Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with Charles Perkins, known to us as “Jerry Beardman”. Listen to find out why.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley
• “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells
• “Where The Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein
• “The Hardy Boys” series by Franklin W. Dixon
• “Encyclopedia Brown” series by Donald J. Sobol
• “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
• “Where Wolves Don’t Die” by Anton Treuer
• “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London
• “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen
• “Holes” by Louis Sachar
• “Shutter” by Ramona Emerson
• “‘Til Death” by Jason Anspach
• “The Empyrean” series by Rebecca Yarros
• “Red Rising Saga” series by Pierce Brown
• “The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife” by Anna Johnston
• “Arlo Finch” series by John August
• “The Book of Doors” by Gareth Brown
• “The Only One Left”, “Home Before Dark”, “The House Across the Lake” by Riley Sager
• “The Ruinous Love Trilogy” series by Brynne Weaver
• “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose
• “A Christmas Story” by Philip Grecian, a play based on the 1983 motion picture
• “Claus: Legend of the Fat Man” by Tony Bertauski (Russell is once again asking you to please read this book.)

Books and Beans meets the second Saturday of each month, 9 AM at Links Coffee House Cafe.
Books and Brews meets the 3rd Wednesday in November and December (usually the last Wednesday of the month), 5:30 PM at Ballad Brewing.
Let’s Make a Scene - Reader’s Theatre Series meets Monday, December 9 from 5 PM to 7 PM to read “A Christmas Story” by Philip Grecian.

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our November challenge, books written by an Indigenous author.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Sentence” by Louise Erdrich
• “Where Wolves Don’t Die” by Anton Treuer
• “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie
• “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fightfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie
• “Heart berries : a memoir” by Terese Marie Mailhot
• “Crazy brave : a memoir” by Joy Harjo
• “Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band” by Christian Staebler, Sonia Paoloni, Thibault Balahy (Illustrator)
• “The Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angeline Boulley
• “Black Sun” by Rebecca Roanhorse
• “The Only Good Indians” by Stephen Graham Jones

Colleen Barnes, DPS coordinator for ELA and Media Specialists, joins Russell and the Rach(a)els to discuss her favorite books, DPS reading challenges, and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Books we discuss include:

• Books of Essays, especially:
  • “The Best of Me” by David Sedaris
  • “Wow, No Thank You” by Samantha Irby
  • “Here For It: Or, How To Save Your Soul in America” by Eric Thomas
• “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie
• “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” by Daniel Wallace
• “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy” by W.P. Kinsella
• “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• “Colton Gentry’s Third Act” by Jeff Zentner
• “Monster Hunter Mystery” series by Annelise Ryan
• ANYTHING by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume
• “Bud, Not Buddy” by Christopher Paul Curtis
• “Call of the Wild” by Jack London
• “Small Spaces” by Katherine Arden