Lu joins the show to review a book she's featuring for Tween Book Club that describes three natural disasters that are occurring due to climate change. 

Jake reviews a book that is filled with fun facts about animal senses and how they perceive the world in unique and interesting ways. 

Cherie joins to talk about orcs, lattes, and cozy fantasy with Legends and Lattes. 

Sam review Cormac McCarthy's two latest books, which are tied together by their main characters.

Chazley reviews a science fiction title that was published in 2020 that feels like something of a mixture between The Martian and The Handmaid's Tale. 

Rachel joins the show to discuss three popular nonfiction titles by Bill O'Reilly: Killing Jesus, Killing Lincoln, and Killing Kennedy. 

Jake joins us to discuss a graphic memoir about working in the oil and gas industry named Ducks by Kate Beaton.

There are no book reviews in this episode... instead, we gathered a few library staff members to talk about how many books we plan to read in 2023 as well as how we plan to choose those reads. 

Chazley reviews 22 books she read that were published in 2022... all in under 22 minutes!

Jamie joins the podcast to test out her "box of chocolates" book review game and reviews six books in total: A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel; Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick; The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran; Book Lovers by Emily Henry; Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (again!) by Anonymous; and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.