As we wrap up our #WCPLBookChat for 2020, Lana and I wanted to look back on the year and talk about some of our favorites–our favorite discussions with all of you, our favorite personal reads, and even some favorites that we are looking forward to reading in 2021. We hope you enjoy this video and we look forward to continuing to discuss books with you on the last Thursday of each month in 2021!
For ease of viewing, we are including the time stamps of each book we discussed in case you do not have time to watch the video in its entirety. We also are providing links to more in depth written reviews or video reviews if the books have been discussed by ourselves or fellow WCPL Librarians. We hope you have a festive New Year’s Eve and wish you a Happy and Healthy 2021!
Happy Reading From Your Friendly Teen Librarians,
Lana and Rachel
Your Go-To Notes
Recap of the Entire 2020 Book Chat List 1:10
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Instagram Guides 2:30
Part One: Top Three Book Chats 4:05
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Rachel) 4:15
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Lana) 4:50
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Rachel) 5:45
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (Lana) 6:25
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Rachel) 7:00
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma (Lana) 7:40
Part Two: Rapid Fire of Personal Favorites 8:25
Adult Fiction 8:40
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Lana) 8:45
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman (Rachel) 9:15
NonFiction 9:50
On the Bright Side by Melanie Shankle (Lana) 9:55
Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Ashley Wright (Rachel) 10:20
Teen 11:10
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Lana) 11:15
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Lana) 11:40
Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Rachel) 12:00
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Rachel)
The Toll by Neal Shusterman (Rachel)
Middle Grade 13:05
Harry Potter Books 1-5 by JK Rowling (Lana) 13:40
On the Horizon by Lois Lowry (Rachel) 14:10
Picture Book 15:05
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (Lana) 15:15
Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah OHora (Lana) 15:35
Matthew Paul Turner’s Picture Books 15:55
All the Colors of Christmas
When I Pray For You
When God Made Light
When God Made the World
Graphic Novel 16:55
Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell (Lana) 17:35
New Kid by Jerry Craft (Rachel) 18:10
Stargazing by Jen Wang (Rachel) 18:35
March. Book One, Two and Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (Lana) 18:45
Part Three: Looking Ahead to 2021 19:05
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Rachel) 19:15
Divergent Series by Veronica Roth (Rachel) 19:25
Harry Potter Books 6-7 by JK Rowling (Lana) 19:45
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien (Lana) 19:55
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (Lana) 20:05
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid–May 2021 (Lana) 20:10
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir–May 2021 (Lana) 20:15
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Lana) 20:35
Make Up Break Up by Lily Menon–February 2021 (Rachel) 20:50
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy–August 2021 (Rachel) 21:25
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton–April 2021 (Rachel) 21:40
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins–January 2021 (Rachel) 22:15
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen (Lana) 22:40
You Have a Match by Emma Lord–January 2021 (Rachel) 23:10
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas–January 2021 (Rachel)
January 2021 Book Chat Announcement 24:00
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
