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We're not just book nerds. We're professional book nerds! We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools. It's our job to discuss books all day long so we thought, "Why not share the conversation!" Hear about the best books we've read, get recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Titles discussed are available to borrow through public libraries. Get started reading at overdrive.com and subscribe to our podcast today!
Emma welcomes debut author Sarah Crouch to the podcast to discuss her book, Middletide!
We're halfway through 2024, so Emma and Joe check in on the PBN Reading Challenge and offer some suggestions to the prompts you might have left!
It’s that magical time again – Joe and Emma are sharing the books being released this May (2024) that they’re most looking forward to. The Nerds talk about the eclipse, catch up, and have a silly, goofy time! Titles mentioned in this episode: Author Interviews for May: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune ...
Emma and Joe talk about some VERY specific reading moods and offer recommendations to match!
Today on the pod, Joe is joined by Jane, Quinton and Sarah to chat coming of age stories. Today’s recommendations run the gamut from middle grade through adult fiction, from graphic novels to fantasy. These character-driven narratives open our eyes to the many ways we all experience life. There’s a story here for everyone, and...
On this episode, Joe talks with fellow Clevelander Douglas Westerbeke about his debut novel A Short Walk Through a Wide World (out April 2 from Avid Reader Press). They talk about writing an adventure story, the difficulties between writing strong “walk-on” characters versus writing your main character’s whole life story, and of course, what the...
Emma welcomes Abby Jimenez to the podcast to discuss her new book, Just for the Summer!
Grab your drink of choice and settle in for a long list of great books to expect in April 2024!
How does a marriage of convenience between a formal principal ballet dancer and a Mars politician work, exactly?
Emma and Joe are thrilled to chat with incredible horror authors, Clay McLeod Chapman and Rachel Harrison, for a special conversation about their new books, What Kind of Mother (out September 12th), and Black Sheep (out September 19th). Listen in to hear about finding inspiration in the strangest of places (Nicholas Sparks and insurance commercials), nature vs. nurture, not turning into our parents, struggling with parenthood, being fans of each others' work, the horror author community, and their friendship! We also get a tiny glimpse into what they're working on next.
Books mentioned in this episode:
- Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman
- The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (Listen to our chat with Rachel about Such Sharp Teeth here!)
- Cackle by Rachel Harrison
- The Return by Rachel Harrison
- Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
- Edenville by Sam Rebelein
- The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Find Clay at his book tour events this fall and find Rachel at her book tour events here!
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Join Emma and Joe as they share the September 2023 book releases they're eagerly awaiting. Upcoming author interviews (with September book releases):
What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman (out 9/12)
Black Sheep by Rachel harrison (out 9/19)
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (out 9/12)
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (out 9/28)
Emma’s Titles:
The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L Armentrout
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
The September House by Carissa Orlando
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
Joe’s Titles:
Mall Goth by Kate Leth
The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
Playing the Witch Card by KJ Dell’Antonia
The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer
The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars
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The day has finally arrived - Emma has convinced Joe to read a popular romance title! Join the nerds as they talk about Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune. They talk about what Joe loved (and maybe didn't love) most about the book, key romance tropes, if Joe would read another romance, and of course vibes ✨
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The day has finally arrived - Emma has convinced Joe to read a popular romance title! Join the nerds as they talk about Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune. They talk about what Joe loved (and maybe didn't love) most about the book, key romance tropes, if Joe would read another romance, and of course vibes ✨ Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma speaks with award-winning author, Kennedy Ryan, about her books, The Kingmaker, and Long Shot, to celebrate the Bloom Books editions in print. They also discuss Kennedy's research that goes into her writing, centering women, writing with conviction, belief, her journalism background, motherhood, romance, allllll the tropes, and so much more.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Long Shot discusses issues that may be sensitive to readers. Please read all content warnings about the book beforehand. Kennedy does address these topics in broad terms in this interview.
Books mentioned in this episode:
- The Kingmaker
- The Rebel King
- Queen Move
- Long Shot
- Block Shot
- Hook Shot
- Reel
- Before I Let Go
- This Could Be Us
Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
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Emma speaks with award-winning author, Kennedy Ryan, about her books, The Kingmaker, and Long Shot, to celebrate the Bloom Books editions in print. They also discuss Kennedy's research that goes into her writing, centering women, writing with conviction, belief, her journalism background, motherhood, romance, allllll the tropes, and so much more. CONTENT WARNINGS: Long Shot discusses issues that may be sensitive to readers. Please read all content warnings about the book beforehand. Kennedy does address these topics in broad terms in this interview. Books mentioned in this episode:
The Kingmaker
The Rebel King
Queen Move
Long Shot
Block Shot
Hook Shot
Reel
Before I Let Go
This Could Be Us
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Today Emma and Joe are sharing the top 5 highest rated and 5 lowest rated titles from their TBR. They discuss reviewing a title before the book is out, review bombing, and the different ways they keep track of books they want to read. Share how you track your TBR with us on social media - we're @probooknerds on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok!
Emma's Titles:
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
The Body Double by Emily Beyda
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey
How Could She by Lauren Mechling
Looker by Laura Sims
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
Joe's Titles:
Tweakerworld by Jason Yamas
A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales by Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Boys vol. 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson
Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
Magyk by Angie Sage
Serena by Ron Rash
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Club by Ellery Lloyd
It’s Just a Jump to the Left by Libba Bray
Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joe and Emma chat about the "final girl" trope and share some general book recommendations that everyone should read if they're looking for a good "final girl" pick. They share their personal picks that touch on that trope. This episode is filled with book recommendations galore, but they also chat about Tuesday the 17th, Psych, the Y2K panic, Blockbuster, Stephen Graham Jones and his chat with Jill, and so much more. Books mentioned in this episode: General recs: Final Girls by Riley Sager You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Emma’s Picks:
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
In the Woods by Tana French **
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
Joe’s Picks:
Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
The Counselors by Jessica Goodman
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Novel Suspects article mentioned.
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On today's episode, Emma is joined by the #1 NYT bestselling author, Sarah Pekkanen, to discuss her new book, Gone Tonight, out on August 1st. Sarah dives into how much this book was a gift to write, the tightknit author community she's a part of, her connection to Colleen Hoover, the ideal writing setup, the audiobook's narrator, Kate Mara, the working title of her next book, and so much more.
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Today Emma, Joe and Kristin are taking you to summer camp! Whether you want to make friendship bracelets, lay out by the dock, or run from the serial killer through the mess hall, they've got the recommendations for you. Want to know which of us went to summer camp? Listen to this ep and find out the answer plus catch a great list of summer camp books and books that match the summertime vibes.
Kristin’s Titles:
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Really Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick
Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
Emma’s Titles:
You Have a Match by Emma Lord
The Wild One by Colleen McKeegan
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor
Joe’s Titles:
The Last Time I Lied by Riely Sager
Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
Flamer by Mike Curato
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg-Sloan
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
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Queen of the beach read, Elin Hilderbrand, speaks with Emma about her newest release, The Five-Star Weekend. They also discuss Elin's retirement, her new 2-book deal with her daughter, what readers can expect from Swan Song, TikTok recipes, social media, her new podcast, and her return to Cleveland, Ohio!
Books mentioned in this episode:
- The Perfect Couple
- The Blue Bistro
- 28 Summers
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In this episode, Emma and Joe share another big ole list of books they're most excited for in August 2023. Come and catch the vibe for their end of summer picks!
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Emma’s Titles:
- Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
- The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
- Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
- Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
- Never Enough by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Joe’s Titles:
- Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun
- Zhara by S. Jae-Jones
- Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
- Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
- Holly Horror by Michelle Jabes Corpora
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In this episode, Emma and Joe share another big ole list of books they're most excited for in August 2023. Come and catch the vibe for their end of summer picks!
Titles mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Titles:
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Never Enough by Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Joe’s Titles:
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun
Zhara by S. Jae-Jones
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
Holly Horror by Michelle Jabes Corpora
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Joe is joined by Christopher Hartland to talk about his debut novel Against the Stars, an LGBTQIA+, young adult, science fiction romance. Joe and Chris also talk about Dungeons & Dragons, Musicals, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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Emma and Joe are joined by author, Sierra Godfrey, to chat about her book A Very Typical Family, which is our latest Big Library Read (BLR) pick. From July 13-27, the ebook and audiobook of A Very Typical Family will be available to readers all over the world without waitlists or holds. Sierra shares more about the inspiration behind the book, being a young docent in a marine lab, how Santa Cruz feels like home, the joy of a perfect croissant, and what she's working on next! Check out Sierra's upcoming book, The Second Chance Hotel, here. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joe and Emma share suggested books to complete your PBN 2023 reading challenge! They also discuss how they rate books (mostly based on vibes and mood) and how they can't resist an eye-catching book cover.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Book with a map
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Book with a bilingual character/Popular YA series
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
Friend’s favorite book
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Book you only picked for the cover
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
Other books:
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
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Emma welcomes debut author, Julie Soto, to the podcast to discuss her novel, Forget Me Not. They also discuss the importance of hometowns, redefining failure, the grumpy sunshine trope, Julie's transition from writing fanfiction to novels, Sacramento, and so much more.
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Emma and Joe share a huge list of books they're most excited for in June 2023. Today's picks fit the peak summer reading vibes, so grab a snack and a cold drink and buckle in for this ep!
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Joe’s Picks:
- Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
- A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow
- Overemotional by David Fenne (UK Only)
- Thicker Than Water by Megan Collins
- One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
- Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
- Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Infested by Angel Luis Colon
- Frontera by Julio Anta & Jacoby Salcedo
- A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui
- There’s a Beach in My Bedroom by Kevin and Danielle Jonas, Illustrated by Courtney Dawson
Emma’s Picks:
- Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
- Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
- Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
- A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing
- The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward
- A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair
- The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay
- Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
- Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery
- Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
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Today we're returning to everyone's favorite game: GUESS THAT CLASSIC: Beach Read Edition! After writing plot summaries of classic novels as gossip, we wanted to try a new approach. This time, we rewrote classic descriptions as buzzy Beach Read descriptions and quizzed each other! Guess along with Joe and Emma, and get ready for your next, great beach read.
(To avoid spoilers, titles for the game are not included)
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PBN favorite, Riley Sager, returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, The Only One Left. Emma and Riley also discuss Duran Duran, "twist overkill," why he set the book in the 1980s, his intense writing schedule, the writer's strike in Hollywood, and some BREAKING NEWS for the next book that's still being written.
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Joe, Emma, and Jill chat all things Mockingjay in the conclusion to the Hunger Games retrospective series. They share their feelings on the final installment, whether they're happy with the ending, the characters they loved and lost, and some bonus hot takes on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes!
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Emma welcomes back author, Claire Legrand, to chat about A Crown of Ivy and Glass, writing unlikeable characters, the ballet inspiration behind the story, believing in your creative process, Crimson Peak era Tom Hiddleston, writing romance scenes, and so much more!
Books mentioned in this episode:
A Crown of Ivy and Glass audiobook
Circe by Madeline Miller
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Kristin Cashore
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Grab your water bottles and sunscreen- today, Joe and Holly are sharing some recommended reads for Pride month 🌈 From rom-coms to memoirs, light to deep, these titles are sure to add to your Pride reflections and celebrations.
Titles mentioned in this episode:
Holly's Titles:
- The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
- Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) by Ashley Herring Blake
- Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz
- Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy by Rachel Krantz
- Camp Damascus by Dr. Chuck Tingle (out 7/18 )
Joe’s Titles:
- The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
- Bath Haus by PJ Vernon
- How You Get Famous by Nicole Pasulka
- Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly
- Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
- My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
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Today's guest is a DREAM come true! It's audiobook narrator, actor, performer, and all around talent, Santino Fontana. Emma and Joe have a lively chat about For You and Only You (and the rest of the You series), killing superstitions, trenta coffee orders, keeping it different, Cleveland love, and more!
Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
You by Caroline Kepnes
For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes
The Institute by Stephen King
Election by Tom Perrotta
Wheelmen by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Rebecca Traister
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December is upon us, and with that are many amazing releases (most on the same day)! Join Emma, Jill and Joe as they share their December books to watch out for.
Books Mentioned in This Episode: Emma’s Picks:
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlet St. Clair
Screaming on the Inside: the Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford
Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows by Piper Rayne
Jill’s Picks:
Witcha Gonna Do by Avery flynn
The Opportunist by Elyse Friedman
The White House Plumbers by Egil “Bud” Krogh
Your Table is Ready by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Weightless by Evette Dionne
Joe’s Picks:
A Dash of Salt and Pepper – Kosoko Jackson
A Million to One – Adiba Jaigirdar
Elizabeth Taylor - Kate Andersen Brower
The Ingenue – Rachel Kapelke-Dale
The Last Invitation – Darby Kane
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In today's episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, Joe talks with Chuck Wendig about his new book Wayward (book two in the world of Wanderers). Chuck shares what it was like to write about a pandemic pre-pandemic, tackling his first major bout of writer's block, and what it's like introducing his child to Stranger Things.
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Emma welcomes back some familiar voices to PBN! Maria, Kristin, Holly, and Jane discuss their favorite books that they read in 2022. They also discuss books that make you laugh while crying, the "one bed" romance trope, Goodreads Choice Awards, character-driven plots, using the chili pepper spice rating scale, and their undying devotion to Emily Henry's Book Lovers.
Maria’s Picks:
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
Kristin’s Picks:
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Jane’s Picks:
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Holly’s Picks:
There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Check out Emma’s chat with Emily Henry about Book Lovers here.
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Emma, Joe, and Jill are joined by Anji and Colleen from GraphicAudio to discuss their incredible, dramatized productions available from GraphicAudio. Anji is the VP and General Manager at GraphicAudio and Colleen is a Director/Script Adaptor for many productions, but particularly notable, are the adaptations she's done for A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. We ask them what the production process is like, what's coming soon from GraphicAudio, and so much more!
Books mentioned in this episode: Deathlands Rogue Angel Brandon Sanderson K.F. Breene Demon Days, Vampire Nights World series The Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost The Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews Ordinary Magic series by Devon Monk Shannon Mayer’s series
Coming soon: Harbinger Trilogy by Jennifer L Armentrout Pierce Brown Red Rising series
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Today, Joe interviews Justin Arnold about his new book Wicked Little Things (out November 15 from Tiny Ghost Press) . They talk about writing magical mean girls, what it's like to be the GBF, and some of their favorite urban legends. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, Emma and Joe are talking about crime reads. Whether you're looking for a fiction title inspired by a case or full of those true crime themes, or you're looking for some non-fiction accounts, this episode has the recommendations for you.
Books Mentioned: Joe’s Titles:
Devil House by John Darnielle
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Last Call by Elon Green
People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry OR Without Mercy by Gary Provost
Emma’s Titles:
Hell’s Half Acre by Susan Jonusas
Catch the Sparrow by Rachel Rear
Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse
Who Killed Jane Stanford? By Richard White
When a Killer Calls by John E. Douglas
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Emma, Joe, and Jill are joined by the one and only Rainbow Rowell in today's incredibly special episode. We chat about her new short story collection, Scattered Showers, writing across genres and formats, She-Hulk, fanfiction, historical figures in love, hair dye disasters, and more. Books mentioned in this episode: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel
TV Shows mentioned:
Los Espookys
Reservation Dogs
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On today's episode of the podcast, boy howdy, we truly dove deep into the discussion of celebrity memoirs. From the books that started us in the genre to the ones that broke our hearts, made us think, and brought us joy, this episode has it all. Join Joe, Emma, and Marissa as they walk you through their picks.
Books Mentioned in this Episode: Joe’s Picks:
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
I’ve Got This Round by Mamrie Hart (Shout out to You Deserve a Drink)
STORI Telling by Tori Spelling & Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust by Loretta Lynn
Marissa's Picks:
Girl Walks into a Bar by Rachel Dratch
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Emma’s Titles:
Open Book by Jessica Simpson
Have I Told You This Already? By Lauren Graham
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
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In today's episode, Jill is joined by author Dr. Darice Little Badger to discuss her book A Snake Falls to Earth which is our latest Big Library Read (BLR) pick. From Nov. 2 – Nov. 16, the ebook and audiobook of A Snake Falls to Earth will be available to readers all over the world without waitlist or holds. A Snake Falls to Earth draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
November is almost here and with it comes SO. MANY. GOOD. BOOKS. Joe, Emma, and Jill are back for another roundup of all the books they can't wait to read in November (RIP to our TBRs). Books mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Picks:
The Prisoner by B.A. Paris
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese
Cursed by Marissa Meyer
Have I Told You This Already? By Lauren Graham
Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman
The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines
Saint by Adrienne Young
The Queen by Andrew Morton
Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
Jill’s Picks:
Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Small Game by Blair Braverman
A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor
The Ruin of All Witches by Malcolm Gaskill
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Joe’s Picks:
The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle
Wicked Little Things by Justin Arnold
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
What’s for Dessert by Claire Saffitz
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
She’s Gone by David Bell
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux
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Emma chats with Olivie Blake about the much-anticipated return to the world of the Alexandrian Society in The Atlas Paradox, what characters are the most fun to write, how it feels to watch your books go viral, and what she gets up to when she's not writing. Keep an ear out for a special guest, her son, in this enjoyable conversation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s episode 700, and we’re celebrating!! We’ll be answering your questions from social media and sharing more about us. Come get to know your cohosts, get some sneaky book recommendations, and celebrate 700 episodes with PBN.
Books mentioned in this episode: Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Cardcaptor Sakura series The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Misery by Stephen King The Institute by Stephen King GraphicAudio A Court of Thorns and Roses Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand Belladonna by Adalyn Grace Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead Jackal by Erin E. Adams Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer The Host by Stephenie Meyer Holes by Louis Sachar Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega Shiver by Junji Ito Book Lovers by Emily Henry The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth The It Girl by Ruth Ware Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Honeys by Ryan La Sala The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling The Likeness by Tana French Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by B from @bandherbooks to talk upcoming romance! B talks about how she got started working in libraries and where her love of romance novels started. A book reviewer for Library Journal, B also shares recommendations for forthcoming romance novels she's most excited about.
Books mentioned in this episode Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon Chick Magnet By Emma Berry Love and Other Flight Delays by Denise Williams Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles The Stand Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shu Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly Second Chance at Rancho Lindo by Sabrina Sol Georgie All Along by Kate Clayborn
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On today's episode, Joe and Jill discuss why they love books that have magic schools and offer book recommendations for folks who want books featuring magic schools that aren't that magic school.
Books mentioned in this episode: Witchlings by Claribel Ortega A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Carry On by Rainbow Rowell SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Akarnae by Lynette Noni The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko The Magicians series by Lev Grossman The Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima, specifically The Wizard Heir Charmed Life – The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Book 1 by Diana Wynne Jones The Circle of Magic Series by Tamora Pierce – book One is Sandry’s book The Divine Dungeon Series by Dakota Krout And Mother of Learning by nobody103 The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma and Joe welcome Rachel Harrison back to PBN to discuss her new book, Such Sharp Teeth. They also chat about body horror, being vulnerable, mozzarella sticks and maple lattes, spooky book recommendations, the joys of being a book lover, and so much more.
Spooky books mentioned in this episode: Cackle by Rachel Harrison House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
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Today, Joe and Jill are joined by their coworkers Katie and Anya to talk all about Libby and making the switch from the OverDrive app. They dive into the differences between the OverDrive app and Libby, the questions they've seen most frequently asked, upcoming features in the Libby app, and some tips for new Libby users. Want to join one of Joe's Getting Started sessions? You can find a date that works for you and register here: https://bit.ly/libbyforpatrons. You can visit our Libby help site to find info for new users here: https://help.libbyapp.com/. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We've got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe talks with Erin E. Adams about her debut novel JACKAL (out October 4, 2022) and about the true horrors of returning home for a wedding. Erin shares about her process, her research and how her work in theater and screenwriting helped to build such strong pacing. An amazing read anytime, but it's especially perfect as we head into spooky season.
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October is nearly here! Arguably the best month of the year, there is NO shortage of great books coming out in October. Emma, Joe, and Jill are back to share what they're most looking forward to reading. Books mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Picks:
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Joe’s Picks:
JACKAL by Erin A. Adams
Working Girls – Trixie & Katya’s Guide to Professional Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
The Sevenfold Hunters by Rose Egal
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
The Witch in the Well by Camilla Bruce
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
Jill’s Picks:
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Bad Vibes Only (and other things I bring to the table) by Nora McInerny
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai
Dying of Politeness by Genna Davis
Daughters of the New Year by E.M. Tran
When Life Gives you Vampires by Gloria Duke
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Bestselling Young Adult author Courtney Summers returns to discuss her new book I'm the Girl. She shares with Jill the inspiration behind her book, writing books about teen girls for teen girls, the cultural systems in place that perpetuate violence against girls and women, and what it was like slipping a Sadie easter egg into the story. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Professional Book Nerds welcome back their colleague, Kristin, to discuss all things TBR! They chat about how they "shop their own shelves," what systems they use for a TBR (to be read) list, and how they figure out what to read and when. Joe shares some insider info on how to best use Libby tags! Emma and Kristin talk about tips they saw on TikTok. Jill is a forever stan of Borders bookstore. This episode has something for everyone. Let us know if you're going to implement any of these tips or share your own suggestions with us! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma chats with Brigid Kemmerer about the second book in her Defy the Night series, Defend the Dawn. They also talk about parenting, writing messy characters because people are messy, and what it's like to engage with readers IRL after a few years of virtual only events.
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Read an Ebook Day is Sept. 18 and we're celebrating! For today's episode, Joe, Emma, and Jill talk with coworkers to find out what everyone is planning on reading for Read an Ebook Day. From graphic novels to steamy romance and lots and lots of fantasy, there's a little bit of everything.
Let us know what you'll be reading by finding us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @ProBookNerds or email us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. You can also join the conversation online with the hashtag #booklove
Books mentioned in this episode: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Marple by Agatha Christie, et al. Hide by Kiersten White Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos So Happy For You by Celia Laksey Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Oceans Echo by Everina Maxwell Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell A Night In the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood True Biz by Sarah Novic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the pod, Joe is joined by Adam Sass to discuss his new book The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers. They talk about the importance of queer YA romance, how Adam crafts such compelling characters (and why it can be dangerous to write people you know into your characters), and of course, soy milk.
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Tiffany joins Emma, Jill, and Joe to discuss all things series and how to tackle them when it feels daunting. They also share their favorite series of all time, if they prefer stand-alone books, how they feel about re-reading, and more. It's like book therapy!
Titles mentioned in this episode (we've linked the first book in each series): Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid The Mediator series by Meg Cabot You series by Caroline Kepnes A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin All Souls series by Deborah Harkness A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer The Wicked Years series by Gregory Maguire Beartown series by Fredrik Bacman Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter
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On today's episode Jill is joined by Kathleen West to discuss her new book Home or Away. Kathleen is a hockey mom herself and discusses how her own experiences raising two hockey players played a role in her book, along with writing complicated female friendships and one character with zero redeeming qualities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We talk a lot about the published books, the final stage in the publication process. But what about how authors get there? In today's episode, Jill is joined by Sydney and the two writers discuss how they go about starting a story, the importance of beta readers, and Jill shares her journey to get a literary agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Emma got to chat with Jennifer Lynn Barnes about the epic conclusion to the Inheritance Games trilogy, The Final Gambit. They talk about Avery and her love triangle, The Vampire Diaries, how it's been writing this series the last few years, and how Barnes crafts her characters so thoroughly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma, Joe, and Jill are back to discuss their must-read books coming out in September. Joe's Picks:
The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Various YA Authors
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Honorable mention: Jessi’s Secret Language by Ann M. Martin, illustrated by Chan Chau Jill's Picks:
The Weight of Bood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
Daphne by Josh Malerman
The Night and Its Moon by Piper CJ
Emma's Pick:
Folk Around and Find Out by Penny Reid (Good Folk, Book 2)
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart series, Book 2)
Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer (Defy the Night series, Book 2)
When in Rome by Sarah Adams
American Demon by Daniel Stashower
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
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Today's episode of the podcast is a fun one! Emma got to chat with Adalyn Grace about her new book, Belladonna. They discuss where the book title came from (and the sequel!), what the inspiration behind the story was, spicy scenes, Sweeney Todd, book collecting, Hadestown, and so much more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Y'all, strap in for a long episode as Joe and Emma close out their Twilight Saga retrospective with their thoughts on Midnight Sun and Life & Death. We may be sad to see this time with the Twilight Saga end, but we're so excited to hear what series you'd like us to dive headfirst into next! Let us know your suggestions via email: professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com!
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Happy reading! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma is joined by Alicia Thompson, author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers, to discuss the book, the importance of acknowledgements, Paramore’s prime, and what it’s like to write spicy, relatable romance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is a special double feature! Joe, Emma and Rachel are joined by Christian from Kanopy to offer up some book and movie recommendations.
Titles mentioned in this episode: Joe's Titles True Biz by Sara Novic Born This Way Presents: Deaf Out Loud Recitatif by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison The Pieces I Am Freak Show by James St. James Party Monster by James St. James Freak Show Party Monster Rachel's Titles Sound City: One of the Greatest Unsung Recording Studios The Storyteller by Dave Grohl The Other F Word: Punk Rock Fathers Sellout by Dan Ozzi NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories Strike a Pose The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara Election Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta Emma's Titles Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen Echo in the Canyon Sleeping with Other People Lady Bird The Bling Ring Christian's Titles Nosferatu Brighton Rock Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. You can find Kanopy on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @Kanopy. Happy Reading! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Joe is joined by Margot Harrison to talk about her new book We Made It All Up. Margot shares her inspiration for the book, her fascination with fan fiction, and talks TikTok, where she gives retro YA reviews as well as shares stories about life with her hippy mom.
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Happy Reading! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Audrey Blake comes on the podcast to discuss The Girl in His Shadow, the latest Big Library Read title! This episode was recorded as part of a live virtual event on July 26, 2022. For more information visit biglibraryread.com. The Girl in His Shadow eBook The Girl in His Shadow audiobook The Surgeon's Daughter eBook The Surgeon's Daughter audiobook Learn more about the author at audreyblakebooks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe talks with Anna Meriano, author of It Sounds Like This, out August 2 from Penguin Young Readers Group. Anna tells Joe about creating characters in the blender method, they share stories from their time in high school marching band, and they talk about the rebrand of Quidditch. (At the time of recording, the name hadn't been finalized yet. IRL Quidditch is now called Quadball)
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Jill, Joe, and Emma share what books they're most excited to read that are due to be published in August.
Books mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Picks:
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
Lightlark by Alex Aster
Jill’s Picks:
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis
Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates
Joe’s Picks:
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly
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On today's episode, Joe talks with brothers Matt and Harrison Query about their new book, Old Country. This book is based off of Matt's viral Reddit post on r/nosleep My wife and I bought a ranch in the mountains last year, and my neighbor had some interesting suggestions on how to manage our new land. They talk about what it's like working together as brothers, having your story discovered via Reddit, the slow process of film production, and what they order at a coffee shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this special, bonus episode of The Professional Book Nerds podcast, we wanted to share our live interview with Ruth Ware at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma Snow branch. We talk with Ruth about her new book, The It Girl, and what it's been like returning to touring after the pandemic.
Special thanks to Cuyahoga County Public Library for hosting and recording this amazing event! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Joe and Jill talk with Kristin and Quinton to share some of their TBR picks and new favorite comics, graphic novels, and manga inspired by the OverDrive Comics Super Sale (25-50% off until July 31)!
Titles mentioned in this episode: Wytches by Scott Snyder Ever After by Olivia Vieweg Deadly Class by Rick Remender Death Note Short Stories by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton It’s Me by Jim Benton Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto Harrow County by Cullen Bunn The girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostergg Wolverine by Chris Clermont Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith Radiant Black - Kyle Higgins Pokemon Adventures: X&Y by Hidenori Kusaka Sexcastle by Kyle Starks Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, illustrated by Jenn St-Onge Sand Man by Neil Gaiman Preacher by Garth Innis A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance by Rick Remender Deep Beyond by Mirka Andolfo Fangirl – the Manga by Sam Maggs, artist – Gabbi Nam Mouse Guard by David Peterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Jennifer Hillier chats with Emma about her new thriller, Things We Do In the Dark, the difference between surprising twists and satisfying twists, writing non-linearly, Filipino culture in the story, and some hints about her next project! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Emma chats with Abbey and Kate about their favorite Young Adult reads from the early 2000s. They also discuss how much YA lit has changed over the last 30 years, what books they remember most fondly, all things Sarah Dessen, and more! Content warning: These books from the early 2000s talk about a range of topics that we want listeners to be aware of before they listen; eating disorders, anger issues, drug use, assault, etc. YA books mentioned in this episode: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins The Twilight Saga series by Stephenie Meyer Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth The Clique by Lisi Harrison Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot 1-800-Where-R-U by Meg Cabot The Mediator series by Meg Cabot All American Girl by Meg Cabot The Calypso Chronicles by Tyne O’Connell The IT Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Lurlene McDaniel The Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen That Summer by Sarah Dessen Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson TTYL by Lauren Myracle (The Internet Girls series) Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison Crank by Ellen Hopkins Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal The A-List by Zoey Dean
Adult fiction mentions: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chrysta Bilton is here to talk with Joe about her memoir, Normal Family and what exactly it was like discovering just full her family tree really is. Chrysta shares personal reflections on her relationship with her parents, protecting her energy while unpacking her story, what it was like recording the audiobook for her memoir, and why outdoor bistros are a friend to parents with young kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Joe, Jill, and Emma provide some books that might help you check off some items on the 2022 PBN Reading Challenge. We're more than halfway through the year. Are you on track to complete the PBN Reading Challenge? Titles mentioned in this episode: 2021 debuts: Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie
Classics you didn't read in HS: Lord of the Flies - William Golding Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Read a book that deals with Mental Health Issues (Don't) Call Me Crazy by Kelly Jensen
Book by a trans author: The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
Read a book written in second person: You by Caroline Kepnes Audiobook of You by Caroline Kepnes
Read a romance: The Feeling of Falling in Love - Mason Deaver Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Every Summer After by Carly Fortune Right Where I Left You - Julian Winters
Read a nonfiction book by a woman in Tech Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
BookTok made me read it: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Blood Scion - Deborah Falaye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linda Holmes returns to the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her new book, Flying Solo, which is set in the same town as her first novel. Linda discusses how Antiques Roadshow inspired her new book, duck decoys, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Jill, Joe, and Emma share what they're most eager to read in July 2022. They've got thrillers, horror, romance, nonfiction, short stories, and more! July 2022 has so many great books out, there's something for every reader.
Books mentioned in this episode: Joe's Picks: Heat Wave – TJ Klune The Witchery – S. Isabelle The Pallbearers Club – Paul Tremblay Acts of Violet – Margarita Montimore Why Didn’t You Tell Me? – Carmen Rita Wong Life Ceremony – Sayaka Murata In the Middle of Hickory Lane – Heather Webber
Jill's Picks: Upgrade by Blake Crouch The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey The Work Wife by Alison B. Hart The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson Groupies by Sarah Priscus Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson
Emma's Picks: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier Dream on by Angie Hockman A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin A Curse of Blood & Stone by K.A. Tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Emma chats with Riley Sager about the inspiration behind The House Across the Lake, writing books under a pen name, the return of in-person author events, and which character from the book he'd most like to have a drink with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode of the podcast, Emma, Jill, Joe and Sydney share strong opinions on the best (and worst) book adaptations, the time Sydney accidentally read Nicholas Sparks, and spoilers for This is Us and The House of Gucci.
Books mentioned in this episode: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks The Hating Game by Sally Thorne A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by Alex Jennings to talk about his debut novel The Ballad of Perilous Graves. Alex talks about his inspirations, what it was like living all around the world, and the joys of having a marching band practice outside your window. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You'd better hold on tight spider monkeys- today, the Professional Book Nerds are cliff-diving into part two of their Twilight Saga retrospective. Emma, Jill, and Joe give some stream of consciousness thoughts and descriptions on Eclipse, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, and Breaking Dawn. Keep your golden (or blood red, no judgement) eyes open for the third, and final part, of this retrospective in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's podcast, Jill is joined by graphic novel writer Joe Sieracki who comes on to discuss his new graphic novel Ghosts of Science Past. He discusses the inspiration behind the story and scientists selected for the book, working with the artist to bring the story to life, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June is Pride month in the LGBTQ+ community and June is also Audiobook Month - so truly, a double whammy of wonderful things! Today's episode, we're celebrating by sharing some of our favorite queer audiobooks. Now you can read and 🌈hear the rainbow!🌈
Books mentioned in this episode: Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey Girlhood by Melissa Febos A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado The City We Became by NK Jemisin Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Getting Clean with Stevie Green - Swan Huntley Bonus books: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune I was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein Love that Story by Jonathan Van Ness A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s episode of the podcast is a special one where Joe speaks with acclaimed audiobook narrator, Robin Miles! Robin's most recent project as narrator is The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Robin chats about the industry, displays her expertise at seamlessly switching between accents and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, spoilers a plenty when Emma is joined my Maas-tastic fans, Maria and Andrea, to have an open discussion on all things Sarah J. Maas related. They talk about the first book of hers that they read, their favorite book in the universe, fan theories, merch, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode of the podcast is a special one, where Jill, Joe, and Emma speak with acclaimed audiobook narrator, Julia Whelan! Julia's most recent project as narrator is The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz, a bucket list project for her and one that checked all the boxes of a book that stays with you. Julia also chats about the audiobook industry, what it takes to make this your career, gingersnap cookies, hobbies, or lack thereof, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Jill, Emma, and Joe chat about the books they can't wait to read in June!
Books mentioned in this episode: James Patterson by James Patterson Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Greenland by David Santos Donaldson The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell Horse by Geraldine Brooks This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron X by Davey Davis Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni The Loophole by Naz Kutub Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by multidisciplinary artist and writer Akwaeke Emezi, to talk about their debut romance title, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, out May 24 from Atria Books. They talk about selling film rights (and the slowness of the Hollywood machine), creating art AND book jackets, their TikTok For You Pages, and Abbott Elementary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tomorrow, Fri. May 20, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars returns! And today, Joe and Jill share nonfiction and fiction books with drag queens. They also discuss their recent opportunity to see Alyssa Edwards (S5, All Stars 2) live, favorite Drag Race seasons and Queens, and who they are rooting for to take the crown in All Stars 7!
If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It – Lil Miss Hot Mess Reverie by Ryan La Sala Life as a Unicorn – Amrou Al-Kadhi Middle School’s a Drag by Greg Howard Life’s a Drag – Janie Millman The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara Queering Drag – Meredith Heller Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen (with Tom Rasmussen) Legends of Drag – Queens of a Certain Age – Harry James Hanson (June 2022 release) Why Drag? By Magnus Hastings Drag Teen – Jeffery Self GuRu by RuPaul RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture – Niall Brennan Queer Nuns by Melissa M. Wilcox
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Today on the pod, Joe is joined by Evan Ross Katz, to talk about his new book, Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born. A true Buffy historian, Evan shares what makes this show so special and how it still holds up today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, the Professional Book Nerds are trying something new - breaking down a monumental YA series - The Twilight Saga. Emma, Jill, and Joe wax poetic on Team Edward vs. Team Jacob marketing, give some stream of consciousness thoughts and descriptions, and try to figure out where the hell loca has been. Part 1 covers Twilight and New Moon. We hope you enjoy our silly, goofy time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Emma is joined by Jennifer Weiner to discuss her new book, The Summer Place. Jennifer discusses the conclusion of her summer book series, lobster cobb salad, how the pandemic changed everything, motherhood, and Sutton Foster! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, Emma FANGIRLS over Emily Henry and her latest novel, Book Lovers. They also chat about their favorite romance tropes, Hallmark movies, bright pink book jackets, book hangovers, the impact of TikTok, the magic of iced coffee, and a kayak scene that didn’t make the cut. Oh, and Oscar Isaac. Check out the audiobook version of Book Lovers here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Emma chats with Holly Black about her new novel, Book of Night. Emma and Holly discuss the transition to writing for adults, if we'll see these characters again, what the writing process was like, The Home Edit, and how great coffee is for any occasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of the podcast, Emma, Joe, and Jill chat about the books they can't wait to read in May.
Books mentioned in this episode: Book Lovers by Emily Henry The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson When Women Were Dragons – Kelly Barnhill Book of Night by Holly Black Trust by Hernan Diaz You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi Out of the Corner by Jennifer Grey Elektra by Jennifer Saint The Agathas – Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson The Cook You Want to Be by Andy Baraghani Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Hidden Pictures – Jason Rekulak Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber Hide by Kiersten White Mean Baby – Selma Blair Apple Crush – Lucy Knisley The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Joe is joined by Michelle Huneven to discuss her new book Search (coming April 26)! Michelle talks about how her years in food service and restaurant critique shaped her relationship with food. She also talks about receiving the call to writing, and what it was like smashing coconuts on her driveway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe, Emma, and Jill are joined by Christina to answer the question - Would We Survive? The group looked at a handful of series titles and tried to figure out if they would make it through the series. We want to hear from you - let us know what series we should include the next time we ask Would We Survive? Email your suggestions to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.
Titles Survived (or not) in this episode: Harry Potter Series The Hunger Games Trilogy A Court of Thorns and Roses Series The Twilight Saga The Lord of the Rings Series The Jane Austen Literary Universe The Outlander Series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Joe is joined by Christine Lynn Herman to discuss their new book, The Drowning Summer (coming April 19). Christine and Joe hit it off and dive into supernatural experiences, Dungeons & Dragons, Christine's history with writing, Diana Wynne Jones, and what she's likely to order for delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Emma, Jill, and Joe spill the royalTEA on their favorite monarchy-inspired reads. Their suggestions cover all topics, from the Tudors all the way to the House of Windsor, and mention some great fiction titles simply inspired by royalty. They also chat Diana's iconic style, the notion of "heir and a spare", and America's fascination with the royal family over the centuries.
Titles mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Picks: HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style by Elizabeth Holmes The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan The Windsor Diaries by Alathea Fitzalan Howard The Other Windsor Girl by Georgie Blalock Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand
Jill’s picks: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory Before the Crown by Flora Harding A Queen from the North by Erin Mcrae and Racheline Maltese The Gown by Jennifer Robson The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconnor Royal Sisters by Anne Edwards
Joe’s Picks: Elizabeth the Queen – Sally Bedell Smith The Queen Mother – William Shawcross Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret – Craig Brown The Windsor Knot – SJ Bennett Elizabeth & Margaret – Andrew Morton The Duke – Ian Lloyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Joe and Jill talk about tarot- from non-fiction titles to help you on your journey, to fiction titles to entice and intrigue you, to their own experiences with the cards. If you want to tell Joe and Jill about your experiences with tarot, share the first deck you ever purchased/received, or even your favorite deck, reach out to the Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok @probooknerds or send them an email: professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com!
Books mentioned in this episode: Kitchen Table Tarot – Melissa Cynova The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings by Brigit Esselmont The Castle of Crossed Destinies – Italo Calvino WTF is Tarot? By Bakara Wintner The City of Lost Fortunes – Bryan Camp The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler Andromeda Klein – Frank Portman The Death of Mrs. Westway by Ruth Ware The White Magic Five and Dime – Steve Hockensmith The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King A Magic Steeped in Poison – Judy I. Lin Tarot & Tequila – David A. Ross Manga Mentions: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 3 – Stardust Crusaders Hirohiko Araki The Tarot Café – Sang-Sun Park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Emma is joined by Emily J. Taylor to discuss her debut novel, Hotel Magnifique. Emily shares the inspiration for her Belle-Époque inspired YA fantasy, the writing habits that got her to this point, and what we can expect from her upcoming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe and Emma are in silly, goofy moods as they share the titles they're most excited to read that hit shelves in April 2022.
Books mentioned in this episode: Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement by Stella Caldwell Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson The Great Stewardess Rebellion by Nell McShane Wulfhart The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Year on Fire by Julie Buxbaum Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor True Biz by Sara Novic The No-Show by Beth O’Leary Blood to Poison by Mary Watson Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse Search by Michelle Huneven The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by Kristin and Quinton to talk about some of their favorite comics, graphic novels, and manga. From classics to upcoming releases, they're talking about it all! If you've ever been curious to dive into the illustrated format, there's a genre and and age-range for you!
