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    Book Lounge by Libby

    Book Lounge by Libby is your cozy reading corner of the internet. Hosted by Joe Skelley, each episode invites you into candid and thoughtful conversations about books, writing, publishing and the trends shaping what we read (plus reading recommendations you won’t want to miss). 

    Brought to you by ⁠Libby⁠, the library app. 

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    Book Lounge airs year-round, with two 10-week seasons each year, featuring publishing conversations on Mondays and paired book recommendations on Thursdays- plus monthly Book Release Radar episodes. We release 1–3 episodes per month between seasons. 

    Reach out to us at bookloungebylibby@overdrive.com. Happy Reading!

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    Ep. #195 - Ayobami Adebayo, SJP Book Club Central selection and bestselling author Jan 29, 2018
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    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

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    Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com

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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.

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    Ep. #194 - 2018 Page to Screen Jan 25, 2018
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    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

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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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    Ep. #193 -- Interview with Science Fiction Superstar Ann Leckie Jan 22, 2018
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    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.

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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.

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    Ep. #192 -- Read Harder 2018 Challenge Part 1 Jan 18, 2018
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    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

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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.

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    Ep. #191 - Heather Demetrios on abusive relationships, theater and writing Jan 15, 2018
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    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

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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.

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    Ep. #190: OverDrive's Reading Resolutions Jan 11, 2018
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    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

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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.

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    Ep. #189 - Kelly Corrigan live at #Digipalooza17 Jan 08, 2018
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    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!
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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.


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    Ep. #188 - Tips for hitting your 2018 reading goals (and some other fun stuff) Jan 04, 2018
    Show notes

    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

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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.

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    Ep. #187 - MarcyKate Connolly, author of Shadow Weaver Jan 01, 2018
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    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!
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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.

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    Ep. #186 - January's biggest books Dec 28, 2017
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    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!
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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.

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