iread...and talk!  is a series of monthly online discussions, during which Iowa librarians talk about the books they're reading (or listening to).  We record the discussions, and the links to the recordings are listed for each month, along with a listing of the books discussed.

June 2011

Relic, by Douglas Preston andLincoln Child (Pendergast series #1)) 

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
Borderline, by Nevada Barr
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Trojan Gold, by Elizabeth Peters (audio; narrated by Barbara Rosenblat)
Wild Ride, by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
The Genius in All of Us, by David Shenk
 Rose in a Storm, by Jon Katz
The Goodbye Quilt, by Susan Wiggs
The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson (out in September)
Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels, by Sarah Wendell (out in October)

A More Perfect Heaven, by Dava Sobel (out in September)

May 2011

No recording this month

• The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly (Joy Metzger)
• Something Borrowed, by Emily Giffin Katie Dreyer)
• One of Our Thursdays is Missing, by Jasper Fforde (Mary Herold)
• Lost Hours, by Karen White  (Linda Sones)
• Mourning Gloria, by Susan Witting Albert (Karen Burns)
• Waiting for White Horse, by Nathan Jorgensen (Katie Dreyer)
• A Crooked Number by Nathan Jorgensen (Katie Dreyer)
• Goddess of the Last Minute, by Robbi Joy Eklow (Marcia Kuntz)
• The Restorer, by Amanda Stevens
• The Hunger Games, by Susan Collins

April 2011

Archive/Recording>

Books Discussed (reviewing librarian's name in parens)

• The View from Mount Joy, by Lorna Landvik (Joy Metzger)
• Night Ride, by Kristin Hannah (Kay Montano)
• Coming Attractions, by Fannie Flagg (Mary Herold)
• The Confession, by John Grisham (Teresa Buckingham)
• The Peach Keeper, by Sarah Addison Allen (Katie Dunneback)
• The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, The Girl Who Plays With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nes,t by Steig Larrson (Patricia Calease)
• Stitch Me Deadly, by Amanda Lee (Karen Burns)
• Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent (Joy Metzger)
• The Weight of Silence, by Heather Gudenkauf (Kay Montano)
• The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer (Mary Herold)
• How High The Moon ,by Sandra Kring (Patricia Calease)
• Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean (Katie Dunneback)
• Pinned for Murder, by Elizabeth Lynn Casey (Karen Burns)
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley (Joy Metzger)
• The Great Alone, by Janet Dailey (Kay Montano)
• Front Porch Tales, by Philip Gulley (Mary Herold)
• The King's Speech:  How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi (Mary Herold)
• Ideal Man,  by Julie Garwood (Katie Dunneback)
• Devil's Food Cake Murders, by Joanne Fluke (Karen Burns)

Other books mentioned in chat:

• Fixer Upper, by Mary Kay Andrews
• Home Repair is Homicide series, by Sarah Graves

March 2011

Archive of Recording

Books Discussed (reviewing librarian's name in parens)

• New York Dead, by Stuart Woods (Mary Herold)
• The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, by Elizabeth Berg (Joy Metzger)
• Fundraising the Dead, by Sheila Connolly (Karen Burns)
• If Wishes Were Horses, by Robert Barclay (Kay Montano)
• Outlander series, by Diana Gabaldon (Shirley Konz)
• The Nearest Exit, by Olen Steinhauer (Katie Dunneback)
• The Girls from Ames, by Jeffrey Zaslow (Linda Eldred)
• Calamity Jayne Goes to Collegem by Kathleen Bacus (Mary Herold)
• A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me, by Jon Katz (Marsha Kuntz)
• A Good Dog: The Story of Orson who Changed My Life, by Jon Katz (Marsha Kuntz)
• Tick Tock, by James Patterson (Joy Metzger)
• The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time, by Mark Haddon (Teresa Buckingham)
• Pretty Little Things, by Jillian Hoffman (Marsha Kuntz)
• Diary of Mattie Spenser, by Sandra Dallas (Karen Burns)
• In Good Hands,  by Kathy Lyons (Katie Dunneback)
• The Magic of Ordinary Days, by Ann Howard Creel (Kay Montano)

Also mentioned in chat:

Grace Under Pressure, by Julie Hyzy

The Children's Blizzard, by David Laskin

Laurraine Snelling's "Blessing" series

Heaven is for Real, by Todd Burpo

Diary of Elizabeth Koran

Next on our list to read:

A Lot Like Love, by Julie James (Katie)

The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly (Joy)
A crafty Killing, by Lorraine Bartlett (Karen B)
Secrets To The Grave by Tami Hoag (Shirley)
The Stone diaries (Teresa)

Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay

February 2011

Archive of Recording

Books Discussed (reviewing librarian's name in parens)

• The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett (Mary Herold)
• Wesley the Owl, by Stacey O'Brien (Teresa Buckingham)
• The Girls, by Lori Lansens (Joy Metzger)
• How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron (Karen Burns)
• Cold Company, by Sue Henry (Kay Montano)
• Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (Kay Montano)
• Call Me Irresistible, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Katie Dunneback)
• Intervention, by Terri Blackstock (Carrie Larson)
• The American Heiress, by Daisy Goodwin Katie Dunneback)
• Juliet by Anne Fortier (Mary Herold)
• Heaven Is Having You, by Giles Andreae (Kay Montano)
• Operation Mincemeat, by Ben McIntyre (Karen Burns)
• The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Joy Metzger)
• Here comes the groom by karina bliss (Katie Dunneback)
• Citizens of London, by Lynne Olson (Karen Burns)

Also mentioned in chat:

Dana Stabenow mysteries (set in Alaska)

December 2010

Archive/Recording

Books discussed:  (Librarian's name in parens)

• Soulless, by Gail Carriger - (Holly Youngquist)
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt ,by Beth Hoffman (Sharon Mensing)
• Art of Racing in the Rain, by Gareth Stein (Beth Williams)
• Scoundrel, by Zoe Archer (Katie Dunneback)
• "Blackout" and "All Clear," by Connie Willis (Karen Burns)
• The appeal, by John Grisham (Marilyn Woods)
• A Dog's Purpose, by W. Bruce Cameron (Marilyn Woods)
• Black Cobra series, by Stephanie Laurens (Beth Williams)
• Happy Ever After, by Nora Roberts, book 4 in the Bride Quartet series (Katie Dunneback)
• London Blitz Murders, by Max Allan Collins (Karen Burns)
• Dance with the Devil, by Sherrilyn Kenyon Book 4 in the Dark Hunter series (Holly Youngquist)
• Sisterhood series, by Fern Michaels audio (Beth Williams)
• The Reversal, by Michael Connelly (Marilyn Woods)
• Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America, by Patrick J Carr (Sharon Mensing)
• Christmas Garden Affair, by Ann Ripley (Karen Burns)
• Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb, read by Susan Ericksen (Katie Dunneback)