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We're getting spooky on today's episode as Adam first chats with Andrea and Christina in the office about their YA Horror recommendations before calling the queen of YA Horror, Dawn Kurtagich, to get her picks. Adam and Dawn also chat about Halloween traditions and what Dawn has been working on since we last spoke. Books Mentioned in this episode   Odd & True by Cat Winters The Merciless by Danielle Vega Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics The Ravenous by  Amy Lukavics The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Brother by Ania Ahlborn Doll Bones by Holly Black The Uninvited by Cat Winters Juliet, Immortal by Stacey Jay Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney A Madness So Discreet  by Mindy McGinnis The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender House of Ash by Hope Cook Stalking Jack the Ripper & Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco Cinderella, Necromancer by F.M Boughan The Hollow Girl by Hillary Monahan Devil in Ohio by Daria Polatin The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey   Dawn Kurtagich's YA Horror picks Such Small Hands by Andres Barba Thornhill by Pam Smy The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín  Spellbook of the Lost and Foun by Moïra Fowley-Doyle   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 this special BONUS Big Library Read episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, Adam welcomes back author Chelsea Sedoti to the show. Chelsea shares the real life stories that built the story in The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett, how falling down a rabbit hole on the internet can be both a blessing and a curse and why she feels readers of all ages love going back to the Young Adult genre. You can learn all about the Big Library Read program, the world's largest digital book club, by visiting http://biglibraryread.com/.    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, Jill got to interview one of her most favorite writers ever: Tana French, author of the award winning Dublin Murder Squad series. Tana shares where her ideas come from, how she approaches each book and detective and they even talk about just what exactly happened in "In the Woods." If you're a mystery fan and haven't yet picked up any of Tana's books, do it today! Tana's Books In the Woods The Likeness Faithful Place Broken Harbor The Secret Place The Trespasser    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

Rarely do single books come out that the we feel the need to do an entire episode on by themselves but the Harry Potter universe is an exception they'll always make. On today's show, we're celebrating the release of the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!  These books have played a massive part in both Jill and Adam's lives and this title is the first of the series that truly goes dark. We discuss themes of the book, what it means to us and some of our favorite scenes. Note: The illustrated versions of the Harry Potter titles are not available on OverDrive but you can check out the very cool and brand new Hogwarts Library Collection on OverDrive thanks to our friends at Pottermore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, we harken back to to June when Jill and Adam sat down with debut author Linsey Miller at the American Library Association's annual meetings. Linsey's book Mask of Shadows is now available and *spoiler alert* IT.FRICKIN.ROCKS.  Our trio talks all about Linsey's book, her background going from Biology student to writer and then wax poetic about their first library cards.  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

Best day of the month! On today's episode the Nerds dive into the the new books coming out in October that they're most excited about. Spoiler Alert: There are SO. MANY. Laughs are had. Books are shared. Adam is awkward. The usual. Check out all the links below to get more information on every book discussed in this episode! Books Mentioned in this episode: Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy by Serena Valentino Origin by Dan Brown The Book of Dust, Volume 1 by Philip Pullman Homicide for the Holidays by Cheryl Honigford It Devours! By Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Strange Weather by Joe Hill What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong Periods Gone Public by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf From a Certain Point of View Otherworld by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides The World of Lore by  Aaron Mahnke Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Waiting for the Punch by Marc Maron Paradox Bound by Peter Clines We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates Dare Not Linger by Nelson Mandela  Grant by Ron Chernow The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater Endurance by Scott Kelly Member of the Family: My story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties by Dianne Lake and Deborah Herman   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. Read more at http://overdrive.libsyn.com/#jeSLoXtPhmVExkHz.99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Adam sits down with author Annalee Newitz to discuss her debut novel, Autonomous. Annalee is a giant in the science and tech industry as one of the founding editors of i09.com and Gizmodo and the Tech Culture Editor at Ars Technica. Annalee shares what she's most excited about in the tech industry and the two of them geek out over The Dark Crystal prequel that's coming soon. Fans of Science Fiction will adore this book.  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, Jill and Adam talk about Banned Books Week, the National Books Awards and their newfound love of the the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Lootcrate. Below, you'll find all the books we discussed as well as the full Banned Books and National Book Award longlist collections from OverDrive.com:   OverDrive's Banned Books Week collection   The full National Book Awards longlist collection   2016's most challenged books Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Make Something up by Chuck Palahniuk Big Hard Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky Looking for Alaska by John Green Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings George by Alex Gino Drama by Raina Telgemeier This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki   Banned books that Adam and Jill will be reading during Banned Books Week I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman   National Book Award longlist titles mentioned in the episode   Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Locking Up Our Own by James Forman, Jr.   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 sits down with Ben Blum who wrote the recently released Ranger Games. Ben's book is a nonfiction recounting of his cousin's life as he prepared to become an Army Ranger since he was a child only to be arrested the week before his deployment for robbing a bank. Ben goes into the indoctrination of Rangers as well as what led to Alex's crime and the aftermath. This book is incredibly important and is getting LOTS of buzz and it's entirely deserved.    Today (Sept 18) is also Read an eBook Day so share why you love eBooks on social media using the hashtag #eBookLove for a chance to win a Kobo Aura ONE from OverDrive! Learn more at http://readanebookday.com/. 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

Last weekend, Jill and Adam both watched the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT and loved it so much they decided to talk about it -- both the film, the book it is based on, and a little bit about the original TV miniseries.  SPOILER ALERT for anyone who hasn't read the book or seen the movie yet! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Creepy" 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