My Favorite Half-Night Stand – Christina Lauren

SBPL Coffee Break - Taylor Brasseur (Episode 11)

This week we were joined by Taylor Brasseur, a Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

History Book Club -

https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/library_book_clubs.asp

Enlightenment Now -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1024726

Author Donna Hylton at Eastside -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16652

Samuel Sweet at Solvang -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14515

SB Reads Kickoff -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15946

Zine Workshop -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14030

Dr. Strangelove -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=236177

Salt Fat Acid Heat -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=993801

The Food Lab -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=835113

Down and Out in Paris and London -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=240982

Tropic of Cancer (mentioned in episode, but did not remember the title) -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=56831

Big Night -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=121095

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SBPL Coffee Break - Molly Wetta (Episode 4)

This week we were joined by Molly Wetta, Senior Librarian of Youth and Family Services at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.


Mentioned in this Episode:

Tech Tasting: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13521&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/07/01 

Chess Club: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13565&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/06/01 

Art Adventures: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13489&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/06/01 

Music Academy of the West Concerts: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13101&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/06/01 

World Refugee Day: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=11710&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/06/01 

Social Justice Book Club: http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13514&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/06/01 

Hard Love: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

The Miseducation of Cameron Post: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

Locas: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=2 

Locas II: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=3 

Love and Rockets on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?page=1&q=love+and+rockets&scope=everything 

Fun Home: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

Fun Home (Soundtrack): http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=5 

Lumberjanes: http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1

ALA Stonewall Awards: http://www.ala.org/rt/glbtrt/award/stonewall/honored

SBPL Coffee Break - Dominic Keen (Episode 3)

This week we were joined by Dominic Keen, Youth Services Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Summer Reading Program 2018 - https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/summerreading.asp 

makeSB - https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/getinvolved/sbplsystem/details.asp?NewsID=1466&TargetID=31 

Dead Wake - 
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

Boys in the Boat - 
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1 

Boys in the Boat (Young Reader's Edition) - http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=4

Toms River - 
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=2 

Soft Sounds From Another Planet - 
https://michellezauner.bandcamp.com/album/soft-sounds-from-another-planet 

Santa Barbara Spot Prawns - 
http://www.latimes.com/style/la-fo-prawn04-2008jun04-story.html 

Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads (NOT Tiny Tim! My mistake) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K2DZojWi0 

Pronunciator - 
http://learning.pronunciator.com/getstarted.php?library_id=18095

SBPL Coffee Break - Vanessa Christman (Episode 2)

This week we were joined by Vanessa Christman, Assistant Director of the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Poetry at the Library:

santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/Even…=2018/05/06

Trail Talk:

santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/Even…=2018/05/17

Black Panther:

santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/Even…=2018/05/17

Italy Travel:

www.hoopladigital.com/search?page=1&…ope=Everything

Ecco Guide to Italian WIne:

www.hoopladigital.com/title/11918229

My Italian Bulldozer:

blackgold.overdrive.com/media/2989427

Basque Restaurants Bakersfield:

www.visitbakersfield.com/visitors/res…ield-basque/

Last Gentleman & Second Coming (Hoopla):

www.hoopladigital.com/title/11560220

Second Coming:

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=6

Lucy Knisley:

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/s…ge=0&searchid=10

French Milk:

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=8

You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons:

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

What are your picks?

SBPL Coffee Break: The Library's Staff Picks Podcast

We've got a podcast! 

Join our intrepid library staff hosts, Hong Lieu (Library Systems Technician) and Cassidy Charles (Digital Services Librarian) as they take you along with them exploring Santa Barbara, the Library, and all things Staff Picks-related. (and sundry other things.) 

We look forward to also hearing from you on what you're reading, watching and listening to, and what your picks are.

SBPL Coffee Break - Jennifer Lemberger (Episode 1)

Jen Lemberger, Marketing and Outreach Librarian for the Santa Barbara Public Library System, joined us for our first episode of SBPL Coffee Break. 

Some links to things discussed in this episode:

Santa Barbara Chinatown Walking Tour - 

www.facebook.com/events/1536897753044775

Star Wars Night -

www.facebook.com/events/171882026850955/

Steel Magnolias - 

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Moana -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Better Luck Tomorrow - www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Departures - 

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=2

Dim Sum - 

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=3

Take Out -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Out_(2004_film)

Chef's Table -

www.netflix.com/title/80007945

Fifth Season -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Saga -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=3

Y: The Last Man -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Foundation - 

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Left Hand of Darkness -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

2001 -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Blood Mountain -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=3

Kiss -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=5

Guns N' Roses -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=3

Melvins -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=2

Until the Light Takes Us -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_the_Light_Takes_Us

Mood Indigo -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=2

A Monster Calls -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Amelie -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

A Very Long Engagement -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

Coco Before Chanel -

www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/t…1033.0.0.1&pos=1

What are your picks?

Marry, kiss, kill - Anne Flett-Giordano

Mary, kiss, kill - Flett-Giordano, Anne

Summary: In this debut mystery set in Santa Barbara, movie stars are in town for the film festival, powerful business interests are at stake, and detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony Angelotti, must solve the complicated puzzle behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town. This mystery has got it all: snappy dialogue, memorable characters, and a captivating web of intrigue to untangle. Det. Nola MacIntire and her partner, Det. Lt. Anthony Angellotti, are called to investigate a dead body in front of the courthouse in sunny Santa Barbara, CA.

Kirkus Reviews
Smart cop Nola needs a Skinnygirl™ Margarita to get through a series of seemingly unrelated murders. The fact that she's the deputy chief detective for Santa Barbara's finest isn't going to stop the sass of Nola MacIntire's mouth as she deals with suspects in her superficial town. Luckily, her partner, Detective Lt. Tony Angellotti, is one of the few men able to match her fast talk, even though their efforts spent trying to take their relationship to the next level have completely fizzled. Their His Girl Friday, blink-and-you'll-miss-it banter serves as the background for their attempt to solve the murder of a music man, a sweet street busker found with two slugs in him without apparent reason. Before they can find anyone who might offer information—apart from the garden-variety meth fiend perseverating on the same meaningless version of events—Nola and Tony have another case on their hands: the death of a formerly wealthy businessman wiped out in the market crash. His distraught trophy wife has Tony wrapped around her finger even if, as Nola's intuition insists, she's set up her husband's murder as a suicide. Clearly, whoever's behind the fatalities isn't afraid to get dirty to make sure his or her reputation stays clean. But how are the two cases connected? Pulling that string tangles Nola and Tony in a ball of yarn they may not be able to untangle. The dialogue is the high point of TV writer Flett-Giordano's debut, though the fast-paced banter does make characters blend together and make you wonder if everyone in Santa Barbara is the same brand of smartass. Copyright Kirkus 2015 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.

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