HUSH: a podcast from your library – Episode 7

Thad Hartman and Lissa Staley talk about summer at the library, and our guests discuss true crime books, summer movies based on comic books, and movie series at the library.

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Lissa’s daughter recommends the Millenium Cafe’s pumpkin muffin and also the book No, David by David Shannon

True Crime

Julie Nelson confesses why true crime books appeal to her and shares her own favorites, mentions some popular titles and authors, and gives some recommendations for reluctant true-crime readers.

Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder by Melanie Thernstrom
The Death of Innocents by Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan
Lay this Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves by Gregory Freeman
Over the Edge by Greg Child
Execution Eve by William Buchanan
Ann Rule
Harold Schechter
Erik Larson
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Plus Check out Julie’s bookmark of True Crime with a Kansas connection in the True Crime section of the library.

Movies based on Comics and Graphic Novels

Daniel Fogt, Interlibrary Loan Specialist, recommends some comic books and graphic novels that have inspired major motion pictures to help you enhance your summer blockbuster movie-watching experiences.

Comic books and graphic novels that inspired movies this summer

Books based on graphic novels

Disappointing movie adaptations

Great summer movies based on comics

Plus — discuss amongst yourselves: What comic book or graphic novel character do you wish would get their own movie? What’s the most disappointing comic adaptation you’ve seen? Can the comic book trend continue forever?

Film series at the library

Carrie Cummings talks about the many popular film series at the library, where feature films are screened for an audience, for free, usually in the Marvin Auditorium.