PlayGrand Adventures all inclusive park: https://grandfungp.com/playgrand-adventures-update/ Library Programs:  https://www.gptx.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=14433Books Discussed: Science Fiction, Book It ChallengeRecursion by Blake CrouchDark Matter by Blake CrouchSuspicious Minds (Stranger Things) by Gwenda BondTime Travel:How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuAll Our Wrong Todays by Elan MastaiShows:Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VandermeerRedshirts by John ScalziThe Martian by Andy WeirLiterary:The Test by Sylvain NeuvalStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAll the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane AndersClassics: Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuinParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerEnders Game by Orson Scott CardBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyBanana Pants Good:The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by NK Jemison The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers series) by Becky ChambersAutonomous by Analee NewitzBinti by Nnedi OkoraforSleeping Giants by Sylvain nuvalThe Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel GonzalesRiver of Teeth by Sarah GaileyParasite by Mira Grant 

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Upside Down 2020: Science Fiction

Events Mentioned: Spring 2020 Program GuideThe Big Event, March 28, 2020 For more information please visit https://www.gptx.org/i-want-to/request-service/submit-a-job-request-for-the-big-event or email bigevent@gptx.orgYoga and Wine, January 10, 7 p.m. at the Warmack Library For more information please email Kristi at kolabode@gptx.orgPages and Play, Every Thursday, 5 p.m. at the Main Library For more information email Blair at bbartley@gptx.orgGirls Who Code, Select Saturdays at the Warmack Library For more information please email Kristi at kolabode@gptx.org Books Mentioned:Chemistry by Weike WangSecurity by Gina WohlsdorfThe Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer GiesbrechtThe Measure of our Lives by Toni MorrisonThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie KondoPeculiar Questions and Practical Answers: A Little Book of Whimsy and Wisdom from the Files of the New York Public Library

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We kick off the episode talking about Prairie Lights and Cycling with the Mayor to get us into the holiday spirit! Our book theme this week is dysfunctional families and we discuss the following books; Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongThe Wangs VS the World by Jade ChangThe Windfall by Diksha BasuGame of Thrones by George R R MartinThe Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaAll books can be found at the Grand Prairie Library and can be checked out with your free library card! 

Dysfunctional Family Books? Yes, please!

The Book It podcast will give you book recommendations, programs happening at the Grand Prairie Libraries and around DFW and maybe even a special guest or two! This podcast is presented by the Grand Prairie Public Library

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