KPL LIT TALKS

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent book orders and what they are most likely to read.Books Mentioned: American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac FitzgeraldA Deadly Inheritance by Kelly ArmstrongThe Calamity Club by Kathryn StocketteLies Between Us by Jessica GoodmanI, Spy by L.M. KempYou First: A Joe Goldberg Prequel by Caroline KepnesThe Midnight Taxi by Yosha GunasekeraSmall Towns U.S.A.: 100 Must-See Getaways Across the United States by Brenna DarlingSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Jessica Toucinho, author of The Unbroken Pieces: The Journey to Finding Myself.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss the book How Girls are Made by Mindy McGinnis.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Seth Eaton, author of The Silver Fox.Find more info here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61586297080263Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, and Kim engage in another special lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Zachery DiPalma, about all thing's comic-book related.Find out more about his store, Wonderland Comics, here: Home - Wonderland ComicsSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Brian Palaia, Town Manager, and Jennifer Hawkings, Finance Director for the Town of Killingly, CT.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, and Kim engage in another special lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Sarah Crowne, about her recently published YA novel, Tune In.https://sarahcrownebooks.com/Send a textSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent book orders and what they are most likely to read.Books Mentioned: There's Always Next Year by George Johnson and Leah JohnsonThis Book Made Me Think of You by Libby PageRun Home: A Graphic Memoir by Alyssa BermudezHow to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca PhilipsonA Scar like a River by Lisa GraffIf the Tree Could Speak: The Story of the Cross that Saw It All by Tim TebowKeeper of Lost Children by Sadiqa JohnsonSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Desiree Niccoli, author of Untethering Dark, and the Haven Cove Series.Learn more here: Desirée M. Niccoli | Romance with a biteSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss romance books.Books Mentioned: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins ReidDolly All the Time by Annabel MonaghanDear Emmie Blue by Lia LouisThings We Never Got Over by Lucy ScoreThe Paradise Problem by Christina LaurenThe Romance Revival by Christina LaurenPart of Your World by Abby JimenezThe Night We Met by Abby JimenezThe Bride by Julie GarwoodSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Justin Margadonna, author of Light is After Winter.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss the books they are most excited to read in 2026. Books Mentioned: Dear Debbie by Freida McFaddenThe Last of Earth by Deepa AnapparaHalf His Age by Jennette McCurdyThe Astral Library by Kate Quinn     Everyone in this Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson Daughter of Egypt by Marie BenedictThe Lie You Don’t Know You Believe by Jennie AllenThree Queens by Rebecca ConnollyRuins by Lily Brooks-DaltonThe Yankee Sphinx: An FDR Novel by Mark FrostMad Mabel by Sally HepworthThe Fire Agent by David BaerwaldEnormous Wings by Laurie Frankel The Glass Key: The Magnificent, Epic Novel of Love, War and a Long-Kept Secret by Amanda GeardIt Could Have Been Her by Lisa JewellThe Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon                                  Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their Top 5 reads of 2025.Books Mentioned:Becoming by Michelle ObamaMaria by Michelle MoranThis is How it Always Is by Laurie FrankelThe Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictRage by Linda CastilloThe Little Liar by Mitch AlbomThe River is Waiting by Wally LambMy Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor, PH.D.My Beautiful Boy by David SheffA Girl Called Samson by Amy HarmonSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Sarah Blanchard, author of Grabtown.Find more information here: https://sarahpblanchard.com/Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Amelia South, author of Think like an Herbalist.Find more information here: https://nobsherbalist.com/think-like-an-herbalist/You can also see Amelia here: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriginalmealchanSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent book orders and what they are most likely to read.Books Mentioned:Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel by William GoldingIt Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Your Smart Guide to a Pain-Free Life by Sanjay GuptaHow Girls are Made by Mindy McGinnisA Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie ElmhirstA Fate So Cold by Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life by Dick DykeThe Elements by John BoyneSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Brian Palaia, Town Manager for the Town of Killingly, CT.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Jessica Gervais, Founder and CEO of Parent's Corner.Find out more information here: https://parentscorner.com/Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent book orders and what they are most likely to read.Books Mentioned:Heartwood by Amity GaigeUp in Smoke by Nick BrooksThe Busybody Book Club by Freya SampsonStardust by Aki PoroyamaI See You’ve Called in Dead by John KenneyThe Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris Across the Crying Sands (The Women of Cannon Beach) by Jane KirkpatrickHeir of Storms (Storm Weaver #1) by Lauryn Hamilton MurrayThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Charlene Malbaurn, author of Confessions of a Cashier.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Keven McNeill, author of Pushing It Down: A Memoir. Learn more about Keven here: First In Tactics, LLCSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent reads.Books Mentioned:With a Vengeance by Riley SagerThe Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictCount My Lies by Sophie StavaThe Little Liar by Mitch AlbomSay You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez                                                              Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini                                                                              Blood Moon by Sandra Brown                                                                                      Ladies of the Republic by Jeanne AbramsThe Surrogate Mother by Freida McFaddenThe Widow by John GrishamSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Gabby Benson, co-owner of Mountain Laurel Floral Designs. Learn more here: Mountain Laurel FloralSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guests, Christopher Strout, and Amanda Strout, about their dog walking & pet care services, Happy Hounds, LLC. Learn more here: FacebookSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Christopher Strout, and his wife, Amanda, about his specialized art designs. Learn more here: Strout's Custom AcrylicsSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and special guest, Rachel Mather engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss vacationing in the Caribbean.