Staff Blog: Binge Reader or Binge Watcher - Which Camp Do You Fall Into?
- Rachel
- Mar 14
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 11
Some say that binge-watching TV shows or movies is like running a sprint, while binge-reading an author, topic, or series resembles a marathon. So what are staff binging? Do staff members fall in the binge reader or binge watcher camp? Check out all the possibilities below!
Adara - Circulation Clerk
Resident Alien
A comedic sci-fi drama based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, this show follows a crash-landed alien who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population. While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all. With season four set to drop later in 2025, catch up on the first three seasons in a binge watch!
Want to binge the Dark Horse comic books instead? Those are available as well!
Bobbi - Executive Director &
Emily - Adult Program Coordinator
The X-Files
Bobbi and Emily are watching The X-Files for the first time in a binge session!
Two agents from vastly different backgrounds join forces to solve cases the FBI labeled as unexplained. Both are determined to uncover hidden truths; one searching for otherworldly answers, the other for more earthbound scientific explanations. Together they will make discoveries neither could have ever imagined.
The X-Files series ran for 11 seasons and included 2 movies.
There is also The X-Files book series that includes 6 books available in regular print and audiobook on hoopla starting with book one titled Goblins.
Christin - Circulation Clerk
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Pappy Boyington is the squadron-leader of the "Black Sheep Squadron", a group of misfit Marine fighter pilots stationed on an island in the Pacific, during World War II. Pappy often needs to intercede in altercations at the base, but everyone seems to pull together when they are assigned missions in the air.
Kyle - Business Manager
Director John Cassavetes
Although John Cassavetes has directed numerous films, here are some that Kyle has been binge-watching.
Gloria
An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.
A Child is Waiting
Jean Hansen is an experienced city transplant who takes a job at a Down's syndrome institution and befriends Reuben, one of the boys afflicted with the disease. Reuben latches on to Jean, to the dismay of Dr. Matthew Clark, the head of the institution. He feels that Jean's affection for Reuben will disturb the other children, prompting him to separate the pair.
Love Streams
The story of a middle-aged brother and sister who find themselves caring for one another after the other loves in their lives abandon them.
Lucas - Maintenance
The Empyrean Series by Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them. Alliances will be forged. Lives will be lost. Traitors will become allies . . . or even lovers. But sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Start your Empyrean journey by reading Fourth Wing, the first book in this 5 part series. Be warned, only the first three books are available at this time as the series is in process.
Fourth Wing is available in regular and large print; audiobook on CD, Libby, hoopla, and cloudLibrary; e-books on Libby, cloudLibrary, and Kindle; and playaway.
Mel - Youth Services Manager
Project Runway
Starring international supermodel Heidi Klum, this series follows a group of young fashion designers competing with each other to make it in the high-stakes world of fashion.
Rachel - Circulation Clerk
Stephen King Books in Publication Order
(plus their movie adaptations)
Starting with Carrie, released in 1974, Rachel is currently on book number #34 Dolores Claiborne, published in 1992.
Carrie
Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates. Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offers Carrie a chance to be a normal ... until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that no one will ever forget.
Carrie is available in regular print; audiobook on CD and cloudLibrary; e-book on Libby, cloudLibrary, and Kindle; playaway.
Dolores Claiborne
Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her violent husband, disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of Joe Claiborne thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.
Library staff enjoy bingeing, whether it's watching shows or reading books!
What are you currently binging on?
Until Next Time Library Friends!
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