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#34 - Are You Up for a Reading Challenge?
Summary: Digital Strategies Manager Lennea Bower and Library Assistant Supervisor Candace Hixon discuss the history of the MCPL Reading Challenge; how the 2018 challenge is going; and what they get out of reading challenges with host Julie Dina.
Recording Date: June 6, 2018
Guests: Lennea Bower is the Digital Strategies Manager for Montgomery County Public Libraries. Her unit runs the Reading Challenge. Candace Hixon is the Library Assistant Supervisor at the Kensington Park branch. She is an enthusiastic Reading Challenge participant.
Hosts: Julie Dina, Outreach Associate.
Featured MCPL Resource: Librarians! We encourage customers to approach our trained information professionals at any MCPL branch with requests for reading recommendations, assistance with library resources, or other questions. Find your nearest branch.
What Our Guests Are Reading:
Lennea Bower: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin, #2 in the Broken Earth trilogy; Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay; Beneath a Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King.
Candace Hixon: Go Ask Alice by Anonymous.
Books, Movies, and Authors Mentioned During this Episode:
#NotYourPrincess edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Octavia Butler
The Dry by Jane Harper
Grant by Ron Chernow
The Incredibles, animated movie
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Naked by David Sedaris
Prairie Fires by Carolyn Frasier
Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, book #3 of the Ember in the Ashes series
Nora Roberts
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh, sequel to Flame in the Mist
Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce, first in a new series of prequels to her Immortals series
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
MCPL Resources Mentioned During this Episode:
Beanstack, online resource that provides book recommendations and is also the online home for some MCPL programs.
2018 Summer Read and Learn, Libraries Rock!
One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten
Readers' Café
What Do I Check Out Next? online readers' advisory service
Other Items of Interest Mentioned During this Episode:
Book Riot 2018 Read Harder Challenge
The Ripped Bodice, LA romance bookstore with an online reading challenge
Romance Novel Tropes
Read the transcript.
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By Montgomery County Public LibrariesSummary: Digital Strategies Manager Lennea Bower and Library Assistant Supervisor Candace Hixon discuss the history of the MCPL Reading Challenge; how the 2018 challenge is going; and what they get out of reading challenges with host Julie Dina.
Recording Date: June 6, 2018
Guests: Lennea Bower is the Digital Strategies Manager for Montgomery County Public Libraries. Her unit runs the Reading Challenge. Candace Hixon is the Library Assistant Supervisor at the Kensington Park branch. She is an enthusiastic Reading Challenge participant.
Hosts: Julie Dina, Outreach Associate.
Featured MCPL Resource: Librarians! We encourage customers to approach our trained information professionals at any MCPL branch with requests for reading recommendations, assistance with library resources, or other questions. Find your nearest branch.
What Our Guests Are Reading:
Lennea Bower: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin, #2 in the Broken Earth trilogy; Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay; Beneath a Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King.
Candace Hixon: Go Ask Alice by Anonymous.
Books, Movies, and Authors Mentioned During this Episode:
#NotYourPrincess edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Octavia Butler
The Dry by Jane Harper
Grant by Ron Chernow
The Incredibles, animated movie
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Naked by David Sedaris
Prairie Fires by Carolyn Frasier
Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir, book #3 of the Ember in the Ashes series
Nora Roberts
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh, sequel to Flame in the Mist
Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce, first in a new series of prequels to her Immortals series
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
MCPL Resources Mentioned During this Episode:
Beanstack, online resource that provides book recommendations and is also the online home for some MCPL programs.
2018 Summer Read and Learn, Libraries Rock!
One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten
Readers' Café
What Do I Check Out Next? online readers' advisory service
Other Items of Interest Mentioned During this Episode:
Book Riot 2018 Read Harder Challenge
The Ripped Bodice, LA romance bookstore with an online reading challenge
Romance Novel Tropes
Read the transcript.