Book Lounge by Libby

Emma chats with Saara El-Arifi about her new book, Faebound. They also chat about world-building, writing sex scenes, the book's original title, the plan for this new trilogy, fated mates, enemies to lovers, and so much more!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.We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma and Joe are back for their first recorded episode of 2024 and it's a BIG one. They share their most anticipated books of the year (as they know it so far). Grab a drink, a snack, and get your reading tracker of choice ready to write down some amazing releases coming out this year.Emma’s picks:  Faebound by Saara El-Arifi   Funny Story by Emily Henry   This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune  House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas   The Book of Love by Kelly Link   So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison   The Hunter by Tana French  Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli   Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe   Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter   An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson  Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid   Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana  Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell   We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft   Joe’s picks:   Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Middle of the Night by Riley Sager  House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega  The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul  The Mythical Cookbook by Josh Scherer  I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones  Youthjuice by EK Sathue  Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay  Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose  Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews  A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft  The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry  Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé  Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner  Knife by Salman Rushdie   Other titles mentioned: The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi 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.We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Joe chats with Madeline Pendleton about her new book I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt (out Jan. 16)! They chat about how Madeline's life experiences shaped her path forward, the importance of found family, releasing grief and odd relationships with money and forging a unique company like Tunnel Vision. They also chat about living full on a small grocery budget, spray painting found furniture, and the importance of a sturdy board in an old couch.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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following the fun of Joe Reads a Big Romance and Emma Reads a Horror, on this episode Joe reads Book Lovers by Emily Henry! Emma and Joe talk about their loves in the genre, misconceptions Joe had to break down when thinking romance, and so much more.Have a suggestion for our next installment? Send your suggestions to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or comment on the post for this episode on Instagram @probooknerds.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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma and Joe talk with fellow OverDrive book lovers about which bookish fandoms they love to love! Morgan, Sydney, Christina, Laura, Sarah, and Andrea share their passion for Sherlock, Emily Henry, Fourth Wing, Star Wars, Serpent & Dove, and more in this very chatty episode.Books mentioned in this episode: Sherlock Holmes series Emily Henry Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Star Wars series Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas The Remnant Chronicles series by Mary E. Pearson Dance of Thieves series by Mary E. Pearson 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.We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Year, New Reads! Join Joe and Emma as they discuss the books they're most looking forward to in January 2024 🎉 We hope you're enjoying this holiday season and that this episode can keep you company while wrapping, baking, prepping, or just enjoying the chilly weather under a warm and cozy blanket.Books mentioned in this episode:Emma’s Titles:   House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas   The Fury by Alex Michaelides   The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka   Come and Get It by Kiley Reid   One in a Millennial by Kate Kennedy   Good Material by Dolly Alderton   One of the Good Guys by Arminta Hall   Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare   The Immortal Games by Annaliese Avery    Joe’s Titles:  The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland   My Fair Brady by Brian D. Kennedy   So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole   The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh   Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham   Witchcraft by Marion Gibson   Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs   Cool Foods by Robert Downey Jr. & Thomas Kostigen  The Clinic by Cate Quinn   What Mother Won’t Tell Me by Ivar Leon Menger  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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma is joined by author, Rebecca Ross, to chat about the epic conclusion to her Letters of Enchantment duology, Ruthless Vows. They also discuss symmetry in duologies, the book's original title, finding inspiration from Bronte, Austen, and Tolkien, and more. For more info on Rebecca's book tour, check out her website. 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come and join Emma and Joe as they share results from the 2023 PBN Reading Challenge and introduce the prompts for 2024! You can download the PDF version of our challenge here and the social sharing size here.This year's challenge includes:A genre you don’t normally read  The Humans – Matt Haig A book with main characters that are a different age than you  The Marlow Murder Club – Robert Thorogood A book on your TBR longer than 1 year  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell An audiobook (full cast or dramatized!)  The Final Revival of Opal & Nev – Dawnie Walton A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson  One of Us is Dead – Jeneva Rose  Sadie – Courtney Summers  A book in translation  Shoko’s Smile – Choi Eunyoung  The Dinner – Herman Koch  The Good Son – You-Jeong Jeong  Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One – Raphaelle Giordano  Reread a childhood favorite  Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series - Louise Rennison   Stranger with My Face – Lois Duncan  Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones  A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz  The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot   1-800-Where-R-U series - Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll   A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle series)   Book with dual POV  Betting on You - Lynn Painter   Icebreaker - Hannah Grace   Beard Science - Penny Reid   The Quiet Tenant - Clemence Michallon A book out of season Read a duology  Letters of Enchantment - Rebecca Ross   Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo  All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace   A book with a one-word title  Tombs – Junji Ito  Maame – Jessica George  You – Caroline Kepnes  Sadie - Courtney Summers   Haunted by Meg Cabot   A book from any bestseller list  Malibu Rising – Taylor Jenkins Reid  Untamed – Glennon Doyle  Then She Was Gone – Lisa Jewell  The Queen’s Gambit – Walter Tevis  The Storyteller – Dave Grohl  Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus  Every Summer After – Carley Fortune  The Invisible Kingdom – Meghan O’Rourke  A book you heard about first on PBN 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Eli Rallo spills the ink on essay escapades, spills the tea on meeting Sarah Jessica Parker, and spills some wisdom on finding your people. Join Eli and Joe, as they talk about all this, Eli's new book (I Didn't Know I Needed This - out December 12), and more!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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, 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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma and Joe share their favorite books of 2023!Emma’s picks:   For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes  Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams   None of This is True by Lisa Jewell  Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros   The Woman in Me by Britney Spears  The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth   The September House by Carissa Orlando   The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon  Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll  Happy Place by Emily Henry  Joe’s picks:   Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison  The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes  The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell (narrated by Daniel Henning)  Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine  Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson  Pageboy by Elliot Page  Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward  With My LIttle Eye by Joshilyn Jackson  Behind the Seams by Dolly Parton  The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour  Bonus pick: Meet me at the Lake by Carley Fortune For our favorite YA picks of 2023, be sure to listen to our episode here. If you want to go back and listen to any of the author interviews or episodes we’ve mentioned, we’ll link them below. Rachel Harrison & Clay McLeod Chapman Caroline Kepnes Santino Fontana Ana Reyes Rebecca Yarros  Jessica Knoll Emily Henry & Julia Whelan Joe Reads a Big Romance Emma Reads a HorrorReaders 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.We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices