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Interview with Jordan Ifueko, author of Raybearer Aug 17, 2020

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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.

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Book Rec Grab Bag! RomComs, Royalty, and all sorts of Horror Aug 13, 2020

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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!

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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

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Interview with Francisco X. Stork, author of Illegal Aug 10, 2020

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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.

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#PBNread2020 - Books published between 2000 and 2010 Aug 06, 2020

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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

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Interview with Emily Levesque, author of The Last Stargazers Aug 03, 2020

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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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Big Library Read Special episode with Tim Mason Aug 01, 2020

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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.

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. 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.

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Previewing August's biggest new books: Spooky recs, fantasies, memoirs, rom coms and so much! Jul 30, 2020

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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

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Interview with Alisson Wood, author of Being Lolita Jul 27, 2020

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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.

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A social justice conversation with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal Jul 23, 2020

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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.

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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

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Interview with Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching Jul 20, 2020

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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.

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