Books mentioned in this episode: Bingo Love by Tee Franklin Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series by James Tynion IV The House of Lost Horizons by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson Batgirl: Year One by Chuck Dixon The Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami Shiver by Junji Ito Trigun by Yasuhiro Nightow The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono March: Book One by John Lewis The Powerpuff Girls by Troy Little, The Powerpuff Girls Classics by Craig McCracken Deadpool Samurai (Vol. 1) by Sanshiro Kasama Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley Garlic and the Witch (also: Garlic and the Vampire) by Bree Paulsen, White Sand by Brandon Sanderson Witch Watch by Kenta Shinohara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Rosie Walsh comes on to discuss her new book, The Love of My Life. She shares her immersive approach to researching her characters' occupations and living spaces, she shares her experience of having a child during a global pandemic, and convinces Joe that everyone needs a garden shed to escape into! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Emma and Jill are joined by Jane to talk about all the books that TikTok inspired them to read, purchase, or move up their TBR lists. From popular titles to uncut gems you might not have heard of without TikTok, they have a great book-ish chat inspired by that addicting clock app. Books mentioned in this episode: These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard Neon Gods by Katee Roberts Electric Idol by Katee Roberts Wicked Beauty by Katee Roberts Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibbert The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Verity by Colleen Hoover Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Beach Read by Emily Henry Book Lovers by Emily Henry People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers S by JJ Abrams A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas—GraphicAudio dramatized adaptation All About Me! by Mel Brooks The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Joe is joined by Simone St. James, to discuss her new book, The Book of Cold Cases (coming March 15). Simone talks about what started her writing journey, how she creates stories and characters, and what she's likely to order at the sushi restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by Jenna to talk about books with folklore and mythology at their heart. From titles inspired by Greek mythology to the Yokai of Japan, to supernatural stories inspired by urban legends, these books will surely give you something to change up your to-be-read list. Whether you're looking for a one-off title or a new series to get into, this episode has recommendations for you!
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Books mentioned in this episode: Gods of Jade and Shadow – Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker The Deep – Rivers Solomon Greek Mythology – Liv Albert Half World – Hiromi Goto Wicked Fox – Kat Cho A Song of Wraiths and Ruin – Roseanne A. Brown Lore Olympus – Rachel Smythe Wicked As You Wish – Rin Chupeco Daughter of the Moon Goddess – Sue Lynn Tan Rules for Vanishing – Kate Alice Marshall The Poppy War – R. F. Kuang Empress of all Seasons – Emiko Jean American Gods - Neil Gaiman Trail of Lightning – Rebecca Roanhorse Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman The Candle and the Flame – Nafiza Azad Lore – Alexandra Bracken Scion of the Fox – SM Beiko Neon Gods - Katee Robert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Nita Prose comes on to discuss her new book The Maid. She shares how the character Molly came to her light a bolt of lightning on an airplane, creating a mystery, and more.
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On today's episode, Joe is joined by Rachel as they talk Stream-Alikes - books to read based off shows they're currently binging! Whether it's a show that you're watching because it's trending on Twitter, or a fav that you love to return to, this episode has books (and shows) just for you! Let us know what you're binge-watching or reading on social media!
Books Mentioned in this Episode: RuPaul's Drag Race Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood & Working Girls: Trixie and Katya's Guide to Professional Womanhood - Trixie Mattel and Katya Release the Beast: A Drag Queen’s Guide to Life – Bimini Bon Boulash Blame It on Bianca Del Rio - Bianca Del Rio My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska - Alaska 5000 Suck Less: Where There's a Willam, There's A Way - Willam Belli (Drag) Queen of Scots – Lawrence Chaney Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald Why Drag – Magnus Hastings Dumplin' - Julie Murphy Diary of a Drag Queen – Crystal Rasmussen
Arcane The Founders Trilogy (Book 1: Foundryside) – Robert Jackson Bennet Tales of the Ketty Jay Series (Book 1: Retribution Falls) – Chris Wooding The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry – CM Waggoner
Succession The Heirs by Susan Rieger Family Trust by Kathy Wang
Locke & Key Full Throttle: Stories – Joe Hill The Grand Hotel – Scott Kenemore The Stuff of Legend – Mike Raicht
Euphoria Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Only Murderers in the Building Finlay Donovan is Killing It – Elle Cosimano Meddling Kids – Edgar Cantero Sadie – Courtney Summers
Squid Game The Plotters by Un-Su Kim The Running Man by Stephen King The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
Servant Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno Garcia Bitter Orange – Claire Fuller The House on Vesper Sands – Paraic O’Donnell
Curb Your Enthusiasm Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins Hitchhiking with Larry David by Paul Samuel Dolman
Charmed The Once and Future Witches – Alix E. Harrow We Ride Upon Sticks – Quan Barry The Witches of New York – Ami McKay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by Marlon James to discuss his new book Moon Witch, Spider King which is the sequel to Black Leopard, Red Wolf. He talks about the folkore inspirations for his series and why he chose to structure the trilogy the way he did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Books mentioned in this episode: I Was Better Last Night – Harvey Fierstein Four Aunties and a wedding by Jesse Q Sutanto In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer The Book of Cold Cases – Simone St. James The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino Disorientation – Elaine Hsieh Chou All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir The Golden Couple by Greer Henricks, Sarah Pekkanen When We Were Birds – Ayanna Llyod Banwo The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Nine Lives by Peter Swanson The Other Dr. Gilmer – Benjamin Gilmer The Club by Ellery Lloyd Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron Kiss & Tell – Adib Khorram The Last Confessions of Sylvia P by Lee Kravetz Between the Mountain and the Sky – Maggie Doyne The Book of Living Secrets by Madeline Roux Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Stephanie Wrobel to discuss Stephanie's new book This Might Hurt. Set against the backdrop of a woman looking to rescue her sister from a cult, This Might Hurt examines the connection between pain and fear and familial bonds. In the interview Stephanie discusses her research process and shares where the idea for her book came from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Emma is joined by Maria and Kate to talk about their favorite romance reads of all time, recent romance they'd recommend, and books they're looking forward to reading. There's a sweet or spicy romance read for every kind of reader as they cover romance tropes galore!
Books mentioned in this episode: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Not Like the Movies by Jerry Winfrey It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian Electric Idol by Katee Robert Neon Gods by Katee Robert The Runaway Duchess by Joanna Lowell Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian Book Lovers by Emily Henry Beach Read by Emily Henry The No-Show by Beth O'Leary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by Kosoko Jackson, author of I'm So (Not) Over You, to discuss his new book coming out on February 22. To break into Kosoko's rom-comedy-of-errors, Joe and Kosoko talk about the dating world, texting exes, and relationship advice. They also talk about what shows they've been binging recently and get a little too excited about the new Pokémon game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Joe is joined by his co-worker Christina to discuss books they love to reread. Some of these are for comfort, some are to break out of a reading rut, and some are for inspiration. From childhood memories to haunting tales, there's a special power to rereading (or re-listening) to books. Be sure to share some of your favorite titles to reread on our social media (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBook Nerds) or email us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.
Books Mentioned: The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune The Hating Game - Sally Thorne Beloved - Toni Morrison House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones The Last Child - John Hart Ready Player One - Ernest Cline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by Eliza Reid, First Lady of Iceland, to discuss her new book Secret of the Sprakkar. Eliza shares some of the inspiration for the book, discusses how she decided which women of Iceland to feature, and gender equality in Iceland.
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On today's episode, Jill is joined by her co-worker Meghan to discuss romance books featuring fat characters. From contemporary romances set on reality television shows to historical romances featuring fat male characters, there's so much to fall in love with in these books. They also discuss the importance of using body neutral language around kids. Books mentioned: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade All the Feels by Olivia Dade Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Forever His Champion by Marie Lipscomb One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy The Love Con by Seressia Glass Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner Take a Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert Wrapped by Rebekah Weatherspoon Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Joe, Jill and Emma share the titles they are most excited to read in February! From romance to thrillers to non-fiction that makes us feel old, there is a little bit of everything coming next month. Books mentioned in this episode: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Only a Monster by Vanessa Len The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Wish You Were Gone by Kieran Scott When a Killer Calls by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman The Verifiers by Jane Pek My Mess Is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake The Cage by Bonnie Kistler Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood Tired as F*ck by Caroline Dooner A Lullaby for Witches by Hester Fox Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage by Heather Havrilesky The New Girl by Jess Q. Sutanto The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is delighted to introduce her new co-hosts on PBN, her coworkers Joe and Emma! Joe and Emma share some of their favorite types of books to read and they all share some of their recent reads.
Books mentioned in today's episode Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 88 Names by Matt Ruff Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Room by Emma Donoghue The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas Dressing Barbie by Carol Spencer This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Cultish by Amanda Montell The Diviners by Libba Bray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time of year when the New Year New You messages are everywhere and lots of people set resolutions to lose weight. But in today's episode Jill shares some titles for those people looking for resources on stepping away from diet culture. Episode originally aired in August 2021 Books mentioned in this episode: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker Landwhale by Jes Baker Hunger by Roxane Gay The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings Fat & Queer by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm, and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Eva Jurczyk, author of The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, to discuss her new book. Eva shares her own personal experience working in a rare manuscript libraries, the sensitivity of writing about mental health issues, and the pair discuss real-life library thefts and geek out over a shared love of the Thomas Crown Affair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're halfway through January and there is still plenty of time to set your reading resolutions for 2022! If you are looking for something beyond keeping track of the number of books you read, today's episode is for you because Jill offers some suggestions and alternative reading resolutions beyond just the number of books you read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marie Benedict returns to discuss her new book Her Hidden Genius, about scientist Rosalind Franklin who was instrumental in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's time for monthly book picks! In today's episode, Jill is looking at some of the great books coming out in January that she can't wait to dive into. Today's episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN and get one month FREE
Books mentioned in this episode: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis Wahala by Nikki May A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris Battle of the LInguist Mages by Scotto Moore Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Xochitl Gonzalez to discuss her debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming. Xochitl, a former wedding planner turned writer, discusses how her own background came into the novel, the real-life devestation of Puerto Rico that inspired the book, and what it's like having her debut novel already be optioned. Today's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. Go to Zocdoc.com/PROBOOKNERDS and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is sick womp womp so rather than January Books, today's episode is a quick reminder to get your 2021 Reading Challenge in before the end of the year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 2022 Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge is here! On today's episode, Jill shares the prompts for this year's reading challenge (with thanks to her co-workers Rachel, Jamie, and Shannon H. for recommendations). 2022 PBN Reading Challenge: Read a 2021 debut that you didn't read in 2021 Read a "classic" book you weren't assigned in high school Read a nonfiction book by a woman in tech Read a book by a trans author Read a book by an author indigenous to your country Read a historical fiction novel about a person than a biography about the same person (counts for 2 books) Read a book that deals with mental health issues Read a muscian's memoir or autobiography Read a romance Read a book written in second person Read a book recommended by #BookTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For today's episode, host Jill sat down with some of her OverDrive co-workers to find out what was their favorite book they read in 2021. From books about witches to cozy romances and non-fiction reads to more books about witches (seriously, witches were big this year), there's a little big of everything. Books mentioned in today's episode: Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe Cackle by Rachel Harrison Slewfoot by Brom She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore Sellout by Dan Ozzi Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey The Moon, the Stars and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan False Witness by Karin Slaughter The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna God’s and Monsters by Shelby Mahurin The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalo The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gorniched Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford Cultish by Amanda Montell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Seressia Glass joins Jill on the podcast today to discuss her new book The Love Con. Set in the world of reality television, The Love Con is a fake relationship romance featuring cosplay and two best friends. Today’s episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN for a free one-month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by her colleague Jenna to share some memoirs and a handful of biogrphies. From celebrity memoirs read by the author in audiobook format, to food memoirs, to true stories you have to read to believe, this episode is full of titles for people who want a glimpse into another person's life.
Books mentioned in this episode: Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C Ford Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson Incomparable by Brie Bella and Nikki Bella Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter The Storyteller by Dave Grohl Small Fry: A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs The Babysitter by Liza Rodman Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie by Lisa Napoli Be a Work in Progress: And Other Things I'd Like to Tell My Younger Self by John Cena Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by New York Times Bestselling author Jodi Picoult to discuss her new book Wish You Were Here. Jodi shares her experiences writing a book about the pandemic during the pandemic, how her own visit to the Galapagos showed up in her book, and how art can help all of us process the world around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill's coworker Beth comes on to share some Middle Grade titles! These books might be written for kids but can be appreciated for readers of all ages.
Books mentioned in this episode: Mystery on Magnolia Circle by Kate Klise One Kid’s Trash by Jamie Sumner The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. (as told to his brother) by David Levithan Frankie and Bug by Gayle Forman Willodeen by Katherine Applegate Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes Starfish by Lisa Fipps The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truoung Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani The Hiddenseek by Nate Cernosek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The annual tradition of audiobook love continues as Robin Whitten from AudioFile comes on to discuss some of the best audiobooks of the year. See the full list of AudioFile Magazine's here: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2021/ For more information about AudioFile's Behind the Mic podcast, visit https://audiofilemagazine.com/podcast/
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Books mentioned in today's episode Apples Never Fall by Liane Morarity Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi Tony Hillerman by James Mcgrath Morris Ocean Prey by John Sandford The Night Gate by Peter May Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie The Sandman Act II by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds Always by Morris Gleitzman Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard Eartha and Kitt by Kitt Shapiro Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by her co-worker Sam and they share science fiction titles. Books mentioned in this episode: Recursion by Blake Crouch The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers (a closed and common orbit) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Rabbits by Terry Miles Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 88 Names by Matt Ruff Finna by Nino Cipri Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Fledgling by Octavia Butler Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Romance author Olivia Dade joins Jill to discuss her new book All the Feels, a follow-up companion novel to her book Spoiler Alert. Olivia shares how the story and book came to be, her characters Alex and Lauren, and the importance of writing fat characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Books mentioned in this episode: The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel The Big Reveal by Jen Larsen No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen Cyber Mage by Saad Z. Hossain Queen of Urban Prophecy by Aya De Leon My Dad’s Funnier Than Your Dad by Kelly Conway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Chloe Gong to discuss her new book Our Violent Ends, the sequel to her bestselling debut These Violent Delights. Chloe discusses the inspiration for setting the book in 1920s Shanghai, what it was like writing a book while still an undergrad student, and her love for Shakespeare. Today’s episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN for a free one-month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by her coworker Joe to discuss LGBTQIA+ books. Fiction, nonfiction, juvenile, adult, and young adult are all here!
Books mentioned in this episode: The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl The Guncle by Steven Rowley Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor Bettyville by George Hodgman Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Ace by Angela Chen Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers With Teeth by Kristen Arnett The Groom Will Keep His Name by Matt Ortile Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper Everybody (Else) Is Perfect by Gabrielle Korn Fat and Queer by Bruce Owens Grimm, Miguel M. Morales, Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini My Rainbow by Deshanna Neal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined in a live conversation with Natalie D. Richards about her psychological thriller, Five Total Strangers which is our latest Big Library Read (BLR) selection. Natalie discusses the inspiration for her book and offers tips for writers. Interview was recorded on November 8, 2021 For more information, visit biglibraryread.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, creators of the Ear Hustle podcast, join Jill to discuss their new book This is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life. They share how the award-winning podcast came to be and translating that to the new book. Nigel and Earlonne also discuss how COVID-19 has impacted San Quentin State Prison.
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Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by her coworker Laura and they discuss thriller and suspense books.
Titles mentioned in today's episode: The Last Flight by Julie Clark Such a Quiet Place Megan Miranda The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn They all Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall The couple Next Door by Shari Lapane Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins The Stranger Behind You by Carol Goodman The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Jill is joined by her high school friend Rev. Micah Bucey to discuss his new book The Book of Tiny Prayer: Daily Meditations from the Plague Year. Micah shares the inspiration behind his daily prayers, writing during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, discusses being an openly queer spiritual leader, and he and Jill discuss their own expeirences with religion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by Emma and they discuss some of the great new books coming out in November 2021
Books mentioned in this episode: The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams Gilded by Marissa Meyer The Last Shadows by Orson Scott Card The Every by Dave Eggers A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair The Perishing by Natashia Deon Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon All About Me! by Mel Brooks You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M McManus Noor by Nnedi Okorafor The Wit and Wisdom of Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Murakami T by Haruki Murakami Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friend of the podcast Mallory O'Meara returns to discuss her new book, Girly Drinks. She and Jill discuss their shared love of spirits, the inspiration behind her book, and some insights and history of the role of women in creating and drinking alcohol. Today’s episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN for a free one-month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Jill is joined by her coworker Rachel and the duo share horror recommendations perfect for spooky season. From post-apocalyptic dystopian tales, to haunted houses and haunted people, there is something for everyone looking to add a little scare into their life.
Books mentioned in this episode: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Lost Village by Camilla Sten The Ruins by Scott Smith The Return by Rachel Harrison The Shining by Stephen King Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia World War Z by Max Brooks Zone One by Colson Whitehead Love in an Undead Age by A.M. Geever The Grace Year by Kim Liggett We Hear Voices by Evie Green The Hunger by Alma Katsu The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout joins the podcast to discuss her new book Oh, William! She shares where the idea came from to return to her beloved character Lucy Barton, her history with the state of Maine, and how we all discover that no matter how well we think we know someone, there is always something new to learn. Today’s episode is sponsored by Fast Growing Trees. Visit FastGrowingTrees.com/PBN to save 15% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special Throwback Thursday episode, Jill is joined by Kate and Lauryn from the podcast Generation BSC to discuss all things Baby Sitters Club. Episode originally aired in July 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by author Lana Harper about her new book Payback's a Witch, a queer witch romcom. Today's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. Visit Zocdoc.com/ProBookNerds and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friends at Plum Deluxe have a new line of Autumn Tea Blends out and for today's episode, Jill is doing some tea and book pairings! Visit https://plumdeluxe.com/pbn and use the promo code PBNFALL to get 10% off your tea order.
Books mentioned in today's episode: The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig -- Blood Orange Reflection Tea Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw -- Spicy Caramel Apple Herbal Tea Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo -- Pineapple Sage Tea A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan -- Chocolate Caramel Macademia Nut Herbal Dessert Tea The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward -- Maple Ginger Butterscotch Black Tea A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson -- Pumpkin Spice Tea The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor -- Decaf Black Toasted Marshallow Blend Tea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Drew Magary returns to the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss his new book The Night the Lights Went Out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time of month again! In today's episode, Jill previews some of titles coming out in October.
Books mentioned in this episode: Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara Well Matched by Jen DeLuca All the Feels by Olivia Dade The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling Taste by Stanley Tucci Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo Unprotected by Billy Porter The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno A Spindle Splintered by Alix E Harrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lauren Groff joins Jill to discuss her new book Matrix, a historical fiction novel about poet Marie de France. Today's episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN for a free one-month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill discusses the current resurgence of books about and for witches and shares some favorite titles featuring magic and witches. Today's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. Visit Zocdoc.com/ProBookNerds and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE
Books mentioned in this episode The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson The Witch’s Market by Mingmei Yip Witch Please by Ann Aguirre Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé A Practical Guide for Witches by Ylva Mara Radziszewski Enchantments: A Modern Witch’s Guide to Self-Possession by Mya Spalter The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Card Meanings by Brigit Esselmont Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pultizer Prize winning author (and Cleveland native!) Anthony Doerr joins Jill to discuss his new book Cloud Cuckoo Land Today's episode is sponsored by Fast Growing Trees. Visit FastGrowingTrees.com/PBN to save 15% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Read an Ebook Day is coming up on Sept. 18, and as we've done in past years, Jill is talking to some of her coworkers here at OverDrive to find out what book they'll be reading. Learn more at www.readanebookday.com Today's episode is sponsored by Zocdoc. Visit Zocdoc.com/ProBookNerds and download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE
Books mentioned in today's episode The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Billy Summers by Stephen King Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya Portrait of a Scotsman by Edie Dunmore Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie Kindred by Octavia Butler Artemis by Andy Weir The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary Fuzz by Mary Roach Grunt by Mary Roach Stiff by Mary Roach Bonk by Mary Roach Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Red Rising by Pierce Brown Dukes and Ladders by Eric Ugland The Shining by Stephen King Normal People by Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Survive the Night by Riley Sager A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse A Lot like Adios by Alexis Daria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Heather Demetrios returns to the Professional Book Nerds, this time to discuss her new book Code Name Badass which is a biography of amazing Allied spy Virginia Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill shares novels that feature fictional podcasts as well as books inspired or based on real-life podcasts. Books mentioned in today's episode: Sadie by Courtney Summers Truth Be Told (formally Are You Sleeping) by Kathleen Barber Radio Silence by Alice Oseman If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier Possession by Katie Lowe I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick Adnan’s Story by Rabia Chaudry This is Ear Hustle by Nigel Poor Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by Alice Feeney to discuss her latest book Rock Paper Scissors. Alice shares tidbits on her writing process and what it was like writing this book during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam is leaving OverDrive for another job in the coming weeks and so he says goodbye and thank you to all of you who have listened to the show over the years. <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with author Chris Hammer about his internationally bestselling debut, Scrublands. They talk about his career in journalism, planning vs. pantsing, the current state of journalism, and much more.
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Once again, we're previewing the books we can't wait to read coming out soon. September's list is extremely exciting.
Books mentioned in this episode The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki Matrix by Lauren Groff The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Lot like Adios by Alexis Daria Burden Falls by Kat Ellis Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull Fuzz by Mary Roach Joshua Weissman by Joshua Weissman Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Katie Zhao joins Adam to discuss her brand new book, How We Fall Apart! She did this on short noticed DURING her publication week. They have a blast talking about why we all love high school mysteries, the nerds they both were during that time of their life, and the different types of perspectives that mystery books use. This was so much fun! Sponsor Headspace – visit https://headspace.com/pbn for a free one month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill shares some of the body positive and fat positive books that have helped her heal her relationship with food and her body.
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Books mentioned in this episode: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker Landwhale by Jes Baker Hunger by Roxane Gay The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings Fat & Queer by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm, and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam has wanted to interview Madeleine Roux for years and the conversation absolutely lives up to the hype. They discuss everything from her new book Reclaimed, to how space is scary as hell, and the fact that horror video games are truly terrifying. They also get into writing for existing IP like World of Warcraft, crafting stories around trauma, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Nerds are back! Enjoy this dive into some of the aspects of their respective reading wheelhouses including a nice set of the boarding school murder mystery genre Jill as introduced so many of you to! Books mentioned in this episode Small stories with big emotions The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith Autumn Stories The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody Magical Realism The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman Small Town Horror Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Jill books The Ivies by Alexa Donne Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan Dare me by Megan Abbott The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
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Ash Davidson, debut author of the phenomenal Damnation Spring, chats with Adam about how to best describe the sheer size of redwood trees, understanding the relationship between loggers and nature, trying to defeat imposter syndrome while in graduate school, and exchanging war stories about college English courses. Her debut novel is a triumph and a must-read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam chats with debut author Emily Austin about their new book Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead. They dive into how they both use writing and reading to cope with anxiety, how writing about death is therapeutic for them, and how religion has affected both of their lives. Episode Sponsor ZocDoc- Visit zocdoc.com/probooknerds to download the Zocdoc app to sign-up for FREE and book a top-rated doctor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
IT'S A MONTHLY BOOK PICKS EPISODE. YOU KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
Books mentioned in this episode The People We Keep by Allison Larkin A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Edie in Between by Laura Sibson The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams The Turnout by Megan Abbott My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore The Quiet Zone by Stephen Kurczy The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by podcaster and essayist Ashley C. Ford who discusses her new memoir Somebody's Daughter Today's episode is sponsored by Headspace. Visit Headspace.com/PBN for a free one month trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's time to tackle another task from the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge! This one shouldn't be too difficult. We're talking about reading a book from a past guest on the show. Over the years, we've had 300+ authors on the show which is crazy... The Nerds pick a few authors they truly adore and offer some book recommendations from them:
Books mentioned in this episode The Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin Sadie by Courtney Summers House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke The Likeness by Tana French Anything by Zoraida Cordova Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Hike by Drew Magary Pledged by Alexandra Robbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by crime writer Karin Slaughter to discuss her new book FALSE WITNESS. Karin discusses writing a book during the pandemic and her choice to include the pandemic in her book. Today's episode is sponsored by Literati. Redeem your free trial at http://www.Literati.com/BookNerds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Adam is joined by frequent Nerds Emma, Maria, and Kristin. They go around the virtual table and hand out book recommendations ranging from sad to fun to scary to thrilling. There is truly something for everyone here. Books mentioned in this episode She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones False Witness by Karin Slaughter The Night the Lights Went Out by Drew Magary Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by comedy-horror author Grady Hendrix to discuss his new book The Final Group Support Group. Jill and Grady discuss horror movies, horror novels, and other spooky scary things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill and Adam interview S.F. Kosa about her psychological thriller, The Quiet Girl. The title was selected as the latest Big Library Read and will keep you guessing until the very end. The nerds and the author discuss writing about trauma, her career in clinical psychology, her inspiration and writing process, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, Jill is joined by the hilarious Helen Ellis to discuss her new book Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light. They discussing long-term friendships, growing older, and keeping busy during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, the Nerds are sharing the books that they are planning to read in the near future. That's right. We're taking a look at their TBR lists! Join the Big Library Read and sign up for our live interview with the author
Books mentioned in this episode Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach Cultish by Amanda Montell Madam by Phoebe Wynne Luster by Raven Leilani The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Way Back by Gavriel Savit Yoke by Jessamyn Stanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam chats with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about their debut bestseller, Ace of Spades! They discuss representation, planning vs. pantsing, and Faridah being a suspicious person by nature.
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July has arrived which means we're sharing the books coming out we're most excited to read! Also, we're on TikTok now!
Books mentioned in this episode Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers The Tiger Mom's Tale by Lyn Liao Butler The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin The Rules of Arrangement by Anisha Bhatia The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching Appleseed by Matt Bell The Therapist by B. A. Paris Small Favors by Erin A. Craig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam chats with Nghi Vo about their new book The Chosen and the Beautiful, their respective experiences with Gatsby, and Adam expresses his angst over naming his dog Holden a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam chats with Mallory O'Meara, bestselling author and cohost of the wildly popular Reading Glasses podcast, about her upcoming book, Girly Drinks, before doing what they do best - swapping book recommendations!
Pre order Mallory's book right here! Books mentioned in this episode Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw Footnotes by Caseen Gaines Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez Switch by A.S. King The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson Second Place by Rachel Cusk Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam interviews instant New York Times bestselling author and Good Morning America Book Club pick for June, Zakiya Dalila Harris about her debut novel, The Other Black Girl! They get nerdy about the publishing world, how readers from different cultural backgrounds will approach her book, and so much more.
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Lights up on Washington Heights! On this bonus episode, Adam chats with Quiara Alegría Hudes, the iconic Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and co-creator of In The Heights. They discuss Quiara's memoir My Broken Language, the women in her life, the books that shaped them as children, and remembrance. There is so much joy in this conversation.
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The Nerds are sharing a few books to celebrate PRIDE Month! These books, authors, and stories are, of course, valid and essential all year round but we want to spread the PRIDE joy and love so here you go!
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Books mentioned in this episode
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. Fat and Queer edited by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Burn It All Down by Nicolas DiDomizio The Secret to Superhuman Strength bBy Alison Bechdel Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor With Teeth by Kristen Arnett Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier The 2000s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry Transmutation by Alex DiFrancesco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by author Emiko Jean to discuss her new book Tokyo Ever After. The pair discuss the importance of writing a character she wanted to see growing up, the interesting nuances of the Imperial Family of Japan, and stories from Emiko's time working with bugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey Nerds! We'll be doing PRIDE episodes all month long and we'll have fresh episodes coming next week. For now, enjoy our 2020 episode in support of Trans authors. If you're looking for ways to support the LGBTQIA+ community you can visit the Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project, two organizations we adore.
Books mentioned in this episode All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya Amateur by Thomas Page McBee Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Little Fish by Casey Plett Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Dreadnought by April Daniels The Pants Project by Cat Clarke The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sometimes an author comes on and instantly hits it off with one of the nerds. Adam and Josh discuss Goblin, Bird Box, his writing process, building out a creepy world, and the fact that they BOTH have a Weimaraner and a Vizsla! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time again, Y'all! let's celebrate June's big book releases!
Books mentioned in this episode: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Animal by Lisa Taddeo For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Neon Gods by Katee Robert The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer Weiner is back on the Professional Book Nerds podcast, this time to talk about her newest book THAT SUMMER. She and Jill discuss cottagecore, writing a book in the pandemic, and getting emails meant for someone with the same name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Past guests Maria and Quinton join Adam to share a massive grab bag of science fiction and fantasy book recommendations that you will love no matter what your level of exploration into those genres has been. We have something for everyone here. Books mentioned in this episode Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots One More Last Time by Eric Ugland The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Head On by John Scalzi The Expanse by James S.A. Corey The Murderbot Diaries series Peace Talks by Jim Butcher Curses by Lish McBride Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten The Last Emperox by John Scalzi Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rena Rossner is back to discuss her new novel, The Light of the Midnight Stars. Rena and Adam chat about fairy tale retellings, gazing upon the stars, her life in Israel, and her career as a literary agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every book nerd and library lover adores books about books! On today's episode, Adam and Jill share a number of books about books to help you tackle another task on the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge. Check out Umberto Eco's personal library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEuvgT1wBs
Books mentioned in this episode: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Absolute book by Elizabeth Knox The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler Codex by Lev Grossman The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Being Lolita by Alisson Wood The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
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Sarah Kuhn joins Adam for a wonderful chat about their new book, From Little Tokyo, With Love. They get into her current thoughts on feeling representative for the AAPI author community, creating heroines that have super powers but also are relatable, and all the magic that is mochi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christina makes her triumphant return to chat with Adam about sequels that weren't entirely necessary (in their minds). These books aren't necessarily bad but our nerds discuss what the original books meant to them and why these ones didn't strike the same chord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by author Jesse Q. Sutanto to discuss her new book Dial A for Aunties. The pair discuss her book, working the wedding business, and big families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #543 - Like Justin said... It's gonna be May.
And so we're unveiling the books we can't wait to read this month. Books mentioned in this episode Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton The Ivies By Alexa Donne A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean Yearbook by Seth Rogen Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife by Alison Weir Ariadne by Jennifer Saint That Summer by Jennifer Weiner Goblin by Josh Malerman The Secret Talker by Geling Yan Madam by Phoebe Wynne Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard Pumpkin by Julie Murphy Second Place by Rachel Cusk How Stella Learned to Talk by Christina Hunger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #542 - Adam welcomes back Christina Henry to chat about her terrifying new novel, Near the Bone. The discuss the idea of showing the POV of a victim vs. a villain, how she writes characters instead of plots, and why the true terror of the unseen. Sponsors Fast Growing Trees – Visit https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/pages/PBN for 15% off your orders through June 30th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #541 - Lately, a number of authors who have high profiles have been doing some less than awesome things online. We thought we'd address what to do, as a reader, when authors you've previously supported turn out to be not great human beings. We also discuss the concept of book reviews and how to take star ratings with a grain of salt, and make a plea to readers to do a little research before diving into books you think might be problematic. We'll get back to regularly scheduled book recommending next week but we'd love your thoughts on this episode in the reviews or just send us a message. Get some PBN and Libby swag: http://shop.overdrive.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #540 - Joan F. Smith joins Adam to discuss her new book The Half-Orphan's Handbook. Their conversation ranges from how she coped with her father's suicide, how they both use comedy to deal with tragedy, and how they both struggle to accept that how they feel is okay. They also discuss her job as a library's author-in-residence. Trigger warnings for conversations about death and suicide but this is a must listen and a must read for anyone who has struggled with grief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. 539 - Adam is joined by Maria Kuznetsova to discuss her new book, Something Unbelievable. They have a great chat about ancestral stories, craft, and what gets passed down to us from our grandparents. Anyone yearning to learn more about where they come from will adore this conversation and Maria's phenomenal book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #538 - Jeff VanderMeer chats with Adam about his stunning new novel, Hummingbird Salamander, a noir-style mystery involving eco-activism, corporate secrecy, and so much more. They also discuss the small things we can all do to help the planet and where Jeff has found joy throughout the pandemic.
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Ep. #537- Frequent guests Emma and Maria join the Nerds to chat about some books they've been loving lately and a couple they didn't as well! We're celebrating National Library Week and hope you are too! Books mentioned in this episode We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes
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In today's episode, Jill is joined by author, musician, and activist Sister Souljah to discuss her new book Life After Death, which is a sequel to her iconic novel The Coldest Winter Ever. The pair discuss writing Winter Santiaga after so much time, the popularity of Sister Souljah's books among the prison population, and why it took her so long to write the sequel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #535 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill tackling another of the Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge tasks -- Read a 2020 debut that you didn't read in 2020. Last year was hard for us all and debut authors didn't get the chance other authors might've in a normal year to promote their titles so we're here to help! Books mentioned in this episode Jill Books How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams Godshot by Chelsea Bieker Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho A Good Family by A.H. Kim After Elias by Eddy Boudel Tan The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Adam's Books Followers by Megan Angelo Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han The Return by Rachel Harrison Memorial Bryan Washington The Truants by Kate Weinberg
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Ep. #534 - Adam sits down with Gabriela Garcia to talk about her buzzy debut novel Of Women and Salt. They talk about relationships between mothers and daughters, the actions parents take that children will never understand, her relationship with Roxane Gay, and so much more. Sponsors Fast Growing Trees – Visit https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/pages/PBN for 15% off your orders through June 30th. Tommy John - Visit -http://tommyjohn.com/pbn for 20% off your first order.
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Ep. #533 - It's that time again! We're previewing all the books coming out in April we can't wait to read. Books mentioned in this episode The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain The Drowning Kind By Jennifer McMahon Dial a for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto World Travel by Anthony Bourdain You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins Little Pieces of Me by Alison Hammer Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi The Murder Game by Carrie Doyle Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. 532 - On today's episode, Adam chats with Emma Stonex about her stunning new novel, The Lamplighters. They discuss her fascination with lighthouses, their mutual interest in the mysteries of the sea, and how loneliness plays a massive role in her book and our current version of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #531 - Jill and Adam share book recommendations of titles by Asian and Asian-American authors in response to the horrific hate crime that took place in Atlanta this week. If you visit our Twitter page, we have retweeted a number of ways to help support the Asian and Asian-American community. Adam mentioned a free online training you can attend as well: Register for a free bystander intervention training: https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/
Books mentioned in this episode: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao American Born Chinese By Gene Luen Yang All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung Obit by Victoria Chang Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
More books recommendations: https://www.overdrive.com/collections/587985/books-by-asian-and-asian-american-authors
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Ep. #530 - Angeline Boulley's debut novel Firekeeper's Daughter is generating massive buzz and for good reason. This groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community will take your breath away. Angeline and the narrator of the audiobook, Isabella Star LaBlanc, joined Adam for a long chat full of giggling, storytelling, and budding friendships. This book is beyond special, just like these two extraordinary women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #529- This episode is all about books and tea! Plum Deluxe, a truly wonderful tea company, sponsored this episode and so we decided to select book recommendations that go perfectly with our favorite Plum Deluxe teas! Visit https://plumdeluxe.com/pbn and use the promo code PBN to get 10% off your orders through May 1st! They have every type of tea you can imagine and you truly can't go wrong! Books mentioned and the teas we enjoyed with them: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - Reading Nook Blend Strange the Dreamer By Laini Taylor - Reading Nook Blend The Turnout by Megan Abbot - Sugar Plum Teeth in the Mist By Dawn Kurtagich - Vanilla Toddy Black Tea The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins - Easy Like Sunday Morning This Close to Okay By Leesa Cross-Smith - The Self Care Blend The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai - Rainy Day Puerh Magic Lessons By Alice Hoffman - Apple Cinnamon Warmth Black Tea At Home by Bill Bryson - Delightful Morning Blend The Call By Peadar O'Guilin - Fog Cutter Black Tea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #528 - Adam speaks with Suleika Jaouad, bestselling debut author of Between Two Kingdoms. They discuss her battle with Leukemia, her struggle to find herself in the world when she was pronounced healthy, the isolation of the ongoing pandemic, and writing what she knows to a place she doesn't yet know. Her books is a must-read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #527 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam share some of their favorite books about running! They are both runners and passionate about the running community and get a little nerdy about what that community means to them. Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald Born to Run by Christopher McDougall The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman, AKA The Oatmeal North by Scott and Jenny Jurek Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Depression Hates a Moving Target by Nita Sweeney 26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi A Beautiful Work in Progress by Mirna Valerio Your Pace or Mine? By Lisa Jackson Pre by Tom Jordan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #526 - Adam speaks with Patricia Engel about her new novel, Infinite Country. This fast-paced story of family, separation, loss, and survival is one of the buzziest books of the year and this conversation will show you why. They discuss the feelings of loss and separation all families of diaspora experience, the intricate research Patricia did, and the closeness of this story to her heart. Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders Get some PBN and Libby Swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Join our Reading Challenge on The Story Graph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ep #525. In today's episode, Adam and Jill dive into all of the great books coming out in March and share some of the ones they are most looking forward to.
Books mentioned in today's episode:
Infinite Country By Patricia Engel Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert The Conductors By Nicole Glover The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner The Lamplighters By Emma Stonex Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron Raft of Stars By Andrew J. Graff That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler How Beautiful We Were By Imbolo Mbue The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Sheinmel Who is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton Lost in the Never Woods By Aiden Thomas The Man Who Ate Too Much By John Birdsall The Lost Village by Camilla Sten The Ladies of the Secret Circus By Constance Sayers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #524 - Elizabeth Knox joins Adam from New Zealand to discuss her epic new fantasy novel, The Absolute Book. They discuss the elaborate worlds she built out, dealing with trauma through writing, and how gods can change. They also chat about the difference between the New Zealand and American Covid response. Get some PBN and Libby Swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Join our Reading Challenge on The Story Graph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #523 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam are providing a few of their favorite cookbooks to help you out with the a Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge! Be sure to tag us (@probooknerds) on your Instagram posts of any food or cocktails you make from a recipe book! Recording this hungry was a mistake. Books mentioned in this episode Michael Symon's 5 in 5 for Every Season Rustic Joyful Food By Danielle Kartes Soup of the Day By Kate McMillan Half Baked Harvest Super Simple By Tieghan Gerard Will It Waffle? By Daniel Shumski Barefoot Contessa By Ina Garten Tequila Mockingbird By Tim Federle Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow. By Shalane Flanagan Budget Bytes By Beth Moncel The Dead Rabbit Mixology & Mayhem By Sean Muldoon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #522 - Adam interviews debut author Genevieve Gornichec about her Norse mythology-inspired new book The Witch's Heart. They chat about Viking and Icelandic sagas, the unique character she decided to write about, and why she loves these types of books. Her book is perfect for fans of CIRCE and Norse Mythology. Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders Get some PBN and Libby Swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Join our Reading Challenge on The Story Graph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #521 - Wow. A lot of you really wanted to hear about what books we read but didn't enjoy and so... here you go. We would love to hear your thoughts so be sure to email us or send us social media messages. Hope you enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #520 - Adam interviews Rose Szabo about their new novel What Big Teeth. They discuss building out the gothic drama that unfolds in their novel, why Rose chose werewolves, and they both share thoughts on the recent Dracula series on Netflix. This was such a joy and their book is a perfect for fans of family drama, werewolves, dark mysteries, and gothic houses. You're going to love this. Sponsor Tommy John Visit Tommyjohn.com/PBN to get $20 off sitewide including limited edition Valentine's Gift sets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 519: In today's episode, Jill is joined by romance author Kate Clayborn to discuss her book Love Lettering, which was selected to be the latest pick in the Together We Read US digital book club program. From Feb. 10 - Feb 24, readers in the United States can get the ebook or audiobook of Love Lettering without waitlist or holds. Sponsor: Kencko – Be one of the first 100 listeners to visit http://kencko.com/pbn for 25% off your first order of ready to enjoy smoothies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #518 - Adam speaks with Dr. Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of the new book Four Hundred Souls with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. They discuss how the project came together, how the almost 100 authors were selected and how their essays were laid out, the coordination it took, and the astounding audiobook. There may not be a more important book released this year. A must-read book and a must-listen conversation. Sponsor: Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders Get some PBN and Libby Swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Join our Reading Challenge on The Story Graph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #517 - You know it. You love it. It's our monthly wrap up of all the new books we can't wait to read! Books mentioned in this episode The Echo Wife By Sarah Gailey The Project By Courtney Summers The Removed By Brandon Hobson Honey Girl By Morgan Rogers Four Hundred Souls edited by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha Blain The Burning Girls By C. J. Tudor This Close to Okay By Leesa Cross-Smith Fake Accounts By Lauren Oyler Girl A By Abigail Dean The House on Vesper Sands By Paraic O'Donnell The Witch's Heart By Genevieve Gornichec Four Lost Cities By Annalee Newitz Kink edited By R.O. Kwon Good Neighbors By Sarah Langan Possession By Katie Lowe The Sanatorium By Sarah Pearse
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On today's episode, New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers joins Jill to discuss her new book The Project. Along with discussing the fictional cult The Unity Project as seen in her book, Courtney discusses the research she did on real-life cults as part of her process, including Jonestown and The People's Temple.
