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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. 

    Find more at: https://pages.libbylife.com/BL-Links 

    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. #115 -- Kate Moore May 08, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.

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    Ep. #114 -- Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge, Part II May 04, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.

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    Ep. #113 -- Celebrating Children's Book Week May 01, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.

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    Ep. #112 - May Books We're Excited To Read! Apr 27, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.

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    Ep. #111 - Together We Read interview with Denzil Meyrick Apr 24, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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    Ep. #110 - John Scalzi Apr 20, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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.

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    Ep. #109 - OverDrive's Summer Read Program Apr 17, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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.

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    Ep. #108 - Celebrating National Library Week Apr 13, 2017
    Show notes

    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

    Ep. #107 - Omar El Akaad Apr 10, 2017
    Show notes

    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

    Ep. #106 - Together We Read interview with Lesley Crewe Apr 06, 2017
    Show notes

    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

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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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