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Concetta Falcone-Codding about her book The Lonely Nest: The Story of Two Women Whose Short Lives Will One Day Make a Difference in the World. Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent book orders and what they are most likely to read.Books Mentioned:Strangers in Time by David BaldacciWhen the Wolf Comes Home by Nat CassidyDinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy LenzThe Bright Years by Sarah DamoffThe Summer of You and Me by Denise HunterThe Wedding People by Allison EspachExpect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women by Vanda KrefftThe Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie BostwickThe Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan HenryNot Nothing by Gayle FormanAll the Stars Align by Gretchen SchreiberSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Robert B. O'Connor about his book Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guests, Sarah Wolfburg, and Melissa Halford about their podcast Could Read, Should Read, Must Read. https://open.spotify.com/show/40GnqgZeRlf8yU9b3MHPruSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Carissa Decelles, owner of Wheelhaus Brands. Learn more here: Wheelhaus | making the world a bolder place through audacious creativitySend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Sarah Wolfburg, Coordinator for the Northeast Connecticut Education Foundation.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette engages in another lit talk. In this episode, she meets with Drew Tingley in an interview style discussion for his class on Management. Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent reads. Books Mentioned:Hello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoThis Time Tomorrow by Emma StraubDark Room Etiquette by Robin RoeAmerica's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura KamoieHouse of Lincoln by Nancy HoranThe Librarian of Auschwitz by Salva RubioSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, we ask Kylie many questions about her pregnancy and what she has learned.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guests, Dillion Daigle and Cassidy Ball, about eating fresh with Daigle Farm LLC.  You can also learn more by listening to their podcast, Simply Growing Food.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss books they can’t wait to read in this new year.Books Mentioned: More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova  The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin HarmelWe all live here by Jo Jo Moyes  Last Twilight in Paris by Pam JenoffThe Jackal’s Mistress by Chris BohjalianThe Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your Microbiome by Dr. Steven R. GundryGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry The Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictThe River is Waiting by Wally Lamb Three Wild Dogs by Markus ZusakIt's a Love Story by Annabel MonaghanThe Complete Mold Detox: The Definitive Guide to Healing Your Body from Mold Illness and Mycotoxins by Becky CampbellRage by Linda CastilloThe Survivor: How I Made It Through 6 Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter by Josef LewkowiczSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their top 4 reads of 2024.Books Mentioned:Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosReady or Not by Cara BastoneKeeper of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon MessengerAttached at the Hip by Christine RiccioTrajectory by Cambria GordonThe Brightwood Code by Monica HesseAll These Threads of Time by Sarah CrowneThe Frozen River by Ariel LawhonHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane GayThe Divorce by Moa HerngrenRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltLula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten MillerSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss The Frozen River by Arial LawhonSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage with another special guest. In this episode, they talk with Josh Sandage about Twin Barrel Foxglove's new album Ode to the Old which is now available on all major streaming platforms!Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple MusicListen on Amazon MusicListen on YouTubeFind TBF on InstagramFind TBF on FacebookSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, Heather, and Kylie engage in Would You Rather questions based on Halloween. Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss All These Threads of Time by Sarah Crowne.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent read of Eva Mozes Kor's, and Danica Davidson, I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz.Also mentioned: Temple Bnai IsraelBook Lists - KILLINGLY PUBLIC LIBRARY (killinglypl.org) Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette and Kim engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Tayler Jenkins Reid.Also mentioned: How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L. HoweSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, and Kim engage in another special lit talk. In this episode, they talk with special guest, Sarah Crowne, about her recently published YA novel, All These Threads of Time. Home - Sarah Crowne BooksWriting Programs - UCLATruby Writers StudioSend us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, Heather, and Kylie engage in a game session. Listen as they play a condensed version of Monikers in this review. Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss their most recent read of Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, and Kim engage in another special lit talk. In this episode, they talk with June Griffiths, longest standing KPL volunteer of 35+years.Send us Fan Mail

Join us as Claudette, Kim, and Kylie engage in another lit talk. In this episode, they discuss the very sensitive topic of fat shaming. Titles mentioned: Blubber by Judy BlumeDumplin by Julie murphyStarfish by Lisa FippsFat chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal MaldonadoSend us Fan Mail