Crystal the Librarian from the Nacogdoches Public Library in Nacogdoches, TX takes you behind the scenes of the library world, with book and media recommendations and more.
Crystal and Emily are finally back with picks and pans of the latest books, movies, and shows.
Crystal and Emily of the Nacogdoches Public Library return with a new episode full of book, movie, and show recommendations.
Crystal and Emily discuss recent releases of books, shows, and podcasts.
Crystal and Emily discuss books by Oliver Sacks, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. Leguin, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Soloway, Paul Auster, the Dalai Lama, Solzhenitsyn, and The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries by Jillian Scudder. Also, recent movies and streaming series.
Crystal and Emily discuss The Wilder Women and Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power, A Message From Ukraine, Number One is Walking: My Life in Movies and Other Diversions by Steve Martin, Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice by Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow, and Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte. Plus new watch recs!
Crystal and Emily discuss books (Once There Were Wolves, Bridge, The Twilight World, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, All Good People Here, The House Across the Lake, and The Eyes and the Impossible), as well as new tv series and movies.
Crystal and Emily discuss books, movies, and shows, including: Demon Copperhead, Dickens & Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius, Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It, Sentimental Economy, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive, the Monk and Robot series, A Heart That Works, Catherine Called Birdy, Women Talking, and the oeuvre of Pedro Pascal.
Crystal and Emily recap the year's best fiction, nonfiction, movies, and series. The good, the bad, and the ugly of 2022.
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson is the NEA Big Read book selection of the year for Nacogdoches, and Crystal and Emily talk about the book, along with all of the events that will take place to celebrate the community-wide reading program.
Crystal and Emily of the Nacogdoches Public Library talk new fiction and nonfiction, including Tracy Flick Can't Win, Bewilderment, The Last White Man, and Gory Details. Plus, reviews of streaming shows and movies.
Crystal and Emily of the Nacogdoches Public Library are back with a new season with plenty of recommendations to stack your shelves (and your streaming queue). Plus, the NEA Big Read is coming soon to Nacogdoches, and they'll tell you how to get involved.
Crystal and Emily discuss the best nonfiction and fiction books about libraries, along with reviews of Book of Night by Holly Black and The Bookwoman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson. Also discussed are the following shows: Outer Range, Made for Love, Russian Doll, The Wilds, and Abbott Elementary and the Radio Rental podcast.
Amy joins Crystal for discussions of the best new nonfiction and the most mind-bending movies and shows.
Crystal and Emily discuss books about women, witches, monsters, and more.
Crystal and Emily are back with a discussion of new books, movies, and shows.
Crystal and Emily review fiction and nonfiction that examines meaning, consciousness, and the self, along with the latest Netflix binge-watches.
Crystal and Emily talk about the new human history, Yellowjackets readalikes, and more.
Crystal and Emily talk about the latest in horror, the nineties, “self help”, and more
Crystal and Emily list everything they can't wait to read and watch in 2022.
Crystal and Emily talk about their latest hits and misses with books, movies, shows, and podcasts.
Crystal and Emily talk about Mary Roach's onomatopoeic nonfiction and graphic novel adaptations, plus more.
Crystal and Emily talk about the best scary movies and more.
J Murray joins Crystal and Emily to talk about the latest recommendations in books, movies, TV, and podcasts.
Crystal and Emily spotlight female authors and one of their fave actors, Lee Pace.
Crystal and Emily offer new and upcoming recommendations, along with classic favorites in a new segment.
Crystal and Emily talk about the latest books, shows, and weird interests.
Crystal and Emily wait until the end of the day to record, which always results in them being a little punchy. But there's plenty of book and show and movie recommendations in here!
Crystal and Emily talk picks and pans of some old and new book, film, and series recommendations.
Our friend and reader extraordinaire Amy Goodwin joins Crystal and Emily to talk mystery series and more.
Crystal and Emily talk about sci-fi, fantasy, and more in movies, shows, books, and podcasts.
Crystal and Emily discuss the latest in humor and horror, as well as the best food documentary of the year.
Crystal invites her sister (book artist and professor) to chat about some of the latest nonfiction, streaming shows, and internet urban legends.
Crystal and Emily talk about what we’ve lost to the internet, as well as other new books, shows, and great podcasts.
Crystal and Emily talk about the latest in nonfiction and the best shows to watch now.
Fellow librarian and co-conspirator, Sonja Schulz, joins Crystal and Emily for a book chat, along with a discussion of their collaborative efforts.
Crystal and Emily expose their guilty pleasures in books and media.
Crystal and Emily talk about books, shows, and virtual reality.
Crystal and Emily discuss books and shows, as well as movie plots that would have fallen apart if the characters had cell phones.
Crystal and Emily explore stories that range from true crime to tearjerker romances.
Crystal and Emily once again go all over the thematic map to recommend and review new and upcoming books, movies, shows, and podcasts.
Crystal and Emily have lots of recommendations on books coming soon, along with the best streaming shows and movies out now.
Crystal and Emily talk about favorite and noteworthy books and series.
Crystal and Emily talk about favorite examples of the Southern Gothic in fiction, film, and more, plus some real life mysteries to explore.
Crystal and Emily have a lot to talk about after spending a week trapped inside during the Texas Snowpocalypse of 2021.
Winter storms blew us right off track for a bit, but we will returning with two episodes back to back!
Crystal and Emily talk about an exciting new book coming out soon, Maxwell’s Demon by Steven Hall, as well as some recent hits and misses.
Crystal and Emily cover some new and old novels that’ll make you think and some lesser known TV and movies you should check out.
What do you do when you desperately need to make a teddy bear shaped cake? Why, visit the Library of Things at the Nacogdoches Public Library, of course!
Crystal and Emily take a turn into the uncanny with tales of the unexplained.
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