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Ep. #515 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill answer listener questions about their pets, snacks, non-book related life interests, and a whole bunch more. We'll get back to your regularly scheduled book recommendation content on Monday but this felt like a good time to pause for a brief moment and answer your questions! Jill's campus crime novel blogs mentioned in the podcast: 1st list: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/09/25/10-campus-crime-novels-that-will-thrill-you-all-year-long/ 2nd list: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/10/14/8-more-campus-crime-novels-that-will-thrill-you-all-year-long/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #514 - On today's episode, Adam sits down with bestselling author Max Brooks. They chat about his latest books Devolution and Minecraft: The Mountain. They also discuss his lifetime love of audiobooks, growing up in a house filled with storytelling, and the importance of teachers. Sponsor: Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders
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Eo. #513 - Everything feels really tough right now so if, like us, you need a distraction consider getting lost in one of these fictional worlds. Books mentioned in this episode Folk of the Air series by Holly Black Oryx and Crake By Margaret Atwood The Giver by Lois Lowry The Crane Wife By Patrick Ness Take a Hint, Dani Brown By Talia Hibbert The Princess Bride by William Goldman Fangirl By Rainbow Rowell On Stranger Tides By Tim Powers Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Red Rising by Pierce Brown Warcross by Marie Lu Stardust by Neil Gaiman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #512 - Adam is joined by Robert Jones, Jr., debut author of The Prophets and creator of the popular Son of Baldwin online community and blog. Robert's new book is receiving praise as a potential book of the year for its groundbreaking storytelling, immaculate prose, and shattering the notion of sexuality and love. This conversation was compelling and touched on not just the novel itself, but its connection to the current moment in time in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #511- Jill and Adam are back together sharing their most recent reads before getting into their own reading resolutions for 2021 Then, they offer up book recommendations for one of the tasks on the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge- Read a book published in the 1990s. Take a listen! Sponsor: Kencko - Be one of the first 100 listeners to visit http://kencko.com/pbn for 25% off your first order of ready to enjoy smoothies.
Recent Reads: Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang Plainsong by Kent Haruf Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
1990s books - #PBNread2021
The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest J. Gaines Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton Sabriel By Garth Nix The Witching Hour By Anne Rice The Sparrow By Mary Doria Russell Game of Thrones by George RR Martin The Secret History by Donna Tartt Rose Madder by Stephen King The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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Ep. #510 - Happy New Year, nerds! We're ushering 2021 with an author and a book that people are sure to be talking about all year long. Ashley Audrain's debut novel, The Push, has been generating buzz since it's massive 9 publishing house auction and now it's about to finally be released. This stunning thriller about motherhood and family is impossible to put down and will genuinely take your breath away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #509 - We're saying goodbye to 2020 in the best way we know how... by looking forward to the first month of 2021 and a whole bundle of new book releases to talk about!
Books mentioned in this episode The Push By Ashley Audrain One of the Good Ones by Maika and Maritza Moulite Concrete Rose By Angie Thomas The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne The Charmed Wife By Olga Grushin Unplugged by Gordon Korman Burnt Sugar By Avni Doshi Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor The Ex Talk By Rachel Lynn Solomon We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen Aftershocks By Nadia Owusu A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes If I Disappear By Eliza Jane Brazier The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry By C. M. Waggoner A House at the Bottom of a Lake By Josh Malerman Before the Ruins By Victoria Gosling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #508 - Happy holidays! On this special podcast crossover event, Adam joins our friends from the popular Reading Glasses podcast to discuss the Charles Dickens classic story A Christmas Carol and the truly perfect adaptation from The Muppets. This was the podcast Adam was always destined to record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #507 - ~TREAT YO SELF 2020, IT'S THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR~ It's that time. These are our favorite books released in 2020. What was yours? Sponsors: Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders GiveWell – Visit http://www.givewell.org/probooknerds and select PODCAST and PROFESSIONAL BOOK NERDS at checkout to have your donation — up to $250 — matched.
Books mentioned in this episode: Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Shit Actually by Lindy West The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Long Bright River by Liz Moore You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #506 -- Back in May, Jill was joined by her friends Sydney and Tiffany to discuss the challenges of reading and finishing a book at the beginning of the pandemic. Jill has brought Sydney and Tiffany back to see if reading has gotten any easier over the past seven months (spoiler alert: it has and they have book recommendations!)
Books mentioned in this episode: Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Normal People by Sally Rooney You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade The Switch by Beth O'Leary The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow The Return by Rachel Harrison Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton How to Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Sabriel by Garth Nix Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter Can't Even by Anne Helen Petersen The Cousins by Karen McManus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. 505 - P. Djèlí Clark chats with Adam about his exceptional novella Ring Shout, his work as a professor teaching slavery in cinema, how to approach problematic content like H.P. Lovecraft, and the ways history shapes his fantasy writing. Sponsors: Headspace – Visit http://headspace.com/pbn for a free one-month trial with access to meditations for every situation Man Crates – visit mancrates.com/pbn for incredible discounts on personalized gifts for the guys in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #504 - On today's episode, we share all the tasks for our upcoming reading challenge! We kick off the show with what we've read lately before getting into the tasks. Visit professionalbooknerds.com to download the reading challenge and, if you participated in 2020, be sure to email your completed form to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com!
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Ep. #503 - Marie Benedict, a true PBN all star, returns to chat about her latest book The Mystery of Mrs. Christie. This was a live Zoom event that you can also watch if you prefer on OverDrive's YouTube channel. This books tells a story about the 11 days when Agatha Christie disappeared and then reappeared but never discussed what happened during that time. It's a wonderful story you might not know about a woman you likely do! Sponsors: Freshly - Visit freshly.com/probooknerds to get forty dollars of your first two orders. Givewell - GiveWell – Visit http://www.givewell.org/probooknerds and select PODCAST and PROFESSIONAL BOOK NERDS at checkout to have your donation — up to $250 — matched.
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Ep. #502 - Robin Whitten of AudioFile Magazine joins the Nerds to discuss a few of their Best Audiobooks of the year. They also chat about the process for how the audiobooks are selected, and how the AudioFile staff manages to review more than 2,000 audiobooks per year. See the full "best of" list and subscribe to their daily podcast at https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/ Sponsors: Headspace – Visit http://headspace.com/pbn for a free one-month trial with access to meditations for every situation Theragun - Try Theragun for 30 days by going to http://theragun.com/pbn Books mentioned in this episode: All the Devils Are Here By Louise Penny The Yosemite By John Muir Vesper Flights By Helen Macdonald Intimations By Zadie Smith His Truth Is Marching On By Jon Meacham Stamped By Jason Reynolds Caste By Isabel Wilkerson Fire in Paradise By Alastair Gee A Most Beautiful Thing By Arshay Cooper Kent State By Deborah Wiles Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Deacon King Kong By James McBride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #501 - On today's episode, Jill is joined by actress Rachel True (Rochelle from the iconic 1996 THE CRAFT) to talk about her new book and Tarot deck TRUE HEART INTUITIVE TAROT. Rachel has been studying Tarot from a very young age, and in their conversation she discusses how her book and deck came about, how she first got into Tarot, busts some Tarot myths, and shares tips for first time writers.
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Books mentioned in this episode: True Heart Intuitive Tarot by Rachel True WTF is Tarot? by Bakara Wintner Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack Modern Tarot by Michelle Tea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #500 - On today's episode, the nerds talk about how this podcast came to be, say thank you to all the people who have helped make this happen, and share some of their favorite memories from the 5 years of doing this little side project. Sponsor: Headspace – visit http://headspace.com/pbn for a free one-month trial with access to meditations for every situation
Memories discussed on today’s episode
Interviewing George Saunders (ep. 105) and Lois Lowry (ep 412) over the phone
Adam's first trip to NYC - James Patterson (Ep. 28) and Brad Meltzer
Getting to interview JILL FOR HER FIRST MEMOIR (ep. #79)
Interviewing Colson Whitehead (ep. 135) and Matthew Desmond (ep 171) on the same day
Driving around Leigh Bardugo (ep 54) in Adam’s Ford Focus
Doing our Trans authors (ep 452) / antiracist reading list (ep 450) episodes
Interviewing childhood heroes Mikel Jollett (ep. 447) and Ben Folds (ep. 377)
Interview with Jessamyn Stanley, live (Ep #126)
Interviewing Jennifer Weiner (Ep. 342) and then finding out later she has read my running book and then mentioned it in the New York Times
Interviewing Emily Duncan (Ep #326) in Colorado, despite the fact that she’s also in Ohio and we have a personal connection
Interview with YAA GYASI (Ep #477)
Live events episodes
Alan Cumming (ep. 73)
Jodi Picoult (ep. 64)
Jojo Moyes (ep. 386)
Elvis Duran (ep. 384)
Lee Child (ep. 71)
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Ep. #499 - Layla Saad joined the nerds for a special Zoom event to discuss her bestselling book Me & White Supremacy, the new guided journal which is now available, and the upcoming version she's working on for young readers. We also have a conversation about the publishing world and the experiences of black authors, and her wildly successful podcast. Thank you to everyone who attended and a special thank you to Layla, Sourcebooks, and our ASL interpreters. Watch the video of this event on OverDrive's YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/OverDriveInc/videos Episode Sponsor Man Crates - visit mancrates.com/pbn for incredible discounts on personalized gifts for the guys in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #498 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill share the new books coming out in December they both plan to read. It's a bit of a genre swap situation as they both have books the other one would normally recommend. Things are getting crazy in nerd land.
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Books mentioned in this episode The Mystery of Mrs. Christie By Marie Benedict Mediocre By Ijeoma Oluo Admission By Julie Buxbaum The Arctic Fury By Greer Macallister This Time Next Year By Sophie Cousens The Mermaid from Jeju By Sumi Hahn Out of the Ether By Matthew Leising D By Michel Faber The Cousins By Karen M. McManus We Hear Voices By Evie Green The Ballad of Ami Miles By Kristy Dallas Alley Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder By T.A. Willberg The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook By America's Test Kitchen Fairy Godmothers, Inc. By Saranna DeWylde Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #497 - On today's episode, Mallory O'Meara joins Adam to chat about their post Halloween reading adventures, holiday bookish traditions, and her upcoming book Girly Drinks! Also, the paperback of Lady from the Black Lagoon is now available! Episode Sponsors: GiveWell - Get your first charitable donation matched - up to TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS when you go to http://givewell.org/probooknerds JennyLife - Visit https://www.givewell.org/probooknerds to get a FREE quote right now!
Books mentioned in this episode Wandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins A Girl Is a Body of Water By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco Who I Was with Her By Nita Tyndall The Devil & The Dark Water by Stuart Turton The Midnight Library By Matt Haig The Neil Gaiman Reader Migrations By Charlotte McConaghy Fable by Adrienne Young Surrender Your Sons By Adam Sass Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals By Becky Mandelbaum A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire A Winter's Promise By Christelle Dabos Wintersong By S. Jae-Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #496 - On today's episode, Ryan La Sala is back and we're doing it live! This took place on 11/10 and it was our fabulous Big Library Read live event in which Ryan answered audience questions and Jill and Ryan used Tarot to interpret some dreams. Things got wild. If you'd like to watch the whole event you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/c/OverDriveInc/videos Also, be sure to sign up for our social justice conversation with Layla Saad on 11/17 – https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VsN_FSYTm-_3AIiB_TbYA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #495 - On today's episode, Adam sits down with Raj Haldar about his exceptional children's books, his life as a rapper, creating music and stories for all ages, and much more. Today's episode is sponsored by FRESHLY. Visit freshly.com/probooknerds to get forty dollars of your first two orders. Sign up for our live Big Library Read Zoom event with Ryan La Sala – https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sBK7aDCRRuCRLfH5Y-yN7w Sign up for our social justice conversation with Layla Saad on 11/17 – https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VsN_FSYTm-_3AIiB_TbYA Buy some PBN and Libby swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #494 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill share a few book recommendations Sign up for our live Big Library Read Zoom event with Ryan La Sala – https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sBK7aDCRRuCRLfH5Y-yN7w Sign up for our social justice conversation with Layla Saad on 11/16 – https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VsN_FSYTm-_3AIiB_TbYA Buy some PBN and Libby swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Books mentioned in this episode Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade Shit, Actually by Lindy West When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #493 - On today's episode, we're joined by Anne Helen Petersen, former senior culture writer for Buzzfeed and author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. We talk about burnout, stress, our collective anxiety leading up to the election, and trying to create a work-life balance amidst the pandemic. Sign up for our live Big Library Read Zoom event with Ryan La Sala - https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sBK7aDCRRuCRLfH5Y-yN7w Sign up for our social justice conversation with Layla Saad on 11/16 - https://overdrive.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VsN_FSYTm-_3AIiB_TbYA Buy some PBN and Libby swag - http://shop.overdrive.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The latest Big Library Read author is the one and only Ryan La Sala! His book Reverie is a wild fantasy title that can be described as Inception meets The Magicians and also there is a Drag Queen Sorceress. Back in the before times of January, Adam sat down with Ryan in Philadelphia to chat about this amazing story. Now, hundreds of thousands of people around the world are going to read it at the same time thanks to the Big Library Read digital book club. Visit biglibraryread.com to join our discussion board and to sign up for our live Zoom event with Ryan on November 10th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #492 - It's that time again! We're wishing October a happy goodbye and previewing the books we are most excited to read in November. We nerd out about Ready Player One for a bit and talk about some exciting upcoming live events you can join us for. First up is our live Big Library Read Zoom party with Ryan La Sala that you can sign up for here: https://biglibraryread.com/
Ready Player Two By Ernest Cline One Life By Megan Rapinoe Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man By Emmanuel Acho The Woman Who Stole Vermeer By Anthony M. Amore The Thirty Names of Night By Zeyn Joukhadar The Harpy By Megan Hunter The Children of Red Peak By Craig DiLouie The Way Back By Gavriel Savit What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat By Aubrey Gordon Miss Benson's Beetle By Rachel Joyce Before the Coffee Gets Cold By Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Orchard By David Hopen Magic: A History By Chris Gosden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #491 -- On today's episode, Jill sat down with author Erin A. Craig to talk about their shared love of Daphne Du Maurier's classic Rebecca and other Gothic horror novels. Other books discussed in this episode: Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Nesting by CJ Cook The House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
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Ep. #490- Contrary to the recent opinion of S.E. Hinton, graphic novels rule and they are an incredible way to enjoy a story. Whether it's a re-imagining of an existing book or something created entirely out of artwork, all graphic novels and comics offer something unique and stunning. In this chat, Adam is joined by Kristin and Marie from the OverDrive Team of Librarians. They get into a bunch of nonfiction comics and graphic novels, touch on web comics they love, and get on a soapbox about how all reading formats are equally awesome. This episode is sponsored by Jenny Life. Visit https://www.jennylife.com/pbn to get your free life insurance quote today.
Books mentioned in today's episode Something New by Lucy Knisley Harrow County by Cullen Bunn Kent State by Derf Backderf My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf Thornhill By Pam Smy Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu The Daughters of Ys By M. T. Anderson The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming White Bird by RJ Palacio Crowded By Christopher Sebela They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Oak Flat By Lauren Redniss The Best We Could Do By Thi Bui Step Aside Pops by Kate Beaton The Wanderer By Peter Van den Ende Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen What the Night Sings By Vesper Stamper Big Mushy Happy Lump Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Eat, and Love Yourself By Sweeney Boo Taproot By Keezy Young The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #489 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Ann Cleeves about her newest novel The Darkest Evening. They chat about Vera Stanhope's origins, the Agatha Christie style story she decided to write, and what inspires her to keep writing a novel a year for the last three decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #488- On today's episode, Adam interviews Maggie Stiefvater & Kami Garcia about their respective new origin story graphic novels for DC Comics. Both Maggie's Swamp Thing story Twin Branches and Kami's Teen Titans story Beast Boy are now available. They discuss why they choose the characters they did, body horror, botany, and a whole bunch more. This conversation was a delight and comic fans of all ages will adore these stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #487 - On today's episode, Adam chats with V.E. Schwab about her groundbreaking new novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. They discuss the ten years she worked on this story, what Addie means to her, spirituality, and much more. As is their now tradition, they end the episode exchanging book recommendations for themselves and their family members. Today's sponsors: Freshly- visit http://freshly.com/probooknerds for $40 off your first two orders Fast Growing Trees - Visit https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/pages/PBN for 10% off your orders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #486 - On today's episode, Adam offers book recommendations from Twitter reader requests and then gets into some "Like this, read that!" style picks for all sorts of classic horror novels. There is something for everyone.
Books mentioned in this episode: Based off Twitter requests: Holly Zander - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey -
Long Bright River By Liz Moore
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Parent Spiced Latte Pope Francis's new Encyclical letter "Fratelli Tutti" A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Mark Walker - A Song for A New Day, The Guest List, and Six of Crows were all good finds for me this year-
There will come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
The Truants by Kate Weinberg
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
Alicia Rhiannan - said she loved Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
Roxanne - Asked for recommendations like the Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones -
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
The Boatman's Daughter By Andy Davidson
Like this, read that! spooky recs: Frankenstein -
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein By Kiersten White
MARY by Brea Grant
Dracula by Brom Stoker -
The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova
Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker
Dracul By J.D. Barker and Dacre Stoker
For fans of House of Leaves -
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Slade House By David Mitchell
For Fans of Shirley Jackson
And The Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
Wonderland by Zoje Stage
Cabin at the end of the world by Paul Tremblay
Witchy Reads
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Bunny By Mona Awad
So you want a Lovecraft story without all the disgusting feelings that come with him…
The Ballad of Black Tom By Victor LaValle
The Croning By Laird Barron
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
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Ep. #485 - On today's episode, Adam is joined by Ken Follett, #1 New York Times best selling author of The Evening and the Morning. Ken's books have sold 170+ million copies around the world and created generations of fans of his Kingsbridge series. They discuss his incredibly in depth research process, his fascination with the dark ages, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #484 - Welcome all ye goblins, ghouls, witches, and whatnots! The spooky season has officially arrived and you know what that means... It's our monthly book preview for OCTOBER! Books mentioned in this episode A Wild Winter Swan By Gregory Maguire Shit, Actually By Lindy West The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V. E. Schwab The Searcher By Tana French Leave the World Behind By Rumaan Alam Black Sun By Rebecca Roanhorse Magic Lessons By Alice Hoffman Spoiler Alert By Olivia Dade The Once and Future Witches By Alix E. Harrow Plain Bad Heroines By emily m. danforth Eventide By Sarah Goodman The Hollow Places By T. Kingfisher Ring Shout By P. Djèlí Clark Wild Fell By Michael Rowe She Come by It By Sarah Smarsh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #483 - On today's episode, Adam catches up with his good buddy Sara Faring! Sara's first book The Tenth Girl was a masterpiece and her new book White Fox is more of the same perfection. They discuss voyeurism vs. exhibitionism, how we show ourselves to the world, the hardest parts of writing this book and the message of hope she wants readers to get after reading it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #482 - On today's episode, Adam shares a bunch of book recommendations to escape the everyday stresses of life and (gestures broadly) all of this.
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Books mentioned in this episode: Return to series you know and love in a brand new way: The Lord of the Rings (FULL CAST DRAMATIZATION) His Dark Materials (FULL CAST DRAMATIZATION), The Chronicles of Narnia ( NARRATED BY KENNETH BRANAGH) A Series of Unfortunate Events (NARRATED BY TIM CURRY) For Fans of Ready Player One - Otherworld series by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller For fans of alternate universes - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman For those who miss big cities - Lillian Boxfish takes a walk by Kathleen Rooney Fairy tale fans Uprooted by Naomi Novik Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor For fans of Erin Morgenstern Geek Love by Catherine Dunn THE BOOK OF SPECULATION BY ERIKA SWYLER Witchey Reads The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane By Katherine Howe The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel By Alyssa Palombo Revenge of the Witch By Joseph Delaney
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Ep. #481 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Bill Konigsberg, awarding-winning and bestselling author of countless important books. Bill's work in writing LGBTQIA+ stories have been read by millions but his new book, The Bridge, may be his most essential story yet. In this conversation, Bill and Adam discuss mental health, the implications of teenage suicide, and the intricacies of our brains. If you or someone you know is suffering from suicidal thoughts or tendencies, please dial 1-800-273-8255 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Thank you to Scholastic for helping bring this important conversation to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #480 - On today's episode, we're sharing what our coworkers are reading for Read an Ebook Day! September 18th (Friday) is Read an Ebook Day and what better way to prepare than with a bunch of book recs!?!?
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Books mentioned in this episode His & Hers By Alice Feeney The Evening and the Morning By Ken Follett Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour Serpent and Dove & Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman The Organ Thieves By Chip Jones A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas American Royals by Katharine McGee Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell The Last Flight by Julie Clark Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Book of the Little Axe By Lauren Francis-Sharma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
479 - On today's episode, Jill interviews Caroline B. Cooney, author of the iconic Face on the Milk Carton, about her new adult book Before She Was Helen. Caroline talks about the "What if?" question that inspired her to write Before She Was Helen, transitioning creatively from writing young adult to adult, and tells the best librarian story ever (according to Jill).
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Ep. #478 - Back to school time has arrived and who doesn't love books set around fancy private schools? Also, there is a lot of murdery mysteries in these selections.
Books mentioned in this episode The Sidekicks By Will Kostakis The Secret History By Donna Tartt Truly Devious By Maureen Johnson Black Chalk By Christopher J. Yates The Tenth Girl By Sara Faring Catherine House By Elisabeth Thomas A Spy in the House By Y. S. Lee Special Topics in Calamity Physics By Marisha Pessl Echo After Echo By Amy Rose Capetta Undead Girl Gang By Lily Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 477 - On today's episode, Jill talks with Yaa Gyasi about her new book Transcendent Kingdom. The pair discuss the opioid crisis, family relationships, and the differences in her research process between this contemporary novel and her historical fiction debut Homegoing (which was Jill's favorite book of the previous decade!) Interview was recorded in person at PLA 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #476 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam catch you up on what they've been reading lately! It's pretty straightforward. They also discuss the amazing Fall book bingo template that Jill made which you can find at professionalbooknerds.com or on our instagram (@probooknerds) Books mentioned in this episode Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp Slay by Brittany Morris A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor By Hank Green Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Shit, Actually by Lindy West The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V. E. Schwab You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria The Bridge By Bill Konigsberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #475 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Christina Henry about her newest book, The Ghost Tree. They chat about how Christina lets character choices drive her plot, discovering them in real time, and the various subgenres within horror. They also discuss re-imagining existing titles and making it your own, and how scary stories are best when they're shared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #474 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill preview the new books coming out in September that they can't wait to read. Buckle up, because there are so many! This month features books ABOUT books, spooky mysteries, stories by some of our favorite writers of all time, and more than a few ghosties. Books mentioned in this episode The Evening and the Morning By Ken Follett Transcendent Kingdom By Yaa Gyasi A Deadly Education By Naomi Novik Before She Was Helen By Caroline B. Cooney Piranesi By Susanna Clarke The Lying Life of Adults By Elena Ferrante The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry His Only Wife By Peace Adzo Medie Cemetery Boys By Aiden Thomas Daughters of the Wild By Natalka Burian Eat a Peach By David Chang The Book of Hidden Wonders By Polly Crosby Punching the Air By Ibi Zoboi And Now She's Gone By Rachel Howzell Hall The Left-Handed Booksellers of London By Garth Nix The Loop By Jeremy Robert Johnson It Will Just Be Us By Jo Kaplan Fable By Adrienne Young Night of the Mannequins By Stephen Graham Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #473 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Margaret Owen about her books The Merciful Crow and The Faithless Hawk. They talk about her unique magical systems, the caste structure she developed, the similarities between her fantasy world and current world, and how Dungeons and Dragons has helped her writing process. They also have some fun chatting about absolutely wild birds. Today's episode is sponsored by GiveWell. Visit givewell.org/probooknerds to have your first donation matched up toe $100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #472 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill share some book recommendations for another task in the Professional Book Nerds 2020 Reading Challenge. This time, they're sharing some of their favorite first books in a series! Get your special "Libby Brings Readers Together" shirt here: http://shop.overdrive.com/ Books mentioned on this episode Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid Suspicious Minds: The First Official Stranger Things Novel Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower Seafire Series, Book 1 by Natalie C. Parker The Darkness Knows by Cheryl Honigford Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen "A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #471 - On today's episode, Adam interviews Jordan Ifueko, debut author of Raybearer. Her book is being compared to Tomi Adeyemi and Sabaa Tahir and rightfully so. They discuss how her small class growing up affected her story, how her loneliness led to creating world building and character development, figuring out how to set timelines when there are large passages of time, and so much more. TODAY'S EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY LORD JONES. VISIT LORDJONES.COM/PBN FOR 25% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER. Check out shop.overdrive.com to get our special Libby t-shirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #470 - On today's episode, Adam is joined by Kristin and Emma to dig into what they've been reading lately. Buckle up, because this is random list loaded up with all sorts of books! Today's episode is sponsored by GiveWell. Visit https://www.givewell.org/probooknerds and select [Podcast] and [Professional Book Nerds] at checkout to have your donation matched up to $100.
Books mentioned in this episode Me and White Supremacy By Layla F. Saad Really Truly By Heather Vogel Frederick Midnight Sun By Stephenie Meyer The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes By Suzanne Collins Cobble Hill By Cecily von Ziegesar Scritch Scratch By Lindsay Currie Small Spaces By Katherine Arden The Year of the Witching By Alexis Henderson Bringing Down the Duke By Evie Dunmore A Rogue of One's Own By Evie Dunmore Finding Freedom By Omid Scobie Engagement and Espionage By Penny Reid The Shadows By Alex North The Only Good Indians By Stephen Graham Jones Monster, She Wrote By Lisa Kröger Code of Conduct By Smartypants Romance The Once and Future Witches By Alix E. Harrow Stepping Stones By Lucy Knisley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #469 - On today's episode, Adam interviews author Interview with Francisco X. Stork about his newest book, Illegal. They discuss immigration and asylum in the United States, Francisco's career as a lawyer, and injecting important adult themes into YA books. Today's episode is sponsored by Literati and Freshly. -Get 25% off your first two orders by visiting literati.com/probooknerds -Get $40 off your first two orders at freshly.com/probooknerds
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Ep. # 468 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill offer up book recommendations for another task in the Professional Book Nerds 2020 Reading Challenge. This time, we're looking at books published between 2000 and 2010. Books mentioned in this episode The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Andy Catlett by Wendell Berry The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman On Beauty by Zadie Smith Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by Emily Levesque to talk about her new book The Last Stargazers. Emily talks about her experiences working in the astronomy field, some of her favorite stories from her and her colleagues careers, and that incredible photo of a black hole.
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Playwright and novelist Tim Mason joins Jill and Adam to discuss The Darwin Affair, his historical fiction mystery novel set in London. They also discuss his life as a playwright, his inspirations, and working with Dr. Seuss.
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Ep. #466 - On today's episode, we're diving into the new book releases we're excited for in August! There are incredible titles coming in all genres and we had a blast breaking them all down. Books mentioned in this episode Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Being Lolita by Alisson Wood Caste by Isabel Wilkerson The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan Wandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi The Game by Linsey Miller Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles Body Talk by Kelly Jensen Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis The Companion by Katie Alender Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #465 - In today's episode, Jill is joined by author Alisson Wood to talk about her new memoir Being Lolita. Alisson's book is the powerful and personal story of a seventeen-year-old girl who was groomed by an English teacher at her high school who used the book Lolita to transform Alisson from student to lover to victim. But Alisson's book is also a memoir of survival that looks at the ways she rewrote her own story. Today's episode is sponsored by Lord Jones. Visit http://www.lordjones.com/pbn to save 25% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #464 - Last week, we held a special social justice event via Zoom with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, the New York Times bestselling co-authors of I'm Not Dying With You Tonight. We wanted to make sure as many people as possible could listen in so we decided to release the full conversation and Q&A here as well. We discuss what's going on in the world related to the Black Lives Matter movement and Covid-19, having difficult conversations with those you're close with and those you aren't, performative brand management, white fragility and much more. We end with a bit of book recommendation fun. Today's episode is sponsored by Literati. Visit literati.com/PROBOOKNERDS for 25% of your first two orders.
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Books recommended during the social justice conversation Odd One Out By Nic Stone Fresh Ink - Anthology edited by Lamar Giles Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera The Brave by James Bird Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova Reverie by Ryan La Sala SLAY by Brittney Morris I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #463 - On today's episode, Adam interviews debut author Alexis Henderson about her buzzy new book The Year of the Witching. They discuss how horror novels and movies help her deal with her anxiety, portraying witches in various mediums, and the line between extreme religions and cults. Today's episode is sponsored by Freshly. Visit http://freshly.com/probooknerds to get $40 off your first two orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #462 - Jill is joined by her friends Kate and Lauryn from the Generation BSC podcast to talk all things Baby-Sitters Club! From the beloved books they all grew up reading to the recent Netflix television adaptation, the women discuss why the books are still cherished so many years later, which of the BSC members they most identify with, and more.
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Ep. #461 - On today's episode, Adam sits down with bestselling author David Nicholls about his new novel Sweet Sorrow. They also discuss the difference between screen writing and writing novels, what he prefers, and his love for Shakespeare, and writing about nostalgia. Register to join our Social Justice online event with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/07/09/register-for-our-virtual-social-justice-conversation-with-kimberly-jones-and-gilly-segal/
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Ep. #460 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam share some of their favorite musicals and book recommendations based off those productions. Yes, it's obviously based off of Hamilton being out last weekend.
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Books mentioned in this episode (by show)
Hamilton recommendations Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Revolutionary Mothers by Carol Berkin Mean Girls recommendations Queen Bees and Wannabees Cabaret recommendations The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood Jagged Little Pill recommendations Little Fires Everywhere Dopesick A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder recommendations Skippy Dies by Paul Murray Beautiful recommendations Girls Like Us A Natural Woman Kinky Boots recommendations Reverie by Ryan La Sala The Asylum by Simon Doonan Hadestown recommendations A Little Life What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson The Producers recommendations My Anecdotal Life by Carl Reiner Enter Laughing by Carl Reiner
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Ep: #459 - On today's episode, Adam interview debut author Kalynn Bayron about her new young adult dark fantasy, Cinderella is Dead. Kalynn wrote this story because, as a BIPOC author, she never saw characters who looked like herself in the tales she adored growing up and wrote a new narrative. They also discuss how music and theater inspire her, living life in a military family, and Hamilton, obviously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #458 - On today's episode, Andrea and Abbey return to join the nerds for a classic virtual book recommendation smorgasbord. The group dishes out a surprisingly amount of Jack the Ripper suggestions but also several thrillers, some historical fiction, and a few apocalypse-y books. Want a Professional Book Nerds t-shirt or some Libby apparel? Check out shop.overdrive.com! Books mentioned in this episode Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin Being Lolita by Alisson Wood Burn by Patrick Ness Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly The Kiss of Deception by by Mary E. Pearson The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #457 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz to talk about her debut novel, The Daughters of Erietown. They discuss Connie's inspiration for the book, working class America in the 1960s and now, and the state of journalism in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #456 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam share the books they're most excited about reading that are coming out in July. They also talk about OverDrive's new Black Lives Matter Community Read program. There are so many exceptional books coming our way in July.
Keep supporting diverse voices and BIPOC authors, and keep lending your voice to those in your community that need it. Read about the BLM Community Read program: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/06/22/now-available-free-to-libraries-without-waitlists-or-holds-black-lives-matter-titles-to-read-listen-learn-and-grow/
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Books mentioned in this episode: This Is My America by Kim Johnson A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay His & Hers by Alice Feeney Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson Intimations by Zadie Smith Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson Wonderland by Zoje Stage One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #455 - On today's episode, Adam has a Zoom chat with Gene Luen Yang, Alex Sanchez, and Laurie Halse Anderson about their new comics and graphic novels from DC Comics. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang You Brought Me The Ocean by Alex Sanchez Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson Each of these stories focuses on important topics like racism, child trafficking, and American idealism, as well as a coming out story. This conversation is full of behind the scenes information about how these comics are put together, why it's so important to use this medium to discuss societal issues, and fun anecdotes about these authors' respective storytelling experiences. Comics are a great way to not only get children into reading but they're also a perfect medium to highlight these topics that they need to learn about. Readers of all ages will adore these books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #454 - Today's episode is sponsored by Candlewick Press and all about their wonderful Camp Candlewick titles. These make a perfect reading list for students of all ages this summer. We open the podcast discussing some additional important collections being made available by OverDrive see the link below: OverDrive Blog to learn more about the COVID response collections and the new Black Lives Matter Community Read program: https://company.overdrive.com/blogs/library-blog/ Get your very own Professional Book Nerds t-shirt! All proceeds are donated to library charities: https://stores.inksoft.com/the_overdrive_store/shop/products/new_products?page=1 Camp Candlewick homepage: https://camp.candlewick.com/ Judy Moody Declares Independence The Infamous Ratsos Malamander Merci Suárez Changes Gears A Wish in the Dark Ghetto Cowboy Slider Small as an Elephant X: A Novel Hearts Unbroken Fat Angie Juana and Lucas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #453 - On today's episode, Adam chats with Robyn Schneider about her life as a writer, the journey she took from writing to the medical field, and back to science, and so much more. They discuss writing stories in the aftermath of tragedy, how their college experiences shaped their adulthood, writing sexually diverse stories, and so much more. Her new book, You Don't Live Here, is beyond moving and a must-read. We're excited to share that you can now buy a fancy Professional Book Nerds t-shirt and support libraries by visiting shop.overdrive.com! All proceeds go to library charities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #452- On today's episode, Jill and Adam are celebrating #PRIDE Month by highlighting some wonderful books by Trans authors. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary identities are valid. These authors deserve your attention not just in June but all year long. For more information about how you can support LGBTQ members of your community and beyond visit The Trevor Project. Books mentioned on today's podcast: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya Amateur by Thomas Page McBee Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Little Fish by Casey Plett Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Dreadnought by April Daniels The Pants Project by Cat Clarke The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kierna Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #451 - On today's episode, Janet Skeslien Charles sits down with Adam to discuss her new book The Paris Library. This astonishing true story is set in World War II France and the American Library in Paris. Literature has long brought people together and this book shows how words on pages are so much more than just stories to entertain and inform. Sometimes, they also help save us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep. #450 - On today's episode, Jill and Adam share a list of antiracism books written by black authors. These books are meant to inform and educate readers about the ongoing experience of Black Americans including racial profiling, police brutality, abuse, and more. *Note: The titles selected lean more in the adult and young adult levels. If you're looking for titles more appropriate for young children, email us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com and we'll provide you additional suggestions. Books mentioned in this episode: Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Blackballed by Darryl Pickney How to be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Fire This Time collected and edited by Jesmyn Ward When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha bandele Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #449 - Adam interviews Alex Aster, debut LatinX author of Emblem Island, Curse of the Night Witch. They discuss the joy she experiences of turning the stories she heard growing up into novels, her writing process, her experience as a debut author, and much more. This chat from back in January was a delight and her book is fabulous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #448 - We highlight the new books coming out in June that we are most excited about. We also share what we think about the news that a sequel to the Labyrinth is being released. Dance magic dance! Books mentioned in this episode: Burn by Patrick Ness Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid Heroes by Stephen Fry The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh A Burning by Megha Majumdar The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho The Voyage of the Morning Light by Marina Endicott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Mikel Jollett to discuss his debut novel, Hollywood Park. Mikel grew up in the infamous Synanon Cult and is now the lead singer of one of Adam's all-time favorite bands The Airborne Toxic Event. They discuss how Mikel crafted his memoir through introspection, research, and magical realism. They also discuss how our brains work through childhood trauma, literary influences, and family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by her friends Sydney and Tiffany! Along with talking about some of the books they have been reading, they also discuss how difficult it can be to read during the pandemic and what television shows and movies they are watching instead. Books mentioned in this episode: Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston The Hot Zone by Richard Preston To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Fifty Shades of Grey series by E.L. James Good Talk by Mira Jacob One by One by Ruth Ware The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook by Thomas Perry A Feast of Ice an Fire by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg Untamed by Glennon Doyle You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas Normal People by Sally Rooney Locke & Key series by Joe Hill In the Woods by Tana French The Likeness by Tana French Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman The Witch Elm by Tana French Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did at ALA Midwinter with bestselling author Emma Straub. Along with discussing her new book ALL ADULTS HERE, Jill and Emma talk Miss Piggy and Gilmore Girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s episode is sponsored by Literati. Use https://literati.com/probooknerds to get 25% off your first two orders On today's episode, we're doing another round table of book recommendations with Maria and Regis. Before that, though, Maria tells us about her amazing cereal bracket she's doing with her fiance. Maria's Instagram to follow the Golden Bowl: @feszml Books mentioned in this episode (Recommendations start at 9:00 mark) Family Meal by Penguin Random House Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth Blindness by Jose Saramago The Winters by Lisa Gabriele Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed The Chris Farley Show Tom Farley, Jr. & Tanner Colby The Tradition by Jericho Brown Killing November by Adriana Mather All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore The Ruins by Scott Smith The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PBN legend Brad Meltzer returns to chat with Adam about his latest book, The Lincoln Conspiracy. They get into how Brad and his family are handling the Stay At Home order, the creative ways they've been entertaining themselves, and a whole bunch of interesting stuff about Abraham Lincoln. There's nothing better than catching up with Brad and the new book is wonderful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're still here, in our respective homes, dishing out reading recommendations for all the fellow book nerds of the world. Join us as we bring it back to the beginning of the #SocialDistance reading odyssey by having Andrea and Abbey join us to discuss what they've been reading these some 7 odd weeks. Books mentioned in this episode Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick I Must Say by Martin Short A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Beauty in the Broken Places by Allison Pataki One by One by Ruth Ware Point B by Drew Magary Dear Girls by Ali Wong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Francesca Serritella to discuss her first-ever solo novel The Ghost of Harvard! Francesca has been writing bestselling books for years with her mother, Lisa Scottoline, but this is quite the dark departure from their normal work. It's a mystery and a ghost story and an exploration of mental health all wrapped up into one fantastic story. You're going to love it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode we're diving into the books coming out in May we can't wait to read! But first, Jill shares an incredible story about her newly adopted kitties. It's must-listen content! Books mentioned on today's episode (recommendations start at 11:30 mark) Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner Officer Clemmons by Dr. François S. Clemmons Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir All Adults Here by Emma Straub The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin More Than Love by Natasha Gregson Wagner Goldilocks by Laura Lam Who Ate the First Oyster? by Cody Cassidy Forged in Fire and Stars by Andrea Robertson The Mother Code by Carole Stivers The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas The Library of Legends by Janie Chang A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella The Book of V. by Anna Solomon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Deborah Wiles about her powerful new book Kent State. This quick read looks at the horrific events of May 4th, 1970 on Kent State's campus when the National Guard opened fire on student protestors, killing four and wounding several others. Adam's parents were students at Kent State at the time and were on campus during these events, so this story very much struck home with him. They get into the details that lead up to this awful moment in history as well as the aftermath. This is a must-listen about an event that changed the United States forever and a must-read for history fans everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What has quickly become our new Thursday tradition is back as two new coworkers join us (Katie and Regis!) to do a round table of recommendations! Donate and help us find a cure for Blood Cancer: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/pbooknerds Buy some Libby swag and support libraries: https://stores.inksoft.com/the_overdrive_store/shop/home Today's episode is sponsored by Literati. Use https://literati.com/probooknerds to get 25% off your first two orders Books mentioned in today's episode A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory GuRu by RuPaul Animal Kind by Emma Lock 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Mars' First Friends by Susanna Leonard Hill Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston Rant by Chuck Palahniuk The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Everything I know about Love by Dolly Alderton A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we Zoom chat with #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle! Her new book This Boy is out now and must-read contemporary young adult book. We discuss the strange life we're all living in quarantine, writing teenage characters into her stories while having teenagers herself, and staying productive in a time when it's a bit hard to focus. This is a wonderful conversation for anyone looking for inspiration and motivation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we bring in some coworkers, their kiddos, and a kitty to offer up book recommendations perfect for cozying up in your favorite reading nook. Let's keep staying safe at home and do some reading, y'all, Books mentioned in this episode Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Sadie by Courtney Summers Deacon King Kong by James McBride Broken Faith by Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Return by Rachel Harrison Rust by Eliese Colette Goldbach Janesville by Amy Goldstein Heartland by Sarah Smarsh The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George The Animated Man by Michael Barrier Street Gang by Michael Davis Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox The Farm by Joanne Ramos The Roxy Letters by Mary Pauline Lowry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam Zoom chats with Louisa Morgan about her new book The Age of Witches. They talk about being a novelist during this time of quarantine, how her career as an opera singer helped her in her character building, Guilded Age New York, and lots more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Emma and Maria to share some book picks for another Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge task. We're sharing some books with unique formats including oral histories, mixed format, unique narrators, diaries, and much more. This was a blast. Jill’s Picks Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
Emma’s Picks The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Maria’s Picks Sadie by Courtney Summers The Flame by Leonard Cohen Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Adam’s Pick’s Wink, Poppy, Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is sponsored by Literati. Visit https://literati.com/probooknerds for 25% off your first two orders. On today's episode, Adam sits down with Joe Pulizzi to discuss his debut novel The Will To Die. Joe is an icon in the world of Marketing and someone we've long known about as the creator of the Content Marketing Institute and Content Marketing World and so getting to sit down with him was an honor. Adam and Joe discuss they're Northeast Ohio roots, connecting content marketing to writing, and his unique background working in funeral homes. This was such a blast to record. Recording Note: This was recorded back in February before Covid-19 created a need for social distancing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey Nerds! Hope you're doing okay and continuing to practice social distancing. In case you need some book recommendations in our new world of quarantining at home... We're here to help. We bring great friend of the pod Andrea and newcomer Abbey onboard to round out the Zoom crew. Also several kitties, puppies, and a baby. We're podcasting on a budget, nerds. Enjoy! A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Matched by Ally Condie Red Rising by Pierce Brown Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer 6 Women of Salem by Marilynne K Roach In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winter Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan The Likeness by Tana French Gumption by Nick Offerman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews debut author Rachel Harrison about her new book The Return. They talk about her writing horror despite being very afraid of everything. They also break down how relationships and friendships change as we grow older. This chat was so much fun and extremely introspective. Help us raise money to find a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/pbooknerds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we're looking at the books we can't wait to read in April while our respective homes. We hope you're self quarantining as well and staying safe. These books are a great way to pass the time during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Help us raise money to find a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/pbooknerds Books Mentioned in this episode: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Sin Eater by Megan Campisi Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno The Age of Witches by Louisa Morgan Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker They Went Left by Monica Hesse No Filter by Sarah Frier The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth Master Class by Christina Dalcher Rick by Alex Gino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Emily St. John Mandel about her new book The Glass Hotel. The briefly discuss Station Eleven, her massively popular title based around a pandemic but, as this interview was recorded in January, the current Covid-19 pandemic isn't discussed. They get into why she was fascinated by Ponzi schemes a bunch more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill interview Michael McCreary, comedian and author of Funny, You Don't Look Autistic. Michael's book was chosen as the next Big Library Read title. From March 30th through April 13th you can borrow it on the reading app Libby without any wait lists or holds. Be sure to join the global discussion at biglibraryread.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Sharon Cameron about her new book The Light in Hidden Places. This historical fiction novel tells the remarkable story of Stefania Podgórska, who hid several Jews in her Nazi-occupied home. For the interview, Sharon and Jill were joined by Stefania's son, Ed. To learn more about the Stefi Foundation visit https://thestefifoundation.org/ Interview was recorded in person at 2020 PLA in Nashville, TN, in February 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Stephanie Wrobel, debut author of Darling Rose Gold, a thrilling family mystery about Munchausen By Proxy that is equal parts dark and haunting. Adam and Stephanie talk about why this subject interested her, the psychology of the illness, and playing with timelines in writing. Today's episode is sponsored by Literati. Visit https://literati.com/probooknerds/ to get 20% off your first two orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey nerds. It's a scary time right now We're all feeling it. If you're looking for some books to read in the next week, try one of today's recommendations from our co-workers Emma and Kristin. Books mentioned in today's episode Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Love Walked in by Marisa de los Santos The Institute by Stephen King Go To sleep (I miss You) by Lucy Knisley The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald Cribsheet by Emily Oster Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda & Valynne E. Maetani Hound Won't Go by Lisa Jean Rogers I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt Beard Necessities by Penny Reid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we have National Book Award-winning author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Dr. Kendi and Jason have collaborated on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, & You a remixed version of Dr. Kendio's NBA-winning Stamped from the Beginning. This book is perfect for young adults, students and readers of all ages to better understand the history of racism in America. Adam interviews Dr. Kendi first about his original work and then Jason at about the 25-minute mark. These are both exceptional conversations. Special Thanks to Clark-Pleasant Middle School for hosting the chat with Jason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Surprise! We have a Saturday episode for you because we just had to share this conversation with Colum McCann. Adam sat down with Colum for a live event at Cuyahoga County Public Library where they discussed his new book Apeirogon, cultural appropriation vs. cultural celebration, his nonprofit Narrative 4, and why sharing stories is so important. His book is a masterpiece and you'll love this conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Robin Whitten from AudioFIle joins Adam to dive into all the major Audie Award winners for the best audiobooks of 2019! They talk about the Audie Award gala and how the awards are selected before breaking down some of the biggest categories. Audie Award winners mentioned in this episode Audiobook of the year - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff Audio Drama - Angels in America by Tony Kushner Female Narrator -Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Male Narrator - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny Fantasy - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Fiction - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Nonfiction - Grace Will Lead Us Home by Jennifer Berry Hawes History/Biography - American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley Mystery - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup Short Story Collection -Full Throttle by Joe Hill Thriller - The Institute by Stephen King Other audiobooks discussed: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Becoming by Michelle Obama The Lost Man by Jane Harper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews YA Queen Cassandra Clare! They discuss her new Shadowhunter novel Chain of Gold, her research into Edwardian England, and they have a long conversation about tattoos. Her friend (and previous PBN guest) Holly Black naturally comes up as well. Today’s episode is sponsored by Grove Collaborative. Visit grove.co/pbn to get a free five piece cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer and Grove as part of your first order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spring has... just kidding, it's dark and dreary here in Nerd land but thankfully March is jampacked with a ton of amazing new books to keep us company while we wait for the sun to come out. Listen in to hear the new books coming out this month that we're most excited about. Books mentioned in this episode The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby Stamped--Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk New Waves by Kevin Nguyen The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu The Deep by Alma Katsu The Body Double by Emily Beyda Deacon King Kong by James McBride The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman Donate to help us support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/pbooknerds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews mystery author Elizabeth Little in Philadelphia about her new novel Pretty as a Picture. They breakdown the storytelling aspects of writing a murder mystery, surprising herself as a writer, and they have a lengthy discussion about their favorite films. Donate to help us support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/pbooknerds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam dish out some recommendations for the first of the Professional Book Nerds 2020 Reading Challenge... Microhistories! Books mentioned in this episode: Timekeepers by Simon Garfield The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck Tree by David Suzuki & Wayne Grady Bourbon Empire by Reid Mitenbuler Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Drink by Iain Gately Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz Semicolon by Cecelia Watson Milk! by Mark Kurlansky Donate to our Leukemia & Lymphoma Society pages and help us find a cure for blood cancer! Jill – https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/jgrunenwal Adam – https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/adamico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Layla Saad, bestselling author, podcaster, and influencer in the world of social change, race, identity, and leadership. Layla's Instagram challenge #MeAndWhiteSupremacy became a global phenomenon and then a workbook before becoming an instant New York Times bestseller. They dive into how this novel came to be, communicating about race and so much more. Books mentioned in this episode White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Highfire by Eoin Colfer Followers by Megan Angelo Donate to our Leukemia & Lymphoma Society pages and help us find a cure for blood cancer! Jill - https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/jgrunenwal Adam - https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/noh/cle20/adamico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Pat Simmons, the Together We Read digital book club selected author about her latest novel, Lean on Me. Pat has written 30+ novels and her latest is available to U.S. library cardholders with no waitlists or holds on Libby. Adam and Pat talk about the life of a caregiver, trying to care for parents who are sick, and take a deep dive into genealogy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with debut YA author Phil Stamper! They discuss his brand new novel, The Gravity of Us, writing aspects of himself into his characters, his Twitter friendship with other YA authors, working in publishing, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Without Clementine Churchill the history of Winston Churchill and the history of the world would have been a very different story." We've lost count of how many times we've nerded out with Marie Benedict but it doesn't matter because each time is something new and amazing. Today, we're discussing her latest work, Lady Clementine! Books mentioned in this episode Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Link to the tweet of favorite January books from our listeners: https://twitter.com/ProBookNerds/status/1223360321580040193 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews debut author Adalyn Grace! They discuss her amazing young adult fantasy, All the Stars and Teeth, how she wrote this story so quickly, her internship at Nickelodeon, and so much more. Before the interview, Adam is joined by Andrea to offer up some additional reading recommendations. Books mentioned in this episode All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace Save the Date by Morgen Matson Long Bright River by Liz Moore The God Game by Danny Tobey A Letter to Jo by Joseph Sieracki & Kelly Williams The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas Today's episode is sponsored by Grove Collaborative. Visit grove.co/pbn to get a free five piece cleaning set from Mrs. Meyer and Grove as part of your first order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February is almost here, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to share the books they are most looking forward to this month. (BONUS it's a Leap Year which means you have an entire extra day to read!) Books mentioned in this episode: Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah The Resisters by Gish Jen Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Mallory Ortberg Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin Real Life by Brandon Taylor Weather by Jenny Offill The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace Apeirogon by Colum McCann 18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Amnesty by Aravind Adiga Belle Revolte by Linsey Miller The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara A Delayed Life by Dita Kraus Greenwood by Michael Christie Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Got something to say? Please feel free to contact us or join us on Viber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Ryan La Sala in Philadelphia to discuss his sprawling fantasy novel Reverie, the vividness of his dreams, and how Ryan became the best person on Twitter. This was a BLAST. Today's episode is sponsored by INDEED.COM. Post your job today at Indeed.com slash BOOKNERDS and get a free sponsored job upgrade on your first posting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever had a moment in time that felt like a dream even while it was happening? That's how we felt getting to interview Lois Lowry for a full hour. We chat AT LENGTH about the stories behind The Giver, Number the Stars, and her stunning upcoming book On the Horizon as well as several of her favorite stories from a lifetime of literature. I don't know what else to say... she's a living legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews legendary journalist and author Scott Simon about his new books Sunnyside Plaza. The book is all about his time working with people who had developmental disabilities and how seeing the world through a different lens. They also discuss baseball, writing for children, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we're joined by author Joseph Sieracki (and his wife Andrea whose voice you may recognize!) Joseph has written a stunning graphic novel titled A Letter to Jo based on his grandfather's experience in World War II. The story itself is heartwrenching and this conversation is loaded with not only the research Joseph did but also incredible detail about how much goes into creating a graphic novel. This book is an absolute must-read! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam interview Andrea Barber, who is best known for her iconic character Kimmy Gibbler on Full House and Fuller House. Andrea has written a memoir titled Full Circle all about her life in between her time in Hollywood. She discusses her struggle to keep her mental health balanced, how running helped, and shares some wonderful insight into the shows we've literally grown up with. This was surreal and amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've entered the 2020s so we thought it'd be fun to take a look at some wonderful books set a hundred years ago in the famed Roaring 20s. We're talking flapper girls, prohibition New York, Old Hollywood, lost libraries, and so much more! Books mentioned in this episode The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Books set in the 1920's Fall of Giants by Ken Follett The Paris Wife by Paula McLain The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf The Hours by Michael Cunningham The Trial by Franz Kafka Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hey Nerds! On today's wide-ranging episode, Penny Reid returns to tell us what she's been up to and it turns out... it's a lot! We discuss the multiple books she released in 2019, the exciting new projects she has coming in 2020, and her experiences making cheese, hanging out with wolves, and doing yoga with goats. We also chat about prison libraries, Adam running a half marathon with his Pops, and a whole bunch more. It's a lot. If you'd like information about donating books to prisons you can find great info from Book Riot here: https://bookriot.com/2015/09/03/donate-books-prisons/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a new month, a new year, and a new decade! The passage of time doesn't stop and so neither will our book recommendations. Check out the books we're most excited about that are coming out in January. Books mentioned in this episode American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict The Truants by Kate Weinberg Little Gods by Meng Jin Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener Followers by Megan Angelo The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao Highfire by Eoin Colfer The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood Clean Getaway by Nic Stone All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor Infinity Son by Adam Silvera Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Jon Scieszka and Steven-Weinberg about their new children's book series ASTRONUTS! They chat about creating this unique and incredible story together while Adam asks about working with family (Jon is Steven's father-in-law). Adam then has to ask about The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The end of the year means it's time to look back on the best books of 2019! As a bonus, we also share our selections for the best books of the entire decade! Books mentioned in this episode: The 10 Best Books of 2019 The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman The Grace Year by Kim Liggett The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Trust Exercise by Susan Choi The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The 10 Best Books of the Decade Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're excited to share our brand new 2020 reading challenge! In this episode, we explain each of the following challenges in depth. Be sure to subscribe to hear upcoming episodes loaded with recommendations. You can find the form to fill out at professionalbooknerds.com or on our pinned tweet over at @ProBookNerds on Twitter. Be sure to share your progress using the hashtag #PBNread2020 The Professional Book Nerds 2020 Reading Challenge Book translated from a language other than your own Book written by an LGBTQ+ author A collection of short stories or an anthology A graphic novel Read two books on the same subject, 1 fiction & 1 nonfiction A microhistory A book you haven't read since high school A self-published book A book with Nontraditional formatting Book featuring a cat or dog First book of a series A book published between 2000 & 2010 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We brought our good friend Robin Whitten from Audiofile Magazine on to run through their (and our) selections for the best audiobooks of 2019. Take a listen! The Best Audiobooks of 2019 Akin by Emma Donoghue, narrated by Jason Culp Full Throttle by Joe Hill, narrated by Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil Gaiman, Ashleigh Cummings, Joe Hill, Laysla De Oliveira, Nate Corddry, Connor Jessup, Stephen Lang, and George Guidall. The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson, Narrated by George Newbern The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer, Narrated by Scott Brick Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Narrated by Meryl Streep The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman, Narrated by Michael Sheen Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell, narrated by Rupert Degas A Dream About Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, Narrated by Xe Sands Run Away by Harlan Coben The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Narrated by Ann Dowd An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by bestselling author Katharine McGee! They chat about her transitioning from Science Fiction to writing romantic comedies with her new, phenomenal book American Royals. They also discuss Katharine's love of intricate period piece shows, share thoughts on His Dark Materials, and, of course, chat about Les Mis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It is not an understatement to say that Steve Potash is the reason we are able to do this podcast. Steve is the founder and creator of Rakuten OverDrive as well as one of the main reasons digital library reading is such a prevalent part of our lives. Each day, we come to work at the OverDrive office excitement to help create a world enlightened by reading and it all starts with Steve's energy and passion. But OverDrive has been around much longer than you likely realize and it didn't start with libraries. On today's episode, Steve joins us to discuss the humble origins of this incredible company we get to call home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Maaza Mengiste about her new novel, The Shadow King. This book tells the story of Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia and how it changed lives forever on both sides. Maaza shares the incredible true story of her ancestor who fought for her right to join the Ethiopian army to defend her home, the paths her research led her down, and so much more. This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and beautiful artwork for kids! These unique gifts also feature some amazing holiday themes this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Kate Racculia, author of the award-winning Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts. They chat about Edgar Allan Poe, Kate's many exceptional past jobs, her experience working in a library and so much more wonderful nerdery. Take a listen! This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and beautiful artwork for kids! These unique gifts also feature some amazing holiday themes this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with local authors Barbara and Teeba Furat Marlowe. Their book, A Brave Face, tells the incredible true story of how two families from halfway around the world became forever connected, turning a tragedy into a heartwarming story of perseverance, faith, and hope. This episode is sponsored by https://scandigital.com/. Use our promo code BOOKNERDS for 50% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is here with the biggest books of December the Professional Book Nerds can't wait to read! Children of Virtue and Vengence by Tomi Adeyemi Good Girls Lie by JT Ellison Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra Disney's Land by Richard Snow The Dead Girl's Club by Damien Angelica Walters The Book of Science and Antiquities by Thomas Keneally The Sacrament by Olaf Olaffson Reverie by Ryan La Sala The Measure of our Lives by Toni Morrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is a splendidly fun conversation with Ben Aaronovitch, author of the wildly popular Rivers of London series! We nerd out about writing, London, Mythology, police procedurals and so much more. This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and beautiful artwork for kids! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is ready to return to Elfhame? This week, the final book in Holly Black's wildly popular "Folk of the Air" series, The Queen of Nothing, came out and Holly stopped by to chat! Adam and Holly get into the creation of the world of Elfhame, the relationship between Jude and Cardan, and so much more. This is a must listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is all about the books we've been reading lately but we also dive into some truly crazy true-life murder stories involving authors and embrace our final form... A Pagemaster Podcast. Books mentioned in this episode You Will Know Me by Megan Abbot Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Dare Me by Megan Abbott The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Criminal by Karin Slaughter Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Surprise! Adam went down to Atlanta for a day to record a bonus episode with Big Library Read authors Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal! They chat with a bunch of incredible students from DeKalb Early College Academy about the creation and importance of I'm Not Dying With You Tonight. Visit https://biglibraryread.com/ to join our global discussion of this incredible book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Kacen Callender to discuss their new adult fantasy novel Queen of the Conquered. They also discuss writing for marginalized readers and helping people see themselves in stories. This episode is sponsored by https://scandigital.com/. Use our promo code BOOKNERDS for 50% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam dive into National Novel Writing Month, how they're approaching this monumental task, and offer up loads of books to help you get through #NaNoWriMo. Need help? We've got your back. Below you'll find the books mentioned in this episode broken out by what you might need help with for your writing journey. General guides for writing Writing Radar by Jack Gantos Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott On Writing by Stephen King How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson On setting and changing expectations through your narrator The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie -Figuring out your pacing- If you're novel takes place in a short amount of time The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds If your novel is a sweeping saga Pachinko by Min Jin Lee A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan If your novel has multiple timelines The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi If you need help with how you're using language The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway If you need help with character development Uprooted by Naomi Novik Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Devil in White City by Erik Larson Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's quick episode, Adam discusses why Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea affected him so much and why he hopes everyone reads this book about magical hidden worlds and the importance of stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Halloween has come and gone and so now turn our gaze to the books we plan on reading all November long. Books mentioned in this episode The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern The Witches are Coming by Lindy West The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White Little Weirds by Jenny Slate Beard Necessities by Penny Reid All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson The Innocents by Michael Crummey The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell It's Garry Shandling's Book by Judd Apatow The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Mary Toft; or, the Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down for a live interview with Michael Connelly, creator of the legendary and wildly popular Harry Bosch series of books. His latest book, The Night Fire is out now and reconnects Bosch and Ballard and will keep you guessing until the very end. Thank you, as always, to our home away from home, Cuyahoga County Public Library, for hosting this event in front of a sold-out crowd of 500 people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Okay, nerds. We can't tell you how many times people have requested more nonfiction book recs. Well, here are a whole bunch of crazy stories that are completely true. Enjoy! Books mentioned in this episode The Radium Girls by Kate Moore A False Report by T. Christian & Ken Armstrong The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan American Predator by Maureen Callahan Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres What If? by Randall Munroe Live From New York by James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales The Year of Living Biblically by A J Jacobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam sit down with JoJo Moyes to discuss her brand new book, The Giver of Stars. In this live interview in front of a few hundred fellow nerds, they chat all about her research visiting Kentucky, the fascinating people she met, the intense research holes she falls down, and Jojo shares a harrowing story about a dog she rescued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Grab your blanket and a flashlight! We're reliving the books that scared us as kids. Listener beware... Books mentioned in this episode Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Bunnicula by Deborah Howe Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Stonewords by Pam Conrad The Dark and Deadly Pool by Joan Lowery Nixon The Weekend Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon Remember Me by Christopher Pike The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed by Bruce Coville The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Doll Bones by Holly Black ERMERGERD GOOSEBUMPS Welcome to Dead House One Day at Horrorland The Cuckoo Clock of Doom The Haunted Mask The Werewolf of Fever Swamp Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns Escape from the Carnival of Horrors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with Elvis Duran in front of a soldout audience to discuss his new memoir Where Do I Begin?, the future of radio, and life in general. This was such a wonderful event to be a part of and you're going to love this conversation. Special thanks to 9.65 Kiss FM and I Heart Radio, Cleveland for access to the audio for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
THESE ARE NOT HOBGOBLINS! Light yourself a black flame candle and gather ye round. We're dishing out a grabbag of scary books perfect for any type of reader. Don't worry about just grabbing one. You can take a handful! Books mentioned in this episode: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky Petra's Ghost by C.S. O'Cinneide Growing Things by Paul Tremblay Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich The Invited by Jennifer McMahon The Plague Stones by James Brogden Inspection by Josh Malerman The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill Salvation Day by Kali Wallace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam breaks down why His Dark Materials his essential in society for readers of all ages. He discusses the connection to spiritualism and religion and how the origins of the story can be traced to Paradise Lost. The latest book in the Book Of Dust series The Secret Commonwealth is out this week. In this series, Philip Pullman expands on the universe and stories he created as we continue Lyra's journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Andrea and Rachel to dish out book recommendations spooky, serious, and otherwise! Whether you want to be scared, laugh, learn something new, or be reminded how awesome you are as a parent we've got something for you in this one. Books mentioned in this episode The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith The Institute by Stephen King Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson It Ended Badly by Jennifer Wright My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Sycamore Row by John Grisham The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom by Leslie Anne Bruce The Warehouse by Rob Hart First Cosmic Velocity by Zach Powers Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Boy Erased by Garrard Conley Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott A Brave Face by Barbara Marlowe & Teeba Furat Marlowe The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam & Jill discuss the books they've been enjoying recently before Adam sits down with Nefertiti Austin to talk about her book Motherhood So White. Nefertiti's book breaks down all the misconceptions about adoption and being a single parent as an African American. This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and artwork for kids! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy Spooky SZN y'all! We're breaking down the books we're most excited about that will be coming out in October. We've got horror books, memoirs, young adult, and yep more horror! There's something for everyone though, whether you love scary books or not. This might be our largest list yet. Books mentioned in this episode The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Where Do I Begin by Elvis Duran Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher Toil & Trouble by Augusten Borroughs Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky House of Brides by Jane Cockram Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman The Library of the Unwritten by AJ Hackwith The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Home Work by Julie Andrews Janis by Holly George-Warren Me by Elton John The Beautiful Ones by Prince The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones The Topeka School by Ben Lerner How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse Notre-Dame by Ken Follett Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with debut author Sara Faring about her new book The Tenth Girl. They discuss the setting "at the end of the world" in Patagonia, her love of dark stories with uplifting endings, and how she went from investment banking to writing a groundbreaking novel. Sara fought through a complete loss of her voice and was as charming as you could possibly imagine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with musical icon Ben Folds to discuss his new memoir A Dream About Lightning Bugs. They discuss how Ben views creativity and how it is essential to foster it, his take on storytelling through his songs, and his experience creating a music video with The Fraggles. This is a must-listen for music fans everywhere and his book is a must-read! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, the great Alice Hoffman sits down with Adam to discuss her new book The World That We Knew, writing a fairy tale in the time of World War II, Jewish folklore, and creating the world of Practical Magic. This chat was inspiring and delightful and you're going to love it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, our good buddy Brad Meltzer returns to chat about the latest installments in his Ordinary People Change the World series, I am Walt Disney and I am Marie Curie. We breakdown the essential nature of daydreaming in Walt's life, why it's important to create real-life role models for children, and how Brad shows his own kids that each day can be magical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Dan Haring and MarcyKate Connolly to discuss their wonderful middle-grade novel, The Star Shepherd. This action-packed book is loaded with wonder, falling stars, pirates, and flying robots, and incredible illustrations by Dan. They discuss is day job in visual effects and how they collaborated to bring this story to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Longtime listeners of the podcast will know that we adored IT Chapter One so much that we did a bonus episode all about that epic movie. With Chapter II coming out this week we thought we'd re-share our thoughts. Sorry for the PBN Classic episode... we'll have tons of new content for you next week! Hi-ya Georgie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam interviews Daniel Handler about his latest novel, Bottle Grove. Daniel is best known for creating the iconic Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and he's also an award-winning author of adult books as well! We dive into the story behind Bottle Grove, how he approaches the craft of writing, and why children's literature creates lasting effects on all of our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a new month, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to share their favorite books coming out in September! Books mentioned in this episode: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Witches are Coming by Lindy West Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Our Dogs, Ourselves by Alexandra Horowitz The Institute by Stephen King Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and artwork for kids! Even if Julia's name isn't familiar believe us when we tell you that her voice is. Julia has over 300 narrator credits to her name and is THE go-to person for audiobooks. Adam and Julia chat about the prep that goes into her narration, what types of books she stays away from and her other passion... being a Tea sommelier! Be sure to check out her debut novel My Oxford Year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode... we had no plan! Therefore, we brought on Emma and Kristin and did a roundtable of book recommendations. There is, quite literally, something for everyone in this list. Book Mentioned in this episode Again but Better by Christine Riccio The Cozy Minimalist Home: More style, less stuff by Myquillyn Smith Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Man-Eaters by Chelsea Cain Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick (Pumpkin Falls Mystery) The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro The Rest of The Story by Sarah Dessen Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden Beard with me and Beard necessities by Penny Reid Disney's Land by Richard Snow Carrie by Stephen King The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Grace Year by Kim Liggett The Body by Bill Bryson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by https://literatibooks.com/. Use our promo code PROBOOKNERDS for $20 off your first box of teacher-curated books and artwork for kids! On today's episode, Adam has the honor of sitting down with Philippa Gregory, well known for her Tudor and Plantagenet novels including The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Other Boleyn Girl. Her latest novel, Tidelands, introduces readers the working class of the south coast of England in a launch of a sweeping new series. She also discusses how she researches the women she writes about and then Adam and Philippa nerd out swapping classic English and Russian Lit recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode features Julie Evelyn Joyce, author of the award-winning Steeped in Love. This book was selected as the Together We Read Canadian digital book club. Hear Adam and Julie chat about RomComs, Hallmark movies, and her undying love for Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Working with libraries and schools, we think about back to school time every year around our office. To shake it up, we're talking a bit about some of our favorite MAGIC schools in literature! Book mentioned in this episode The Summoner Series by Taran Matharu All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Magicians by Lev Grossman The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter The Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole Wayside School series by Louis Sachar Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate Sofia the First series by Andrea Posner-Sanchez Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Sarah Gailey to discuss their debut noir novel Magic for Liars. They break down the structure of the magical rules in the book, the problematic issues with magic in Harry Potter, and the importance of secondary characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Jill share some brief thoughts on Toni Morrison who was, truly, one of a kind. Her books, speeches, and commentary gave a voice to African Americans who felt underrepresented all their lives. She gave a voice to many who felt voiceless. There will never be another Toni Morrison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with debut authors Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones about their heartwrenching novel I'm Not Dying with You Tonight. In our opinion, this is the most important Young Adult novel to come out since The Hate U Give and should be read by every teenager and parent around. Despite the heavy material of the book, this conversation is very lighthearted as Gilly and Kim are hilarious ladies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam has a chat with Holly Throsby all the way from Australia. She is the author of Cedar Valley, which was selected as the next Together We Read book club pick for Australia and New Zealand. They discuss the difference between writing songs and books, creating stories in small-town settings, and they get rudely interrupted by Adam's pups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are more than halfway through the year (omg) and Adam and Jill are going through the PBN Reading Challenge to see what books they have read so far. Visit professionalbooknerds.com to get your own Reading Challenge template to fill in! After you complete the challenge, be sure to send it to us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or tag us on social @ProBookNerds to be entered into a device giveaway. Books mentioned in this episode What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, ed. by Michelle Filgate The Invasion by Peadar O'Guilin Believe Me by JP Delaney Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry The Giver by Lois Lowry War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzel Hall We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Just the Funny Parts by Nell Schovell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam nerds out with Elizabeth Eulberg, author of Past Perfect Life and the Shelby Holmes books! We discuss the difference between writing for middle grade and young adult, why she hated Sherlock Holmes growing up, and the creation of crime scene investigations. This was all over the place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time once again! We're talking about the books we're most excited to read in August! Also, in case you missed it, we were profiled by Authority Magazine for being a binge-able podcast. You can check that article right here: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/how-to-become-the-center-of-influence-through-nerdy-podcasting-with-the-hosts-of-show-of-the-3be028f2f81f Also, also - We're interviewing Elvis Duran LIVE this October in Parma, Ohio. Get tickets here: https://www.beyondbookjackets.com/duran Books mentioned in this episode The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai Inland by Téa Obreht Is There Still Sex in the City? By Candace Bushnell Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Bottle Grove by Daniel Handler The Warehouse by Rob Hart The World Doesn't Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott Beneath the Attic by VC Andrews I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal & Kimberly Jones We Are All Good People Here by Susan Rebecca White The Swallows by Lisa Lutz The Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Consent by Donna Freitas Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying by Bassey Ikpi Hello Girls by Brittany Cavallaro & Emily Henry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Kat Cho, debut YA author of the splendid and fantastical Wicked Fox! They discuss how Kat realized her story and heritage were interesting to others, how K-Dramas relate to Young Adult literature, and the power of having a positive writing group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill has an interview with New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. His new book The New Girl is out now. Daniel shares the real-life kidnapping that inspired the book and why he decided to get rid of the first 200 pages and start over. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You know her from her podcast and writing for NPR. Now getting to discover Linda Holmes as one of the best debut writers of 2019. Evvie Drake Starts Over will make you laugh and move you to tears. Her writing is so powerful and real and the characters jump off the page. In this conversation, Adam and Linda discuss baseball, the struggle to break the 25,000-word barrier and act two of books, and the everlasting awesomeness of Nick Offerman and Keanu Reeves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill welcome Lizzy Saxe to the show to nerd out about the connection between food and stories. We get into the power of food in fantasy novels, their favorite fictional meals from books, wonderful food memoirs of the past, and the new and unique forms of cookbooks coming out including graphic novels and comics. Fair warning, this episode will make you hungry! Book mentioned in this episode Food Politics by Marion Nestle A Feast of Ice and Fire by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel & Sariann Lehrer Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire To Drink and to Eat by Guillaume Long Heat by Bill Buford Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton Cook Korean! by Robin Ha Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen & Ryan Dunlavey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill talks with Lisa Taddeo about her new book THREE WOMEN. This discuss what made Lisa want to write the book and what her process was. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. To get a free month of access to their incredible online courses just visit: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/probooknerds On this episode, Adam sits down in New York with Danika Stone, author of Switchback, a wonderful human vs. nature story of two teens who get lost in the mountains during a class trip and struggle to survive. They also discuss how Danika remains positive on the internet, her writing process as a "plantzer", and the hectic nature walks she took as a kid with her dad that helped inspire this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Sydney to talk all about her new prison librarian memoir Reading Behind Bars. Thanks to all of the listeners who sent in questions. The pair discuss some of Jill's experiences and her writing process. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's almost July, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to discuss the books coming out next month they can't wait to read! Books mentioned in today's episode: Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro Three Women by Lisa Taddeo The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Dark Age by Pierce Brown Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora Wanderers by Chuck Wendig Beneath the Tamarind Tree by Isha Sesay Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim Semicolon by Cecaelia Watson The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisle Other books coming out in July Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Need by Helen Phillips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam sat down with Christine Riccio, debut author of Again, but Better and created of the immensely popular PolandBananasBooks YouTube channel. They discuss her travels abroad, writing as catharsis, and how Christine realized her feelings of isolation and loneliness are shared by countless other people around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. To get a free month of access to their incredible online courses just visit: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/probooknerds Get your headphones ready because today Jill and I are offering up a big pile of audiobook recommendations! A cool new update in Libby that just came out lets you enjoy your audiobooks through Apple CarPlay and Android Auto so it's perfect timing! Enjoy! Books mentioned in this episode La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust) by Philip Pullman Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (Narrated by Xe Sands) Seafire by Natalie C. Parker (Narrated by Rebecca Soler) House of Furies by Madeleine Roux Internment by Samira Ahmed (Narrated by Soneela Nankani) Believe Me by Eddie Izzard Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi We are never meeting in real life by Samantha Irby Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Recommended by listeners: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Changeling by Victor LaValle A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey Click here to see all the audiobooks Team OverDrive is loving right now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Cadwell Turnbull about his novel The Lesson, which comes out June 18th. This story about an advanced race of aliens coming to The U.S. Virgin Islands explore colonialism and the history of an oft-overlooked part of the world. Today's episode is sponsored by Blackstone Publishing. In addition to The Lesson, here are two more great books to check out from Blackstone: -ANOTHER LIFE by Robert Haller (June 4, 2019) Description: Set during one summer in a small town in upstate New York, Robert Haller’s debut novel, Another Life, is a modern comedy with a dark edge, centered around an evangelical church. Christopher Castellani, author of Leading Men, praised the novel, saying: “A fresh voice meets an old soul in Robert Haller, whose Another Life won me over completely with its dark humor, refined earnestness, and uncommon wisdom.” Another Life releases from Blackstone Publishing, on June 4th in hardcover, e-book, and audio. -BLACKBERRY AND WILD ROSE by Sonia Velton (May 7, 2019) Description: In eighteenth-century London, a household of Huguenot silk weavers pursue the perfect silk design, while unrest among the journeyman silk weavers boils over into riot and rebellion, in Sonia Velton’s Blackberry and Wild Rose, an historical fiction debut, now available. Booklist raves “fans of Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist will thoroughly enjoy this engrossing, atmospheric tale of two women struggling for control of their own lives.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with LP Fergusson, author of A Dangerous Act of Kindness, which was selected as the latest Big Library Read global ebook club title. They discuss her upbringing as a child with two parents who fought in WWII, how her childhood and her local libraries inspired this historical fiction, and not judging individuals for the acts of the many. About the Big Library Read Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through your library that connects readers around the world with the same ebook at the same time without any wait lists of holds. It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club, the program is free through your local library or school library and all you need to get started reading is a library card or student ID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill are back in the same room finally and are handing out some wonderful LGBTQIA book recommendations for PRIDE month and beyond! Books mentioned in this episode Red White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian Gentleman Jack by Anne Chrome Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu The Stonewall Reader, edited by NYPL Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden Unbroken edited by Marieke Nijkamp Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta Birthday by Meredith Russo Also here is a great collection of LGBT books written so far this year: 2019 PRIDE month collection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with bestselling author Blake Crouch about his new book Recursion. They discuss false memories, the reality of time, and even the Berenstain Bears. Interview was recorded live at ALA Midwinter 2019. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Sarah Enni in New York City about her debut novel Tell Me Everything! Sarah also hosts the wonderful First Draft podcast where she interview authors and they discuss how this experience has affected her writing and her publishing life. They also get into their shared appreciation for creating stories through human connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's interview is one Jill did with the immensely popular author, Jennifer Weiner about her new book MRS EVERYTHING. The book covers multiple decades and the pair discuss Jennifer's research process, the idea of "chick lit" and how Jennifer's mom inspired this book. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's almost June which means it's time for Adam and Jill's monthly roundup of books to read this month. Books Mentioned In This Episode: Mrs Everything by Jennifer Weiner The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Recursion by Blake Crouch Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey The Girl In Red by Christina Henry Her Daughter's Mother by Daniele Petrova The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity McLean The Last Pirate of New York by Rich Cohen Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Ali Benjamin about her latest novel, The Next Great Paulie Fink. The book is all about how storytelling can shape an individual, how we experience stories, and how we relate them to others. Adam and Ali discuss finding oneself in stories, and the various forms of storytelling throughout history. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Visit https://thegreatcoursesplus.com/probooknerds to unlock a free month of unlimited access to their entire library of lectures from professors and experts! No matter your interest, they have something incredible for you to discover and learn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Brian Jay Jones, the award-winning biographer whose latest book Becoming Dr. Seuss is now available. They discuss the life of Theodore Geisel both before and after becoming the cultural phenomenon that is Dr. Seuss. They also discuss Jim Henson, George Lucas, and the monumental content they've created for generations of fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill share the books they've enjoyed recently before getting into their big thoughts after watching the Game of Thrones finale. What they think might surprise you! Today’s episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Visit thegreatcoursesplus.com/probooknerds to unlock a free month of unlimited access to their entire library of lectures from professors and experts! No matter your interest, they have something incredible for you to discover and learn! Books mentioned in this episode Believe Me by JP Delaney Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry Andy Catlett by Wendell Berry Remembering by Wendell Berry The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Weber Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill has a new memoir coming out on July 2 called Reading Behind Bars which is all about her experiences as a prison librarian. In today's episode, along with talking about her book she also discusses some other books set in prison. Her list includes fiction, nonfiction, and titles written from prison. To get a sneak peek of Jill's book Reading Behind Bars, visit her website at https://www.jillgrunenwald.com/sneak-peek Books Mentioned In This Episode: Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman Out of Orange by Cleary Wolters Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates American Prison by Shane Bauer Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult Affinity by Sarah Waters Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King Green Mile by Stephen King Cherry by Nico Walker Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visitwww.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill interviews author Karen Russell about her new short story collection Orange World and Other Stories. They discuss the differences in writing short fiction v. a novel and how she organized the collection. Interview was recorded at ALA Midwinter 2019 in Seattle, WA. Today's episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Visit thegreatcoursesplus.com/probooknerds to unlock a free month of unlimited access to their entire library of lectures from professors and experts! No matter your interest, they have something incredible for you to discover and learn! Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visitwww.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats about his recent book festival travels before discussing the books he's enjoyed recently. Then, he gets into how he overcame depression last year by focusing on stories in the books he was reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Kim Michele Richardson about her new book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Inspired by the true story of the Blue People of Kentucky, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek looks at the fierce pack horse librarians and the impact they had on a isolated community. Interview was recorded live at ALA Midwinter 2019 in Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Alafair Burke who was in town for a library event! They discuss her latest thriller The Better Sister, how she uses tension from the criminal justice system to up the stakes for family dramas, and what it's like getting to work with Mary Higgins Clark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with bestselling author Fiona Barton about her latest book The Suspect. They discuss Fiona's writing process, along with her decision to make a journalist the investigator in her novels. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
