Cami: AND WELCOME BACK TO
"OZARKS LIVE!".
IT IS TIME FOR "JOY'S BOOK
CLUB".
Tom: TOM'S BOOK CLUB.
Cami: IT IS GREAT TO HAVE
YOU BOTH HERE TODAY!
WHAT DID YOU BRING US?
I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF
BOOKS.
ONE OF THEM IS A TIE INTO A
SERIES THAT IS ON HBO RIGHT
NOW.
AND IT IS THE BOOK OF DUST.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR
WITH THE DARK MATERIALS, THE
SERIES ON HBO.
Tom: IT JUST STARTED.
IT IS A GREAT SERIES!
THE SERIES IS GREAT.
AND LIBRARIANS LEVEL BOOKS ARE
TURNED INTO A SERIES OR A MOVIE
BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN SAY, READ
THE BOOKS BECAUSE MOST OF THE
TIME THE BOOK IS USUALLY EVEN
BETTER.
Tom: IT IS.
GO TO YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL.
THIS BOOK STARTS, IT IS
ACTUALLY WRITTEN 17 YEARS AFTER
THE ORIGINAL SERIES.
BUT IT GOES BACK 10 YEARS
BEFORE THE DARK MATERIALS.
Tom: IT IS A PREQUEL?
YES.
IN THIS BOOK, THE MAIN
CHARACTER IS AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY
NAMED MALCOLM.
AND IT IS IN THE SAME UNIVERSE
IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE
HISTORIC MATERIALS BUT MALCOLM
IS, WORKS FOR HIS FATHER IN IN
INN.
A COUPLE THINGS HAPPEN WHERE HE
LED INTO AN ADVENTURE WHERE HE
HAS TO PROTECT -- A BABY AT
THIS TIME.
AND IT IS A FANTASY BUT IT IS
ALSO A GREAT ADVENTURE STORY.
Tom: THIS IS GREAT I LIKE
THAT.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU BRING FOR US?
THE SECOND STORY IS THE
WOMAN IN THE WINDOW.
ONE OF THE REASONS I LIKE THIS,
IT IS A GREAT SUSPENSE STORY.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE TURNED
INTO A MOVIE THAT COMES OUT
THIS SPRING.
SO -- BUT JUST LIKE IN THE
STORY WHERE THE YOUNG BOY IS
RELIABLE CHARACTER, THE WOMAN
THAT IS THE LEAD IN THE STORY,
SHE IS AN UNRELIABLE CHARACTER.
SHE IS A FORMER CHILD
PSYCHOLOGIST AND SHE SPENDS HER
DAYS DRINKING AND SHE IS A
RECLUSE.
SHE WILL NOT LEAVE HER
APARTMENT.
SHE LIKES TO SPY ON HER
NEIGHBORS.
[LAUGHTER]
ONE NIGHT SHE SEES SOMETHING
THAT SHE BELIEVES IS A MURDER.
SO --
Tom: SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT
LIKE REAR WINDOW.
IT IS!AND IT IS REAL JUST
LIKE HITCHCOCK.
PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
Tom: SUSPENSE.>> IS A
GREAT STORY IT IS WITH TWO
MYSTERIES IN ONE.
YOU WANT TO KNOW, DID SHE
REALLY SEE A MURDER?
AND WHAT IS HER BACK STORY?
WHY IS SHE THE WAY SHE IS?
Tom: ALL RIGHT WE HAVE TWO
MORE!
WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT FOR US?
I HAVE A CLASSIC.
AGATHA CHRISTIE WITH ME TODAY.
THIS ONE IS KIND OF A KICK
STARTED HER INTO FAME AND I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
OTHER TITLES FOR HER WHEN THEY
THINK OF AGATHA CHRISTIE BUT
THIS IS THE -- IT WAS AWARDED
ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE
CENTURY.
JUST A VERY GOOD PUZZLE FOR
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
Tom: IF YOU LIKE SUSPENSE
AND MYSTERY, AGATHA CHRISTIE,
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG.
WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU BROUGHT FOR
US?
ALSO HAVE THIS ONE WHICH IS
MORE OF A BIOGRAPHY BUT IT
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A BIOGRAPHY.
IT IS SORT OF CRAZY INTREPID
THRILLER ABOUT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT AFTER LOSING 1912
ELECTIONS.
HE WAS INVITED TO EXPLORE A
VERY WILD UNDEREXPLORED
TRIBUTARY CALLED THE DEEP RIVER
OF DOUBT.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE
AND WILD AND IT IS JUST A PAGE
TURNER.
Tom: YOU GET SOME INSIGHTS
INTO THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS
WELL.
YES YOU GET TO LEARN ABOUT
A CHARACTER THAT WOULD BE
BEYOND WHAT YOU GET OUT OF A
HISTORY BOOK.
HE WAS A VERY INTERESTING
PERSON.
Tom: I LOVE THE HISTORICAL
BASE.
IT FEELS STRANGER THAN
FICTION.
Tom: THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE
TODAY.
THE SUSPENSE, MYSTERY, DARING,
YOU CAN FIND IT ALL IN BOOKS,
LADIES, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US.