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A podcast for book lovers, by book lovers.

We’re not just book nerds, we’re professional book nerds.

 
 

A podcast for book lovers,
by book lovers

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A podcast for book lovers,
by book lovers

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March 28, 2024

April Book Picks

Emma and Joe return for their monthly round up of books they're most looking forward to in the upcoming month! Settle in for a long list of great books due to release in April 2024. Author interviews:  Joe’s Picks: 
  1. A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
  2. Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
  3. The Black Girl Survives in This One Edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
  4. Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall
  5. Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho
  6. The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling
  7. Henry Henry by Allen Bratton
  8. The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
  9. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard
  10. We’re Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua
Emma’s Picks: 
  1. Funny Story by Emily Henry
  2. She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
  3. The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
  4. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
  5. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
  6. The Darkness Rises by Stacy Stokes
  7. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
  8. The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
  9. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
  10. Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh
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 PodcastsSpotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on InstagramTwitter, 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).

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Meet the nerds

Emma Dwyer

Emma Dwyer is a Product Trainer at OverDrive, where she provides training to Public Library partners on OverDrive products and services, like Libby and Marketplace. Prior to joining the Training team, Emma was an OverDrive Digital Content Librarian and she brings a great deal of library, publishing, and book knowledge to her current team.

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Joe Skelley

Joe Skelley is a Marketing & Events Specialist at OverDrive, where he leads the coordination of the Digital Bookmobile tour route and Digipalooza conference, and helps introduce new users to Libby through virtual training sessions. You can usually find him listening to an audiobook while walking his dog Roscoe.

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What we do

We’re not just book nerds, we’re Professional Book Nerds® (PBN) who work at OverDrive, the industry-leader for ebooks and audiobooks through your local library and school. With over 2 million downloads, readers and librarians turn to the PBN team for weekly expert book recommendations, author interviews and all things books.

 
 
 
 
 
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