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
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
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
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
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Quiet until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
Read a book published between 1900 & 1950
Read a book about books
Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country
Read a classic by an author of color
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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...
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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.
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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!
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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
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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)
As Old as Time by Liz Braswell
The Widow's House by Carol Goodman
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
A Colony In a Nation by Chris Hayes
The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron
The Girl From Rawblood by Catriona Ward
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.