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On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Jessica Trotter of the Capital Area District Libraries (MI) about all things readers’ advisory training, from grassroots staff efforts to defining core competencies and all kinds of stuff in between. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth gets the inside scoop on the biggest audiobook awards of the year, the Audies, from the Audio Publishers Association’s Michele Cobb. Lastly but not leastly, Susan talks to Senior Editor, Books for Youth Ronny Khuri about what he’s reading and loving.

Here’s what we talked about:

LibraryReads

Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library, by Joyce G. Saricks.

Fantastic Fiction

Desperation in Death, by JD Robb

In the Upper Country, by Kai Thomas

Finding Me, by Viola Davis, read by the author

Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam, read by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, and Paul Simon

Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt, read by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie

Wake, by Rebecca Hall, art by Hugo Martínez, read by a full cast

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, read by a full cast

Audie Short List

Dark Angel, by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, read by McLeod Andrews

Marriage Be Hard, by Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks, read by the authors

Audiopub.org

Audio Publishers Association YouTube Channel

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, by Daniel Nayeri

Dear Mothman, by Robin Gow

Indigo and Ida, by Heather Murphy Capps

Shelf Care Interview with Heather Murphy Capps

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.

Heather Murphy Capps grew up in a small Minnesota town where the motto is "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment." She spent fifteen years as a television news journalist before deciding to focus on her favorite kind of writing: books for kids involving history, social justice, science, mystery, and a touch of magic. A mixed-race author committed to diversity in publishing, she lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, two kids, two cats, and yes, even some cows, colleges, and contentment. INDIGO AND IDA is her debut novel.

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Indianapolis (IL) Public Library’s Montoya Barker about all things book group—selecting titles, leading a group, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, Susan chats with Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about what she’s reading and loving.

Here’s what we talked about:

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold

Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce

The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix

Artemis, by Andy Weir

Becoming, by Michelle Obama

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, by Alan Rickman

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham

Suburban Hell, by Maureen Kilmer

Rules of Engagement, by Christine Dodd

The Rewind, by Allison Winn Scotch, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews

The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy, read by Julia Whelan and MacLeod Andrews

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk, by Buddy Levy, read by Will Damron

Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com’s Beloved Advice Column, by Daniel M. Lavery

Paris, by Paris Hilton

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, it’s Editors’ Choice time, when we here at Booklist pick the best of the best for 2022. As in years past, Booklist editors picked some standouts from the list to shout out in this Very Special Episode of Shelf Care, and here’s what we talked about:

Donna Seaman, Editor, Adult Books:

The Swimmers, by Julie Otsuka (Top of the List Adult Fiction)

Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent, by Dipo Faloyin (Top of the List Adult Nonfiction)

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton, art by the author (Top of the List Adult Graphic Novel)

Booklist Reader

Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern, by Neil Baldwin

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, by Aidan Levy

Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver

Liberation Day, by George Saunders

Out There, by Kate Folk

How to Read Now, by Elaine Castillo

Sarah Hunter, Editor, Books for Youth:

Farmhouse, by Sophie Blackall, illus. by the author

Maya’s Song, by Renée Watson, illus. by Bryan Collier

Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert

My Aunt is a Monster, by Reimena Yee, art by the author (Top of the List Youth Graphic Novel)

Squire, by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh, art by Sara Alfageeh

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton, art by the author

Heather Booth, Editor, Audio:

Listening Still, by Anne Griffin, read by Nicola Coughlan (Top of the List Adult Audio)

Journal of a Traveling Girl, by Nadine Neema, read by the author (Top of the List Audio for Youth)

The Babysitter Lives, by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Isabella Star LaBlanc

Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound, by Lake Bell, read by the author and a full cast

Thank You for Listening, by Julia Whelan, read by the author

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, by Janelle Monáe, read by Janelle Monáe and Bahni Turpin

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries, by Agatha Christie and others, read by a full cast

Love & Saffron, by Kim Fay, read by a full cast

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew, by Michael W. Twitty, read by the author

Tell Me Everything, by Erica Krouse, read by Gabra Zackman

I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys, read by Edoardo Ballerini and Ruta Sepetys

Coming Up Cuban: Rising Past Castro’s Shadow, by Sonia Manzano, read by a full cast

Hilo: Books 1—3, by Judd Winick, read by a full cast

Demon in the Wood, by Leigh Bardugo, read by a full cast

Ronny Khuri, Senior Editor, Books for Youth:

