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Books Sandwiched In

One of FFRPL’s most popular programs, Books Sandwiched In (BSI) has been running continuously since 1956.

Books Sandwiched In reviews are held on Tuesdays in the Spring and Fall, 12:12pm-12:52pm, in Central Library’s Kate Gleason Auditorium (115 South Avenue).

Watch livestream reviews on the RPL YouTube Channel: ‘Rochester Public Library NY’ (link opens new wind0w)

 

Spring 2026

View/download the brochure (link opens document in new window).

photo of Emily Dane-Staplesbook jacket for Every Day Is Sunday

Watch Emily Dane-Staples’s March 10 live-streamed review of Every Day Is Sunday (link opens new window)

photo of Eric Ensleybook jacket for The Library of Lost Maps

Watch Eric Ensley’s March 17 live-streamed review of The Library of Lost Maps (link opens new window)

photo of Sally Millickbook jacket for Somebody Is Walking On Your Grave

Watch Sally Millick’s March 24 live-streamed review of Somebody is Walking on Your Grave (link opens new window)

(BSI was canceled April 29)

 

photo of Hunter E. Vaughnbook jacket for Theater Kid

Watch Hunter E. Vaughn’s April 7 live-streamed review of  Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir by Jeffrey Seller (link opens new window)

 

photo of Mona Seghatoleslamibook jacket for Mood Machine

Tuesday, April 14

Learn more and register (link opens new window)

Mood Machine:The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly

Presenter: Mona Seghatoleslami, Music Director, Producer and Host, WXXI Classical 91.5; and Music Coordinator for the Little Theatre.

 

photo of Roslyn Bakst Goldmanbook jacket for Wild Thing

Tuesday, April 21

Learn more and register (link opens new window)

Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux

Presenter: Roslyn Bakst Goldman is an Art Appraiser and Consultant. She is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America, specializing in Fine Art appraisal.

 

Fall 2025

Watch Dan Mason’s Sept. 9 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America by Will Bardenwerper

Watch Scott Pukos’ Sept. 16 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey

Watch Don Hyatt’s Sept. 23 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Warhol’s Muses by Laurence Leamer

Watch Mitch Gruber’s Sept. 30 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Watch Edward Ashton’s Oct. 7 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Watch Paige Hauser and Rachel Saper’s Oct. 14 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Everyone Who is Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer

Watch Tyler Barton’s October 21 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya

Watch Steven Orr’s October 28 live-streamed review (link opens new window) of Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

 

Spring 2025

Watch the March 18 live-streamed review of James (link opens new window).

Watch the March 25 live-streamed review of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space (link opens new window)

Watch the April 1 live-streamed review of Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions (link opens new window)

(BSI was canceled April 8)

Watch the April 15 live-streamed review of Hip Hop is History (link opens new window)

Watch the April 22 live-streamed review of Briefly Perfectly Human (link opens new window)

(BSI was canceled April 29)

Watch the May 6 live-streamed review of The Backyard Bird Chronicles (link opens new window)

 

Fall 2024

Watch the September 10 live-streamed review of The Infernal Machine (link opens new window)

Watch the September 17 live-streamed review of Things That Go Bump in the Universe (link opens new window)

Watch the September 24 live-streamed review of Rebel Girl (link opens new window)

Watch the October 1 live-streamed review of BoyMom (link opens new window)

Watch the October 8 live-streamed review of Soil (link opens new window)

(there is no recording of The Briar Club)

Watch the October 22 live-streamed review of This Is Why You Dream (link opens new window)

Watch the October 29 live-streamed review of Pockets (link opens new window)

 

Spring 2024

Watch the held March 5 review of The Wingmen (link opens new window)

Watch the March 12 review of All You Have to Do is Call (link opens new window)

Watch the March 19 review of The Rediscovery of America (link opens new window)

Watch the March 26 review of The Wager (link opens new window)

Watch the April 2 review of The Leg (link opens new window)

Watch the April 9 review of Crossings (link opens new window)

Watch the April 16 review of Thicker Than Water (link opens new window)

 

Fall 2023

Watch the Sept. 26 review of Shakespeare Was a Woman (link opens new window)

Watch the Oct. 3 review of A Fever in the Heartland (link opens new window; audio begins just before the 9 minute mark)

No recording is available for the October 10 review of Poverty, By America

Watch the Oct. 17 review of Look for Me There (link opens new window)

Watch the Oct. 24 review of The Diamond Eye (link opens new window)

 

Spring 2023

Watch the March 28 review of Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man (link opens new window)

Watch the April 4 review of Visual Thinking (link opens new window)

Watch the April 11 review of Before We Were Trans (link opens new window)

Watch the April 18 review of One Hundred Saturdays (link opens new window)

There was no BSI review 4/25

No recording is available for the May 2 review of An Immense World

Watch the May 9 review of Demon Copperhead (link opens new window)

Watch the May 16 review of Who’s Raising the Kids (link opens new window)

 

Fall 2022

Watch the Sept. 27 review of The Violence Project (link opens new window)

Watch the Oct. 11 review of Left on Tenth (link opens new window)

Watch the Oct. 18 review of What the Ermine Saw (link opens new window)

Watch the Nov. 8 review of Undelivered (link opens new window)

Watch the Nov. 15 review of Under the Skin (link opens new window)

Watch the Nov. 22 review of The Most Fun Thing (link opens new window)

 

Spring 2022 (link opens new window)

Fall 2021 (link opens new window)

Spring 2021 (link opens new window) Spring 2021 was online only.

Fall 2020 (link opens new window) Fall 2020 was online only.

Spring 2020 (link opens new window) Spring 2020 was online only.

Spring and Fall 2019 (link opens new window)

Spring and Fall 2018 (link opens new window)

Spring and Fall 2017 (link opens new window)

Spring and Fall 2016 (link opens new window)