~It's gonna be MAYYYY~ Sorry, Justin. Today we're talking about the books we're most excited about that are coming out in May (oh my god, it's May)... You know the drill. Books Mentioned in this episode The Farm by Joanne Ramos The Bride Test by Helen Hoang The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla & Chimene Suleyman Cari Mora by Thomas Harris Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Tubman Command by Elizabeth Cobbs Kingsbane by Claire LeGrand Biloxi by Mary Miller Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones Anna of Cleve by Alison Weir We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson There's Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell The Obsoletes by Simeon Mills The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Again, but Better by Christine Riccio Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Helen Ellis about her new book Southern Lady Code. Helen shares what it was like writing essays based on her real life and why she loves the Libby app so much! Interview was recorded live at ALA Midwinter. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam returns from LA to chat with Christina about the upcoming OverDrive Summer Reading Program! She breaks down the awesome collection available to our school and library partners and then dives into the titles she's most excited about. You can find the Summer Reading Program page with complete information here: https://resources.overdrive.com/summer-read/ Books mentioned in this episode Niko Draws a Feeling by Robert Raczka Billy Stuart and the Zintrepids by Alain M. Bergeron Scientist, Scientist, Who Do You See? By Chris Ferrie The Flight of the Swans by Sarah McGuire The Vast Wonder of the World Extraordinary by Mélina Mangal A Date with Darcy by Tiffany Schmidt The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco I, Claudia by Mary McCoy The Girl Who Owned a City by O. T. (Terry) Nelson Rules of the Ruff by Heidi Lang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with suspense writer Rachel Howzell Hall, author of the new book They All Fall Down. Jill and Rachel discuss Agatha Christie, seven deadly sins, and locked room mysteries. Interview was recorded live at ALA Midwinter 2019 Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christina and Rickie are back, this time joining Jill to discuss books featuring sisters! From going into hell to save your sister's soul to helping your sister cover up multiple murders to fighting your sister over the King of England, there's a little something for everyone in this list. Books mentioned in this episode My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Lucky by Alice Sebold The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory City Infernal by Edward Lee Sisters by David McPhail Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. We are proud to be an Evergreen Podcast Signature Program. For more information visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Emily Duncan, author of the new young adult book Wicked Saints. Interview was recorded live at ALA Midwinter 2019 Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Professional Book Nerds is an Evergreen Podcasts signature program. To learn more, visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam's out this week in Jury Duty, so Jill is on her own and decided to stay on brand and talk about some True Crime books! Books mentioned in this episode I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara American Fire by Monica Hesse A Serial Killer's Daughter by Kerri Rawson The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman The Lazarus Files by Matthew McGough The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Burned by Edward Humes The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Lucky by Ann Sebold My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Professional Book Nerds is an Evergreen Podcasts signature program. To learn more, visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam sit down with Harlan Coben for a live interview in front of a sold out crowd of 400 readers at their home away from home, Cuyahoga County Public Library. Speaking of homes, his new book RUN AWAY, deals with tracking down someone who ran away from theirs... They also discuss his work with Netflix, his ability to write anywhere, and using the things he sees in his daily life and the question, "What if" as catalysts for his writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's very special episode, Jill and Adam speak with Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung, co-creators of Homes: A Refugee Story. Abu Bakr is an ESL student of Winnie's, who helped him tell his family's story of leaving the Middle East to start a new life in Canada and how the challenges they overcame, all while maintaining a beautiful outlook on life. Hear how they put the book together using frequent interviews, Google Translate, and the stories of Abu Bakr's family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April is around the corner, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to return with their picks of books being published next month! Books Mentioned In this Episode: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Wicked Saints by Emily Duncan No Country for Old Gnomes by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson Southern Lady Code by Helen Ellis Odd Partners edited by Anne Perry Trust Exercise by Susan Choi Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Little Darlings by Melanie Golding The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell White by Bret Easton Ellis The Better Sister by Alafair Burke The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth King of Fools by Amanda Foody Other April Picks: Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, ed. by Michele Filgate Mentors by Russell Brand Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Professional Book Nerds is an Evergreen Podcasts signature program. To learn more, visit www.evergreenpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with New York Times Bestselling author Jasper Fforde. His latest book Early Riser is out now. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Get your tissues ready, folks! No buzzer beaters. No brackets. Just a bunch of books that will absolutely make you cry. Adam and Jill are joined by Christina and Rickie to take a deep dive into some emotional reads. We also break the tension A LOT with jokes. Does Christina still cry? You'll have to listen to find out! Books mentioned in this episode Me Before You by JoJo Moyes Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Beautiful Boy by David Sheff Shrill by Lindy West Room by Emma Donoghue A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby He by John Connolly Atonement by Ian McEwan Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Wayétu Moore, author of She Would Be King, which was a Sarah Jessica Parker Book Club Central Pick. Wayétu shares the impact of storytelling in Liberia's cultural history and the importance of African voices in literature. She also discusses her non-profit One Moore Book. Interview was recorded at Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA during ALA Midwinter 2019 Music: Theme song provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode Adam and Jill chat with Gretchen Rubin about her new book OUTER ORDER INNER CALM and offer tips about how decluttering our lives can help bring us happiness. Before that, Jill and Adam share the books that spark joy within them as well as share some answers from former guests! Books mentioned in this episode: Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin The Books that Spark Joy for us Jill's Books: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Misery by Stephen King Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann Adam's Books The Annotated Alice by Lewis Caroll The works of Henrik Ibsen This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp R.O. Kwon - Episode 245 HOPSCOTCH by Julio Cortazar Joe Abercrombie - Episode 248 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Melissa Hartwig - Episode 263 The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Mallory O'Meara - Episode 315 Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski Kerri Maniscalco - Episodes 168 & 266 A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC by Shel Silverstein Brad Meltzer - Episodes 26 & 299 Justice League of America #150 Marie Benedict - Episodes 52, 121, & 302 The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Madeline Miller - Episodes 278 & 300 Watership Down by Richard Adams Alanna by Tamora Pierce Zoraida Cordova - Episodes 34, 75, & 90 DONE DIRT CHEAP by Sarah Nicole Lemon Marieke Nijkamp - Episodes 4, 56, and 200 HET RAD VAN FORTUIN by Thea Beckman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oh my we have a superb episode for you fellow nerds! Adam chatted with Victoria (V.E.) Schwab about her all of her new upcoming projects including The Steel Prince (graphic novel), the re-release of The Near Witch (Fantasy), and her new Cassidy Blake series book coming later this year. She breaks down the difference between novel and comic writing and her need to inject humor into dark stories for the readers' sake. We also discuss our shared love of nonfiction audiobooks and dish out loads of recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For today's episode, Jill is joined by Tiffany and Sydney for a "No Boys Allowed" episode celebrating Women's History Month. Books by women, books about women, and all things awesome. Books mentioned in this episode: Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi On the Come Up by Angie Thomas The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Sing Unburied Sing by Jessamyn Ward You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Buffering by Hannah Hart Hunger by Roxane Gay We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby Shrill by Lindy West Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, ed. by Michele Filgate One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker In the Woods by Tana French The Witch Elm by Tana French The Likeness by Tana French The Secret Place by Tana French Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer The Passage by Justin Cronin The Little Friend by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Warcross by Marie Lu The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zenter Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews friend of the show, Mallory O'Meara about her new book Lady from the Black Lagoon! In this story Mallory tells the life story of the woman behind the design of the Creature from the Black Lagoon while also sharing her own experiences in the film world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill and Adam are back with their monthly picks episode! This week they are diving into upcoming March books they can't wait to read. Books Mentioned In This Episode The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara The F*ck it Diet by Caroline Dooner The Trials of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward-Wilson Lee Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams The River by Peter Heller The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro Inspection by Josh Malerman The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson Woman 99 by Greer Macallister Internment by Samira Ahmed Funny Man by Patrick McGilligan The Near Witch by V. E. Schwab Once & Future by Cori McCarthy & Amy Rose Capetta Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Samantha Shannon, internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season series to discuss her new high fantasy standalone novel The Priory of the Orange Tree. This sweeping saga tells epic stories of four main characters, a divided world, a queendom, and so many incredible dragons. Adam and Shannon discuss her world building process, devising stories out of history and legend, and how her editing process works. She also explains why this novel is 800+ pages instead of being a series. A must listen and a must read for any fantasy fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A few weeks ago, Adam talked about dog books and now Jill is back with books featuring and about cats! Books Mentioned In This Episode: Dewey by Vicki Myron Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe Old Possom's Book of Practical Cats by TS Eliot The Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Warrior series by Erin Hunter Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby Harry Potter series by JK Rowling Music: Theme song provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading ebooka nd audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Alexandra Robbins, author of The Overachievers, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, and Pledged. Her latest book Fraternity is out now. Music Music provided royalty free from www.bensound.com About the podcast We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam & Jill are joined by Emma and Kristin to dish out oodles of recommendations for the Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge! Also they make lots of good, good jokes. Books mentioned in this episode (broken out by category) Book written by two or more authors Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Josh and Hazel's guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza My Plain Jane Cynthia Hand & Brodi Ashton All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Book that has appeared on the ALA's frequently challenged book list Scary Stories to tell in the dark Perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Harry Potter The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Of Mice and men by John Steinbeck A lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines Grendel by John Gardner Audiobook of a memoir or autobiography read by the author Heartland by Sarah Smarsh Still Foolin' em by Billy Crystal Born Standing Up by Steve Martin As You Wish by Cary Elwes My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum We're going to need more win Gabrielle Union In pieces by Sally Field Hunger makes me a modern girl by Carrie Brownstein Party of One by Dave Holmes Yes, Please by Amy Poehler This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips Retelling of a classic book, fairy tale, or play The Hogarth Shakespeare series of books- The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson (The Winter's Tale) Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson (The Merchant of Venice) Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (The Tempest) The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell - Genderbent Robin Hood The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Blanca and Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore - Swan Lake The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris A Blade so Black by LL McKinney The Winters by Lisa Gabrielle The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye
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On today's episode, Adam interviews Australian author Leife Shallcross about her new book The Beast's Heart. This story is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast but through the beasts eyes. It's equal parts moving and funny and entirely whimsical. We also discuss her lifelong passion for fairy tales and Jim Dale doing her audiobook! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill makes her glorious return from Seattle where she was interviewing authors during the American Library Association Midwinter meetings. We discuss the wonderful people she met and the fun she had before getting into some good ole fashion reading recommendations. Come for the books, stay for the awkwardness of Adam and Jill laughing at each other. Books Mentioned in this episode: An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Just the Funny Parts by Nell Scovell Becoming by Michelle Obama The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo Recursion by Blake Crouch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Lincoln Peirce, best known for his long running comic and novels in the Big Nate universe. He is back with a new book called Max and the Midknights, his first story outside of the the Big Nate world. They discuss the unique classification of his illustrated novels and how long it takes him to lay out a story and the comics combined into one book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Christina is back! She helps Adam break down February's biggest books before providing a few of her favorite books with big casts of characters. February's Biggest Books Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts On the Come Up by Angie Thomas The Familiars by Stacey Halls The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Stranger Things Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond The care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Early Riser by Jasper Fforde The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Wild Bill by Tom Clavin The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley The Blood Spell by C. J. Redwine Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Ensemble cast books One of Us is Lying, by Karen McManus Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo Game of Thrones by George RR Martin The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer Harry Potter Series By JK Rowling Casual Vacancy Series by Robert Galbriath The Raven Boys series by Maggie Steifvater The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan American Gods by Neil Gaimon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Sarah Smarsh, journalist and author of the New York Times best selling memoir Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth. They discuss today's political climate, the struggle of lower class farmers, the effect the news and classism have society, and the similarities and differences between poverty in urban and rural areas. She also explains what led to her breaking free from the cycle of poverty and struggle in own family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last week we got a message on Twitter suggesting we do an episode all about dog books. Well, Jill is on the road for some interviews so Adam took full advantage. Enjoy these wonderful adventures of very good pups and the bork through ruff times and good times alike. Not all dogs are good bois... Some are good girls! Books mentioned in this episode: The Adventures of Balto: The Untold Story of Alaska's Famous Iditarod Sled Dog Where the Red Fern Grows The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Eb White On Dogs Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck The Dog Stars by Peter Heller White Fang Lily and the Octopus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Kristen Roupenian about her new collection of short stories You Know You Want This featuring the widely read and hotly debated Cat Person. They discuss how she avoided the craze that Cat Person created, why she loves the short story format, and how she feels about the novel she's currently working on. Her stories explore human emotion and are darkly funny. This collection is splashed all over countless "best of" lists and is a must read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our incredible friend Marie Benedict stopped by the office on her way to Indianapolis so we just had to record a quick chat about her new book The Only Woman in the Room. In keeping with her style of telling stories about underappreciated woman of history, this book is all about Hedy Lamarr. She was an actress, escaped a marriage to Austrian's most powerful arms dealer, and an inventor whose creation was the foundation for modern day WiFi. Her story is amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's interview, Adam interviews bestselling authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen about their new thrillers An Anonymous Girl. They talk about the ethical decisions we all make every day and the psychology involved with morality. They also explain their unique writing process. This episode is a must listen for fans of thrillers and suspense! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's extraordinarily round numbered episode, Madeline Miller, author of CIRCE, returns to talk more mythology, Shakespeare and theatre. We kick off the episode by discussing a very special giveaway Adam and Jill are doing to celebrate 300 episodes before Madeline talks about some recent books she's read. They then dive into all things stage related! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Brad Meltzer rekindle their Muppet-fueled friendship after nearly 2 1/2 years apart. They discuss his new book The First Conspiracy which he co-wrote with Josh Mensch about the time George Washington was nearly assassinated before the Revolutionary War ever began. This fascinating true story will blow your mind. This was recorded before Christmas so naturally they discuss Emmet Otter and Brad demands to do the Nerd 9 again to see if his answers are the same as last time. Go borrow/buy/request The First Conspiracy today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's 2019! New year, new month, new books from Jill and Adam. This time, they are sharing their books for January. Books Mentioned In This Episode An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen The Paragon Hotel by Lindsay Faye We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Burned by Edward Humes The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker The Similars by Rebecca Hanover Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Looker by Laura Sims The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict The Plotters by Un-Su Kim Annelies by David R. Gillham Breaking and Entering by Jeremy N Smith Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen Black is the Body by Emily Bernard An Orchestra if Minorities by Chigozie Obioma Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with debut YA author Rebecca Hanover about her debut novel The Similars. She tells a wonderful story about high school, clones, acceptance and mystery. You're absolutely going to love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the last Thursday of 2018 and Adam and Jill are here with their roundup of the best books they read in 2018. Both books published this year but also books they read that were published other years. The Professional Book Nerds Best Books of 2018 Landwhale by Jes Baker A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Not That Bad, ed. By Roxane Gay The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The best books we read this year that weren't published in 2018 Lillian Boxfish takes a walk by Kathleen Rooney Marathon Man by William Goldman The Call by Peadar O Guilin The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam interview NYT bestselling author Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing. They discuss her fascinating life studying wildlife in Africa and how she learned to adjust to her life upon returning. Her life has been a beautiful journey and her debut work of fiction is just as good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam interview the great Charlaine Harris, well known author of the Sookie Stackhouse Chronicles, The Aurora Teagarden series, and the Midnight, Texas series, all of which have been turned into television adaptations. Charlaine called in to promote her NEW Gunnie Rose series, beginning with her latest book An Easy Death. This conversation was a joy and Charlaine is the funniest person we've ever interviewed. BEFORE the interview, we announce a brand new thing we're launching for the new year: The 2019 Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge! Be sure to listen in to hear all about it and how you can win a free reading device! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill chats with Ryder Carroll, inventor of the wildly popular Bullet Journal Method. He has a new book out about the practice called The Bullet Journal Method and he and Jill chat all things bujo. With just a couple weeks left in 2018, now is the perfect time to start thinking about 2019 and your goals and plans and to help you with those, we have a giveaway! Head on over to our Instagram @ProBookNerds for your chance to win a copy of Ryder's book The Bullet Journal Method plus the same blue Leuchtturm 1917 dot grid journal that Jill loves to use for her own bullet journal. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by three of OverDrive's staff librarians to answer a few of the book request emails we've received over the last few weeks. Emma, Kristin, and Maria do not disappoint. Check out all these amazing books! Books our librarians (and Adam) are reading: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer Historical Fiction with a Medical Slant The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman The Physician by Noah Gordon Outlander by Diana Gabaldon YA Poetry & Novels in Verse The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Crank by Ellen Hopkins The Dark Between Stars by Atticus If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess Steampunk/Dieselpunk, Modern & Urban Fantasy The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher The Queen of All Crows by Rod Duncan (Book One of the Map of Unknown Things series) The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin Dark, Intense and Creepy audiobooks (based off of I'll be Gone In The Dark) You by Caroline Kepnes The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter Dark Fantasy and moral ambiguity The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Furyborn by Clarie Legrand Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones The Sisters of the Winter Wood Thrilling dad books! Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Micro) Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Marathon Man by William Goldman HP Read Alikes and Literary Fiction A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (2019) True Crime and books about drug dealers The Power of the Dog trilogy by Don Winslow No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel by Dan Slater The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Casablanca and features a conversation with romance suspense writer Kari Lynn Dell whose contemporary western romance series Texas Rodeo includes Reckless in Texas, Tangled in Texas, Tougher in Texas, Fearless in Texas and the new holiday special Mistletoe in Texas. Kari brings a lifetime of personal experience as a horse trainer and rodeo competitor to her writing about the exciting, dangerous – and romantic -- world of the Texas rodeo. Look for other new Sourcebooks Casablanca Christmas titles such as You Had Me at Cowboy by Jennie Marts, Cowboy SEAL Christmas by Nicole Helm, Billionaire Wolf for Christmas by Terry Spear and Cowboy Christmas Jubilee from Dylann Crush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Robin Witten from Audiofile Magazine and the Behind the Mic podcast joins us to talk about the absolute best audiobooks of the year. Behind the Mic is a daily podcast where you can get quick audiobook recommendations across multiple genres. It's a must listen for any fellow audiobook nerd. Subscribe to it today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Casablanca and features a conversation with romance suspense writer Katie Ruggle. Katie's newest book is Rocky Mountain Cowboy Christmas, the first in the new Rocky Mountain Cowboy series which brings pulse-pounding romantic suspense to a cowboy’s Colorado Christmas. You’ll love the four books in her most recent series Rocky Mountain K9 Unit about K9 officers, their trusty dogs and the women they swear to protect. Track down Run to Ground, On the Chase, Survive the Night and Through the Fire. Katie’s first series Search and Rescue included 6 titles about Rocky Mountain rescue divers courting danger—and each other. Look for other new Sourcebooks Casablanca Christmas titles such as You Had Me at Cowboy by Jennie Marts, Cowboy SEAL Christmas by Nicole Helm, Billionaire Wolf for Christmas by Terry Spear and Cowboy Christmas Jubilee from Dylann Crush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
December is right around the corner and Jill and Adam are here with their top picks for next month! Books mentioned in this episode: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery Pandemic by Robin Cook The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash Art Matters by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell We are the Nerds by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin The Noma Guide to Fermentation Guide by Rene Redzepi The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone Light Years by Kass Morgan The Disasters by MK England For the Sake of the Game by Laurie R King The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke We Can Save Us All by Adam Nemett Milkman by Anna Burns Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is a bit of a flashback as Jill and Adam pull an old episode from the archives. In this case, the amazing and incredible ALAN CUMMING OMG. Original episode was #73 back in December 2016, so for longtime listeners hope you enjoy this Monday rewind and for new listeners, enjoy this interview! Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is being released on Thanksgiving in the United States and Adam and Jill decide to talk about what they are thankful for which is OUR AMAZING AND AWESOME LISTENERS! They share emails and reviews from some listeners. Reach out to us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com with your own questions and comments and maybe you'll also get an on air shout out on a future episode. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam interview Stuart Turton, author of the phenomenally mysterious The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. We discuss his passion for Agatha Christie, how to make a murder mystery that lives up to her legacy, editing this masterpiece, why it's named differently in the U.S. and the U.K. and so much more. This novel is a masterpiece of intrigue and Stuart is a delight. Today's episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks, publishers of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Be sure to check out these other excellent new releases in their cataloge: Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley Part history, part romance, and all kinds of magic, author Susanna Kearsley's latest masterpiece will draw you in and never let you go, even long after you've closed the last page. Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris Inspired by a newspaper photo that stunned readers throughout the country during the depression, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of ambition, redemption, love and family. The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure In this riveting novel from The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, a man in disgrace finds that digging up the past is the only road he can take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam look back at how they're doing on their 2018 reading resolutions, discuss the different ways they handle depression and provide a bunch of different ideas for setting 2019 reading goals. Books Adam and Jill have read lately: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White Fraternity by Alexandra Robbins Pledged by Alexandra Robbins Born to Run by Christopher McDougall North by Scott Jurek Marathon Man by Bill Rodgers Hunger by Roxane Gay LandWhale by Jes Baker You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar Charlotte's Web by E. B. White The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former guest and friend of the podcast Fiona Davis returns to talk about her latest book, The Masterpiece Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Andrew James, Managing and Launch Editor for Titan Comics. Andrew manages the Doctor Who series of Titan Comics and both Whovians nerd out about The Doctor and his (or her!) companions and Andrew gives listeners a peek behind the curtain of comic production. For our library friends listening, you can save 75% on Titan Comics Doctor Who series by visiting Marketplace between now and November 25, 2018! If you've been thinking about adding Titan Comics Doctor Who series to your OverDrive collection, now is the perfect time. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do hockey, baking, vlogging and comics have in common? They're all a part of what makes Ngozi so amazing! She is the creator of Check, Please! the fabulous web comic that took kickstarter by storm and is now available to purchase and borrow as complete collections of the stories of Bitty and his hockey adventures. Ngozi chats with Adam about where the idea came from for Check, Please! and how she creates each episode. She also guesses Adam's favorite pie correctly because she's clearly a savant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by Christina, Andrea and Melissa all of whom have little babes at home (and Andrea is expecting another)! We discuss the books they love reading to their little ones and the books they can't wait to share with them as they grow. This episode has been officially rated 100% certified adorable. Books and series mentioned in this episode Pete the cat books Rainbow Fish Chu's Day at the Beach Llama, Llama, red pajama How do dinosaurs say goodnight Fancy Nancy The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog Because I'm Your Dad by Ahmet Zappa Vader's Little Princess Brown Bear, Brown Bear Aggie and Ben Where the wild things are The Giving Tree Harriet the spy Charlotte's Web Harry Potter series How the Grinch stole Christmas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Jasmine Guillory, author of the new book The Proposal. Jill and Jasmine discuss romance books, Roxane Gay, and writing with a full-time job. Interview was recorded in person at ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Madeline Miller about her instant bestselling novel CIRCE. The title was selected for the upcoming Together We Read digital book club which runs from November 1-15 in the United Kingdom. Madeline and Adam discuss her love of Mythology, writing the story for people who have no previous knowledge of the myth and their shared obsession with theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode we're talking about November new releases we're most excited for! There's something for everyone here! Click on any of the books below to sample them and then go borrow or buy them! November books Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean 5 Hazards of Time by Joyce Carol Oates Heirs of the Founders by H. W. Brands My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Museum of Mysteries by Steve Berry & M. J. Rose Fire & Blood by George RR Martin Vita Nostra by Sergey & Marina Dyachenko How Long 'til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin Queer Eye: Love Yourself. Love Your Life. Pulp by Robin Talley Thanks a Thousand by A. J. Jacobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by Whitney Gardner, author and illustrator of Chaotic Good and You're Welcome, Universe. Her latest book, Fake Blood, is out now! Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode we're once again helping you tackle your 2018 Read Harder Challenge. Book Riot has one of the best yearly reading challenges but how do you find books to match each task? We've got your back. To find additional challenge book ideas check out episodes #192, #217, and #245. A comic written or drawn by a person of color Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu Monstress by Marjorie Liu Malice in Ovenland by Micheline Hess Bingo Love by Tee Franklin M.F.K. by Nilah Magruder The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Today's task recommendations: The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi The Belles by Dhionelle Clayton Strange Fire by Tommy Wallach The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando The all the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan Speakers of the Dead by J. Aaron Sanders Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 FYI - Any Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie will work The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Lillian Boxfish Take a Walk by Kathleen Rooney The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J Gaines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Alex London joins Adam to chat about his new YA saga BLACK WINGS BEATING! We discuss falconry, LGBTQ+ writing, his experience with putting animals in his books and loads more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a question we're asked daily: what is your favorite book? PBS took that idea and expanded it to find America's favorite book and they've been working tirelessly to find the answer. Through The Great American Read they've found America's top 100 most popular books and all fall long they've been highlighting different genres and titles in their weekly episodes. On today's episode, Bill Gardner, the VP of Programming and Development at PBS stopped by to chat about the list ahead of the upcoming finale and unveiling of America's favorite book! You can catch up on all the previous episodes and cast your vote for America's favorite book by visiting http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/home/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, April Genevieve Tucholke joins Adam to discuss her latest novel Boneless Mercies, dive DEEP into Beowulf and how its viewed today. We also discuss story structure by comparing linear story lines versus circular stories with multiple points of view like her book WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT. We also discuss her absolutely amazing choice for her background music while writing. April is a delight of a human and this conversation was so much fun. Go get yourself a copy of BONELESS MERICES today! Today's episode was sponsored by Britannica Digital Learning, providers of incredible nonfiction digital content to hundreds of OverDrive library and school partners. To find your library or schools Britannica Digital Learning content, simply search for them by name in the search bar in Libby or on their OverDrive website. And if you’re a library or school library selector, be sure to check out all of EB’s wonderful titles in OverDrive Marketplace today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's show we welcome in Mallory O'Meara, author and cohost of the wonderful Reading Glasses podcast on the Maximum Fun network! Mallory is, in our opinion, THE person to go to when you're looking for horror book recommendations. So now that October has arrived we HAD to bring her on. Our chat is all about the horror books she loves, both truly terrifying and others that are less so. We offer recommendations for everyone, regardless of your fright level. ALSO: Mallory has written a book called The Lady from the Black Lagoon that comes out March 5th and you can recommend it to your library or preorder it right now. It tells the true story of Milicent Patrick, the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie monsters and we can't wait to read it. After you check out this episode be sure to subscribe to Reading Glasses as well. It's a phenomenal, weekly chat about everything in the book world between Mallory and her co-host Brea Grant. They are a Thursday release friend so you can enjoy both our shows together where they belong. Mallory's horror book recommendations! Definitely Scary: A Head full of ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan The Elementals by Michael McDowell Short story collections Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due Revenge by Yoko Ogawa Just a little Spooky White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury The book that made Mallory fall in love with horror Creepshow graphic novel by Stephen King Other books discussed We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay The Deadhouse by Dawn Kurtagich And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Mallory's All Hollow's Read book This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us by Edgar Cantero Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches. Deborah has a new book out now called Time's Convert that is set in the same universe and she comes on the podcast to talk about what it was like returning to her world and characters, what her research process was like, and talks a little bit about the television adaptation of her popular series. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Katherine Locke, author of the latest Big Library Read selection The Girl with the Red Balloon. The book is a mix of historical fiction and magical realism and it RULES. This chat features everything from 80s pop music to D&D nerding out, references to Bruce Springsteen and previous guests Marieke Nijkamp and Linsey Miller! About the Big Library Read Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through your library that connects readers around the world with the same eBook at the same time without any wait lists or holds. From October 1-15, readers at the 20,000+ participating libraries and schools can borrow the book without any waitlists or holds! Simply head to your library's OverDrive website or open up Libby and you'll see it front and center. It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club, the program is free through your local library or school library and all you need to get started reading is a library card or student ID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam share the books coming out in October they are most excited for. BUT FIRST... We are in a BIG NAGINI MOOD. We bring on friend of the show and all around rockstar human Jandra Sutton to breakdown the issues we have with the new Fantastic Beasts trailer. We have thoughts, friends. Book mentioned in this episode The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton The Witch Elm by Tana French The Library Book by Susan Orlean Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami Elevation by Stephen King Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen Lu by Jason Reynolds Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally Heavy by Kiese Laymon Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich Author & Steven Levenson Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle I'll Be There for you the one about friends by Kelsey Miller Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson Swing by Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Hank Green, one half of the VlogBrothers and just so many other amazing things on the internet. Hank's debut novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing comes on Tuesday (9/25) and it is genuinely stunning. Adam and Hank discuss society in the age of connectivity because of the internet and what it means for us as humans. At the end of the day his mysterious novel feels like a beautiful statement on where we are as a people today and how we can accomplish things by coming together. This book and this chat we're both simply wonderful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, our good buddy Kerri Maniscalco returns to chat about her brand new book Escaping from Houdini! Want to know what sounds absolutely creepy? A murderous carnival on a cruise ship... We get into where the idea came from and a whole slew of other things. It's always such a blast when Kerri stops by (via phone.) Go read this book now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tuesday, September 18th is Read an Ebook Day! OverDrive's own holiday which celebrates a love for digital reading and for today's episode, Adam and Jill talk to some of their coworkers to find out what books they'll be reading. Visit www.readanebookday.com for more information and follow the hashtag #EbookLove to join the conversation Books Mentioned in This Episode Eye of the World by Robert Jordan The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Educated by Tara Westover Lethal White by Robert Galbraith Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantaro The Call by Paedar O'Guilan Dune by Frank Herbert More Deadly than the Male by Graeme Davis Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot Descender by Jeff Lemire The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TV Host, Comedy Writer, Stand up comedian, Memoirist. Guy Branum can do it all. On today's episode Adam interviews one of his favorite celebrities about his debut book My Life As a Goddess. Equal parts introspective and hilarious, this book breaks down Guy's personal upbringing, surviving law school, coming into his own as a comedy writer and the true meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody. I say this was an interview but truthfully it's more like a 30 minute pitch for Adam to get to be Guy's friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we sit down with Melissa Hartwig, co-founder of Whole30 and author of the new Whole30 Slow Cooker. We disucss how Whole30 came to be, dispel the misconception that it's a diet and get into Melissa's life as a fellow book nerd. This episode was sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Be sure to check out Melissa's new cookbook The WHOLE30 Slow Cooker Cookbook for 150 delicious, no-fuss recipes as well as The Whole Smiths Good Food Cookbook, the first cookbook ever endorsed by the Whole30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Kami Garcia, bestselling co-author of the wildly popular Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures series as well as the new Broken Beautiful Hearts, The X-Files YA origin book Agent of Chaos and numerous other wonderful books. They discuss the importance of talking about tough topicswith young readers, how her writing career began on a dare and what it's like writing a story in a previously created universe like the X-Files. I could have chatted with her for DAYS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by Christina Dalcher whose debut novel VOX is getting all sorts of buzz. This dystopian story draws comparisons to The Handmaid's Tale with it's disturbing setting and the future it portrays where women are only allowed to speak 100 words per day. Christina has spent her life studying linguistics and the importance of language and we dig into how this played into her novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is getting married! Thankfully, we have many a book nerd here so the wonderful Andrea pinch hits to chat with Adam about the books they're most excited for coming out this month. Books discussed in this episode In Pieces by Sally Field The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle Wildcard by Marie Lu An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Sadie by Courtney Summers Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White Vengeful by V.E. Schwab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam has a round table discussion with three of the best writers of modern day fairy tales. Rena Rossner, Laini Taylor, and Naomi Novik all write magical, dark and enchanting stories that many classify as fairy tales and we dive into what that definition means and why these stories mean so much to readers. Books discussed: Spinning Silver and Uprooted by Naomi Novik The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Strange, The Dreamer by Laini Taylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with James Moloney, an Australian author whose latest novel The Love That I Have was selected as our most recent Together We Read book club title for Australia and New Zealand. For two weeks all library card holders in that part of the world can visit their library's OverDrive website (Or Libby!) and borrow the book without wait lists or holds. Adam and James discuss why they feel World War II novels remain so popular today and how they force society to look at the current state of our world through a lens of events in the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode it's all about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! Adam & Jill begin with a series of topics about the HP community, what the houses mean to them and how the Wizarding World remains connected to their daily lives. Then Adam interviews Hikari Loftus of Folded Pages Distillery (https://www.instagram.com/foldedpagesdistillery/) about her fandom. Starting August 27th anyone with a library card at any North American library can visit the library's OverDrive website (or Libby!) and borrow the book without any wait lists or holds for two weeks! Check it out and join in the fun! Thank you to Pottermore for helping coordinate this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, to discuss his new graphic novel Illegal. They cover topics like why he chose to write about African immigrants, how graphic novels can help struggling readers grasp stories and how people can help out others going through similar experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill get to talk with Keiko Agena who played Lane Kim on Gilmore Girls. Along with acting, she is also a visual artist who has a new workbook for artists out now called No Mistakes. Part adult coloring book, part artistic exercises, this workbook is perfect for anyone wanting to stretch their artistic limits whether you are a writer, an artist, or still trying to find your creative voice. Adam and Jill also offer up some recent reads for listeners. Books mentioned in this episode: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy The Call by Peadar O'Guilin Final Girls by Riley Sager How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather Truth or Beard by Penny Reid Beard Science by Penny Reid The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode new best friend of the show R.O. Kwon joins Jill and Adam to discuss her absolutely Earth shattering debut novel The Incendiaries, wishing she could escape writing about religion and why she's a firm believer in the spine-in bookshelves (shudders). Check out her book and listen to us bond with the best person alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill and Adam share some of their favorite recent Young Adult anthologies loaded with diverse stories including various cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and stories from authors with disabilities. These stories are a perfect way for readers to discover the world through people who may not look or sound like them. You'll love every one of them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Gail Honeyman, author of the bestselling book Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. They discuss what inspired Gail to write the book and what it's like to have your debut do so well. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Jill are back with their monthly picks! Today they offer up some incredible books coming out in August. Books Mentioned In this Episode Vox by Christine Dalcher Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis French Exit by Patrick deWitt Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Nightblood by Elly Blake Our House by Louise Candlish Soul Stealer: Catwoman by Sarah J. Maas Rust & Stardust by T Greenwood Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison Captive by Catherine Oxenberg Flights by Olga Tokarczuk Dopesick by Beth Macy Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris Our Stories Our Voices ed. by Amy Reed Relic by Alan Dean Foster Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden Toil Trouble by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode Adam is joined by two of the defining voices in Science Fiction writing, Ann Leckie and NK Jemisin! They discuss tired tropes of Science Fiction, diversity in writing and whether or not it's okay to tell another culture's story. This might just be my favorite conversation I've ever had... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Emma and Meghan to offer up some Sharp Objects readalikes. Mother / daughter relationships! Small town secrets! Unreliable narrators! Books mentioned in today's episode: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter When the Light's Go Out by Mary Kubica Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica The Good Girl by Mary Kubica You by Caroline Kepnes Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes The Breakdown by B.A. Paris Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney Mine by J.L. Butler Final Girls by Riley Sager Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J Sullivan Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne Room by Emma Donoghue Educated by Tara Westover The Fever by Megan Abbott Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode Adam chats with Joe Abercrombie, author of the ridiculously popular First Law series. They chat about the new covers of the original trilogy, the new trilogy he's currently writing (!!!) and what he discovered while re-reading his books as research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's show we have the wildly popular blogger Janssen Bradshaw, creator of the amazing everyday-reading.com. We discuss how she started blogging, how she finds time to read with a bunch of children running around the house, ways to get the youngsters to love reading and how audiobooks are a book nerds' lifesaver! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam bonds with Sarah Jacoby over her jawdropping illustrations, her wonderful children's book and Jim Henson. It's amazing and she's amazing and you should all go read Forever or a Day right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back with a bunch more recommendations to help you tackle the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge! Here's what we're chatting about today: Book About Nature Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett Shark Drunk by Morten Strøksnes Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson Western True Grit by Charles Portis The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark World, Chase Me Down by Andrew Hilleman Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx The Assassination Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen The Pinks by Chris Enss Celebrity Memoir Vacationland by John Hodgman Troublemaker by Leah Remini Ginger Kid by Steve Hoffstetter This is Me by Chrissy Metz You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer Children's Classic published before 1980 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Adam is sitting down with author Katie Ganshert, a wonderful woman who writes Christian inspired titles for both adults and young readers. Her latest novel No One Ever Asked, is inspired by real world events, this is a riveting tale about the way we see one another, the lies we tell ourselves, the questions and stories that go unexplored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big Library Read is back! This time, readers voted on Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams, a historical western version of Pride & Prejudice. From July 9th until July 23rd, you can borrow Lacy's book from participating libraries without waitlists or holds. After reading, visit BigLibraryRead.com to participate in the discussion board with other readers! Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is the best Harry Potter character? What's the worst side plot. Is Snape actually good. We tackle these and so many other important topics on today's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with debut author Malcolm Hansen about his novel They Come in All Colors. This story touches on growing up a multicultural child in the tense societal times of the 60s and 70s in both NYC and the deep south. They also talk about Malcolm's Hunter S. Thompson like travels and the fascinating life he's led. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's our July books episode! Adam and Jill is here with their monthly picks for July and Jill also talks a little bit about her time in New Orleans for ALA. Books Mentioned In This Episode: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce The Incendiaries by Ro Kwon Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S Dawson Believe Me by JP Delaney Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James Don't You Ever by Mary Carter Bishop Northland by Porter Fox Suicide Club by Rachel Heng From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey Stein Scream and Scream Again! ed., RL Stine Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice. Her latest book, Every Note Played, is out now. