Book Lounge by Libby

Halloween is fast-approaching, so what better way to get into the spirit 👻 than with some Haunted House reads! Grab your flashlights and EMF detectors and join the Nerds as they give you a guide to books about haunted houses.Titles mentioned in this episode:Emma’s Titles:   Starling House by Alix E Harrow   Home Before Dark by Riley Sager  The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters  Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey   The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe  Charnel House by Graham Masterton  Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw  Joe’s Titles  White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi  A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher  The Grownup by Gillian Flynn  The Night House by Jo Nesbo  The Broken Girls by Simone St. James  Let Him In by William Friend  The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter  Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh 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 Sydney and Tiffany to talk about what makes an author an "always buy." They also discuss the different ways they interact with an author or their titles, including placing holds at the library, using Libby tags, reading in print versus digital versus audiobook, personal connections to books, and go on a slight tangent to recommend some horror reads. It's a grab bag book-ish chat with a very long list of recommended authors and titles!Books mentioned: The Korean Vegan Cookbook  by Joanne Lee Molinaro Joshua Weissman   Molly Wizenberg Happy Place by Emily Henry  Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison   The Return by Rachel Harrison   Yellowface by RF Kuang  Babel by RF Kuang  The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Laura Vanderkam Jenny Odell Cackle by Rachel Harrison 11/22/63 by Stephen King The Outsider by Stephen King Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King   The Shining by Stephen King The Institute by Stephen King audiobook Fairy Tale by Stephen King The Silent Companions by Lauren Purcell Jackal by Erin E Adams   The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali   The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab  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 unbelievably chats with Cassandra Clare about her stunning new adult fantasy book, Sword Catcher. Emma and Cassandra also discuss nobles behaving badly, the surprising inspiration behind this story and the characters, romance, found family, and what we can expect next in Castellane. Listen to the end to hear the title of Book 2 in this series and Cassandra's preferred method of organizing her book collection at home.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

After Joe Read a Big Romance, everyone wanted Emma to do the same - so today, Emma Reads a Horror! Emma read Jackal by Erin E. Adams - one of Joe's favorite reads of 2022. The Nerds get into a spoilery discussion of the book, talking about folklore, horror, and dive in deep in the book's topics.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

On this episode, Joe is joined by return guest Adam Sass to talk about his new book, Your Lonely Nights are Over. They talk about building and investing in a community, dual POV writing, beautiful, dreamy pondering, and Adam answers the question - what's your favorite scary movie?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

Joe and Emma share what books released in October 2023 that they're MOST excited for. Get your TBRs ready!Emma’s Picks:   Lucky Me by Rich Paul   The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young  Wildfire by Hannah Grace  A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber  A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (Snow Place Like LA) Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead   The Sun Sets in Singapore by Kehinde Fadipe   Making It So by Patrick Stewart    Joe’s Picks: The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson  Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward  Brooms by Jasmine Walls  The List by Yomi Adegoke  The Woman in Me by Britney Spears  Family Meal by Bryan Washington  Mary and the Birth of Frankestein by Anne Eekhout  The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub  Author interviews upcoming: Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare   Your Lonely Nights are Over by Adam Sass 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 is freaking out because he gets to talk to TJ Klune and Daniel Henning. TJ wrote one of Joe's all-time favorite books, The House in the Cerulean Sea, and his newest book, In the Lives of Puppets, released in April 2023. Daniel has been the voice for both of these audiobooks and over 200 others (The House in the Cerulean Sea (audio), In the Lives of Puppets(audio)).They talk about writing, narrating audiobooks, what advice they'd give to their younger selves, post-apocalyptic queer puppets, and gas station beef jerky.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 her friendly OverDrive librarians to chat about all things book hype. They explore questions like " Is it worth the hype?" and "Do you pay attention to hype?" and how it impacts personal reading tastes or not! They also have a respectful conversation about books that did not quite live up to their expectations and then share some books they're REALLY looking forward to for the fall.Books mentioned in this episode:   The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune  Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle  Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldry (Bookshops & Bonedust coming soon)   Emily Henry  A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson   The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han  Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston  Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon  Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens  Death Valley by Melissa Broder  Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison  System Collapse by Martha Wells  Unreliable Narrator by Aparna Nancherla  What About Men? By Caitlin Moran  Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare  Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco  The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros  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 Jessica Knoll about her new book, Bright Young Women. They talk about her work dissecting and researching the crimes of Ted Bundy as she crafted her novel from the perspective of two victims. Jessica also shares about her organization and process, where she finds inspiration while writing, and just how spicy she likes her Pad See Ew.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

Read an Ebook Day is September 18th! Team OverDrive is particularly fond of this holiday that celebrates digital reading love and wanted to share what they plan to read. Let us know what you add to your TBR and how you plan to celebrate Read an Ebook Day with #ebookLove. You can also visit https://readanebookday.com/ to learn more!Books mentioned in this episode: The Only One Left by Riley Sager Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili After That Night by Karin Slaughter 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann Tom Lake by Ann Patchett An Immense World by Ed Yong Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells Holly by Stephen King The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner None of This is True by Lisa Jewell  The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay 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