Last week, Librarians Dontaná, Margita, Kathy, and Rose chatted live on Zoom to discuss what they’re reading, listening to, and watching while at home. Watch the recorded video to see what they suggested and get links to the titles below.
Join us live next week on Wednesday, May 13 from 3:30 to 4 pm for our next installment of Read, Listen & Watch with your Oak Park librarians. We love to chat! Use Zoom’s chat feature during the program to share.
After you register, you will receive a specific Zoom link to join the fun. In the meantime, check out digital title suggestions from our previous virtual Zoom chat below.
What to read, listen to & watch next
All of the titles listed below are available from your digital library! Check out these titles with Hoopla, Media on Demand & Libby, and Kanopy.
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From Dontaná
- Shadows and Dreams by Alexis Hall: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- Kushiel’s Dart, Dark Currents, Miranda and Caliban, Santa Olivia, and Starless by Jacqueline Carey: Hoopla (digital audiobook), Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks: Disney+ (TV show)
From Kathy
- Missed Translations by Sopan Deb: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa: Hoopla (digital audiobook), Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- Hearts Beat Loud: Kanopy (movie)
From Margita
- Ruffage by Abra Berens: Hoopla (ebook)
- Dear Girls by Ali Wong: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
From Rose
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton: Hoopla (ebook and digital audiobook), Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple: Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora (music album)
- On YouTube: National Theatre Live, Sondheim 90th, Andrew Lloyd Webber (videos)
From program attendees
What was the last thing you read?
- Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- The Mask by John Arcudi: Hoopla (digital graphic novel)
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- Overstory by Richard Powers: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook)
- Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Wow, No Thank You by Sam Irby: Media on Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
What are your “sure bets”? Do you have a go-to book that you like to recommend?
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook)
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchet: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook)
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- Inheritance by Dani Shapiro: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook)
- targirl by Jerry Spinelli: Media On Demand & Libby (ebook and digital audiobook)
What have you all been watching and/or listening to?
- The Book Review by The New York Times (podcast)
- Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Trible Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib: Hoopla (digital audiobook)
- The Good Fight (TV show)
- Killing Eve (TV show)
- Louise Penny books: Hoopla (digital audiobooks)
- Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber: Hoopla (music album)
- Midnight Gospel (TV show)
- Mrs. America (TV show)
- Schitt’s Creek (TV show)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV show)
- Tiger King (documentary)
- wdcb (radio)
