Book Lounge by Libby

On this episode, Joe and Emma play a little game of Borrow, Buy, Bin, a bookish take on the infamous game, Snog, Marry, Avoid. They've provided each other with authors to choose from, but without knowing what the books will be, Emma and Joe have to decide if they're going to Borrow the book for a little bit, Buy it to add to the collection at home, or put it in the donate Bin!Titles in this game:Sarah J Maas  A Court of Thorns and Roses House of Earth and Blood Throne of Glass Stephenie Meyer New Moon The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Midnight Sun Meg Cabot  The Princess Diaries Series The Mediator Series Queen of Babble Rachel Harrison Black Sheep Such Sharp Teeth The Return Tana French   In the Woods The Searcher The Secret Place Caroline Kepnes You You Love Me For You and Only You Penny Reid  Truth or Beard Beard Science Beard Necessities Lemony Snicket The Bad Beginning The Hostile Hospital The End Emily Henry  Book Lovers People We Meet on Vacation Happy Place Riley Sager The House Across the Lake The Only One Left The Last Time I Lied Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode 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 catches up with Tarryn Fisher to discuss her new book, Good Half Gone. Tarryn also shares the inspiration behind the story, her fascination with siblings and the dynamic between twins, how women nurture in different ways, her friendship with Colleen Hoover, and being BOLD.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 on the podcast, Joe and Emma talk with their reading pals Andrea, Melissa and Shannon about how they set reading goals for the year to keep motivation and celebration high while also battling the reading slump. Join us for different ways to inspire how you view your year in books!Don’t forget to Register to watch the virtual Libby Book Awards ceremony presented by us, your very own Professional Book Nerds via Zoom, or tune in on YouTube or Facebook Live.What Everyone's Reading Right Now: Nightbane by Alex Aster Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings / House of Earth and Blood (GraphicAudio) by Sarah J. Maas Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward 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 are back with another casual, chatty episode! They discuss Joe's Frieda McFadden reading marathon, Emma's thoughts on House of Flame and Shadow, and share candle recommendations, craft updates, recent book mail, and answer some questions from an AMA. Don't forget to Register to watch the virtual Libby Book Awards ceremony presented by us, your very own Professional Book Nerds via Zoom, or tune in on YouTube or Facebook Live.Books mentioned in this episode: Book Lovers by Emily Henry  Game Changer by Rachel Reid Beard Science by Penny Reid  A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas  House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas  Freida McFadden The Coworker by Frieda McFadden  The Teacher by Freida McFadden  Manacled fanfiction  The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien Grave Expectations by Alice Bell  You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose  In the Company of Witches  by Auralee Wallace The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan  The Running Man by Stephen King The Long Walk  by Stephen King Heartless by Elsie Silver  A Novel Love Story  by Ashley Poston Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron  Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand  The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst  One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware The Neighbor Wager by Crystal Kaswell 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

It's that time again - time for Emma and Joe to look at the upcoming month's releases and share what they're most excited for! So many books, so little time... To make sure we're keeping things fresh, we've excluded titles included in our Most Anticipated Books of 2024 episode.Don't forget to Register to watch the virtual Libby Book Awards ceremony presented by us, your very own Professional Book Nerds via Zoom, or tune in on YouTube or Facebook Live.Books mentioned in this episode:Author Interviews for March:   Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher  The Mars House by Natasha Pulley Emma’s Titles:  Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle   A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair   Happily Never After by Lynn Painter   This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan   Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering   Annie Bot by Sierra Greer   The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird   The Extinction of Irena Ray by Jennifer Croft   Such a Lovely Family by Aggie Blum Thompson  Joe’s Titles:   Watch Where They Hide – Tamron Hall  The Baker & the Bard by Fern Haught  Bad Like Us by Gabrielle Lepore  Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls   What I Should’ve Texted by Pierre Alex Jeanty   The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham   Cirque du Slay by Rob Osler   Black Hole Cinema Club by Christopher Edge   Memory Piece by Lisa Ko   Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis 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 are joined by their colleague, Tiffany, to chat about seasonal reading! They chat about how they "plan" out their reading year, if the seasons influence what books they read and when, and recommend some of their favorites along the way. The group also realize what their reading "patterns" or schedules say about their tastes and preferences!Books mentioned in this episode: You series by Caroline Kepnes The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Will They Escape? by Daniel Huiet Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas  Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas  Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas  A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket  The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han  The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson New Kid by Jerry Craft Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Laura Vanderkam I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michellon Holes by Louis Sachar Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas Priest Series or anything by Sierra Simone Maya Banks Elin Hilderbrand The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Listen to Joe's winter reads episode with Amy from Mom Advice! 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

On this episode, Joe is joined by Hafsah Faizal to discuss her new book A Tempest of Tea (out February 20). Hafsah is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Sands of Arawiya series, a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree and owner of IceyDesigns.They talk about finding their favorite teas, Victorian blood dens in tea rooms, and planning the perfect heist.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

Romance readers, assemble! This episode is for you. Emma chats with Dominique Raccah, Publisher and CEO, of Sourcebooks, the publisher behind some of your favorite romance reads at Sourcebooks Casablanca and Bloom Books imprints. They’re joined by Paula Amendolara (Senior Vice President of Sales), Mary Altman (Assistant Editorial Director), Molly Waxman (Executive Director of Marketing), Deb Werksman (Executive Editor), and Pamela Jaffee (Sr. Director Publicity/Brand Marketing), just some of the incredible team at Bloom Books and Sourcebooks Casablanca. They discuss insider info about how the publisher approaches each romance imprint, share trends in romance, and leave us with a long list of titles to get in the Valentine's Day spirit all February long.Books mentioned in this episode: Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh Chloe Walsh books Never by Jessa Hastings Neon Gods by Katee Robert Emily McIntire books A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair Wicked Villains series by Katee Robert Elsie Silver books Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall Girls with Bad Reputations by Xio Axelrod The Comeback by Lily Chu All That We Never Were by Alice Kellen All That We Are Together by Alice Kellen A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair Hades & Persephone series by Scarlett St. Clair The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score Salacious Players Club series by Sara Cate Twisted series by Ana Huang The Striker by Ana Huang Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert 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

On this episode, Joe is joined by return guests Claire and Kristin to talk all about cozy mysteries! Whether you're looking for quoziess, foodie titles, bookish mysteries or the like, this episode is for you. Joe also introduces Claire and Kristin to the PokéRap.Titles mentioned in this episode:Claire’s Titles:  The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy  Grave Expectations by Alice Bell  Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes  Fifty-Four Pigs by Philipp Schott    Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien   Kristin’s Titles:   The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis  Farm to Trouble by Amanda Flower  Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews  In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace  Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett   Joe’s Titles:  The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell  Board to Death by CJ Connor  Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp  Renovated to Death by Frank Anthony Polito  Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler  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 bestselling author, Ali Hazelwood, to discuss her new paranormal romance, Bride. Emma and Ali also manage to discuss fated mates, the writing process, Ali's next release and what's been on her TikTok FYP lately.Ali's chess book, Check & Mate, released last fall.Not in Love comes out later this year.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