Book Lounge by Libby

In our second ever live episode, Adam and Jill had the opportunity to sit down with Jodi Picoult, New York Times Bestselling author of over twenty novels including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Vanishing Acts and Plain Truth.    Her latest book Small Great Things tackles the subject of race and Jodi shares with the audience the true story that first inspired her to write this book. She also discusses the importance of having these kinds of difficult conversations in today's climate along with her research process for the novel.    Interview was recorded live on October 24, 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

November is National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, which is a month long event that challenges writers to write 50,000 words of a novel throughout the month of November. Over the course of the ten years that the event has been around, several authors have gone on to publish bestselling novels that were started during NaNoWriMo!    Books Mentioned In This Episode Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Cinder by Marissa Meyer Scarlett by Marissa Meyer Cress by Marissa Meyer Heartless by Marissa Meyer The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Wool by Hugh Howey The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo Livvie Owen Lived Here by Sarah Dooley Don't Let Me Go by J. H. Trumble The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill The Martian by Andy Weir  Geekerella by Ashley Poston   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

Jill and Adam sit down with bestselling author Kyle Mills who not only created his own geopolitical mysteries but he also has taken up the mantel of the wildly popular Mitch Rapp novels for Vince Flynn and he's written in the Robert Ludlun Covert-One series. Kyle chats about growing up of the son of the head of the FBI and jokes about what information he has to be careful about sharing. Kyle also discusses how fans of Vince Flynn have reacted to his writing and what it's like to take over for an author he, himself, grew up loving.   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 week Jill is not only back from her witchy work visit to Massachusetts, she's sitting down with Rachel K. and Quinton to discuss some of their favorite horror novels (and she tries her hardest to not spend the entire episode mentioning Stephen King). Last week was all about YA horror reads and this week it's about adult horror. From classics like Edgar Allen Poe to contemporary authors such as Joe Hill, Rachel, Jill, and Quinton discuss why they love the genre so much and what, exactly, makes a horror novel a horror novel. Books Mentioned in this Episode Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Constantine Hellblazer Volume 1 by Jamie Delano Misery by Stephen King Under the Dome by Stephen King Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Shadows over Baker Street by Michael Reaves Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff The Shining by Stephen King House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy  Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fenn Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue The Expanse Series by James A Corey Bird Box by Josh Malerman City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin Terms of Enlistment The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Pride & Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Horns by Joe Hill The Fireman by Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz The Gunslinger by Stephen King  Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay The Apartment by S. L. Grey Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin Carrie by Stephen King   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 New York Times bestselling author, David Levithan, perhaps best known for Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Boy Meets Boy and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. David spoke about his writing process, what it's like writing a book with another author, his favorite Broadway shows and the importance of voting.  He also discusses how he was introduced to the culture of books in high school as a library assistant and trying to find a balance between being a full time editor and a full time author.  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

While Jill is out experiencing Salem (witches!) Adam has two separate conversations with Christina and Andrea of the 3-Headed Sass Monster in which they chat about their favorite Young Adult Horror titles just in time for Halloween. Because they are basically the same person, they lead off with the same book and Adam doesn't realize this because they spoke on different days...oops. We also discuss the horror books from our childhood, chat about costumes and even provide some terrible horror movies recommendations. Grab some candy and your masquerade mask and dive on in! Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine   Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stine   It Came From Beneath the Sink by R.L. Stine   Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine   Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake   Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake   The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey   The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich   And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich   The Forrest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan   Asylum by Madeleine Roux   The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black   Coraline by Neil Gaiman   The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman   Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jonathan Maberry   Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke   Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett   Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride   The Fall by Bethany Griffin   Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin   In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters   The First Days by Rhiannon Frater   Through the Woods by Emily Carroll   The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson   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

Our first ever live episode! Jill and Adam sat down with #1 New York Times bestselling author James Dashner, of Maze Runner fame, in front of a large crowd of his adoring fans at the main branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL). James shared how reading Stephen King both as a child and as an adult continues to inspire his writing even today as well as gave some breaking news about the next Maze Runner movie. We then took questions from the audience and James playfully talked about the character he'd most see himself being in the Maze Runner series and chats about his readers' fandom over Newt. We'd like to thank CCPL for having us emcee this event and we can't wait to share more live episodes with you in the near future!   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

As a library company, we are all big readers and for this episode we decided to ask some of our co-workers and past podcast guests what they are currently reading! Titles mentioned in this episode: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming The Trespasser by Tana French Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke The History of Love by Nicole Kraus Witches Pyre by Josephine Angelini Illusion by Martina Bone Home by Harlan Coben Peril at End House by Agatha Christie Revival by Stephen King Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough The Witches by Stacey Schiff Cleopatra by Stacey Schiff How to Train Your Highlander by Christy English The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson TV: The Book by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz Beard Science by Penny Reid Spare Parts by Joshua Davis   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

Multiple times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global ebook club through their library and this time the book choice is This is Where It Ends and we are thrilled to have author Marieke Nijkamp back on our podcast! Her debut novel was overwhelmingly chosen as the latest Big Library Read title and Jill and Adam got a chance to talk to her about how her life has changed since we last talked to her back in January on our 4th episode. Big Library Read officially kicks off October 13th. For more information visit www.BigLibraryRead.com    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

Let the OverDrive staff entertain you as we hit the Great White Way to discuss books that have been adapted into Broadway musicals! Adam and Jill are joined by their co-worker Meghan who is also a theater nerd and the three of them share their great love of books and the stage in this week's episode. (There might also be some singing involved because, well, why not?)    Books Mentioned in this Episode Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow The Bible The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot The String of Pearls by Anonymous Wicked by Gregory Maguire The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis American Lion by Jon Meacham Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Matilda by Roald Dahl Tales from the South Pacific by James Michner Ragtime by E.L. Doctrow The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Once and Future King by T. H. White The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Fun Home by Alson Bechdel Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Berlin Trilogy by Christopher Isherwood Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Carrie by Stephen King A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness   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