Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Katelyn Murray, one of the new owners of The Dog-eared Page bookshop on Main Street. We discuss finding that one perfect book for you, receiving letters of praise from your favorite author, and unexpectedly learning how showers work!

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “Daughter of the Forest” by Juliet Marillier
• “Redwall” series by Brian Jacques
• “Kaleidoscope” and everything by Ray Bradbury
• “The September House” by Carissa Orlando
• Author Ali Hazelwood
• Author Abby Jimenez
• “Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurtry
• “The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter” by Brionni Nwosu
• “Vampires of Shanghai” by Katherine Mercer (releases January 2, 2026)

For more Ray Bradbury, join us at Unrequired Reading Classics Book Club to discuss “Fahrenheit 451” on Monday, January 26 at 5:30PM. Call 434.799.5195 or visit readdanvilleva.org to register.

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our December reading challenge, books with a holiday theme, which it turns out cover a wide range of topics and genres. We discuss the magic of Santa, turkeys, and the 80s.

Books we discuss include:

• “Turkey Claus” by Wendy Silvano, illustrated by Lee Harper
• “Santa Jaws” by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Galia Bernstein
• “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson
• “Secret Santa” by Andrew Shaffer
• “Silent Night: Fear Street Super Chillers” by R.L. Stine
• “Spirit of Steamboat” by Craig Johnson
• “Christmas in Absaroka County” by Craig Johnson
• “Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker” by Gregory Maguire
• “The Christmas Appeal” by Janice Hallett
• “American Christmas Stories” edited by Connie Willis, featuring stories by Mark Twain, John Updike, Langston Hughes, Ray Bradbury and more
• “Claus: Legend of the Fat Man” by Tony Bertauski
• “The Immortal Nicholas” by Glenn Beck
• “A Boy Called Christmas” by Matt Haig
• “Nicholas - The Legend Begins” by Joe Dodridge
• “Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays” by Leigh Eric Schmidt
• “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
• “Make My Wish Come True” by Rachael Lippincott
• “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Bill Guerrant, local goatherd, Vice President of Pittsylvania Historical Society, and author of four books including “Jim Wrenn” and “Let a Pillar Arise”. We discuss reading in all its many varieties, including newspapers and the dictionary and the importance of keeping historical research alive.

Books we discuss include:

• “A Primer for Star Gazers” by Henry M. Neely
• The Dictionary
• “Nine Who Survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki” by Robert Trumbull
• “Baudolino” by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver
• “Looking for Class” by Bruce Feiler
• “Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War” by Maury Klein

View Bill Guerrant's works:

• A Daily Dose of History
• A Daily Dose of the American Rev
• Novels by William Guerrant on Amazon
• Novels by William Guerrant at the library