Just in time to get your library hold in before #Halloween - it's SCARY stories! Across time, genres, and age groups, what makes a good scary story? Why are we drawn to them? Is there real intrinsic value, or is it just for fun? Can't wait to hear your feedback on this one!!

Books Mentioned in this episode:

The 4 Aspects of Victorian Ghost Stories: Atmosphere, Dread, Revelation, Repositioning

Today is all about YOU! We jump into the conversations that have been going online and give lots of shout-outs to listeners. THEN you get a sneak-peak into what we're reading right now.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Teaching From Rest by Sarah Mackenzie (hidden bird story)

Keeper of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon Messenger

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Dead Wake by Erik Larsen

The Water Keeper by Charles Martin

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Divine Comedy by Dante

Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind by Peter Padfield

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

When Books Went to War by Molly Guptil Manning

Join us on a journey into Austen! Wether you've read her or not, like her or not, here is our take, history, and defense of the Great English Novelist - and we can't wait to hear what you think!! 

Jane Austen’s Works: Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion

Resources and books mentioned:

Dr Octavia Cox’s YouTube Chanel

Podcast : Jane and Jesus by Karen Swallow Prior

Close Reads Podcast episodes for Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

Literary Life Podcast episode on Northanger Abbey

Hillsdale College has free Jane Austen course

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool

Miniatures and Morals: the Christian Novels of Jane Austen by Peter J. Leithart

A Memoir of Jane Austen and other family recollections by James Edward Austen Lee

Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin

The Jane Austen Society by Nathalie Jenner

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Works of Jane Austen by Sybil G. Brinton

Austenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale

Today we go on an audiobook deep dive! What makes a good audiobook? Where's the best place to get them? How can you keep from spending a fortune? AND who are the best narrators out there? Come along and find out!

Resources:

Library Apps:

-Libby (old Overdrive)

-Hoopla (you get 12 check-outs per month)

-Cloud Library

Audiobooks.com (has a relationship with libravox)

Libravox app (free public domain audiobooks)

Scribd.com (limit on the number of new releases you can listen to)

Audible.com (audible plus library and credits)

Books mentioned in this episode:

-This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

-The Swiss Family Robinson by JD Wyss

-Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol and Bleak House by C Dickens

-Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

-The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by M Kondo

-The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Favorite Narrators:

-Katherine Kellgrin

-Jim Dale

-Christina Moore

-Simon Vance

-Juliet Stephenson

-Dan Stephens

-Richard Armitage

-Michael Pritchert

-Phil Chenevert (libravox)

-John Lieder (libravox reader of Thorton Burgess and Uncle Wiggly)

Join us as Book Fare takes its first look into the fantasy genre! Did we get a love of fantasy from childhood? Is Harry Potter overblown? What makes fantasy special? Impactful? And what fantasy book should YOU pick up next??

Books mentioned in this episode:

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet by Madeline L’Engle

Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal

The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit

The Princess and the Goblin by George McDonald

100 Cupboards series by ND Wilson

The Ruins of Gorlan Series by John Flanagan

Mary Poppins by PL Travers

Wind in the Willows by K Grahame

The Wizard of Oz by LF Baum

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

The Chronicles of Prydian by L Alexander

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The Buried Giant by K Ishiguro

The Tempest by Shakespeare

The Fairy Queen by E Spencer

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

A Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Today, join us in welcoming Dr Sherridon Sweeney who has a PhD in literacy. Sherridon talks with us about one of her greatest passions - reading to understand ideas that are out there in the world and expanding her mind and her understanding. This can also mean READING THINGS YOU DISAGREE WITH, which is a challenging topic for us all. Join us for this thought-provoking #nonfiction episode.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle

The Need for Story: Cultural Diversity in Classroom and Community by AH Dyson and C Geneshi

The Coddling of the American Mind: how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

The Righteous Mind:Why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt

That Hideous Strength by M Tinker

The Rise and Fall of the Modern Self by Carl R Trueman

Mama Bear Apologetics by Hillary Morgan Ferrer and Nancy Pearcey

We're dreaming of bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils - what do you dream of this time of year? Join us as we chat back to school season - the books we're reading, the goals we're setting, and what we're excited about #backtoschool

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by C Dickens

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet by M L’engle

The Vikings by E Janeway

My Bookhouse Series

The Pilgrim’s Progress by J Bunyan

Washington: A Life by R Chernow

Anna Karenina by L Tolstoy

Horse by G Brooks

Teaching from Rest by S Mackenzie

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes

Mere Motherhood by C Rollins

The Autobiographies of Frederic Douglas, Benjamin Franklin and GW Carver

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by JM Comer

Honey For A Child’s Heart by G Hunt

The Year of Ms Agnes by K Hill

Christy by C Marshall

We're back! Join us as we tell all the wild and wooly tales of our summers PLUS Summer Reading and some hints at what's coming in Season 2! #summerreading #summerhappenings #fallishere 

Books Mentioned in this episode:

Brideshead Revisited by E Waugh

Washington: A Life by R Chernow

Anna Karenina by L Tolstoy

A Month in the Country by JL Carr

The Yearling by MK Rawlings

The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer

Beowulf translation by Seamus Heaney

Howl’s Moving Castle by DW Jones

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson