERRIBLE THING, AND
EPIDEMIC BUT IT'S NOT LIKE
ZOMBIES.
THE WORLD IS FALLING, NOT
TERRIBLE YOU WON'T HAVE
NIGHTMARES BUT I READ THE AGE
OF MIRACLES YOU AND THAT'S WHAT
SHE DOES IS GENTLE DYSTOPIA SO
YOU STILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE
WORLD EVEN THOUGH IT'S FALLING
APART.
Joy: LOVE THESE BOOKS
BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU THINK OF
THESE CREATIVE PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD, THE STORIES.
IT'S JUST LIKE SO ENGAGING YOU
DON'T GET YOUR MIND OFF ALL THE
THINGS YOU WANT YOUR MIND OFF