A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation, by Ellen Heck, illus. by the author (Top of the List Picture Book)

Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, by Nina LaCour, illus. by Kaylani Juanita

Annie Bostrom, Senior Editor, Adult Books:

Stay True, by Hua Hsu

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton, art by the author

Maggie Reagan, Senior Editor, Books for Youth:

All My Rage, by Sabaa Tahir (Top of the List Youth Fiction)

Alone Out Here, by Riley Redgate

Kiss and Tell, by Adib Khorram

Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Adult Books:

By Her Own Design, by Piper Huguley

Lark Ascending, by Silas House

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution, by R. F. Kuang

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, by Tricia Hersey

Julia Smith Senior Editor, Books for Youth:

The Honeys, by Ryan La Sala

Hell Followed with Us, by Andrew Joseph White

Lily and the Night Creatures, by Nick Lake

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration, by Elizabeth Partridge, illus. by Lauren Tamaki. (Top of the List Youth Nonfiction)

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to the hosts of another podcast, Reading Glasses. Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant chat with Susan about reading wheelhouses, extol the virtues of the library, and encourage folks not to read books they don’t want to read. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth shares the kinds of books that do not make the best-of lists, and Susan talks to Books for Youth’s Senior Editor Maggie Reagan about books for healing and books for fun.

Here's what we talked about:

The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro

Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

Circe, by Madeline Miller

Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir

Westport Public Library (CT)

Ordinary Monsters, by J. M. Miro

A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers

Email me and we’ll read it on the show

Thank You for Listening, by Julia Whelan, read by the author

@Booklist_Audio on Twitter

What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness—Lessons from a Body in Revolt, by Tessa Miller

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, by Megan O’Rourke

Birds of California, by Kate Cotugno

Beach Read, by Emily Henry

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series, where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group.

Tameka Fryer Brown is the author of several picture books, including Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day, My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood, and Brown Baby Lullaby, winner of the 2021 Anna Dewdney Award. She is also a contributor to The Brown Bookshelf, an award-winning website whose mission is to promote awareness of Black children’s book creators and their work. Not Done Yet is Tameka's first picture book about a real-life figure . . . and she hopes it won't be her last. To learn more about Tameka, visit tamekafryerbrown.com.

Nina Crews’s picture books include: Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright, One Hot Summer Day, The Neighborhood Mother Goose, and A Girl Like Me. Her work has been recognized by the ALA Notables Committee, National Council of Teachers of English, Cooperative Children’s Book Council, Junior Library Guild, Bank Street College of Education, and numerous others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and son. www.ninacrews.com

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series in which Booklist talks with book people! This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Abrams Books.

Saadia Faruqi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States when she was 22 years old. She writes the YASMIN series and popular middle grave novels, such as YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO besides writing books for kids. She loves reading binge-watching her favorite shows and taking naps, and lives in Houston with her family.

In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to RAILS Community Engagement Manager Dan Bostrom about how to weed one’s personal book collection, Audio Editor Heather Booth hears from reviewers about how audiobooks have helped with pronunciation of words and names, and finally, Senior Editor, Adult Books Annie Bostrom shares a fave book from our upcoming Spotlight on Food.

Here's what we talked about:

Rascal, by Sterling North

Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr

Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell

Send a voice note to [email protected] with more examples of audiobooks unveiling the correct pronunciation of words and names.

Baseball Prospectus

My First Popsicle, edited by Zosia Mamet

Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers, edited by Natalie Eve Garrett

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Yen Press.

Svetlana Chmakova was born and raised in Russia until the age of 16 when her family immigrated to Canada. She quickly made a name for herself with works like DRAMACON, NIGHTSCHOOL, the manga adaptation of James Patterson's WITCH & WIZARD, and the web comic CHASING RAINBOWS. She graduated from Sheridan College with a three-year Classical Animation Diploma. The first book in the Berrybrook Middle School series, AWKWARD, has been a runaway critical success and was named one of YALSA's 2016 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care interview is sponsored by Random House Children's Books.

In this episode of The Shelf Care Interview, Maggie Reagan talks to Daniel Minter, illustrator of BLUE: A HISTORY OF THE COLOR AS DEEP AS THE SEA AND AS WIDE AS THE SKY

Daniel Minter is a fine artist and illustrator. His paintings, carvings, block prints, and sculptures have been exhibited at galleries and museums, both nationally and internationally. He has illustrated numerous books for children and is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor, and Caldecott honor. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family.