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Episode Overview Adam and Jill are currently podcast hosts passing in the night, with Adam currently in New York City for Book Expo America while Jill is back in the office after having just returned from the Big Apple!  In the first half of the episode, Adam gives some book recommendations to some of our listeners who emailed in and in the second half Jill talks all about her recent trip to New York and hitting the Great White Way for a musical.  Book Recs: Nonfiction books for teens about the Holocaust: Children of the Holocaust I have lived a thousand years Kristallnacht Children of La Hille The Historian Read-alikes The Dante Club   The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane   The Gargoyle   Labyrinth   Crime novels with body language   The novels of Robin Cook   The Gauguin Connection   Three Minutes to Doomsday     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 has the honor of chatting with Cat Clarke about her book The Pants Project. Cat has written a story about a Transgender student entering a new school where Liv is forced to wear a skirt even though he knows inside he was meant to be a boy. This powerful story about equality is something everyone should read. In their chat, Adam and Cat discuss what went into the decision to write this book, Cat's research process and so much more. Take a listen and then go borrow, buy or place a hold on this title. You won't regret the new perspective it provides. 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 very special episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, we sit down with Marie Benedict once more to discuss The Other Einstein which was chosen by our readers as the next Big Library Read global eBook club! Marie came to our offices in Cleveland and the three of us bonded and now we're the best of friends.  After you listen to this episode head to http://biglibraryread.com/ to join our global discussion around The Other Einstein as the Big Library Read kicks off once again on June 12th. 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

Before Jill and Adam go on a series of travel adventures for work and play they get together to share the books coming out in June they're most excited to read. In this episode you'll hear discussions about new memoirs (HELLO EDDIE IZZARD), Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult and oodles more. Adam also reads a wonderful listener email and we lament how fast time is flying in 2017. Shout at us with the books your most excited for this month for a chance to be mentioned on the podcast! Cheers and Happy Reading.    Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard Now I Rise by Kiersten White The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder If I Understood you Would I Have this Look on my Face by Alan Alda  The Waking Land by Callie Bates  Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy The City Always Wine by Omar Robert Hamilton The Space Between Stars by Anne Corlett Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali Stay Interesting: I Don't Always Tell Stories About My life, but When I do They're True and … by Jonathan Goldsmith Indigo by Charlaine Harris  Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America by Amy Ettinger Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Quiet until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller Say Hello!  Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Jill & Adam chat with debut author Caite Dolan-Leach about her debut novel Dead Letters. In addition to being an amazing writer and overall human, Caite is a literary translator who studied at Trinity College and the American University in Paris (Hashtag jelly).  We discuss her life as a world traveler and, studying in the world's most beautiful university library and bucket loads more. Have a listen!  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

We are an office full of readers and so for today's episode we decided to poll some of our co-workers and past podcast guests to see what everyone is currently reading or has recently finished. We love doing these episodes because they are always a great mix of titles so enjoy and be sure to let us know what YOU are reading by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or by finding us on Twitter @ProBookNerds   Books Mentioned In Today's Episode: Empire Storms by Sarah J. Maas Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance  Hunted by Meagan Spooner  By Your Side by Kasie West The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich A $500 House In Detroit by Drew Philp A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas A Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Excellent Women by Barbara Pym If You've Got It, Haunt It by Rose Pressey The Whole30 by Melissa Hartwig It by Stephen King Since We Fell by Denis Lehane House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski You Are a Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin  Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut   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

The Fierce Reads tour kicked off May 9, 2017 and Cleveland's own Cuyahoga County Public Library was the first stop! Adam and I got to moderate a panel discussion with three incredible Young Adult authors: Scott Westerfeld, Erin Beaty, and Taran Matharu. Kristen Orlando was originally scheduled but was ill the night of our event so she is not part of the interview.  For more information about the tour and the authors we interviewed, visit www.fiercereads.com Episode was recorded live on May 9, 2017 at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library Books Mentioned In This Episode: Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld The Traitor's Kiss by Erin Beaty Summoner's Series by Taran Matharu You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando   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 we are discussing short reads and quick books! We love big books and we cannot lie but not everyone does or has the time so today's episode is all about shorter books that can be read over a long weekend (which is perfect for our American listeners with Memorial Day right around the corner).  Books Mentioned In This Episode The Ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman The sleeper and the spindle by Neil Gaiman Fortunately the milk by Neil Gaiman Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahesi Coates Different Seasons by Stephen King The Giver by Lois Lowrey Shopgirl by Steve Martin Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Drama by Raina Telgemeier Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman Dirty Daddy by Bob Saget Almost Interesting by David Spade I'm Just a Person by Tig Notoro Diary of a Mad Diva by Joan Rivers Rickle's Letters by Don Rickles Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar The Hours by Michael Cunningham Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf   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 chats with Kate Moore, author of the incredible book The Radium Girls. This work of nonfiction recounts the story of the women who worked with Radium-based paint, ingesting poison every single day, and their fight to make sure the tragedies they endured never happened again.  Kate discussed the massive amount of research she did to bring this story to life and also shared her experiences as a ghost writer and editor. Take a listen and then borrow, purchase and recommend this book. It's astonishing. Say Hello!  Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with round two of our Book Riot Read Harder Challenge suggestions! Completing this challenge is a lot of fun and can help broaden your literary scope but it can be tough to find books that fit the categories. That's where we come in! In ep. 82 we did five different categories and today we have 5 more for you. Below are links to all the books we discuss. Take a listen!   Read a Debut Novel This is Where it ends by Marieke Nijkamp Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa Ready Player One by Ernest Cline American War by Omar El Akkad White Teeth by Zadie Smith No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Start up by Doree Shafrir   Read a book published between 1900 & 1950 The Old Man The Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rise by Ernest Hemingway Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck The Trial by Franz Kafka The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery   Read a book about books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Invisible Library Series by Genevieve Cogman The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett Matilda by Roald Dahl Neverending Story by Michael Ende Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Carry on by Rainbow Rowell The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Princess Bride by William Goldman     Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov This one Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki 1984 by George Orwell George by Alex Gino The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Persopolis by Marjane Satrapi   Read a classic by an author of color Anything by Toni Morrison The Color Purple by Alice Walker Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Go tell is on the mountain by James Baldwin A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry   Say Hello!  Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @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, ger personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices