Book Lounge by Libby

It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the Professional Book Nerds to reflect and discuss their favorite books of 2016. For this episode we brought back some of our previous guests and asked them to share their favorite titles. (And, because we all read so much, we let them come in with their top three although even that proved difficult for some of us!)  Books Mentioned in this Episode This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa The Nix by Nathan Hill David Bowie: The Last Interview by David Bowie Evicted by Matthew Desmond While the City Slept by Eli Sanders Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Unmentionable by Therese Oneill A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Shrill by Lindy West Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris The Girls by Emma Cline Dodgers by Bill Beverly Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood  Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Porcelain by Moby Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Something New by Lucy Knisley Relish by Lucy Knisley The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente Morning Star by Pierce Brown Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuval Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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

This is the one year anniversary episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast! Thank you so much to our listeners, whether you've been with us from the beginning or are a brand new listener, and everyone in between. We've come a long way since our humble beginnings and we wouldn't be here without all of you.  As a fun treat, Adam and Jill got to interview author and actor Alan Cumming and took what can only be described as the best selfie ever. Alan discusses his books, his careers, and more in this special live interview. Alan is the author of the novel Tommy's Tale, the memoir Not My Father's Son, and the brand-new photo biography You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams. Episode was recorded live at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on December 4, 2016. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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 back with another romance episode! Our first romance episode back in February still remains our most popular episode and we decided to bring the genre back for another time. This time, Jill is joined by Liz, Meghan, and Emma as they discuss their favorite romance novels. For this episode we broke the titles down by heat level:   Room Temperature Titles (0:00-19:29) Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen Once and For All by Sarah Dessen Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Going Solo by Zoe Sugg Love Overdue by Pamela Morsi Lovestruck Librarians series by Olivia Dade Attachments by Rainbow Rowell The Winters Family series by Crystal Hubbard The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev   Simmer Titles (19:30-32:57) Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare Duchess of Love series by Sally MacKenzie Naked series by Sally MacKenzie This Earl is On Fire by Vivienne Lorret The Debutante is Mine by Vivienne When A Marquess Loves a Woman by Vivienne Lorrett Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Iron and Velvet by Alexis Hall When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James The Seduction Diaries series by Jennifer McQuiston   Full Boil Titles (32:58-48:00) Breathless trilogy by Maya Banks Rocky Mountain Heat by Vivian Arend Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid The Hooker and the Hermit by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James Redemption Series by Sarah Castille Her True Match by Paige Tyler  I Give You My Body by Diana Gabaldon   Books We Are Looking Forward to Reading (48:00-End) A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet  Lost Lord Series by Mary Jo Putney Once a Soldier by Mary Jo Putney The Wild Seasons series by Christina Lauren   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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

In our 71st episode, Adam and Jill sat down with Lee Child, best-selling author of the Jack Reacher series. Lee gives audiences a glimpse into the newest Jack Reacher book Night School and takes questions from the audience, including the autobiographical nature of his books and the relationship he has with Reacher audiobook narrator Dick Hill. Episode was recorded live Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at the Parma Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library.   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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 the 70th episode of the podcast, Jill & Adam spoke with Patricia Hruby Powell as a part of their Holiday Spectacular interview series. Patricia writes award winning, important biographical children's books including Josephine, which details the incredibly life of Josephine Baker. Patricia discusses how she researches her stories, where her ideas come from and her life as a dancer and part-time librarian. For our library friends, this title is currently marked down as a part of our Holiday Spectacular Sale. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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 an interview with Catherine Hall, author of the war time novel The Repercussions. In this chat, Catherine discusses how her trips while working with civil rights and peacekeeping organizations inspired her writing and shared how she tackled the monumental task of researching a book that encapsulates multiple timelines including World War I and the war in Afghanistan. She also shares what it's like to cut more than 60,000 words from her novel while discussing the writers that inspire her and her love of getting lost in a library.  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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 is Thanksgiving in the United States and the OverDrive staff are off with family and friends. But with the holiday season now officially starting, they decided to talk about some of their favorite "lifestyle" books, including cookbooks and party planning.    Books mentioned in this episode Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child Complete Magnolia Bakery Cookbook by Jennifer Appel and Allysa Torey Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan Joy the Baker, Homemade Decadence by Joy Wilson Martha Stewart Vegetables Cooking for Jeffrey by Ina Garten Thug Kitchen Thug Kitchen 101 Thug Kitchen Party Grub Oh She Glows by Angela Liddon Oh She Glows Every Day by Angela Liddon Keys to the Kitchen by Aida Mollenkamp Michael Symon's 5 in 5  Carnivore by Michael Symon 5 in 5 for Every Season by Michael Symon It's All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow It's All Easy by Gwyneth Paltrow Bloom by Estee LaLonde Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Celebrate by Lauren Conrad The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Flea Market Fabulous by Lara Spencer Young House Love by Sherry Petersik and John Petersik All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Carrots love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte     Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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 the first of our Holiday Spectacular series of author interviews, Adam spoke with Elle Wild, whose debut title Strange Things Done, is now available for libraries and readers. Imagine waking up without a memory of what you did the night before and being blamed for a murder you know nothing about. Now imagine you're in a town completely cut off from the rest of world due to the harsh Canadian winter.  In addition to being a debut writer, Elle is also an award winning short filmmaker and radio host. She shares some stories about growing up as the daughter of a librarian and how researching murder and body disposal techniques leads to some interesting Google search results...  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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

In today's episode, Jill gets to talk to one of her personal favorite authors, Marissa Meyer, who is the New York Times bestselling writer behind The Lunar Chronicles and the brand-new Heartless, which is a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Jill and Marissa talk all things nerdy and geeky including fairy tales, adaptations, and NaNoWriMo.    Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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

Like many readers, the OverDrive staff all have their favorite books they love to re-read on a regular basis. For today's episode, Adam and Jill talk with some of their colleagues and former Professional Book Nerds podcast guests about the books they love to re-read!   Books mentioned in this episode Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss The Lorax by Dr. Seuss The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engle  Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Cuckoo's Calling, book 1 of the Cormoran Strike series  The Little Witch by Anna Elizabeth Bennett The Giver by Lois Lowry Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Cathedral by Raymond Carver The Dresden Files by Brian Sanderson Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Frankenstein by Mary Shelley   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@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