We're Booked Up - The Housemaid

 Time for another episode of We're Booked Up. Better late than never! For this episode, Kendall, Andrew, and Angelique will discuss The Housemaid, a popular domestic thriller by Freida McFadden.

Use the player below to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. After listening, leave a comment letting us know what you think of what we think. And be sure to share the podcast with every person you talk to for the next month or so.

And don't miss the Friends of the Gaston County Public Library Book Sale! Happening at the Gaston County Public Library Main Branch at 1555 E. Garrison Blvd, Gastonia. Beginning Monday, April 21 and ending Saturday, April 26. Visit the Friends of the Gaston County Public Library website to learn more about the book sale, and about how you can support your library.

Next month's book will be Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.

We're Booked Up - You Should See Me in a Crown

 CORRECTION: The March book will be The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.

We're going back to school! For this episode, Kendall, Andrew, and Angelique discuss You Should See Me in a Crown, a fun young adult novel by Leah Johnson.

Use the player below to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. After listening, leave a comment and let us know what you think of what we think. And remember to tell everyone you know (and the occasional stranger) about the podcast.

And don't forget to sign up for Wowbrary so you can stay up to date on what's new in the library.

Next month's book will Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Convenience Store Women will be April's book.

Kyle Fletcher’s Barbeque and Catering in Lowell, Gaston County, N.C.

Wilma Ratchford Craig of the former Gaston County Historical Society had already been taking pictures of historic places around Gaston County since the 1960s when she photographed the outside of a new restaurant, Kyle Fletcher’s Barbeque (the former Bland’s BBQ building), in 1997.

Kyle Fletcher started Kyle Fletcher’s Barbeque and Catering in Lowell with his wife Julie and brother-in-law Steve Deaton in 1996.

Daryl “Kyle” Fletcher of Gastonia passed away on January 9, 2025 at the age of 70.

Kyle Fletcher’s Barbeque and Catering, 4507 Wilkinson Blvd, Lowell, NC; exterior. (1997)

Photographer: Wilma Ratchford Craig (January 5, 1930  -  June 3, 2020)

 

Kyle Fletcher’s Barbecue & Catering sign. (1997)

Photographer: Wilma Ratchford Craig (January 5, 1930  -  June 3, 2020)

 

Sources:

Kevin Ellis, “Beloved Gaston County Restauranteur Dies - Business North Carolina,” Business North Carolina, last modified January 11, 2025, https://businessnc.com/beloved-gaston-county-restauranteur-dies/.

“Obituary Information for Kyle Fletcher,” https://www.mcleanfuneral.com/obituaries/Kyle-Fletcher?obId=34373019.