Book Lounge by Libby

Adam is joined by Christina (hello, Hi!), Sarah and Briana to chat about some Fantasy novels (and series) they've been loving lately and even a few coming soon they are hyped about. We've got thoughts on world building, love triangles and naming conventions... Take a listen! Books mentioned in this episode The Young Elites by Marie Lu Warcross by Marie Lu War Storm by Victoria Aveyard A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes The Age of Legends series by Kelley Armstrong The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima Blood Song by Anthony Ryan The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Caraval by Stephanie Garber Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth The Magicians by Lev Grossman Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper The Lunar Chronicles The Frostblood series by Elly Blake Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram 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

Jill is back from Denver and ALA Midwinter, where she did several author interviews, including this one with Matt Haig, author of How To Stop Time.  Interview was recorded on February 10, 2018 at the Denver Convention Center. Say Hello! Find us on Instagram 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

On today's special episode, we're interviewing the author of the Together We Read Canada book club, Dennis Bock. His novel, The Communist's Daughter, was selected by OverDrive's Canadian users as their national book club selection and we sat down with him to discuss the book.  Together We Read is a Digital Book Club being featured through participating libraries in Canada from February 15 – March 1, 2018. The club connects readers all across Canada with the same eBook, at the same time. Simply go to your library's OverDrive website to borrow the title and join our book club conversation at https://togetherweread.com/CA/. 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

As we celebrate turning 200, we welcome back our 1st ever guest, author Marieke Nijkamp! We sat down for a live event at our home library, Cuyahoga County, to discuss her latest NY Times bestseller, Before I Let Go. Marieke goes into using setting as a character, why she creates her own towns and answers audience questions about how she knew she wanted to be a writer.  During our intro we also announce the winners of our Cats/Dogs photo contest. Special thanks to Kobo for the Kobo Aura ONEs we were able to give away.  Take a listen and happy reading! 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

Today's episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks. We'll be interviewing children's author Chris Ferrie and if you're looking for more children's books for your library or personal collection be sure to check out these great Sourcebooks selections:   Don't Push the Button! By Bill Cotter Max at Night by Ed Vere The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty   You can find all of Chris Ferrie's children's books here   During our conversation, Chris shares how he decided to write physics books for babies and why he thinks these titles are great for youthful readers. He also explains how he breaks down the building blocks that lead to starting his books and how he creates the images as well.   Additional Authors and books mentioned in intro to this episode   Francine Rivers Mesu Andrews   Jan Karon's Mitford Series In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury The Screwtape letters by CS Lewis If I Run series by Terri Blackstock Where We Belong by Lynn Austin   Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs   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

They have returned! We received a bunch of great feedback last time Kenny, Quinton and Jim were on to discuss comics that we decided we should probably run this back for another hour of good, good comic chat.  Love Comics? Prefer Manga? Never read a comic and don't know where to start? If any of these are true, we've got your back! Titles mentioned in this episode Mouse Guard by David Petersen   Flashpoint by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert   Brandon Sanderson's White Sand by Brandon Sanderson and Julius Gopez   Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda   Blackest Night by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis   The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore   The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and Ibraim Roberson   Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files   Robotech series   Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris   All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka   Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yushi Kawata   Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli   Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo   Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu   Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama   The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus   I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura   Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland   From a Certain Point of View   Death by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo   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

On today's episode, Adam and Jill interview Malu Halasa about her novel Mother of all Pigs, middle eastern literature and taking a look at stories from a different angle than you might expect.  Before that conversation, Christina joins Adam for the intro to hand out book recommendations and discuss audiobook listening.  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

It's our monthly books list episode! In today's episode, Jill and Adam run down their list of February books they can't wait to read.   Books Mentioned In this Episode The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard Educated by Tara Westover A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando Feel Free by Zadie Smith How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones Chicago by David Mamet The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo Woman at 1000 Degrees by Halgrimur Helgason The Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith   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

Ayobami Adebayo, the latest Book Club Central selection by Sarah Jessica Parker and the American Library Association, joins Adam all the way from Nigeria to discuss her moving novel Stay with Me. They also discuss how she built a character out of her surroundings, studying under legendary authors and that realizing that there is no perfect situation to write... you simply have to do it.  She also offered the following African literary selections: When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola Longthroat Memoirs by Yemisi Aribisala Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga   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 "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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

Jill is joined by Emma, Rachel, and Kristin to discuss all of the books you should read before their adaptations appear in 2018 (or 2019, in some cases!).  Books Mentioned In this Episode Dumplin' by Julie Murphy Puddin' by Julie Murphy Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The First Man by James R. Hansen  Boy Erased by Garrard Conley Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 11/22/63 by Stephen King Big Little Lies by Liana Moriarty The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews The Sister's Brothers by Patrick deWitt The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson  Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer   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 "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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