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is quite spicy! Get it? Bayou? New Orleans? Cajun? Sorry... ANYWAY! Jill is going to New Orleans for ALA so we're handing out book recs set in the Big Easy. We then dive into a very important conversation about our own personal book rules. Have book rules of your own? Join our Reading Community on Viber and let us know about them! https://vb.me/pbn Books mentioned in this episode: Interview with the Vampire & The Witching Hour by Anne Rice A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Awakening by Kate Chopin Preacher by Garth Ennis Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Pelican Brief by John Grisham A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's interview episode is one we've been waiting months to share with you! Fatima Farheen Mirza sat down with Adam in Philadelphia for the first interview she ever had about her debut novel A Place for Us. The story she has crafted is beautiful and moving and we're so fortunate to have had her join us. Her book is the first release of Sarah Jessica Parker's new publishing house SJP for Hogarth and it is a must read. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Got something to say? Please feel free to contact us or join us on Viber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's Pride Month! For today's episode, Jill and Adam discuss some of the Lambda Literary Award recent winners along with some other LGBTQ+ related books. They also discuss some of their recent reads. For more information on the award, visit https://www.lambdaliterary.org Books Mentioned In this Episode Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado After the Blue Hour by John Rechy The Gift by Barbara Browning Hunger by Roxane Gay How We Get Free, ed. by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Autonomous by Annalee Newitz The Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt George by Alex Gino The Pants Project by Cat Clark Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by author Elisabeth Cohen, whose new novel The Glitch, highlights the life of a highly successful female CEO of a tech company and her insanely time managed life. Elisabeth touches on the common misconceptions we all have about not only high powered business women but also the misconceptions we have when we think about the majestic craft of writing. Visit our website at https://professionalbooknerds.com/ to find us on social media and join our reading community! https://vb.me/pbn We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill offers some of her favorite tips & tricks for getting the most out of your library's OverDrive collection! Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club about his new book The Dante Chamber. They talk about expanding on real life literary characters and turning them into historical fiction. They have a fascinating chat about classic literature and much more! Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Got something to say? Please feel free to contact us or join us on Viber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Jill are back with their monthly list of books they can't wait to read in June! Books mentioned in this episode: The Mermaid by Christina Henry There There by Tommy Orange The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Florida by Lauren Groff My Plain Jain by Cynthia Hand Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Sex and the City and Us by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong The Book of M by Peng Shepherd Sick by Prochista Khakpour A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, ed. by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates Court of Shadows by Madeleine Roux Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AHHHH! Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Ruth Ware, one of her absolute favorite mystery authors! Her latest book, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, is out tomorrow. Say Hello! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com and join our Viber community for more great book recommendations! Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We have news! We've partnered with Viber, a global messaging app, to launch a reading community for our listeners! Think of this as a Professional Book Nerds Digital Book Club! This community will be an ongoing conversation between us, our fellow book nerds at OverDrive AND all of you! You can download Viber and join the community by clicking this link: https://vb.me/pbn Once there, feel free to introduce yourselves, share what you're reading and join the conversation! Book Recommendations in this episode: Wildcard by Marie Lu Uprooted by Naomi Novik Agent of Chaos by Kami Garcia Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Visit our website: https://professionalbooknerds.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with YA author Claire Legrand about her new fantasy novel Furyborn. Claire discusses the long history of this book, the music that inspired her writing, and offers some book recommendations for our listeners. Interview was recorded at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The wildly talented and all-around wonderful Jessica Knoll took some time out of her post-pub day celebrations to chat with Adam on today's episode! They discuss how writing The Favorite Sister was different from her debut, what it feels like writing with newfound expectations, the truth behind her fiction and why you women shouldn't ever have to apologize for their success. The Favorite Sister is now available and sure to be on every bestseller list so go borrow it today! Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You asked and we listened! On our website professionalbooknerds.com, Historical Fiction was overwhelmingly the genre our listeners wanted us to talk about next, so on today's episode Adam and Jill offer up some historical fiction picks. They also talk about all of the non-historical fiction titles they've been reading recently. Books Mentioned in This Episode Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Varina by Charles Frazier Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Shadow Child by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams White Houses by Amy Bloom Allegedly by Tiffany D Jackson Pushout by Monique W Morris The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with award winning authors Rebecca Mass and Wendy Stead, who have co-written the middle-grade novel, BOB! They discuss their different writing styles and how important having an open mind is when co-writing a book. We had an absolute blast chatting in Philly! Click Here to read a sample of BOB and borrow it from your library. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oh goodness was this a treat. We got a private tour of Cleveland Public Library's historic downtown library and then sat down with their Youth Services librarians for a book talk! They offer up everything from Adult and YA to comics, manga, graphic novels and even some pictures books! Books discussed on this episode All Summer Long by Hope Larson There There by Tommy Orange Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Sunny by Jason Reynolds As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds The Milk of Dreams by Leonara Carrington We Are All Dots: A Big Plan for a Better World by Carolina Zanotti and Giancarlo Macri Real Friends by Shannon Hale Be prepared by Vera Brosgol Everything You Need to Build a Treehouse by Carter Higgins Wild by Emily Hughes Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Ariel Lawhon, historical fiction author of I Was Anastasia. Jill and Ariel discuss the mythology that surrounds the Romanov dynasty and Ariel's unique research and writing process. Ariel also shares some of her favorite historical fiction novels. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Visit www.professionalbooknerds.com for more information about the podcast Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oh it's that time again! join us as we dive into a big pile of buzzy new books coming out this month. Also... be sure to visit our website for lots of book nerd fun, more book recommendations, get in touch with us and much more! https://professionalbooknerds.com/ Books discussed in this episode The Favorite Sister by Jennifer Knoll The Come in All Colors by Malcolm Hansen Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay Landwhale by Jes Baker The Outsider by Stephen King The Glitch by Elisabth Cohen Calypso by David Sedaris The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon Furyborn by Claire Legrand The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Legendary by Stephanie Garber Our Kind of Cruelty by Ariminta Hall He by John Connolly The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner The Death of Mrs. Westaway The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by Alison Green, author of the work advice column Ask a Manager. Her new book, Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work is out May 1st! Visit askamanager.org to read Alison's column! Say Hello! Find us on IG and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Visit professionalbooknerds.com for more information Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, we are talking Westworld readalikes! Westerns! Artificial Intelligence! WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? After sharing their readalikes, Jill and Adam also discuss the first episode of season 2 of Westworld. SPOILERS. More Westworld Readalikes can be found on OverDrive Books Mentioned In This Episode Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman The Gunslinger by Stephen King True Grit by Charles Portis Reamde by Neal Stephenson The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson Say Hello! Find us on Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com For more information, visit professionalbooknerds.com Music Theme Song: "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by bestselling author Paula McLain to discuss her new book Love & Ruin. This follow-up to her earlier novel The Paris Wife, Love & Ruin follows Ernest Hemingway's third wife, Martha Gellhorn. Episode was recorded Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Denver Convention Center Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Christina joins Adam and Jill to talk all about this year's Summer Read program! This annual program is designed to encourage students to keep reading all year long and runs June 6th - July 18th. Our school partners interested in participating can find more information -- including a marketing kit -- at resources.overdrive.com/summer-read Titles in 2018 Summer Read Program Man Sponge Saves the Day by Sarah Wilson The Earth Kingdom Chronicles: The Tale of Aang by Nickelodeon Publishing The Notations of Cooper Cameron by Jane O'Reilly Modo: Ember's End by Arthur Slade The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by FC Yee Camp So and So by Mary McCoy Splinter by Sasha Dawn Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam bonds with YA fantasy author Tricia Levenseller over their shared loved of pirates and vikings while getting into the incredible world she's created in both Daughter of the Pirate King and Daughter of the Siren Queen. They discuss a pirate cruise Tricia went on as well as their mutual adoration for Pirates of the Caribbean. Join us, Maytee! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back with more recommendations for Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge! Today we are tackling: A classic of genre fiction A book you can read in one sitting An essay anthology An assigned book you hated (or didn't finish) The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Watership Down by Richard Adams Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie The Old man and the Sea by Ernest hemingway We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson The ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Fire This Time, edited by Jesamyn Ward Rereadings, edited by Annie Fadiman Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, edited by Roxane Gay Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to have Kids, edited by Meghan Daum Double Bind: Women on Ambition, edited by Robin Romm Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Tripods trilogy by John Christopher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by National Book Award winning author Nathaniel Philbrick about his re-released memoir Second Wind. Nathaniel talks about his history with sailing and what made him write Second Wind, and also discusses some of his historical books including In the Heart of the Sea. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friend Nancy Pearl is back with some book picks for spring! Books mentioned in this episode Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Cleveland journalist and bestselling author stops by the office to sit down with Adam for a wide-ranging conversation about everything from being a 20 year cancer survivor, creating books out of newspaper columns and much more. They chat about how beautiful quotes stick with us and what words mean to us as readers. Take a listen! Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode Adam is back in the office from a whole bunch of travels just in time for our April book picks! Join in as Jill and Adam get a little weird talking Zelda, Duck Tales and, of course, the books they're most excited about coming out this month! Books mentioned in this episode Circe by Madeline Miller The Geraldo Show by Geraldo Rivera Noir by Christopher Moore My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris Rebound by Kwame Brown Sunny by Jason Reynolds Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright The Only Story by Julian Barnes Inseparable by Yunte Huang Happiness by Aminatta Forna The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich Make Trouble by Cecile Richards My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller The Library by Stuart Kells North by Scott Jurek Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big Library Read is back! The latest pick for our global eBook club is Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha. On today's episode, Jennifer joins the Professional Book Nerds and discusses her experience living in a 100-year-old cabin, learning how to homestead and farm on the fly and raise goats. Jennifer explains how she came to live in the cabin and how it truly became the home she never knew she needed. For more information about BLR, visit BigLibraryRead.com Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a podcast within a podcast! Adam and Jill have a conversation with Claire Handscombe, podcaster behind the Brit Lit Podcast. She is also the author of the upcoming book Unscripted. The trio discuss book trends between the US and the UK and also talk the West Wing, as Claire is a huge fan. Find Claire and her podcast at the following sites: https://britlitblog.com/ https://twitter.com/BritLitPodcast https://twitter.com/purpleclaire You can also contribute to her Unscripted crowdfunding campaign at https://unbound.com/books/unscripted/ Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam sits down with stand-up comedian Steve Hofstetter about his new book Ginger Kid. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill and Adam speak with Jonathan Miles, author of Anatomy of a Miracle, the latest Sarah Jessica Parker ALA Book Club Central Pick. They discuss Jonathan's writing process, his background as a journalist, and Cleveland! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No matter what your age, chances are you grew up reading Jane Yolen's books. She is a children's literature institution who has been compared to Aesop and Hans Christian Andersen and countless generations learned to read through her stories. This month, she released her 365th (!!) book and so we're celebrating a Year of Jane Yolen. Listen in as she describes the process of creating books for children of all ages and why she still loves doing it. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is back with Rachel, Emma, and Kristin are with some of their latest thriller and suspense picks! Many of these aren't published yet, so be sure to put them on hold now and be first in line. Books Mentioned In This Episode: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney The Flight Attendant by Chris Boujion Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Boujilion The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall Bring Me Back by BA Paris The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware Sometimes I Kill by Alice Feeney The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Neverworld Wake by Marissa Peshl Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips Tangerine by Christine Mangan Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode we FINALLY share our interview with Tomi Adeyemi, author of the YA Fantasy phenomenon, Children of Blood and Bone. Adam and Tomi discuss how the events of society inspired her stories, realizing that she was writing characters that looked nothing like her and the misconception that she is an "overnight" success. Every second of this conversation was memorable and Tomi is a generational talent in the literary world. Go read her book! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's our monthly book round up episode! Adam and Jill discuss the March books they can't wait to read and also offer some recommendations based on the books they are both currently reading. Books Mentioned In This Episode Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg Tangerine by Christine Mangan Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney Fresh Water by Awkaeke Emezi Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs The Hunger by Alma Katsu Dreadful Young Ladies and other stories by Kelly Barnhill The Manson Women and Me by Nikki Meredith The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen Census by Jesse Ball The Feed by Nick Clark Windo Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode features bestselling author Carter Wilson. His latest book Mister Tender's Girl -- based on the Slenderman Stabbings -- is out now. Carter and Jill discuss Carter's writing process, comic books, and the balance that comes when writing a fictional book based on actual events. Interview was record on February 11, 2018 at the Denver Convention Center. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam is joined by Christina (hello, Hi!), Sarah and Briana to chat about some Fantasy novels (and series) they've been loving lately and even a few coming soon they are hyped about. We've got thoughts on world building, love triangles and naming conventions... Take a listen! Books mentioned in this episode The Young Elites by Marie Lu Warcross by Marie Lu War Storm by Victoria Aveyard A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes The Age of Legends series by Kelley Armstrong The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima Blood Song by Anthony Ryan The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Caraval by Stephanie Garber Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth The Magicians by Lev Grossman Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper The Lunar Chronicles The Frostblood series by Elly Blake Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is back from Denver and ALA Midwinter, where she did several author interviews, including this one with Matt Haig, author of How To Stop Time. Interview was recorded on February 10, 2018 at the Denver Convention Center. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's special episode, we're interviewing the author of the Together We Read Canada book club, Dennis Bock. His novel, The Communist's Daughter, was selected by OverDrive's Canadian users as their national book club selection and we sat down with him to discuss the book. Together We Read is a Digital Book Club being featured through participating libraries in Canada from February 15 – March 1, 2018. The club connects readers all across Canada with the same eBook, at the same time. Simply go to your library's OverDrive website to borrow the title and join our book club conversation at https://togetherweread.com/CA/. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we celebrate turning 200, we welcome back our 1st ever guest, author Marieke Nijkamp! We sat down for a live event at our home library, Cuyahoga County, to discuss her latest NY Times bestseller, Before I Let Go. Marieke goes into using setting as a character, why she creates her own towns and answers audience questions about how she knew she wanted to be a writer. During our intro we also announce the winners of our Cats/Dogs photo contest. Special thanks to Kobo for the Kobo Aura ONEs we were able to give away. Take a listen and happy reading! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks. We'll be interviewing children's author Chris Ferrie and if you're looking for more children's books for your library or personal collection be sure to check out these great Sourcebooks selections: Don't Push the Button! By Bill Cotter Max at Night by Ed Vere The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty You can find all of Chris Ferrie's children's books here During our conversation, Chris shares how he decided to write physics books for babies and why he thinks these titles are great for youthful readers. He also explains how he breaks down the building blocks that lead to starting his books and how he creates the images as well. Additional Authors and books mentioned in intro to this episode Francine Rivers Mesu Andrews Jan Karon's Mitford Series In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury The Screwtape letters by CS Lewis If I Run series by Terri Blackstock Where We Belong by Lynn Austin Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
They have returned! We received a bunch of great feedback last time Kenny, Quinton and Jim were on to discuss comics that we decided we should probably run this back for another hour of good, good comic chat. Love Comics? Prefer Manga? Never read a comic and don't know where to start? If any of these are true, we've got your back! Titles mentioned in this episode Mouse Guard by David Petersen Flashpoint by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert Brandon Sanderson's White Sand by Brandon Sanderson and Julius Gopez Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Blackest Night by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and Ibraim Roberson Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files Robotech series Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yushi Kawata Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland From a Certain Point of View Death by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill interview Malu Halasa about her novel Mother of all Pigs, middle eastern literature and taking a look at stories from a different angle than you might expect. Before that conversation, Christina joins Adam for the intro to hand out book recommendations and discuss audiobook listening. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's our monthly books list episode! In today's episode, Jill and Adam run down their list of February books they can't wait to read. Books Mentioned In this Episode The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard Educated by Tara Westover A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando Feel Free by Zadie Smith How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones Chicago by David Mamet The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo Woman at 1000 Degrees by Halgrimur Helgason The Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ayobami Adebayo, the latest Book Club Central selection by Sarah Jessica Parker and the American Library Association, joins Adam all the way from Nigeria to discuss her moving novel Stay with Me. They also discuss how she built a character out of her surroundings, studying under legendary authors and that realizing that there is no perfect situation to write... you simply have to do it. She also offered the following African literary selections: When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola Longthroat Memoirs by Yemisi Aribisala Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill is joined by Emma, Rachel, and Kristin to discuss all of the books you should read before their adaptations appear in 2018 (or 2019, in some cases!). Books Mentioned In this Episode Dumplin' by Julie Murphy Puddin' by Julie Murphy Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The First Man by James R. Hansen Boy Erased by Garrard Conley Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 11/22/63 by Stephen King Big Little Lies by Liana Moriarty The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews The Sister's Brothers by Patrick deWitt The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's podcast is an interview with Ann Leckie, the only author to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award for a single title. Her latest book, Provenance, is out now. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friends over at Book Riot have put out their annual Read Harder Challenge and we're going to help you find some books! In this episode we offer some recommendations for the following challenge items: A book published posthumously True Crime A book set in or about a BRICS country Science fiction with a female protagonist written by a female author Books Mentioned In This Episode Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Trial by Franz Kafka The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens A False Report by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Innocent Man by John Grisham American Kingpin by Nick Bilton Breaking Free by Rachel Jeffs Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore Ranger Games by Ben Blum The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Captains of the sands by Jorge Amado Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Dry White Season by Andre Brink The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Provenance by Ann Leckie Autonomous by Annalee Newitz The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley Kindred by Octavia Butler Midnight Robber by Nala Hopkinson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, author Heather Demetrios joins the show to chat about abusive relationships, her new book Bad Romance and the world of theater nerds. They discuss creating a better understanding of emotional abuse and recovering from this difficult relationships. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with their OverDrive co-workers and former podcast guests to discuss what their reading resolutions for 2018 are! For some, it's a number of books, for others it's the type of books they are reading. We also hear how everyone plans on keeping track of what they read, be it Goodreads, a notebook, and of course there is Jill's classic spreadsheet. Find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds or email us at professionalbooknerds @ overdrive.com to share your own reading resolutions! Books Mentioned In this Episode Corruption by Jessica Shirvington Bring Me Back by BA Paris Celtic Tales by Kate Forrester The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Relish by Lucy Knisley Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Gold Dust Woman by Stephen Davis Love, Janis by Laura Joplin A Natural Woman by Carole King Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson Foundation series by Isaac Asimov Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlen Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlen Roma series by Arthur C. Clarke Ringworld by Larry Niven The Hunger by Alma Katsu Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin Middlemarch by George Eliot A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Natasha, Pierra, and the Great Comet of 1812 by Leo Tolstoy Behave by Robert M. Sabolski The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien Blackdog by K.V. Johansen $2 a day by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer Evicted by Matthew Desmond Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we FINALLY can share our interview with Kelly Corrigan that took place back in August at Digipalooza. Kelly joined us in front of a room of 500 librarians to discuss her new book Tell Me More for the first time ever. In this hilarious chat, you'll hear about her writing process, being a memoirist and dealing with her kids' friends reading about her life and so much more. We had a blast with Kelly and her new book is a must read! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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On today's episode, Jill and (an under the weather) Adam offer up some helpful ways to keep your reading goals on track in 2018. They also provide a few book recommendations, talk about the David Bowie Book Club and get excited about some Page to Screen movies coming in the next few months. Books mentioned in this episode Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Iron Gold by Pierce Brown Thornhill by Pam Smy House of Furies by Madeleine Roux (Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown) Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy New Year! We welcome in 2018 with an interview with middle grade author MarcyKate Connolly, discussing her new book Shadow Weaver. Hear Adam chat with MarcyKate about magic, world building, ideas coming to her at the most inconvenient time and her adorable pugs! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're ringing in a new year with the books coming out in January we're most excited for. Take a listen and then let us know what books you can't wait to read in 2018! Books mentioned in this episode Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jenkins Gnomon by Nick Harkaway The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette Grist Mill Road by Christopher J Yates The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Red Clocks by Leni Zumas Iron Gold by Pierce Brown A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell The English Wife by Lauren Willig Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Robots vs. Fairies Even more January book releases to check out Everless by Sara Holland Meet Cute: Some People are Destined to Meet When -- The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with some of their OverDrive coworkers and former podcast guests to find out what their favorite books of 2017 were! Books Mentioned in this Episode: Hunger by Roxane Gay Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Interview with George Saunders available here A Court of Wings and Roses by Sarah J. Maas You by Caroline Kepnis Beard in Mind by Penny Reid The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter DC The New Frontier by Darwin Cooke Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly The Secret Wife by Gill Paul Big Mushy Happy Lumps by Sarah Andersen Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Pachinko by Min Jee Lee The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Oh, Christmas Tree Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Jingle Bells Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Jill's Best Books of 2017: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Hunger by Roxane Gay American War by Omar El Akkad The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Bad Romance by Heather Demitrios Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Caraval by Stephanie Warcross by Marie Lu Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview with Cleveland native, Susan Orlean, author of the New York Times Bestselling book The Orchid Thief. She discusses the writing process behind the book and the movie adaptation, as well as gives us a sneak peek of the book she's currently working on. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Today's Episode, Jill and Adam welcome back their good friend and romance writing treasure, Penny Reid! Penny talks about her latest books, offers some cozy mystery book recommendations and tells us about possibly the best holiday tradition ever. She also chats up her wonderful fan club/ reader group which you can join below. Adam and Jill also provide some classic book recommendations and offer a reminder to keep tagging us in your Cat and Dog social media posts for a chance to win a Kobo Aura One from us on our 200th episode! Join Penny Reid's reader club here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SharksofAwesome/ Books Mentioned in this episode Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid The Miss Fortune Mystery Series by Jana DeLeon The Secret Seal Isle Mystery series by Lucy Quinn Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview with debut young adult author FC Yee. His book The Epic Crush of Genie Lo draws from Chinese folklore and features an incredible heroine. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam are joined by Madeline McIntosh, the President of Penguin Publishing, to talk about their wonderful Penguin Hotline. During the holiday season, you can get book recommendations for yourself or those you're shopping for by visiting penguinhotline.com and filling out a short list of questions. Recently, we had our listeners send in their interests and Madeline provides a list of recommendations for them! Take a listen to see if yours made the list and to get some great suggested reads! Books mentioned in this episode: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry The Midnight Line by Lee Child The Drifter by Nick Petrie Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre The Spy who came in from the cold by John Le Carre Open Season by CJ Box I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami Draw Down by Paul Hawkin Gulp by Mary Roach The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Chicagoland Vampire series starting with "Some girls bite" by Chloe Neill The Others series by Anne Bishop A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill provide some classic Science Fiction book recommendations and then Adam chats with James S.A. Corey about Persepolis Rising, the latest installment of the wildly popular Expanse series. James S. A. Corey is actually the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck and they discussed their writing process, being involved in the television version of The Expanse, their favorite science fiction books, Star Wars and much more. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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It's our monthly top picks episode! Today, Adam and Jill discuss the December books they are most excited to read. Books Mentioned in this Episode Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey Fire on Ice by Oregonian Staff We'll Sleep When We're Old by Pino Corrias The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat)? by Brittany Gibbons The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg Love, Janis by Laura Joplin Elmet by Fiona Mozley Es by Koji Suzuki The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish Glass Town by Steven Savile The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien Strangers in Budapest by Jessica Keener A Lady in Shadows by Lene Kaarbelbol The Last Suppers by Mandy Mikulencak House of the Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata Improv Nation by Sam Watson Mad Hatters and March Hares by Ellen Datlow The Stinky Cheese Man by John Sciezka Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview with New York Times Bestselling author Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy Thanksgiving! We're so thankful that we get to spend time every week chatting books and we're even more thankful you all decide to listen to us! Today's episode is Adam all by himself talking about Neil Gaiman, one of his favorite authors. Of all the reading Adam has done, the author he's read the most would most likely be Mr. Gaiman. He even offers up his Top 5 Neil Gaiman novels which will definitely lead to people yelling... Gobble Gobble! Say Hello! Find us on Twitter or Instagram at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is a live interview with Karan Mahajan, winner of the Anisfield-Book Award which recognizes books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. This interview took place during Cleveland Book Week where Jill, Adam and Karan discussed his book The Association of Small Bombs, the depiction and media coverage of terrorism and much more. We'd like to thank The Cleveland Foundation for asking us to be a part of this important literary event. Say Hello! Find us on Twitter or Instagram at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andrea and Christina are back and this time they are talking with Jill about historical fiction! Along with deep diving into their shared love of Tudor history, the women also discuss World War II historical fiction and offer some young adult options as well. Books Mentioned In This Episode: A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Atonement by Ian MacEwan Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell Outlander by Diana Galbaldon Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir Anne Boleyn, a King's Obsession by Alison Weir Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen by Alison Weir The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory The Last Tudor by Phillipa Gregory Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir Scarlet by AC Gaughen Lady Thief by AC Gaughen Lion Heart by AC Gaughen Titanic the Long Night by Diana Hoh Remembering the Titanic by Diana Hoh The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron Dear America Series The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The First Lie by Diane Chamberlain Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam chat with both Wendelin VanDraanen, author of the wildly popular Sammy Keyes series, and Tara Sands who does all the narration for the audiobooks! This was a unique chance to dive into the creative process of how audiobooks are made. We learn how Wendelin came up with all the wonderful characters and stories and Tara goes through her career as an actress voicing some of our childhood's most recognizable anime characters! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here at OverDrive yes we're obviously book nerds and yes we obviously love audiobooks and genres of all kind... but we also LOVE comics! For the first time ever, Adam is joined by Kenny, Quinton and Jim to discuss their favorite comic book series, one offs and characters as well as what was their gateway into this incredible world. Comic Series referenced in this episode Green lantern Batman's Dark Knight run All-Star Superman Batman: The Dark Knight: The Master Race Saga by Brian K. Vaughan Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb Batman: Night of the Owls Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman R.I.P.D. by Peter Lenkov Hellboy by Mike Mignola The whole B.R.P.D. series Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard Red Sonja Preacher by Garth Ennis Constantine: The Hellblazer by Ming Doyle Kingdom Come by Mark Waid Watchmen by Alan Moore Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with Matthew Desmond, who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Matthew shares the research and experiences that led to him writing this book and how he formed a close bond with the families he writes about. This book is incredibly important and has the ability to spark conversations about poverty in America. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Jason Reynolds about his powerful children's and YA books including Long Way Down, Ghost, and Patina. They discuss the stories from his life that inspire his books and why he gets angry when people say he's "Just a children's book author." Jason's books are beyond inspiring and his attitude towards young readers is so wonderful. You'll love this discussion and we cannot recommend his books highly enough! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill recap OverDrive's Halloween extravaganza before discussing the books they're reading currently. Then, the main event: Nancy Pearl live and in our offices! Nancy visited Cleveland for some library events and took time out of her busy schedule to talk books with us because she is simply the best. Take a listen! Books mentioned in this episode The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves George & Lizzie by Nancy Pearl In The Woods by Tana French Half Magic by Edward Eager Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager Directorate S by Steve Coll Live from Cairo by Ian Bassingthwaighte Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Today's episode, Jill and Adam talk about their Halloween plans and mutual love of classic candy before getting into a conversation Adam had with two-time New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco. Both of Kerri's YA thrillers, Stalking Jack the Ripper and her newest book Hunting Prince Dracula debuted on the NYT list and they are wonderful. Adam and Kerri discuss the haunted house she grew up in and how she deals with being terrified of supernatural beings through reading and writing about them. They also talk about the classic terrifying movies Fievel Goes West, Ferngully and the Labyrinth. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time again! Our heroes journey out to the land of pre-pub books and offer up the ones their most excited about coming out in November. Come along, won't you! November Releases mentioned in this episode The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg Breaking Free: How I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs by Rachel Jeffs Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty What Unites Us by Dan Rather Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age by Leslie Berlin Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner Artemis by Andy Weir Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis Renegades by Marissa Meyer The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe by Deborah Cadbury Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Dark Asylum by E.S. Thomson The End We Start From by Megan Hunter Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young It's All Relative by A. J. Jacobs PBN Classics book suggestions in honor of National Novel Writing Month: Water for Elephants The Night Circus Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Today's episode, Adam sits down with Drew Magary, author of The Hike and contributor to GQ, Deadspin and several other sites Adam is obsessed with. They chat about the book (think modern day Iliad) as well as a myriad of topics ranging from covering sports, whether social media has been good or bad for how news is covered and whether he feels the need to have hot takes on everything that happens. They then get into the good stuff, the time Drew went on Chopped and won. Take a listen and then go read this book! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last week, Adam talked Young Adult Horror with Andrea and Christina. This week, Christina and Andrea are back with Jill, along with their coworker Shannon, to discuss Adult Horror! Books Mentioned in this Episode: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton City Infernal by Edward Lee Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Night Film by Marisha Pessl Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Trembley Dead Spots by Rhiannon Frater Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk The Ruins by Scott Smith Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Claudia's Story by Ashley Marie Witter Ramses The Damned by Anne Rice and Christopher Rice Sleeping Beauties by Owen King and Stephen King The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman It by Stephen King The Countess by Rebecca Johns The Shining by Stephen King Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview Adam did with young adult author Anna-Marie McLemore at Book Expo America. Anna-Marie writes fairy tale style magical realism and her latest book Wild Beauty is now available. They discuss the origin of her stories and what defines "magical realism" in her mind. Take a listen! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're getting spooky on today's episode as Adam first chats with Andrea and Christina in the office about their YA Horror recommendations before calling the queen of YA Horror, Dawn Kurtagich, to get her picks. Adam and Dawn also chat about Halloween traditions and what Dawn has been working on since we last spoke. Books Mentioned in this episode Odd & True by Cat Winters The Merciless by Danielle Vega Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Brother by Ania Ahlborn Doll Bones by Holly Black The Uninvited by Cat Winters Juliet, Immortal by Stacey Jay Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender House of Ash by Hope Cook Stalking Jack the Ripper & Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco Cinderella, Necromancer by F.M Boughan The Hollow Girl by Hillary Monahan Devil in Ohio by Daria Polatin The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Dawn Kurtagich's YA Horror picks Such Small Hands by Andres Barba Thornhill by Pam Smy The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín Spellbook of the Lost and Foun by Moïra Fowley-Doyle Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this special BONUS Big Library Read episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, Adam welcomes back author Chelsea Sedoti to the show. Chelsea shares the real life stories that built the story in The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett, how falling down a rabbit hole on the internet can be both a blessing and a curse and why she feels readers of all ages love going back to the Young Adult genre. You can learn all about the Big Library Read program, the world's largest digital book club, by visiting http://biglibraryread.com/. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill got to interview one of her most favorite writers ever: Tana French, author of the award winning Dublin Murder Squad series. Tana shares where her ideas come from, how she approaches each book and detective and they even talk about just what exactly happened in "In the Woods." If you're a mystery fan and haven't yet picked up any of Tana's books, do it today! Tana's Books In the Woods The Likeness Faithful Place Broken Harbor The Secret Place The Trespasser Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rarely do single books come out that the we feel the need to do an entire episode on by themselves but the Harry Potter universe is an exception they'll always make. On today's show, we're celebrating the release of the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! These books have played a massive part in both Jill and Adam's lives and this title is the first of the series that truly goes dark. We discuss themes of the book, what it means to us and some of our favorite scenes. Note: The illustrated versions of the Harry Potter titles are not available on OverDrive but you can check out the very cool and brand new Hogwarts Library Collection on OverDrive thanks to our friends at Pottermore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, we harken back to to June when Jill and Adam sat down with debut author Linsey Miller at the American Library Association's annual meetings. Linsey's book Mask of Shadows is now available and spoiler alert IT.FRICKIN.ROCKS. Our trio talks all about Linsey's book, her background going from Biology student to writer and then wax poetic about their first library cards. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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Best day of the month! On today's episode the Nerds dive into the the new books coming out in October that they're most excited about. Spoiler Alert: There are SO. MANY. Laughs are had. Books are shared. Adam is awkward. The usual. Check out all the links below to get more information on every book discussed in this episode! Books Mentioned in this episode: Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy by Serena Valentino Origin by Dan Brown The Book of Dust, Volume 1 by Philip Pullman Homicide for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford It Devours! By Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Strange Weather by Joe Hill What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong Periods Gone Public by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf From a Certain Point of View Otherworld by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides The World of Lore by Aaron Mahnke Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Waiting for the Punch by Marc Maron Paradox Bound by Peter Clines We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates Dare Not Linger by Nelson Mandela Grant by Ron Chernow The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater Endurance by Scott Kelly Member of the Family: My story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties by Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Read more at http://overdrive.libsyn.com/#jeSLoXtPhmVExkHz.99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with author Annalee Newitz to discuss her debut novel, Autonomous. Annalee is a giant in the science and tech industry as one of the founding editors of i09.com and Gizmodo and the Tech Culture Editor at Ars Technica. Annalee shares what she's most excited about in the tech industry and the two of them geek out over The Dark Crystal prequel that's coming soon. Fans of Science Fiction will adore this book. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill and Adam talk about Banned Books Week, the National Books Awards and their newfound love of the the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Lootcrate. Below, you'll find all the books we discussed as well as the full Banned Books and National Book Award longlist collections from OverDrive.com: OverDrive's Banned Books Week collection The full National Book Awards longlist collection 2016's most challenged books Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Make Something up by Chuck Palahniuk Big Hard Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky Looking for Alaska by John Green Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings George by Alex Gino Drama by Raina Telgemeier This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki Banned books that Adam and Jill will be reading during Banned Books Week I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman National Book Award longlist titles mentioned in the episode Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Locking Up Our Own by James Forman, Jr. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Ben Blum who wrote the recently released Ranger Games. Ben's book is a nonfiction recounting of his cousin's life as he prepared to become an Army Ranger since he was a child only to be arrested the week before his deployment for robbing a bank. Ben goes into the indoctrination of Rangers as well as what led to Alex's crime and the aftermath. This book is incredibly important and is getting LOTS of buzz and it's entirely deserved. Today (Sept 18) is also Read an eBook Day so share why you love eBooks on social media using the hashtag #eBookLove for a chance to win a Kobo Aura ONE from OverDrive! Learn more at http://readanebookday.com/. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last weekend, Jill and Adam both watched the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT and loved it so much they decided to talk about it -- both the film, the book it is based on, and a little bit about the original TV miniseries. SPOILER ALERT for anyone who hasn't read the book or seen the movie yet! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Creepy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill is joined by Melissa, Megan, and Briana to talk about a genre they all love: memoirs! From celebrity memoirs like Eddie Izzard's "Believe Me" to a behind-the-scenes peek at the romance publishing business with "Romance Is My Day Job" by Patience Bloom to the difficult but necessary books of kidnapping survivors like Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard, this episode has a little bit of everything for readers. Books Mentioned In Today's Episode From cradle to stage by Virginia Hanlon Grohl I Can't Make This Up by Kevin hart The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell Theft by Finding by David Sedaris Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Yes, Please by Amy Poehler Believe Me by Eddie Izzard Vacationland by John Hodgman Redefining Realness by Janet Mock Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock Spoiler Alert by Michael Ausiello Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher The Keys by DJ Kahlad Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance Morgue by Vince DiMaio Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughtey From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughtey Romance Is My Day Job by Patience Bloom Crack the Cube by Ian Scheffler I Will Find You by Joanna Connors A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard My Story by Elizabeth Smart Hope by Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi On Writing by Stephen King Growing Up Fisher by Joely Fisher North by Scott Jurek Unqualified by Anna Faris What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton Hunger by Roxane Gay We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden The Giant of the Senate by Al Franken Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with author Adrian J. Walker and they instantly bond over their shared love of running, dogs and the dystopian genre that Adrian writes in. They discuss his books, The End of the World Running Club and The Last Dog on Earth as well as dealing with the tragic loss of heroes we may have never even met. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friend Nancy Pearl is back with some book recommendations! Nancy's Recommendations Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Less by Andrew Sean Greer The Blue Hour by Laura Pritchett Reading With Patrick by Michelle Kuo Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Today's episode we finally get to share an amazing chat we had with E. Lockhart back in the Spring to promote both We Were Liars and her new release Genuine Fraud! We also discussed Broadway musicals and her inspiration for becoming a writer. We also touch on why she thinks adults still love YA books (us included) and so much more. Enjoy! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's our favorite episode of the month! Today we're talking about the new books coming out in September we can't wait to read. Jill and Adam go back and forth discussing September's big new releases for the first half of today's show but we also give you some bonus content! We break down the season finale of Game of Thrones and try to decide if it was as good as the internet seems to think it was. After you listen, let us know what books you're most excited for this month! Books mentioned in this episode: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera The Girl who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz Invictus by Ryan Graudin The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco Liner Notes by Loudon Wainwright, III Warcross by Marie Lu A Column of Fire by Ken Follett Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall In the Dark by E. Nesbit What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton The Wizard's Cookbook by Aurelia Beaupommier Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Jack Gantos, who has written books for readers of all ages. The conversation focuses on Jack's latest work, Writing Radar, in which he details all the ways aspiring writers can set themselves up for success. We also discuss the many twists and turns his life has taken, including getting caught for helping traffic drugs and how this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Sci Fi" by www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Half an hour after peak viewing time of the 2017 Solar Eclipse, Jill sat down with three of her colleagues (including first time caller, long time listener Bob) to discuss science fiction! From hard science fiction to dystopian fiction to everything in between. Books Mentioned in Today's episode Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski Hyperion by Dan Simmons The Martian by Andy Weir Artemis by Andy Weir Seveneves by Neal Stephenson The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones The Last One by Alexandra Olivia Red Rising series by Pierce Brown Iron Gold by Pierce Brown The Fifth Season by N. K. Jamison Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Provenance by Ann Leckie He, She and It by Marge Piercy Cinder by Marissa Meyer Old Man's War by John Scalzi Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdhrich Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Sci Fi" by www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with his favorite debut author of 2017, Amanda Foody! Amanda is the author of Daughter of the Burning City which Adam lovingly describes as a YA-Fantasy Carnival Freak Show Murder Mystery. That's a lot of words... Amanda takes us through building her worlds, determining how magic works in these and explains why this incredible fantasy is a standalone novel. After taking a listen we absolutely implore you to get this book. It's magical and dark and mysterious and all and all wonderful. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Epic" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by frequent friends of the pod (and 2/3rds of the 3-headed Sass Monster) Andrea and Christina. The three of them hand out bunches of book recommendations that would best be categorized as falling under Young Adult, New Adult, Mystery AND/OR Romance. They talk diverse books, fan fiction, Andrea's birthday and the fact that since the birth of her child she's been reading some DARK novels. Books mentioned on this episode: The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn Hush by John Hart The Last Child By John Hart One of us is Lying by Karen M. McManus The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Ghost by Jason Reynolds Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds All American Boys by Jason Reynolds The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Magic City by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Pigeon Man by Joel Edward Stein The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel Big Little Lies by Lane Moriarty The 6 Tudor Queens series by Allison Weir The Clipped Wings Series by Helena Hunting My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbelestier Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton Fragile by Jandra Sutton Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Epic" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with the incredible Brandy Colbert. Brandy's well known for her debut novel Pointe and her latest book Little & Lion was just released. Brandy and Adam discuss diversity in YA novels, the importance of being able to find characters like yourself in books and what goes into creating her characters. We can't recommend Little & Lion enough. It's an incredibly powerful book about understanding and the strength of family bonds. Give a listen! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Epic" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a librarian who loves fantasy novels, Jill naturally loves fantasy novels that feature a fantastic library! For today's episode she's giving a rundown on some of her favorite fantasy libraries and librarians. Share your own favorite fantasy libraries by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds Books Mentioned in this Episode Harry Potter series by JK Rowling A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin The Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde The Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman Discworld series by Terry Prachett Sandman series by Neil Gaiman Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" and "Epic" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with the incredible and wildly popular bestselling author Meg Cabot. Meg is best known for her Princess Diaries series and she's written 8- books in total, having sold over 25 million copies. Meg is promoting her latest book Royal Crush but we touch on all of her work as she's written books for readers of all ages. Meg shares her experiences of struggling before finally getting published, writing under pen names and being persistent in her craft. She also tells us how she stays motivated to create as much content she does and informs us of a project she's working on that she hasn't told anyone else about yet! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The calendar has turned to a new month which means we get to share our picks for the top books of August! Join us as we dive into the new releases coming this month we're most excited for including everything from bestsellers to debut authors, fiction and nonfiction alike! We're crossing all genres here so there is something for everything. Be sure to connect with us and share your favorite new books as well. Our TBR list can never be too long... Books mentioned in this episode: Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker The Address by Fiona Davis America 51 by Corey Taylor The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory Hail to the Chin by Bruce Campbell and Craig Sanborn Sour Grapes by Jenny Zhang Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel Wilson The Rattled Bones by S.M. Parker The Half-Drowned King by Lianna Hartsuyker Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert The Readymade Thief by August Rose See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun Solo by Kwame Alexander Things That Happened Before the Earthquake by Chiara Barzini The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers The Kelloggs by Howard Markel Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who doesn't love a good murder to set off their summer vacation? In today's episode, Jill is joined by previous guests Emma, Meghan, and Kristin to discuss some of their favorite mystery, suspense, and thriller books! They also share some of the cozy mysteries they have been reading, complete with puntastic titles. Books Mentioned In This Episode: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris The Breakdown by B. A. Paris My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn The Girl Before by JP Delaney The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter The Dark Room by Jonathan Moore Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith The Trespasser by Tana French Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware The Lying Game by Ruth Ware Once Upon a Spine by Kate Carlisle Kale to the Queen by Nell Hampton Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower Addressed to Kill by Jean Flowers The Dying Game by Asa Avdic There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins Caroline by Sarah Miller Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tra la Laaa! Today's episode is a chat with legendary children's author and illustrator Dav Pilkey! Dav is best known for creating Captain Underpants which has been read by millions of children around the world and is responsible for countless people falling in love with reading. Dav shares how he created his characters and what it feels like to interact with so many fans around the world. He also happens to have the best "Favorite reading spot" of all time. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill chat with Nancy Pearl! Nancy regularly offers book recommendations on NPR, was named Librarian of the Year in 2011 by Library Journal and even has her own action figure. Nancy has long been known for her ability to recommend books and now she's written her own debut novel, George and Lizzie. During the conversation, Nancy discusses her new book, libraries and a whole slew of other fun topics. She then does us the honor of providing loads of book recommendations (listed and linked below). Take a listen! Books featured in this episode George and Lizzie by Nancy Pearl The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey The Passage by Justin Cronin The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson The True Flag by Stephen Kinzer The Brothers by Stephen Kinzer The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge Half Magic by Edward Eager Defectors by Joseph Kanon A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones Design for Dying by Renee Patrick Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is joined by #1 bestselling author B. A. Paris whose debut novel, Behind Closed Doors, became an instant international sensation. Her latest novel, The Breakdown, is being released on July 18th and is already garnering massive amounts of buzz and praise. During their chat, B. A. discussed the difference between writing her first novel as a complete unknown and writing her second with the expectations of so many readers and what is was like to experience her whirlwind journey to becoming a bestseller. Adam and B. A. spoke about how she finds her ideas in normal everyday experiences as well as the books she read growing up. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill travel to Chicago to speak with Colson Whitehead about his #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Underground Railroad. Their conversation covered how this book came to be, how he views his book in relation to the incredible success it has achieved, race relations throughout American history and a dive into the music Colson listens to while writing. In addition to winning the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Underground Railroad was also selected as the winner of the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal. Both Oprah and President Obama chose it for their respective book clubs and the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Buzzfeed and Esquire named it their best book of the year. It was an honor to speak with Colson and we'd love to hear your thoughts on this conversation! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with bestselling and award winning author Jonathan Safran Foer. Well known for his immensely popular novels Extremely Loud and Incredible Close and Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan published his latest hit, Here I am, in 2016. During their chat, Jonathan discussed how he takes on the craft of writing, how he traveled to Eastern Europe to research his first novel and his thoughts on being considered one of the defining writers on contemporary Jewish life. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's our monthly episode of forthcoming books we can't wait to read! ::Insert Kermit Arms:: Like every month, Jill and Adam break down some of the books coming out this month that they can't wait to read. So get your TBR lists ready! Books Mentioned in This Episode The Breakdown by BA Paris Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris Because You Hate To Love Me by Ameriie The Many Lives of Catwoman by Tim Hanley Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell Policing the Black Man by Angela J. Davis What She Ate by Laura Shapiro, et. al. The Lying Game by Ruth Ware In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons An Oath of Dogs by Wendy Wagner The Wildling Sisters by Eve Chase Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase The Witches of New York by Ami McKay Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody Dangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer by M. William Phelps Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, A Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's author interview episode we feature Greg Iles, the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Natchez Burning series. Greg talks about his experiences as a writer of the South and the importance of dealing head on with the past and the real life situations that inspired his series. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last weekend, Adam and Jill were in Chicago for the American Library Association. Along with getting to meet some of our library partners, podcast listeners, publishing company friends, they also got to interview some incredible authors and Jill, at least, got to do some sightseeing in the Windy City. Books mentioned in this episode The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Evicted by Matthew Desmond This Is What a Librarian Looks Like by Kyle Cassidy Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict The Address by Fiona Davis Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco The Breakdown by B.A. Paris Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is presented by Libby, the new app from OverDrive that's the fastest and easiest way to enjoy your next great digital read. Today's episode is an interview Adam did with Doree Shafrir. Doree has worked at Buzzfeed and Gawker Media, amongst other sites and her new debut novel STARTUP is now available. During their chat, Adam and Doree go into her book, working at Buzzfeed, having a podcast of her own with her husband Matt Mira and what she's excited about in the tech industry. Take a listen! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is presented by Libby, the new app from OverDrive that's the fastest and easiest way to enjoy your next great digital read. Our episode today is a very special conversation as Jill and Adam sat down with two librarians who were integral in the creation of OverDrive. Both these women have decades of experience working as libraries and now they offer their services consulting IN OUR OFFICES. They have worked closely with OverDrive's CEO, Steve Potash, over the years and have helped make OverDrive the global company it is today. Hear how the company came to be while also celebrating the importance of libraries in our community on this American Library Association special episode. Book Recommendations Check out these two lists at overdrive.com for some perfect books to enjoy now that summer has arrived. 2017 Beach Reads OverDrive Staff Librarians Summer Picks Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam & Jill are joined by Kyle Cassidy, author of This is What a Librarian Looks Like. The trio celebrate this week's American Librarian Association annual meetings by discussing all the amazing library stories Kyle has in his book. In This is What a Librarian Looks Like, Kyle not only shares hundreds of wonderful stories by librarians but also several essays and interviews from bestselling authors including Neil Gaiman, Paula Poundstone and George R.R. Martin. As Kyle states in the episode, "Every author I spoke to had stories about librarians because they all grew up in libraries. They wouldn't be who they are today If it wasn't for libraries." Take a listen and support your local libraries! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill unveil their top 10 most bad ass female writers working today. Inspired by Wonder Woman, they decide to share this list of incredible ladies in the hopes that you'll discover some authors you may not have known about or never considered reading. You can click each name below to see that author's OverDrive page and borrow all their books. Once you've listened to the episode, be sure to send us some tweets or emails to let us know who would be on your list! Leigh Bardugo Marie Benedict Victoria Aveyard Janet Mock Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lindy West Marieke Nijkamp Roxane Gay Zadie Smith Margaret Atwood Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Today's episode is a conversation Jill had with Instagram yogi rockstar Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga. More than just a discussion about yoga, Jill and Jessamyn discuss body image, diet culture, and being an untraditional looking athlete. Episode was recorded live at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on May 18, 2017. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam and Jill are both back in the office this week! ::FLAILING KERMIT ARMS:: In our intro, Adam shares some of the adventures he had in New York City when he was visiting the Big Apple for Book Expo and then Jill has an interview with New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen! Her latest book Once and For All is out now. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview: Today's episode is an interview Jill did with award-winning author and illustrator Marcus Sedgwick, whose latest book Saint Death was published back in April. Other Books Mentioned in this episode: The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Adam and Jill are currently podcast hosts passing in the night, with Adam currently in New York City for Book Expo America while Jill is back in the office after having just returned from the Big Apple! In the first half of the episode, Adam gives some book recommendations to some of our listeners who emailed in and in the second half Jill talks all about her recent trip to New York and hitting the Great White Way for a musical. Book Recs: Nonfiction books for teens about the Holocaust: Children of the Holocaust I have lived a thousand years Kristallnacht Children of La Hille The Historian Read-alikes The Dante Club The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane The Gargoyle Labyrinth Crime novels with body language The novels of Robin Cook The Gauguin Connection Three Minutes to Doomsday Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam has the honor of chatting with Cat Clarke about her book The Pants Project. Cat has written a story about a Transgender student entering a new school where Liv is forced to wear a skirt even though he knows inside he was meant to be a boy. This powerful story about equality is something everyone should read. In their chat, Adam and Cat discuss what went into the decision to write this book, Cat's research process and so much more. Take a listen and then go borrow, buy or place a hold on this title. You won't regret the new perspective it provides. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this very special episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, we sit down with Marie Benedict once more to discuss The Other Einstein which was chosen by our readers as the next Big Library Read global eBook club! Marie came to our offices in Cleveland and the three of us bonded and now we're the best of friends. After you listen to this episode head to http://biglibraryread.com/ to join our global discussion around The Other Einstein as the Big Library Read kicks off once again on June 12th. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before Jill and Adam go on a series of travel adventures for work and play they get together to share the books coming out in June they're most excited to read. In this episode you'll hear discussions about new memoirs (HELLO EDDIE IZZARD), Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult and oodles more. Adam also reads a wonderful listener email and we lament how fast time is flying in 2017. Shout at us with the books your most excited for this month for a chance to be mentioned on the podcast! Cheers and Happy Reading. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard Now I Rise by Kiersten White The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder If I Understood you Would I Have this Look on my Face by Alan Alda The Waking Land by Callie Bates Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy The City Always Wine by Omar Robert Hamilton The Space Between Stars by Anne Corlett Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali Stay Interesting: I Don't Always Tell Stories About My life, but When I do They're True and … by Jonathan Goldsmith Indigo by Charlaine Harris Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America by Amy Ettinger Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Quiet until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill & Adam chat with debut author Caite Dolan-Leach about her debut novel Dead Letters. In addition to being an amazing writer and overall human, Caite is a literary translator who studied at Trinity College and the American University in Paris (Hashtag jelly). We discuss her life as a world traveler and, studying in the world's most beautiful university library and bucket loads more. Have a listen! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are an office full of readers and so for today's episode we decided to poll some of our co-workers and past podcast guests to see what everyone is currently reading or has recently finished. We love doing these episodes because they are always a great mix of titles so enjoy and be sure to let us know what YOU are reading by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or by finding us on Twitter @ProBookNerds Books Mentioned In Today's Episode: Empire Storms by Sarah J. Maas Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance Hunted by Meagan Spooner By Your Side by Kasie West The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich A $500 House In Detroit by Drew Philp A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas A Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Excellent Women by Barbara Pym If You've Got It, Haunt It by Rose Pressey The Whole30 by Melissa Hartwig It by Stephen King Since We Fell by Denis Lehane House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski You Are a Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Fierce Reads tour kicked off May 9, 2017 and Cleveland's own Cuyahoga County Public Library was the first stop! Adam and I got to moderate a panel discussion with three incredible Young Adult authors: Scott Westerfeld, Erin Beaty, and Taran Matharu. Kristen Orlando was originally scheduled but was ill the night of our event so she is not part of the interview. For more information about the tour and the authors we interviewed, visit www.fiercereads.com Episode was recorded live on May 9, 2017 at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library Books Mentioned In This Episode: Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld The Traitor's Kiss by Erin Beaty Summoner's Series by Taran Matharu You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode we are discussing short reads and quick books! We love big books and we cannot lie but not everyone does or has the time so today's episode is all about shorter books that can be read over a long weekend (which is perfect for our American listeners with Memorial Day right around the corner). Books Mentioned In This Episode The Ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman The sleeper and the spindle by Neil Gaiman Fortunately the milk by Neil Gaiman Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahesi Coates Different Seasons by Stephen King The Giver by Lois Lowrey Shopgirl by Steve Martin Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Drama by Raina Telgemeier Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman Dirty Daddy by Bob Saget Almost Interesting by David Spade I'm Just a Person by Tig Notoro Diary of a Mad Diva by Joan Rivers Rickle's Letters by Don Rickles Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar The Hours by Michael Cunningham Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam chats with Kate Moore, author of the incredible book The Radium Girls. This work of nonfiction recounts the story of the women who worked with Radium-based paint, ingesting poison every single day, and their fight to make sure the tragedies they endured never happened again. Kate discussed the massive amount of research she did to bring this story to life and also shared her experiences as a ghost writer and editor. Take a listen and then borrow, purchase and recommend this book. It's astonishing. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back with round two of our Book Riot Read Harder Challenge suggestions! Completing this challenge is a lot of fun and can help broaden your literary scope but it can be tough to find books that fit the categories. That's where we come in! In ep. 82 we did five different categories and today we have 5 more for you. Below are links to all the books we discuss. Take a listen! Read a Debut Novel This is Where it ends by Marieke Nijkamp Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa Ready Player One by Ernest Cline American War by Omar El Akkad White Teeth by Zadie Smith No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Start up by Doree Shafrir Read a book published between 1900 & 1950 The Old Man The Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rise by Ernest Hemingway Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck The Trial by Franz Kafka The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery Read a book about books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Invisible Library Series by Genevieve Cogman The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett Matilda by Roald Dahl Neverending Story by Michael Ende Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Carry on by Rainbow Rowell The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Princess Bride by William Goldman Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov This one Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki 1984 by George Orwell George by Alex Gino The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Persopolis by Marjane Satrapi Read a classic by an author of color Anything by Toni Morrison The Color Purple by Alice Walker Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Go tell is on the mountain by James Baldwin A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's Children's Book Week and we are celebrating with a three-in-one author interview episode featuring authors Pat Mora, Cynthia Leitich-Smith, and Don Tate. Interviews were recorded at the Virginia Hamilton Conference, April 6-7, 2017. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May is just around the corner which means it's time for Adam and Jill to offer up their top picks for books coming out in May 2017! Books Mentioned In This Episode: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane Theft by Finding by David Sedaris Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron Astrophysics for People In a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson The Radium Girls by Kate Moore Dating-ish by Penny Reid Flame In the Mist by Renee Ahdieh New Boy by Tracy Chevalier The Leavers by Lisa Ko Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker Men Without Stories by Haruki Murakami Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir Where The Lost Girls Go by R.J. Noonan Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam speaks with Scottish author Denzil Meyrick. Denzil's book, Whisky From Small Glasses was selected as our Together We Read Digital Book Club choice for our U.K. libraries. Together We Read is a Digital Book Club being featured through participating libraries in the United Kingdom from 11 – 25 May 2017. The club connects readers all across the United Kingdom with the same eBook, at the same time. Denzil discusses how he went from being on the police force to writing crime novels as well as the importance of setting in his books, why you need to visit Scotland and so much more. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Today's episode, Jill & Adam sit down with John Scalzi, one of the most prolific and success Science Fiction Writers of our time. John provides an introduction to his new book, The Collapsing Empire, and then explains what makes a good Sci-Fi story in his mind. John even provides some great "gateway" books for newcomers to the genre while also offering some graduate level options for Sci-Fi veterans. John offers up some secrets to his writing process, where he sees this latest series going and then tells an incredible story about a fake story he wrote that every wishes he'd turn into a full length novel. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDrive for libraries and find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free form www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds, we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam and Jill are joined by Christina, who tells us all about the titles included in this year's Summer Read program. OverDrive Summer Read is an annual program designed to encourage K-12 students to keep reading all year long. The titles selected can supplement other summer reading programs and will offer free, simultaneous access to students from June 7th - August 7th. More information can be found at http://resources.overdrive.com/summer-read/ Books mentioned in this episode: The Wild World of Buck Bray: The Miss Grizzly Cubs by Judy Young Tig Ripley: Rock 'n' Roll Rebel by Ginger Rue Happy Birthday, Spongebob! by JP Chanda Pandas on the Eastside by Gabrielle Predergast Meet Shimmer and Shine by Nickelodeon Publishing Mikey's Monster by Nickelodeon Publishing Ray of Sunlight by Brynn Stein Instant Winner by Gary Soto Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin The Pigeon Man by Joel Edward Stein Audacious by Gabrielle Predergast At the Edge of the World by Kari Jones Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDrive for libraries and find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free form www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds, we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's National Library Week! As a library company, OverDrive knows the importance of libraries and as podcast hosts, we often ask our guest authors for their thoughts and memories about the importance of libraries as well. For this episode, we pulled together some of our favorite quotes from past guests. They talk about getting their first library card, the book that changed their life, the importance of reading, and so much more. Episode numbers are listened next to each author if you'd like to hear the full interview. Authors in this episode: Jodi Picoult (Episode #64) Jewell Parker Rhodes (Episode #22) Kwame Alexander (Episode #97) Brad Meltzer (Episode #26) Marie Benedict (Episode #52) Sunil Yapa (Episode #8) Matthew Quick (Episode #18) Marieke Nijkamp (Episode #4) James Patterson (Episode #28) Min Jin Lee (Episode #87) Omar el Akkad (Episode #107) Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Omar El Akaad about his debut novel American War, which tells the story of a second American Civil War taking place 100 years in the future. Omar has spent his professional life covering news in places like Iraq, Egypt and Guantanamo Bay and uses his incredible view of the world to shape this book. In our intro Adam chats with his brother Jason who also works at OverDrive. Yep, that's right, Adam's has a brother who works with him that has never been on the podcast because Adam is a dumb-dumb. They discuss the books Jason reads with his daughter and his affinity for audiobooks with their trademark witty banter... A trademark listeners would know about had Adam brought Jason on any time in the first 106 episodes... Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Lesley Crewe, whose book, Amazing Grace, was chosen as the Together We Read national digital book club selection for Canada. From April 13-27, library card holders of Canadian libraries can borrow the eBook of Amazing Grace without any wait lists or holds and then join our discussion board at https://togetherweread.com. Lesley and Adam chat about her home in Cape Brenton, Nova Scotia where many of her stories are located as well as her love of wildlife and why she makes sure Cape Brenton is a part of her books. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam & Jill chat with George Saunders, bestselling authors and one of TIME's 100 most influential people in the world. George is renowned for his collections of short stories and his first full length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, recently debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. George explained where the idea for this novel came from, why Lincoln remains such an important character even today, how the incredible audiobook came to be and why absurdity fits so well into his stories. Take a listen! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April is right around the corner which means it's time for Adam and Jill to talk about all of the forthcoming books they are excited in read! Books mentioned in this episode: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling, read by Eddie Redmayne The Secrets of My Life by Caitlyn Jenner If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Burntown by Jennifer MacMahon Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley Marlena by Julie Bunton Geekerella by Ashley Poston When You Find Out the World Is Against You by Kelly Oxford Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin American War by Omar El Akkad My Cubs: A Love Story by Scott Simon Startup by Doree Shafrir Just Lucky I Guess by Carol Channing Borne by Jeff Vandermeer Twist in Time by Julie McElwain Tell me how this ends well by David Samuel Levinson Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam is left all by his lonesome for a sleep-deprived introduction where he talks about a local theater production he saw the night before and begs you to give us a 5-star rating before getting into the actual important part of the show, an interview with the awesome Brad Ricca. Brad is the author of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, the incredible true story of Grace Humiston, America's first ever District Attorney, as well as Super Boys, the story behind the creation of Superman. Adam and Brad nerd out over comics and movies at a local library while breaking down researching lost stories and showing off some Cleveland pride. Take a listen and then be sure to borrow his books on OverDrive! (shameless plug). Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Take a trip back through time with today's episode where Adam and Jill discuss some of their favorite historical fiction picks! We not only help give a definition of what makes a book historical fiction, but we also discuss multiple timeline novels and "time slip" historical fiction. Books mentioned in this episode: American Girl series Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory The Captive Queen by Alison Weir The King's Obsession by Alison Weir Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis The Address by Fiona Davis The Hours by Michael Cunningham The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Darkness Knows by Cheryl Honigford Homicide for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 11/22/63 by Stephen King Time and Again by Jack Finney A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson Outlander by Diana Gaboldon The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin The Paris Wife by Paula McLain Circling the Sun by Paula McLain Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell The Alienist by Caleb Carr Trinity by Leon Uris Count Belisarius by Robert Graves Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode Jill returns from jury duty and regales us with an exciting recap of sitting in a room for three days. Our heroes then discuss St. Patrick’s Day excitement (even though the holiday has come and gone). The main portion of this episode is a conversation Adam had with children’s author and illustrator Elise Parsley who is known for her bestselling “If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! series of gorgeous picture books. Elise shares her background in design as well as how she’ll borrow ideas from the children she meets with at schools before discussing how she spent thousands of hours promoting literacy while studying full time in college. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
100 episodes! That's a big round number. On this, our first episode in the triple digits, Jill and Adam chat with Barry Lyga, best selling author of harrowing Young Adult books including I Hunt Killers and Boy Toy. His latest novel, BANG, comes out on April 18th. This heartbreaking novel tells the story of Sebastian who, at the age of 4, accidentally shoots and kills his infant daughter with his father's gun. Ten years later, Sebastian is still grappling with this tragedy and doesn't know how to make things better. This conversation isn't ALL heavy. We also talk pizza, comics, podcasting and much more. Join us as we enter the realm of the 100's, aging gracefully like a fine wine. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, Adam sits down with author and advice columnist Carol Weston. Carol’s new book, Speed of Life, comes out in April and she chats with Adam about how the book came to be, dealing with emotional loss as a teenager and what it’s like providing advice to teens for most of her life. They also discuss the autobiographical nature of Speed of Life, Carol’s writing process and much more! Episode was recorded in January 2017 during ALA Midwinter conference in Atlanta, GA Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For college basketball fans, this month is the time for March Madness but we decided to switch it up by doing an episode titled March Sadness. These are the books that make us cry, sob, weep, bawl .... you get the picture. Basically, these are the books that make us FEEL ALL THE FEELS. Share your own favorite tearjerkers by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or find us on Twitter at @ProBookNerds Books Mentioned In This Episode Speed of Life by Carol Weston The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Night by Elie Wiesel George by Alex Gino The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness The Dog Stars by Peter Heller The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Road by Cormac McCarthy Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Are You My Mother? by PD Eastman Another Day In the Death of America by Gary Young Dreamland by Sam Quinones When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
on today's episode, Adam sits down with Newbery Medal winner and bestseller Kwame Alexander. Kwame was in town promoting his latest book, The Playbook, which is a set of rules for children to use to be successful in life. Kwame and Adam chatted about the power of poetry and their shared background surrounded by books as well as Kwame's international literacy programs. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a new month! That means it's time to talk about all the forthcoming books we are excited to read. Together, Adam and Jill have a mix of young adult and adult fiction, non-fiction, and everything in between! Let us know your March picks by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi (book 2 of The Star-Touched Queen series) Hunted by Meagan Spooner As Old as Time by Liz Braswell The Widow's House by Carol Goodman The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti The Wanderers by Meg Howrey A Colony In a Nation by Chris Hayes The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron Celine by Peter Heller The Girl From Rawblood by Catriona Ward Ill Will by Dan Chaon Exit West by Mohsin Hamid The Hollywood Daughter by Kate Alcott The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel The Stranger in the woods by Michael Finkel Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode Adam and Jill are celebrating the upcoming launch of the latest Big Library Read event by chatting with Kate McDermott, author of Art of the Pie, which was selected as the eBook readers around the world will be reading at the same time starting March 16th as part of the largest digital book club on earth. Kate shared how she got started baking and how she makes her living in the world of Pie. We have been craving sweets ever since so apologies in advance if you do as well. You can learn more about this reading event at http://biglibraryread.com. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Academy Awards are this weekend and five of this year's Best Picture nominees are based on books! As book and movie lovers, Adam and Jill decided it would be fun to discuss books that were adapted into films that became Best Picture nominees. We also look ahead to upcoming films and make our predictions for what will be future Oscar contenders. Tweet your own Page to Screen pics to use @ProBookNerds and email us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Books Mentioned In This Episode: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang Fences by August Wilson A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Oil! by Upton Sinclair The Martian by Andy Weir Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Different Seasons by Stephen King Forrest Gump by Winston Groom Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Capote by Gerald Clarke The Godfather by Mario Puzo Double Indemnity by James Cain Deliverance by James Dickey The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Room With a View by E. M. Forster Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier Psycho by Robert Bloch Jaws by Peter Benchley The Hours by Michael Cunningham Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Plays of Tennessee Williams Plays of Arthur Miller The Revenant by Michael Punke Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter Serena by Ron Rash Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy Black Mass by Dick Lehr & Gerald O'Neill Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick Dark Places by Gillian Flynn The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman The Dinner by Herman Koch Wonder by R. J. Palacio The Circle by Dave Eggers The Shack by William P. Young Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie It by Stephen King The Dark Tower by Stephen King Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Devil in the White City by Erik Larson A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam sits down with Elizabeth Kostova, #1 bestselling author of The Historian and The Swan Thieves. Elizabeth has a new book coming out April 11 called The Shadow Land and so she was in Atlanta for the American Library Association Midwinter meetings where she spoke with Adam about her love of Eastern Europe, the research process for her books and, of course, Dracula! Elizabeth has a rich history with libraries as well and shared some wonderful insight into the writing process and her novels. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology was released last week and we decided to celebrate by discussing other books that deal with mythology and lore! Books Mentioned In This Episode Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan The Gracekeepers by Kristy Loan American Gods by Neil Gaiman Red Rising series by Pierce Brown Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier The Odyssey by Homer The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Grendel by John Gardner Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Secret History by Donna Tartt My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Tenth Circle by Jodi Piccoult The Divine Comedy by Dante The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danieleweski The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us by Laurea van Den Berg The Alchemyst by Michael Scott Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Adam interviews Jen Calonita in Atlanta during the American Library Association Midwinter meetings. Jen has gone from being an editor at a teen entertainment magazine where she interviewed celebrities backstage to creating her own stories from her life experiences. Now, she's building magical worlds of her own through the Fairy Tale Reform School series. Adam and Jen chat about how she came to be an author and how Disney has been the through line of her career that led to the whimsical she's not writing. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Zoraida Cordova once again graces us with her wonderful presence to offer up some of her favorite recent romance reads. Zoraida is currently writing on a warm, tropical island (seriously look at her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoraidasolo/) but took some time out of her busy schedule to tell about the Romance books she thinks everyone should check out. She also gave a few non-romance picks as well. You can find the books Zoraida has written here: https://www.overdrive.com/creators/403210/zoraida-cordova Zoraida's Romance Recommendations American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout Inspire by Cora Carmack The Marked Men series by Jay Crownover Neanderthal Sees Human by Penny Reid A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean Lady Bridget's Diary by Maya Rodale Necessary Risk by Tara Wyatt New YA to check out: Caraval by Stephanie Garber Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Several of our co-workers absolutely adore Penny Reid and her Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series and suggested we interview her. After speaking with her for half an hour, Penny now has two new fans in both Adam and Jill. Penny is the first self-published author to be on the Professional Book Nerds podcast and she's an incredibly successful self-published author at that, so along with taking us through her writing process she also explains all the work that goes into being a self-published author as well. Penny writes what she calls "smart romance" and even if you're not a romance reader, we highly recommend listening to this delightful author interview and checking her books out. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 88th episode of the pod, Jill and Adam read through a few listener emails and offer book recommendations based on what you, the listener, has been reading. If you'd like some recommendations just email professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com with what you're reading or follow us on Twitter! We then dive into all the big books coming out in February and have a mini excitement-panic attack over how amazing the audiobook of Lincoln in the Bardo is going to be. All books discussed can be found below (click on the titles to sample them). Take a listen! Reader Advisory picks and recommendations: Reader James's picks Stabbing Set with Sapphires by L. A. Nisula The Domino Lady by Lars Anderson Skin Game by Tonia Brown Storm of Chains by Jeremiah D. Schmidt The Book Nerds recommendations for James (and you!) The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger The Dream Engine Series by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant The IceFire Trilogy by Patty Jansen Reader Andrea's picks Sweet Breath of Memory by Ariella Cohen A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova The Book Nerds recommendations for Andrea (and you!) The Splintered series by A. G. Howard The Scarlet series by A. C. Gaughen The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Reader Tina's picks Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Girl Before by JP Delaney The Book Nerds recommendations for Tina (and you!) The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Reader Jessie's picks Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan The Book Nerds recommendations for Jessie (and you!) Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Run by Ann Patchett Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Carsick by John Waters Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck & Ed Linn Other Books Discussed Caraval by Stephanie Garber Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth The full list of books coming out in February we're most excited about Highlights: Lincoln in the Bardo (the audiobook especially) Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman A Separation by Katie Kitamura Pachinko Min Jin Lee The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard The Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode we hear the first of several interviews Adam did authors at the American Library Association Midwinter Meetings. Adam sat down with Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, which comes out on February 7th. Min shared her experiences as an immigrant writer, writing about a separate group of immigrants as well as walked us through her writing and extensive research process. Min spent 13 years writing her first novel, Free Food for Millionaires, so she knows about determination and has some wonderful advice for aspiring writers as she tells her story of becoming a published author. Adam and Min also spent a great deal of time bonding while discussing diversity in literature and much much more. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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Adam's back from ALA Midwinter and brought with him the big list of 2017 Youth Media Award Winners and a whole bunch of advanced reader copies that the whole OverDrive office is excited to read. Books mentioned in this episode Quiet Until The Thaw by Alexandra Fuller The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World by Nell Stevens The Marsh's King Daughter by Karen Dionne My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti Celine by Peter Heller The Wanderers by Meg Howrey The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Speed of Life by Carol Weston Fairy Tale Reform School series by Jen Calonita If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! by Elise Prasley The full list of YMA awards can be found here. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam is in Atlanta for ALA Midwinter this week and left Jill all alone with a microphone mwahahahaha (j/k). So in this very off the cuff episode, Jill talks about all the ways you can keep track of the books you read and also goes over the books she has read thus far in 2017 as well as what she's currently reading (and listening to because audiobooks totally count). Books Mentioned In This Episode: Miss You by kate Eberlen The Magdalan Girls by V.S. Alexander The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher Difficult Women by Roxane Gay Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Idaho by Emily Ruskovich The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne The Last One by Alexandra Oliva Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you like Gilmore Girls:
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham Eat Like a Gilmore Wild by Cheryl Strayed The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up by Marie Kondo If you like (guilty pleasure) reality shows:
I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain by Courtney Robertson (trashy tell-all from former Bachelor contestant)
Andy Cohen’s books (dishes about Real Housewives)
Life on the Ramona Coaster by Ramona Singer Turning The Tables by Teresa Guidici You've Got To Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming
A Shore Thing by Snooki
Troublemaker by Leah Remini Books for fans of Bones Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series) If you like HGTV:
The Magnolia Story by Chip & Joanna Gaines (It’s written by the stars of my fave HGTV show, Fixer Upper)
Dream Home by Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott (Property Brothers)
Young House Love by John and Sherry Petersik (not on HGTV but if you like home design and some DIY projects and books written by duos, good readalike option)
EveryDayCook by Alton Brown
Michael Symon's 5 in 5 by Michael Symon If you like gossip about behind the scenes drama on TV shows:
Sorry Not Sorry by Naya Rivera (tell-all by an actress who was on Glee)
Live from New York (behind the scenes through the history of SNL)
The War for Late Night by Bill Carter (about the drama that happened with Leno, Letterman, and Conan O’Brien)
Those guys have all the fun (behind the scenes of ESPN) Slimed! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age The Parks and Rec recs… Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption by Nick Offerman Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Stories I only tell my friends by Rob Lowe
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In today's episode Jill & Adam talk to debut author Samuel Parker about his first novel Purgatory Road. He discusses his inspirations as a writer include Stephen King and why he choose Vegas as a setting. Jill and Adam also have a quick chat about their times in Vegas, some Broadway shows and they remember Alan Rickman because... he's amazing. You can borrow Purgatory Road from you library by clicking this link: https://www.overdrive.com/media/2839929/purgatory-road Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Like most book nerds, we love the website Book Riot and their annual Read Harder Challenge. But sometimes it's hard to know where to find titles that fit the categories if they are a little outside of your reading comfort zone so we decided to offer some suggestions throughout the year. First up, we are tackling the LGBTQ+ Romance, Collection of Stories by a Woman, Books Written by an Immigrant or with an Immigration Theme, Sports, and Travel Memoir. Bonus: We have a new email address (professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com) AND you can find us directly on Twitter at @ProBookNerds so if there are specific categories on the list you'd like help with, please reach out to us! Read an LGBTQ+ Romance Carry On by Rainbow Rowell The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff Roller Girl by Vanessa North Read a Collection of Stories by a Woman Difficult Women by Roxane Gay Self-Help by Lorrie Moore Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July That Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Berman Read a Book by an Immigrant or with a Central Immigration Narrative Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia The Secret Side of Empty by Maria E. Andreu Read a Book About Sports The Whore of Akron by Scott Raab You're Welcome, Cleveland by Scott Raab Living Out Loud by Craig Sager Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby The End of the Perfect 10 by Dvora Meyers The Games by David Goldblatt Courage to Soar by Simone Biles You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Booked by Kwame Alexander Travel Memoir Anything by Bill Bryson Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Shark Drunk by Morten Stroksnes Carsick by John Waters Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode features an interview with world-renowned romance writer, Robyn Carr. Robyn recently received the Romance Writer's of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award and is best known for for her Virgin River Series. In this interview, Adam and Robyn discuss her recent novel, What We Find, as well as the craft of writing. Robyn is extremely prolific and discusses the diligence it takes to continuously provide new books for her readers. She also shares her thought process as she writes series, how she chooses locations for books as well as the books that inspired her. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova Hunger by Roxane Gay Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The American War by Omar El Akkad Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman How to Hygge by Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson Mission Impawsible by Krista Davis The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day The Wanderers by Meg Howrey The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders A Separation 4321 Paul Auster A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane Into the Water by Paula Hawkins This is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Anderson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this very special episode of the podcast, Adam interviews Jill because she wrote a memoir title Running with a Police Escort and it's now available on OverDrive and everywhere you buy your books! Jill chats about how she decided to write her first book while also providing insight for potential authors on how she found a publisher. We've had a number of listeners ask us how authors juggle full-time jobs while also writing and Jill explains how she was able to handle this task personally. Adam and Jill share stories of being a part of the Cleveland Running community and, as always, have some fun with a special Nerd 9. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the last episode of 2016, Jill and Adam discuss the books coming out in January that they can't wait to read. The books discussed come from an overdrive.com list that you can look through and sample titles right here: https://www.overdrive.com/collections/22345/january-2017-new-releases-and-must-reads Books discussed on this episode: Difficult Women by Roxane Gay Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry Little Deaths by Emma Flint My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King RoseBlood by A. G. Howard Wires and Nerve, Volume One by Marissa Meyer The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti Caraval by Stephanie Garber 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster The Girl Before by JP Delaney Scratch by Manjula Martin The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler Huck Out West by Robert Coover Freeks by Amanda Hocking Three Days in January by Bret Baier Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the last week of 2016 and for this final Monday of the year, Adam and Jill are back with another author interview! This time they spoke with Fleur McDonald, an Australian author known for her rural fiction. If the holidays gifted you with a new eReader, iPad, tablet, etc., be sure to check out your public library's OverDrive.com site to see what eBooks and audiobooks you can get through them! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam speaks with debut novelist Kathryn Barker, author of the award winning In the Skin of a Monster. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, YA author Zoraida Cordova returns for a 2nd time to discuss Labyrinth Lost, the strange life authors lead being solitary writers and then social butterflies while promoting books and having fans while being fans of other authors. Adam and Zoraida spend some time chatting about the social media aspect of being a public figure and the magic of the Young Adult book community. They also discuss the Oreo scandal of 2016 and the culinary holiday traditions they both enjoy this time of year. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the Professional Book Nerds to reflect and discuss their favorite books of 2016. For this episode we brought back some of our previous guests and asked them to share their favorite titles. (And, because we all read so much, we let them come in with their top three although even that proved difficult for some of us!) Books Mentioned in this Episode This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa The Nix by Nathan Hill David Bowie: The Last Interview by David Bowie Evicted by Matthew Desmond While the City Slept by Eli Sanders Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Unmentionable by Therese Oneill A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Shrill by Lindy West Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris The Girls by Emma Cline Dodgers by Bill Beverly Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Porcelain by Moby Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Something New by Lucy Knisley Relish by Lucy Knisley The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente Morning Star by Pierce Brown Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuval Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is the one year anniversary episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast! Thank you so much to our listeners, whether you've been with us from the beginning or are a brand new listener, and everyone in between. We've come a long way since our humble beginnings and we wouldn't be here without all of you. As a fun treat, Adam and Jill got to interview author and actor Alan Cumming and took what can only be described as the best selfie ever. Alan discusses his books, his careers, and more in this special live interview. Alan is the author of the novel Tommy's Tale, the memoir Not My Father's Son, and the brand-new photo biography You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams. Episode was recorded live at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on December 4, 2016. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are back with another romance episode! Our first romance episode back in February still remains our most popular episode and we decided to bring the genre back for another time. This time, Jill is joined by Liz, Meghan, and Emma as they discuss their favorite romance novels. For this episode we broke the titles down by heat level: Room Temperature Titles (0:00-19:29) Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen Once and For All by Sarah Dessen Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Going Solo by Zoe Sugg Love Overdue by Pamela Morsi Lovestruck Librarians series by Olivia Dade Attachments by Rainbow Rowell The Winters Family series by Crystal Hubbard The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev Simmer Titles (19:30-32:57) Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare Duchess of Love series by Sally MacKenzie Naked series by Sally MacKenzie This Earl is On Fire by Vivienne Lorret The Debutante is Mine by Vivienne When A Marquess Loves a Woman by Vivienne Lorrett Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Iron and Velvet by Alexis Hall When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James The Seduction Diaries series by Jennifer McQuiston Full Boil Titles (32:58-48:00) Breathless trilogy by Maya Banks Rocky Mountain Heat by Vivian Arend Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid The Hooker and the Hermit by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Redemption Series by Sarah Castille Her True Match by Paige Tyler I Give You My Body by Diana Gabaldon Books We Are Looking Forward to Reading (48:00-End) A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet Lost Lord Series by Mary Jo Putney Once a Soldier by Mary Jo Putney The Wild Seasons series by Christina Lauren Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our 71st episode, Adam and Jill sat down with Lee Child, best-selling author of the Jack Reacher series. Lee gives audiences a glimpse into the newest Jack Reacher book Night School and takes questions from the audience, including the autobiographical nature of his books and the relationship he has with Reacher audiobook narrator Dick Hill. Episode was recorded live Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at the Parma Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 70th episode of the podcast, Jill & Adam spoke with Patricia Hruby Powell as a part of their Holiday Spectacular interview series. Patricia writes award winning, important biographical children's books including Josephine, which details the incredibly life of Josephine Baker. Patricia discusses how she researches her stories, where her ideas come from and her life as a dancer and part-time librarian. For our library friends, this title is currently marked down as a part of our Holiday Spectacular Sale. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview with Catherine Hall, author of the war time novel The Repercussions. In this chat, Catherine discusses how her trips while working with civil rights and peacekeeping organizations inspired her writing and shared how she tackled the monumental task of researching a book that encapsulates multiple timelines including World War I and the war in Afghanistan. She also shares what it's like to cut more than 60,000 words from her novel while discussing the writers that inspire her and her love of getting lost in a library. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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Today is Thanksgiving in the United States and the OverDrive staff are off with family and friends. But with the holiday season now officially starting, they decided to talk about some of their favorite "lifestyle" books, including cookbooks and party planning. Books mentioned in this episode Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook by Jennifer Appel and Allysa Torey Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan Joy the Baker, Homemade Decadence by Joy Wilson Martha Stewart Vegetables Cooking for Jeffrey by Ina Garten Thug Kitchen Thug Kitchen 101 Thug Kitchen Party Grub Oh She Glows by Angela Liddon Oh She Glows Every Day by Angela Liddon Keys to the Kitchen by Aida Mollenkamp Michael Symon's 5 in 5 Carnivore by Michael Symon 5 in 5 for Every Season by Michael Symon It's All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow It's All Easy by Gwyneth Paltrow Bloom by Estee LaLonde Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Celebrate by Lauren Conrad The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Flea Market Fabulous by Lara Spencer Young House Love by Sherry Petersik and John Petersik All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Carrots love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the first of our Holiday Spectacular series of author interviews, Adam spoke with Elle Wild, whose debut title Strange Things Done, is now available for libraries and readers. Imagine waking up without a memory of what you did the night before and being blamed for a murder you know nothing about. Now imagine you're in a town completely cut off from the rest of world due to the harsh Canadian winter. In addition to being a debut writer, Elle is also an award winning short filmmaker and radio host. She shares some stories about growing up as the daughter of a librarian and how researching murder and body disposal techniques leads to some interesting Google search results... Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Jill gets to talk to one of her personal favorite authors, Marissa Meyer, who is the New York Times bestselling writer behind The Lunar Chronicles and the brand-new Heartless, which is a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Jill and Marissa talk all things nerdy and geeky including fairy tales, adaptations, and NaNoWriMo. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Like many readers, the OverDrive staff all have their favorite books they love to re-read on a regular basis. For today's episode, Adam and Jill talk with some of their colleagues and former Professional Book Nerds podcast guests about the books they love to re-read! Books mentioned in this episode Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss The Lorax by Dr. Seuss The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engle Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Cuckoo's Calling, book 1 of the Cormoran Strike series The Little Witch by Anna Elizabeth Bennett The Giver by Lois Lowry Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Cathedral by Raymond Carver The Dresden Files by Brian Sanderson Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our second ever live episode, Adam and Jill had the opportunity to sit down with Jodi Picoult, New York Times Bestselling author of over twenty novels including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Vanishing Acts and Plain Truth. Her latest book Small Great Things tackles the subject of race and Jodi shares with the audience the true story that first inspired her to write this book. She also discusses the importance of having these kinds of difficult conversations in today's climate along with her research process for the novel. Interview was recorded live on October 24, 2016 at the Parma-Snow Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
November is National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, which is a month long event that challenges writers to write 50,000 words of a novel throughout the month of November. Over the course of the ten years that the event has been around, several authors have gone on to publish bestselling novels that were started during NaNoWriMo! Books Mentioned In This Episode Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Cinder by Marissa Meyer Scarlett by Marissa Meyer Cress by Marissa Meyer Heartless by Marissa Meyer The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Wool by Hugh Howey The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo Livvie Owen Lived Here by Sarah Dooley Don't Let Me Go by J. H. Trumble The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill The Martian by Andy Weir Geekerella by Ashley Poston Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jill and Adam sit down with bestselling author Kyle Mills who not only created his own geopolitical mysteries but he also has taken up the mantel of the wildly popular Mitch Rapp novels for Vince Flynn and he's written in the Robert Ludlun Covert-One series. Kyle chats about growing up of the son of the head of the FBI and jokes about what information he has to be careful about sharing. Kyle also discusses how fans of Vince Flynn have reacted to his writing and what it's like to take over for an author he, himself, grew up loving. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Jill is not only back from her witchy work visit to Massachusetts, she's sitting down with Rachel K. and Quinton to discuss some of their favorite horror novels (and she tries her hardest to not spend the entire episode mentioning Stephen King). Last week was all about YA horror reads and this week it's about adult horror. From classics like Edgar Allen Poe to contemporary authors such as Joe Hill, Rachel, Jill, and Quinton discuss why they love the genre so much and what, exactly, makes a horror novel a horror novel. Books Mentioned in this Episode Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Constantine Hellblazer Volume 1 by Jamie Delano Misery by Stephen King Under the Dome by Stephen King Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Shadows over Baker Street by Michael Reaves Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff The Shining by Stephen King House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fenn Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue The Expanse Series by James A Corey Bird Box by Josh Malerman City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin Terms of Enlistment The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Pride & Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Horns by Joe Hill The Fireman by Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz The Gunslinger by Stephen King Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay The Apartment by S. L. Grey Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin Carrie by Stephen King Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's episode is an interview with New York Times bestselling author, David Levithan, perhaps best known for Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Boy Meets Boy and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. David spoke about his writing process, what it's like writing a book with another author, his favorite Broadway shows and the importance of voting. He also discusses how he was introduced to the culture of books in high school as a library assistant and trying to find a balance between being a full time editor and a full time author. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
While Jill is out experiencing Salem (witches!) Adam has two separate conversations with Christina and Andrea of the 3-Headed Sass Monster in which they chat about their favorite Young Adult Horror titles just in time for Halloween. Because they are basically the same person, they lead off with the same book and Adam doesn't realize this because they spoke on different days...oops. We also discuss the horror books from our childhood, chat about costumes and even provide some terrible horror movies recommendations. Grab some candy and your masquerade mask and dive on in! Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine It Came From Beneath the Sink by R.L. Stine Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich The Forrest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan Asylum by Madeleine Roux The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jonathan Maberry Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride The Fall by Bethany Griffin Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters The First Days by Rhiannon Frater Through the Woods by Emily Carroll The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our first ever live episode! Jill and Adam sat down with #1 New York Times bestselling author James Dashner, of Maze Runner fame, in front of a large crowd of his adoring fans at the main branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL). James shared how reading Stephen King both as a child and as an adult continues to inspire his writing even today as well as gave some breaking news about the next Maze Runner movie. We then took questions from the audience and James playfully talked about the character he'd most see himself being in the Maze Runner series and chats about his readers' fandom over Newt. We'd like to thank CCPL for having us emcee this event and we can't wait to share more live episodes with you in the near future! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a library company, we are all big readers and for this episode we decided to ask some of our co-workers and past podcast guests what they are currently reading! Titles mentioned in this episode: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming The Trespasser by Tana French Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke The History of Love by Nicole Kraus Witches Pyre by Josephine Angelini Illusion by Martina Bone Home by Harlan Coben Peril at End House by Agatha Christie Revival by Stephen King Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough The Witches by Stacey Schiff Cleopatra by Stacey Schiff How to Train Your Highlander by Christy English The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson TV: The Book by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz Beard Science by Penny Reid Spare Parts by Joshua Davis Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Multiple times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global ebook club through their library and this time the book choice is This is Where It Ends and we are thrilled to have author Marieke Nijkamp back on our podcast! Her debut novel was overwhelmingly chosen as the latest Big Library Read title and Jill and Adam got a chance to talk to her about how her life has changed since we last talked to her back in January on our 4th episode. Big Library Read officially kicks off October 13th. For more information visit www.BigLibraryRead.com Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Let the OverDrive staff entertain you as we hit the Great White Way to discuss books that have been adapted into Broadway musicals! Adam and Jill are joined by their co-worker Meghan who is also a theater nerd and the three of them share their great love of books and the stage in this week's episode. (There might also be some singing involved because, well, why not?) Books Mentioned in this Episode Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow The Bible The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot The String of Pearls by Anonymous Wicked by Gregory Maguire The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis American Lion by Jon Meacham Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Matilda by Roald Dahl Tales from the South Pacific by James Michner Ragtime by E.L. Doctrow The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Once and Future King by T. H. White The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Fun Home by Alson Bechdel Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Berlin Trilogy by Christopher Isherwood Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Carrie by Stephen King A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our 54th episode, Adam sat down with #1 New York Times best selling author Leigh Bardugo, whose most recent book, Crooked Kingdom, is now available. Leigh was in town for an author event at a local library where Adam hosted a Q and A with some of her readers but beforehand they sat down to chat about the fantasy genre, world building and what inspires Leigh. She also shared her thoughts on the YA community, what it's like seeing her fans love her characters so much and she offers up some inspiring advice for young writers. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The OverDrive staff librarians come from a wide range of backgrounds and two of our librarians -- Liz and Rachel K. -- come from music library backgrounds. So we decided to use their collective knowledge and reading backgrounds to discuss musical memoirs and rock biographies! Books Mentioned In this Episode Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Everyone Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss Tom Waits on Tom Waits edited by Paul Maher Just Kids by Patti Smith M-Train by Patti Smith Girl in a band by Kim Gordon Porcelain by Moby Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh Out of the Vinyl Deeps by Non Willis Arnowitz Words Without Music by Philip Glass Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins Substance by Peter Hook Unknown Pleasures by Peter Hook Autobiography by Morrissey Spider from Mars by Woody Woodmansey On Bowie by Rob Sheffield Love is a Mixed Tape by Rob Sheffield Turn Around Bright Eyes by Rob Sheffield The Show I'll Never Forget by Sean Manning Piece by Piece by Tori Amos Hunger Makes me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave Special Deluxe by Neil Young Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young Your Song Changed My Life by Bob Boilen Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin Homeward Bound by Peter Ames Carlin Our Band Could Be Your Life Michael Azerrad Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad Mystery Train by Greil Marcus Country by Nich Tosches Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson Life by Keith Richards The Dirt by Tommy Lee and Vince Neil Get in the Van by Henry Rollins Dancing with myself by Billy Idol Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis Tony Visconti by Tony Visconti The Importance of Music to Girls by Lavinia Greenlaw Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus Mo'Meta Blues by Questlove Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Adam chats with lawyer turned author Marie Benedict about her latest novel, The Other Einstein. This historical fiction title is rooted in facts (and science!) and is the story of Albert Einstein’s first wife who was also heavily involved in the scientific community. Adam even manages to surprise Marie with some information about her main character that she didn’t know (which he was quite pleased with himself about…). Marie discussed her writing process, how she transitioned to being a full time writer and then they get sidetracked for a bit discussing Broadway shows and Hamilton (not surprising) Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview September 25 - October 1st marks Banned Books Week and as a library company full of librarian employees, OverDrive feels very strongly about the importance of reading banned and challenged books. Adam and Jill decided to talk to some of their OverDrive colleagues to find out what they'll be reading for Banned Books Week and to also find out why they celebrate the freedom to read. Email us at feedback@overdrive.com and share your favorite Banned Book! Titles Mentioned In This Episode Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Fun Home by Alison Bechdel His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The Satanic Versus by Salman Rushdie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonngegut Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1984 by George Orwell The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Awakening by Kate Chopin Forever by Judy Blume Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're 50! Well, we're 50 episodes old anyway. In today's very round numbered episode we sat down (virtually) with debut author Cuyler Overholt to talk about her thrillng novel, A deadly Affection, her award-winning debut, is the first installment in the Dr. Genevieve Summerford historical mystery series. They discuss Cuyler's journey from lawyer to writer and what inspires her stories as well as why she loves the idea of New York City at the turn of the century. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview: Friday September 16, 2016 is Read an eBook Day! As the leading app for eBooks available through libraries, we love celebrating this day of #eBookLove. For this week's episode, Adam and Jill decided to poll previous Professional Book Nerd guests to find out what they'll be reading on the day! The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict The Witches Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett Mo'Meta Blues by Questlove Plaid & Plagiarism by Molly MacRae In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Vicious by V.E. Schwab News of the World by Paulette Giles Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode, Adam chats with author Kate Elliott, who has written 25 novels. She is currently working on her first Young Adult titles with the Court of Fives trilogy. The second Court of Fives title, Poisoned Blade, comes out this fall. Kate and Adam spent a lot of time discussing Fantasy world building and the how Kate's fascination with maps plays into the worlds she creates for her stories. They also dive into the books Kate enjoyed growing up that inspired the works she now creates and they even explore some wonderful facts about Hawaii, where Kate lives, and how she spends her free time there. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Happy Friday! In today's episode, Jill and Adam hang out in their soon-to-be awesome recording studio and chat. They start by sharing some recent listener emails. They also share some big news about upcoming podcast interviews and give a brief teaser about the upcoming Big Library Read event which starts up in October. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Natasha Randall The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Hollywood Said No by David Cross and Bob Odenkirk Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt Attempting Normal by Marc Maron Kasher in the Rye by Moshe Kasher The Widow's House by Carol Goodman The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman Troublemaker by Leah Remini Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jonathan Maberry Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming The Nix by Nathan Hill Carry On by Lisa Fenn And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Adam sits down with Lisa Fenn, ESPN producer and author of the new book CARRY ON which examines the unexpected relationship between two disabled wrestlers living in inner city Cleveland. One of those wrestlers, Leroy Sutton, joins Adam and Lisa as they discuss the book and this incredible story of carrying on under extraordinary circumstances. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Jill is joined by newcomer Kristi as they discuss some of their favorite nonfiction titles. They dive into some fascinating conversations about travel, science and much more while also providing some helpful "introductory" titles for people looking to get into nonfiction books for the first time. All titles discussed can be sampled and borrowed by clicking on them in the list below. Nonfiction Reads Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon This is Not My Life by Diane Schoemperlen Dreamland by Sam Quinones Cracking the Cube by Ian Scheffler The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson At Home by Bill Bryson Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Dead Wake by Erik Larson The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee Stiff by Mary Roach Grunt by Mary Roach The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 by Amy Stewart and Tim Folger The Cabaret of Plants by Richard Mabey Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! By Richard Feynman The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich Pistols at Dawn by John Campbell Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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In our last interview from the American Library Association meetings in Orlando, Adam sits down with debut author, Chelsea Sedoti, author of The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett. Adam and Chelsea discuss a shared love of the Midwest before diving into Chelsea's creative process, her experience with book signings and the Young Adult community as a whole and how she likes to spend her time when she's not writing. She also confesses her love of Sweet Valley High and the books of Christopher Pike. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Well hello there! Today we have a big ol' list of book recommendations for fans of Young Adult and New Adult titles. Adam is joined by his good friends (and avid readers) Christina, Andrea and Sydney who share their recent reads and chat about the mass appeal of Young Adult and New Adult titles. You can find every title they mention below or by visiting https://www.overdrive.com/collections/9320/the-professional-book-nerds-podcast-reading-list. Reading Recommendations: 99 Days by Katie Cotugno A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray The Man in the High Castle American Girls by Alison Umminger The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Rebel Magisters by Shanna Swendson Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto Even When You Lie to Me by Jessica Alcott A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers The Paper Princess by M. C. Beaton The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich Pivot Point by Kasie West Lion Heart by A. C. Gaughen The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've all heard stories -- real and fictional -- about women kidnapped and held captive for years but what happens after they escape? That's the question Hollie Overton sets out to answer in her book Baby Doll. For her book, Hollie used her real-life experience as a twin and she also talks to Adam about her experiences as a television writer! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we have two newcomers to the podcast in Sydney and Tiffany who join Adam to chat about what else...books of course! They offer up the books they're excited about and their favorite recent reads. Both Sydney and Tiffany are former teachers so they dive into the books their kids really enjoyed and they even provide their "desert island" recommendations. Strangely neither of them picked a survival book... Reading Recommendations Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Get in Trouble by Kelly Link Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Collectors by Phillip Pullman Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dark Matter by Blake Crouch We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly The Trespasser by Tana French Lightless by C. A. Higgins Baby Doll by Hollie Overton Mary Shelley's Frankenstein The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes The Princess Bride by William Goldman Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Tayler Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've got Olympic Fever and the only prescription is an interview with the resplendent Megan Abbott! In addition to being a former Librarian and a true champion of libraries, Megan Abbott's most recent book, You Will Know Me, is a suspenseful thriller about a talented gymnastics team with a dark secret. Whether you're a fan of Megan's previous books, mysteries or Olympic sports (we happen to be all 3) you're going to love both this conversation and You Will Know Me! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone loves to laugh, right? You totally do. So in this episode Adam is joined by Melissa to discuss their favorite comedic audiobooks. They begin with their all time favorites before moving on to the audiobooks their excited to listen to in the near future. They end the episode with a conversation about the audiobooks they wish existed. There are a lot of them... You can borrow and sample every book discussed (well, the real ones) at https://www.overdrive.com/explore. Comedic Audiobooks sure to make you laugh Why Not Me? By Mindy Kaling Billy Crystal - Still Foolin' Em Is Everyone Hanging out without me? By Mindy Kaling Bossypants by Tina Fey Food by Jim Gaffigan Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. by Rob Delaney Almost Interesting by David Spade Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson You'll Grow Out of it by Jessi Klein Kanye West Owes Me $300 by Jensen Karp Born Standing up by Steve Martin That is All by John Hodgman Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black You're Never Weird on the Internet…Almost by Felicia Day I Must Say by Martin Short Party of One by Dave Holmes Shrill by Lindy West The Parks and Rec recs… Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption by Nick Offerman Yes Please by Amy Poehler Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari Stories I only tell my friends by Rob Lowe Audiobooks we want to listen to: I'm just a person by Tig Notaro The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Where am I Now? By Mara Wilson Talking as Fast as I can by Lauren Graham You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson Scrappy Little Notebook by Anna Kendrick Thanks for the Money by Joel McHale Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode Jill returns for our intro with Adam! The actual episode is an interview with Duane Swierczynski, author of the crime novel, Revolver, which is about the murder of two cops and their family efforts to solve the mystery. The story is told over three timelines and the generations of the families living during those times as they struggle to come to grips with what really happened. Duane also shared where his inspiration comes from as well as the different processes he goes through when writing novels compared to writing comics, which he is also well known for. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Jill chats with Christina and Sarah about why they all love Dystopian books and what makes these titles so enchanting. They also discuss the idea of Utopias and if they can exist without dystopias being a part of the world. Naturally, they also have loads of book recommendations as well. Be sure to check out overdrive.com for a complete Professional Book Nerds reading list to sample and borrow all the titles they discussed! Reading Recommendations: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Children of Men by P.D. James Matched by Allie Condie The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Selection by Kiera Cass The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson Prince of Thornes by Mark Lawrence Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Seveneves by Neal Stephenson On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Dyvis The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 36th episode of the pod, Adam chats with debut author, Nathan Hill. The Nix, which comes out August 30th, explores the resilience of love and home, especially in times of radical change. Nathan shares his love of libraries and choose your own adventure books and also discusses how a book can provide a different outcome for every reader depending on how you go into the story. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode Emma, Meghan and Kristin return to share the latest books they've been reading and listening to in the Mystery genre. Back by popular demand, they also provide a pretty amazing list of punny-named cozy mysteries that you're going to love. You can find links to sample and borrow all the books discussed from your library below or by visiting our Professional Book Nerds reading list. Murder & Mystery Book Recommendations: Melancholy Accidents by Peter Manseau Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware A Killer Crop by Sheila Connolly Wytches by Scott Snyder Bram Stoker's Dracula adopted by Michael Burgan We could be Beautiful by Swan Huntley Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye The Vegetarian by Han Kang The Girls by Emma Cline Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Upcoming Books we can't wait for The Trespasser by Tana French Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty End of Watch by Stephen King To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey The Last Interview by David Bowie Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood Pun-tastic Mystery Titles Assault and Beret (Hat Shop Mystery Series) by Jenn McKinlay Stick and Scones (Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery Series) by Diane Mott Davidson Going, Going, Ganache (Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series) by Jenn McKinlay Curried Away (Spice Shop Mystery Series) by Gail Oust The Cracked Spine (Scottish Bookshop Mystery Series) by Paige Shelton Roast Mortem (Coffeehouse Mystery Series) by Cleo Coyle The Good, The Bad and the Guacamole (Taste of Texas Series) by Rebecca Adler We'll Always have Parrots (Meg Langslow Mystery Series) by Donna Andrews Éclair and Present Danger (Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery) by Laura Bradford Crepes of Wrath (Pancake House Mystery Series) by Sarah Fox It's Your Party, Die if you Want To (Live and Di Dixie Mystery Series) by Vickie Fee Shades of Earl Grey (Tea Shop Mystery Series) by Laura Childs If You've Got It, Haunt It (Haunted Vintage Mystery Series) by Rose Pressey If Books Could Kill (Bibliophile Mystery Series) by Kate Carlisle Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our 34th episode Adam interviewed Zoraida Cordova in Orlando where she was promoting her upcoming Young Adult Fantasy title, Labyrinth Lost. Zoraida shared her inspirations for this book as well as her love of mermaids and a fun story about how she learned to speak English. She also spoke about the importance of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks movement and offered some great diverse book recommendations. Zoraida's reading recommendations: Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our 33rd episode is packed with book recommendations as Adam is joined by Jim and Quinton in the OverDrive offices to offer up the books they've loved lately. See the list below for links to all the titles discussed on the episode. As this was the first ever "all male" episode they also brainstormed some ideas for getting reluctant, young males into reading and they all shared their first experiences of falling in love with books. Book Recommendations Preacher graphic novel series Constantine (comics) Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Small Favor by Jim Butcher The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Revolver by Duane Swierczynski You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Martian by Andy Weir This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher Red Rising by Pierce Brown The books that made Adam, Quinton and Jim fall in love with reading: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Outsiders by SE Hinton Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our 32nd episoee features Dawn Kurtagich, author of And The Trees Crept In, a Young Adult psychological horror that is both breathtaking and terrifying. Dawn, however, could not be more cheerful! She spoke with Adam at the American Library Association Annual Convention in Orlando where they discussed the difficult life situations that inspire her writing, the importance of color in her life and her secret to always have a bright outlook no matter what is going on around her. Dawn's reading recommendations: House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski Night of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Read more at http://overdrive.libsyn.com/#Sclp5FqmFJ0TbFpR.99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Our 31st episode features Jordanna Max Brodsky, author of the The Immortals, book one in the Olympus Bound series. She shares with Adam her writing process of needing to write five days a week and all about the places she has traveled for research places. She and Adam also discuss their shared love of musicals, many of which are based on books including Bridges of Madison County, Once, and, of course, Hamilton. Jordanna's reading recommendations: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare The Stormlight Archive Series by Brandon Sanderson Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview In our 30th episode, Adam talks with author Gene Gant, a strong advocate for #WeNeedDiverseBooks, especially those that feature LGBT characters. Gant's latest book, Bender, was realized in June and he's also an author of young adult literature including Lucky Linus. He and Adam discuss his writing process, the importance of diverse characters, and his experience with libraries growing up. June was Pride Month for the LGBT community but these are books that should be available to patrons year round. Given the sensitive nature of the topics, providing these titles via OverDrive gives patrons an extra level of privacy when they check them out. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Today, June 23, 2016, marks the start of the American Library Association's Annual Conference, which is being held in Orlando this year. Since so many librarians and library fans will be taking advantage of the nearby Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park while there, we decided to do another Harry Potter themed episode! Jill is joined by Sheila, Andrea, and Christina as they discuss how they got into the books, Hybrid Hogwarts Houses, the differences between the books and the movies, favorite secondary characters, and their thoughts on the new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is due to be published on July 31st and is currently available for pre-order for our library partners. Featured OverDrive Staff Jill, Sheila, Andrea, Christina Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series is our guest on the podcast today! Patterson, who is a big supporter of libraries, has recently launched his new BookShots line of books: these are fast paced, shorter reads that are offered in a wide range of genres but also feature some of his iconic characters like Alex Cross. Our episode features Adam's interview with James Patterson which is followed by the press conference announcing/explaining more about the BookShots program. In the interview, Patterson discusses his book creation process and the importance of libraries and his own experiences in libraries growing up. Intro (0:00-3:53) Adam's Interview with James Patterson (3:54-11:32) BookShots Press Conference (11:33-End) Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Today's podcast is a special episode related to the second Big Library Read pick of 2016. A couple of times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global book club through their library. Readers vote on the title and the winner for this round is A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain a mystery that involves an FBI agent sent back in time 200 years where she has to solve a murder. Big Library Read officially kicks off June 23rd and in anticipation of the event, Adam sat down with Julie McElwain to talk about her debut novel A Murder in Time. When not writing fiction she works as the West Coast Editor for Soaps in Depth, a national soap opera magazine. For more information about Big Library Read visit www.BigLibraryRead.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview For today's episode, Adam sits down with New York Times Bestselling author Brad Meltzer. His latest book House of Secrets, which traces a conspiracy theory related to Benedict Arnold, was a collaborative effort with Tod Goldberg. In this interview, Brad shares the experience of creating their strong woman character Hazel and the positive opportunity of writing with someone else. Along with his well-known thriller, Brad is the author behind the I Am.../Ordinary People Change the World juvenile collection and comics for younger audiences. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview Happy Tuesday! In today's episode, Adam sits down and talks with Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author whose newest book Ink and Bone is released today, June 7, 2016. Ink and Bone returns to The Hollows, the setting of several of her previous novels. she gives our listeners a glimpse into her writing process and how she disconnects when not writing. Books written by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies Black Out Crazy Love You Die For You The Darkness Gathers Darkness, My Old Friend Fragile Heartbroken In the Blood Ink and Bone Sliver of Truth Smoke The Whispers The Whispering Hollows Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview: In this week's episode, Jill is back and she talks with Adam and Kristin about fairy tales! We discuss what we think makes a fairy tale a fairy tale (which turns out to be a much harder question to answer than we originally thought!) and offer some of our favorite fairy tales, both long-standing original ones and modern retellings. As usual, we also offer some of our recent reads and forthcoming books we're looking forward to reading. If you have a favorite fairy tale or have your own definition for what makes a fairy tale a fairy tale, please feel free to let us know at feedback@overdrive.com Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill, Adam, and Kristin Intro (0:00-1:53) Favorite Fairy Tales (1:54-9:16) East of the Sun, West of the Moon Rumplestiltskin Hansel and Gretel Little Red Riding Hood The Little Mermaid Recent Reads: (9:17-15:44) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio If I was Your Girl by Meredith Russo What Is a Fairy Tale? (15:45-35:14) The Princess Bride by William Goldman Stardust by Neil Gaiman Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Cinder by Marissa Meyer Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen Transformations by Anne Sexton My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me edited by Kate Bernheimer The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison by Maggie Smith Through the Woods by Emily Carroll The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieska Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieska Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieska Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky Snow White in New York by Fiona French Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Wicked by Gregory Maguire Favorite Retellings (35:15-42:06) Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire After Alice by Gregory Maguire Beauty by Robin McKinley Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivy Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (42:07-End) The Hundred Lies of Lindsey Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Spinning Straw Into Gold by Joan Gould The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger The Trespasser by Tana French In the Woods by Tana French Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview: In this week's author interview, Adam talks with Ryan Graudin, young adult author of multiple books including Wolf by Wolf and its forthcoming sequel, Blood for Blood. She shares her writing process and she and Adam geek out over their shared love of fairy tales, tattoos, and travel. Other books written by Ryan: Iron to Iron The Walled City All That Glows All That Burns Books recommended by Ryan: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shephard Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shephard The Redwall series by Brian Jacques Sabriel by Garth Nix Chronicles of Pyrdain by Lloyd Alexander The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevive Tucholke A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview In today's episode, Adam sits down with writer Jewell Parker Rhodes, an author who is familiar writing for both adults and juveniles/YA. Her forthcoming book, Towers Falling, is all about teaching the story of the 9/11 attacks to children who weren't born when it happened. Like all of Jewell's books, Towers Falling features a diverse cast of characters and touches on important themes and events in America's history. In this interview, she talks about what prompted her to write a book about the September 11th attacks and the real life classroom that inspired her. Books Written By Jewell Sugar Ninth Ward Bayou Magic Magic City Douglass' Women Towers Falling Voodoo Season Yellow Moon Hurricane Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Newcomers to the podcast Christina and Andrea join Adam to discuss their favorite Young Adult books and series. They also discuss why they think YA is such a popular genre. Christina and Andrea share their favorite types of characters and subgenres to read about, whether or not Christina would survive the Hunger Games and the importance of cake in her world. About halfway through we go into the YA books that make us cry and try to figure out why these books are able to move our emotions the way they do. We also uncover some deep-seated struggles that Andrea and Christina have as friends in regard to whether it's appropriate to wait until a series is completed before you start reading it. Adam also unveils his love for all things Alice in Wonderland and we get sidetracked several times talking about baked goods. Recommendations: Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson They Call me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. Maclagan Splintered series by A.G. Howard Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell The Worldwalker trilogy by Josephine Angelini The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness The Violet Eden Chapters by Jessica Shirvington The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Something Strange and Dealy series by Susan Dennard Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher The New Wild by Holly Brasher The Mara Dyer Trilogy by Michelle Hodkin The Scarlet Series by A.C. Gaughen The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into by subscribing to the podcast. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 5th marks the start of OverDrive's AudioSYNC program so the OverDrive team is spending this episode talking about all things audiobooks! if you ever visit our Blue Sky Campus and walk around the office you'll see lots of staff members with headphones on -- there's always a good chance that they are listening to an audiobook. It's like being paid to read!
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program designed for teens 13 years of age and over. Each week between May 5th and August 17th, users will be able to download two audiobooks per week and, best part is, after the audiobooks have been downloaded, users get to keep them! Reading in the summer can be challenging with busy schedules and traveling plans, which can lead to a summer slump, but with audiobooks, listeners can maintain their reading habits in a different format. We also feature an interview with Michelle Cobb from AudioFile magazine, OverDrive's partner in the SYNC program.
For more information, visit http://www.audiobooksync.com.
If you have a favorite audiobook, let us know at feedback@overdrive.com
Featured OverDrive Staff:
Jill, Adam, and Sheila
Intro (0:00-2:19)
Recent Listens (2:20-8:21)
The Verdict by Nick Stone
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow
Books Written and Read by Comedians (8:22-11:18)
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
I Must Say by Martin Short
Brain Droppings by George Carlin
Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage by Rob Delaney
You're Doing It Right by Michael Ian Black
Paddle Your Canoe by Nick Offerman
Gumption by Nick Offerman
Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
America Again by Stephen Colbert
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
Almost Interesting by David Spade
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Foodie Listens (11:19-15:05)
The Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Audiobooks and AudioSYNC (15:06-23:03)
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Interview with AudioFile's Michelle Cobb (23:04-End)
Art Dog by Thacher Hurd
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 28 days by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview: 400 years ago this month, William Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil but the show must go on, so OverDrive's Professional Book Nerds are discussing the man behind the myth in our latest episode. We also talk about whether or not it really matters if William Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays attributed to him. After all, what's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Regardless of reading choices, remember -- when the question is asked To Read Or Not To Read, the answer should always be to read! Along with doing some Shakespeare fangirling, we cover all of the books we've recently read, some of the upcoming books we are (not so) patiently waiting for, and also offer tips on getting through book ennui. If you have a favorite Shakespeare play and/or modern adaptation, please feel free to let us know at feedback@overdrive.com Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill and Liz Intro (0:00-1:56) Recent Reads: (1:57-17:09) Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow A Girl In Pieces by Isabel Quintero Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin George by Alex Gino Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Codex by Lev Grossman Red Rising by Pierce Brown Golden Son by Pierce Brown Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristof Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau Saga by Brian K. Vaughan The Secret History by Donna Tartt Celebrating #Shakespeare400: (17:10-30:41) William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher Two Gentlemen of Lebowski by Adam Bertocci Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Fool by Christopher Moore Will's Words by Jane Sutcliffe A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North Macbeth #KillingIt by William Shakespeare and Courtney Carbone Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (30:42-End) The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen The Shadows of the Dark Crystal by J. M. Lee The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Erye Affair by Jasper Fforde, Book 1 in the Thursday Next series A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, Book 1 in the All Souls Trilogy The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, Book 1 in the Nursery Crimes series Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes Wicked by Gregory Maguire Grendel by John Gardner Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week we are back with another author interview, this time with bestselling author Matthew Quick, the man behind the popular The Silver Linings Playbook which was also adapted into the Academy Award nominated film. In his conversation with Adam, Matthew shares how Silver Linings Playbook became both a book and a movie (and not necessarily in the order you might think!) and also talks about his writing process and how he transitioned into writing Young Adult novels. His newest book Every Exquisite Thing will be released in May.
Books Written By Matthew
The Silver Linings Playbook (novel)
Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
Love May Fail
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Every Exquisite Thing
The Good Luck of Right Now
Boy21
Sorta Like a Rock Star
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
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Episode Overview:
April is National Poetry Month and some of the OverDrive staff is celebrating by having a themed episode where we share some of our favorite poems and poets and even read a couple of poems on air. The professional book nerds also share some non-poetry recent reads and forthcoming titles we are looking forward to reading.
Feel free to let us know some of your favorite poems by emailing us at feedback@overdrive.com
Featured OverDrive Staff:
Jill, Annie, Todd
Intro (0:00-3:01)
Recent Reads: (3:02-13:59)
Gone with the Mind by Mark Leyner
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner
Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog by Mark Leyner
The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
Girl In a Band by Kim Gordon
Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir
Celebrating National Poetry Month: (14:00-31:59)
Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker
Some Ether by Nick Flynn
The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel
The Endarkenment by Jeffrey McDaniel
Chapel of Inadvertent Joy by Jeffrey McDaniel
Bright Dead Things by Ada Lilmon
Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
The Spoons In the Grass Are There To Build a Moat by Linda Bruckheimer
Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:00-End)
Sex & Love & by Bob Hicok
Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok
The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Motefiore
Certain Magical Acts by Alice Notley
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Episode Overview
In our latest author interview, OverDrive's Adam talks to New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson. She shares insights into her writing process, including what it's like working with her sister, fellow author Nancy Bush, and the challenges that come with writing about some really evil characters. Lisa also gives a list of some of her favorite books and recent reads.
Popular Lisa Jackson books:
Afraid to Die
Tell Me
You Don't Want to Know
Running Scared
Without Mercy
Malice
Shiver
Deep Freeze
Lisa Jackson's Recent Reads and Favorites:
Missing You by Harlan Coben
Shock Wave by John Sandford
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
11/22/63 by Stephen King
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview
In today's episode we are talking about two of our favorite non-fiction categories: feminist/women's studies titles and true crime! We also talk about all of the recent non-fiction books of all genres that we've read and the forthcoming books that have us super excited. In our intro, Adam shares some celebrity memoirs that he has recently read and enjoyed.
Share your own favorite women's studies and true crime titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at feedback@overdrive.com
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Cindy, and Rachel K.
Intro (0:00-2:44)
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Big Library Read (2:45-5:49)
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
American Wife by Taya Kyle
Recent Reads (5:50-18:59)
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
Attempting Normal by Marc Maron
A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
I Will Find You by Joanna Connors
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansarai
At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell
Feminist Studies/Women's Issues (19:00-23:09)
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
True Crime (23:10-32:29)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth
Pretty Little Killers by Daleen Berr
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
Finding Me by Michelle Knight
Hope by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis
The Innocent Killer by Michael Griesbach
Worse than the Devil by Dean A. Strang
The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin
Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:30-End)
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West
Lust and Wonder by Augusten Burroughs
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Porcelain by Moby
Paper by Mark Kurlansky
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Zero by Charles Seife
Mauve by Simon Garfield
A Mind of its Own by David M. Friedman
Grunt by Mary Roach
Maximum Security Book Club by Mikita Brottman
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes, and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin
Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough
The Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt
The Arm by Jeff Passan
Becoming Grandma by Lesley Stahl
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview
Book adaptations on the big and small screen are all the rage and several upcoming films have the OverDrive staff super excited. In this week's episode, Adam and Jill discuss their favorite page to screen titles, share favorites from some OverDrive users, and also talk about the upcoming adaptations they are most anxious to see.
Share your own favorite Page to Screen titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at feedback@overdrive.com
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill and Adam
Titles Discussed in this episode
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The BFG by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption from Different Seasons by Stephen King
IT by Stephen King
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Cujo by Stephen King
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
Carrie by Stephen King
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Let the Right One In (book) by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In (foreign film)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Martian by Andy Weir
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Giver (book) by Lois Lowry
The Giver (movie)
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Recently, local Cleveland author Dr. Lisa Damour stopped by the OverDrive offices to chat with Adam about her latest book Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood. She and Adam discuss the difficulties of raising young girls in the social media age and offers advice to parents concerned about their own daughters. But even if you aren't a parent of a teenage girl, we've all been teenagers and the book's subject matter is relevant for readers of all ages.
Lisa's own personal book recommendation is My Early Life by Winston Churchill.
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In today's episode we are talking all things Mystery! From cozy mysteries to suspense thrillers to everything in between, the Mystery genre features a multitude of sub-genres and the OverDrive staff librarians all have their favorite titles. Like our Romance episode, we also discuss clever punny titles that come out of this genre.
Our intro includes some emails in response to our recent Science Fiction and Fantasy episode with additional recommendations for our listeners. Email us at feedback@overdrive.com with your own comments and recommendations.
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Emma, Meghan, and Kristin
Intro (0:00-6:14)
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Red Mars, Blue Mars, and Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross, Book 1 of the The Steampunk Chronicles
The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason, Book 1 of the The Stoker and Holmes series
Recent Reads (6:15-15:49)
The Siren by Kiera Cass
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco by Laura DiSilverio
Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
A Doubter's Almanac by Ethan Canin
What Remains of Me by Ann Marie Lee
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase
The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed by Bruce Coville
Cozy Mysteries and Favorite Punny Titles (15:50-25:50)
Murder She Wrote by Jessica Fletcher
Purl Up and Die by Maggie Sefton
Silence of the Lamps by Karen Rose Smith
Caught Bread Handed by Ellie Alexander
Gourdfellas by Maggie Bruce
A Killer in the Rye by Delia Rosen
Fry Me a Liver by Delia Rosen
From Herring to Eternity by Delia Rosen
As Gouda as Dead by Avery Aames
For Chedder or Worse by Avery Aames
To Brie or Not to Brie by Avery Aames
Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames
The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames
The Diva Runs out of Thyme by Krista Davis
One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
Wish You Were Here by Rita May Brown
Suspense and Thrillers (25:51-32:34)
The Likeness by Tana French
In the Woods by Tana French
The Secret Place by Tana French
Blood on the Snow by Jo Nesbo
Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, Book 1 in the Millennium series
The Bat by Jo Nesbo, Book 1 in the Harry Hole series
Unreliable Narrators (32:35-40:55)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, Book 1 of Cormoran Strike series
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, Book 3 of Cormoran Strike series
Books Coming Soon (40:56-End)
The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund
End of Watch by Stephen King
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode Overview
Today's podcast is a special episode related to the first Big Library Read pick of 2016. A couple of times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global book club through their library and this time the book choice is American Sniper by Chris Kyle, the man regarded as the most lethal sniper in United States Military History.
Big Library Read officially kicks off March 17th and in anticipation of the event, Adam sat down with Chris Kyle's widow Taya Kyle, who has written her own memoir, American Wife. Taya shares stories about her experiences as a military wife and what prompted Chris to write his book. She also discusses the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, which assists service members, first responders, and their families.
For more information about Big Library Read visit www.BigLibraryRead.com
For more information about Chris Kyle Frog Foundation visit www.ChrisKyleFrogFoundation.org
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this week's episode, Adam talks with Marie Bostwick, author of the popular Cobbled Quilt and Too Much, Texas series. Her new book, From Here to Home, comes out at the end of March and along with discussing that novel's unique protagonist Mary Dell Templeton, Marie also shares how she became the writer she is today, which happened almost accidentally. She also offers some really fantastic tips to all the writer's out there on how to achieve their own writing goals. Her love of reading and libraries started at an early age and she tells Adam about how she became the youngest card carrying member of her local library as a child.
Growing up, some of Marie's favorite books included:
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Little House on the Prairie series
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Marie's personal recommendations for our listeners:
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Group by Mary McCarthy
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
For those readers interested in Marie's books, here are her own suggestions of where to start:
Between Heaven and Texas
The Second Sister
A Single Thread
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In our ninth episode we are talking all things science fiction and fantasy! If you're not familiar with either genre that's okay because some of the recent reads that Jill, Quinton, and Rachel K. mention include some non-genre picks as well before discussing the differences between science fiction and fantasy. From there, they offer their best picks for those new to either genre and the differences between hard and soft science fiction. Quinton offers some readalikes for those who enjoyed The Martian and the trio share their favorite fantasy novels before discussing the forthcoming titles they are most excited to read.
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Rachel K., and Quinton
Intro (0:00-4:09)
Recent Reads (4:10-10:09)
A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Shadows of Self by Brian Sanderson
Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams
Differences Between Science Fiction and Fantasy (10:10 - 16:29)
Star Wars
Interstellar by Greg Keyes
Genre Intro Books and Our Favorites (16:30-25:51)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Android's Dream by John Scalzi
Storm Front by Jim Butcher, Book 1 in the Dresden Files
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, book 1 of the Expanse series
Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Book 1 in the Wheel of Time series
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, Book 1 in A Song of Ice and Fire series
The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Michael Rubens
The Weirdness by Jeremy P. Bushnell
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Hard Science Fiction v. Soft Science Fiction (25:52-29:15)
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
The Martin Readalikes (29:16-34:41)
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Lock In by John Scalzi
Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Judd Trichter
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Our Favorite Fantasy Novels and Other Books (34:42-40:25)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Book 1 in the Kingkiller Chronicle series
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive series
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, Book 1 of the Sookie Stackhouse series
Midnight Crossed by Charlaine Harris, Book 1 of the Midnight, Texas series
Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Book 1 of the Red Rising Trilogy
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, Book 1 of the All Souls trilogy
Books Coming Soon (40:26-End)
Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Arkwright by Allen Steele
Cursed Child script
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In our second author interview, Adam interviews Sunil Yapa, author of Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, which takes place over one day during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. Sunil shares why he chose that moment in history as the setting for his novel and gives some background and history of the protests. He also gives Adam and listeners a glimpse into his writing process and how some of his own life experiences were woven into the fictional characters he has created. Adam also asks him about what can only be described as a writer's worst nightmare: losing a manuscript, which happened to Sunil with the original 600 page draft of the book. But rewriting the novel offered Sunil the opportunity to reexamine his characters and focus on the ones that he was truly invested in.
Along with talking about her own book, Sunil shares memories of going to the library as a child and being a voracious readers, including reading Stephen King's IT at 12 or 13 and being terrified, but also loving The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl.
Sunil Yapa's other book recommendations:
Underworld by Don DeLillo
Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Valentine's Day is just around the corner so the staff librarians here at OverDrive decided to dedicate an episode to the Romance genre. But because we are all such well-rounded readers, we cover more than just your typical "bodice rippers," discussing some young adult titles and Amish romances, but also titles perfect for Galentine's Day and those single on this particular holiday. Of course, we can't discuss the Romance genre without mentioning some of our favorite punny titles as well.
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Rachel W., Liz
Intro (0:00-3:19)
Recent Reads (3:20-10:54)
Boy In the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
This Raging Light by Estelle Laure
The Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen
The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
Favorite Punny Titles (10:55-13:00)
A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
One Good Earl Deserves A Lover by Sarah MacLean
A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean
Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
Love in the Time of Scandal by Caroline Linden
Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas
No Groom at the Inn by Megan Frampton
Jane Austen Retellings & Amish Romances (13:01-17:22)
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep
First Impressions by Sarah Price
Second Chances by Sarah Price
Readers Advisory Recommendations (17:23-37:08)
Galentine's Day Reads
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevension
How To Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Kiss My Tiara: How To Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess by Susan Jane Gilman
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Quirky Alone Day Reads
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
A Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Pre-Pubs and Other Books (37:09-End)
From This Moment by Elizabeth Camden
Monsters: A Love Story by Liz Kaye
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
The Luckiest Lady In London by Sherry Thomas
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Thursday, February 4th marks the second annual Harry Potter Book Night and the OverDrive staff is celebrating! We are a company full of Harry Potter fans and in today's episode, two Ravenclaws, a Gryffindor, and a Slytherin share how they first got into J.K. Rowling's series, remember standing in line at midnight book releases, and, of course, discuss the movies versus the books. You'll also get to hear which books are our favorites and why. With ALA's annual conference in Orlando this summer, there is also talk about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios Florida.
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Rachel K., Emma, and Adam
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview
In our fifth episode, host Jill is joined by Adam and Sheila as they discuss some of the top award winners to come out of 2016 ALA Midwinter conference as well as some of the titles they've recently finished reading. Our reader recommendations are pulled from some of our Twitter followers and we also spend time remembering the late great David Bowie and Alan Rickman.
Be sure to follow OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter and maybe you'll get a personalized recommendation on the podcast, too!
Featured OverDrive Staff
Jill, Sheila, and Adam
Intro (0:00-2:38)
ALA Award Winners (2:39-6:11)
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena, Illustrated by Christian Robinson
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
Recent Reads (6:12-15:39)
Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld
A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham
The Gap of Time by Jeannette Winterson
William Shakespeare Star Wars by Ian Doescher
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones
A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott
Readers Advisory Recommendations (15:40-23:16)
Readalikes for Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Walking Dead Graphic Novels by Robert Kirkman
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Bluescreen by Dan Wells
Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
The Martian by Andy Weir
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Readalikes for Moby Dick by Herman Melville
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Revenant by Michael Punke
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Readalikes for In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Dead Wake by Erik Larson
Hitlerland by Andrew Nagorski
The Nazi Hunters by Andrew Nagorski
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Pre-Pubs and Other Books (23:17-30:12)
Morning Star by Pierce Brown, Book 3 in the Red Rising Trilogy
View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
Up From the Sea by Leza Lowitz
Pax by Sara Pennypacker, author of the Clementine Series
Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
The Oxford Inheritance by Ann A. McDonald
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
The Likeness by Tana French
At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell
Remembering Alan Rickman and David Bowie (30:13-End)
Their bookish roles include Labyrinth: The Novelization, Harry Potter series, Sense and Sensibility, and The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Music
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Podcast Overview
We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode Overview
Today's episode features OverDrive's own social media guru Adam as he interviews Marieke Nijkamp, Dutch author of the brand new YA novel This Is Where It Ends which focuses on the terrifying 54 minutes of a school shooting as seen through the eyes of four different perspectives.
Marieke discusses her writing and research process as well as the incident that proved to be the catalyst for her debut novel. A strong advocate of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Marieke shares her own personal perspective of why diversity in literature, and especially YA literature, is so very important.
Along with talking about her own book, Marieke offers her own book recommendations for our podcast listeners. Some of her recent reads and favorite books are as follows:
The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell
Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler
The forthcoming book she's most looking forward to reading is:
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Episode was recorded in Boston at 2016 ALA Midwinter.
Podcast Overview
We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.
Featured Librarians
Jill, Todd, and Sheila
Intro (0:00-1:55)
Recent Reads (1:56-16:33)
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Readers Advisory Recommendations (16:34-24:40)
Books to celebrate Appreciate a Dragon Day
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Audiobook road trip recommendations for someone who likes storyteller comedians and humorous biographies like Amy Poehler's Yes Please
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Dad is Fat and Food by Jim Gaffigan
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman
The Wordy Shipmates and Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Books for someone who likes "wizards and stuff." Favorite series is The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher which starts with Storm Front.
Hounded by Kevin Hearne. Book 1 of The Iron Druid Chronicles
Bloodlist by P. N. Elrod. Book 1 of The Vampire Files
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Book 1 of The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. Book 1 of The Heir Chronicles
Pre-Pubs and Other Books (24:41-End)
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
Booked by Kwame Alexander
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. Book 1 of Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments Series
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.
Featured Librarians
Jill, Liz, and Kristin
Intro (0:00-1:50)
Recent Reads (1:50-14:00)
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaimen
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Readers Advisory Recommendations (14:00-26:30)
Holiday gift for a single father who isn't a big reader, but enjoys Star Wars and superheroes.
Velvet
Blackwidow
Hawkeye
Saga, volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
All My Friends are Dead by Jory John and Avery Monsen
First grader who is a strong reader but still wants some pictures in his books.
The Not So Itty Bitty Spiders by Amy Marie Stadelmann, Book 1 of the Olive & Beatrix series
Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look, Book 1 of the Alvin Ho series
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Holiday gift for a woman who has previously enjoyed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Pre-Pubs (26:30-End)
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente, illustrated by Ana Juan
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan and Caren Zucker
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas by Alison Weir
Music
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We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.
Librarians Featured
Jill, Emma, and Rachel K.
Intro (0:00 - 2:20)
Recent Reads (2:20-18:56)
City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
M Train by Patti Smith
American Wife by Taya Kyle
Career of Evil by Robert Gailbraith
After You by JoJo Moyes
Girl Online on Tour by Zoe Sugg (Zoella)
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Ted Hughes: An Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate
Walking Dead Series, Book 1 by Robert Kirkman
Readers Advisory Recommendations (18:56-30:43)
Narrative non-fiction titles
The Job by Steve Osbourne
On the Move by Oliver Sacks
A Deadly Secret by Matt Birkbeck
Beneath the Surface by John Hargrove
Readalikes for The Good Girl by Mary Kubica and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
Good Book Club picks
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Pre-Pubs (30:43-End)
A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham
Power Corruption and Lies: Inside New Order by Peter Hook
Strong Looks Better Naked by Khloe Kardashian
Hello Life by Marcus Butler
Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
After Alice by Gregory Maguire
Music
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