Check This Out

Join us for a special bonus episode with Danae and Allie as they unbox Jennifer Olson, our library's administrative assistant.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Watership Down

The Star Thrower

Finding Me

Green Lights

The Earth Sea series

We Used to Live Here

Doppelganger

Gwenhwyfar

Home Before Dark

Black Woods, Blue Sky

Heartwood

Ordinary Time

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Join Danae as she sits down with prolific author Dr. Lydia Kang who will be coming to the Norfolk Public Library on June 17th* at 6:30pm as part of our Norfolk Library Comicon.

*edited to say that Dr. Kang will be coming on Monday June 16th at 6:30pm.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Dick and Jane books

The Secret Kitten

Mr. Pine's Purple House

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

James and the Giant Peach

A Wrinkle in Time

Little House series

Black Cauldron series

Severance TV series

Andor TV series

Conclave

Jane Eyre

Villette

The Thornbirds

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Persuasion

K-Jane

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Join Danae, Whitney, and Jessica as they sit down and talk about cosplay, how it will be utilized in our Norfolk Library Comicon, and how you can use our library resources to help you make a great costume!

Books on cosplay from our library:

A Guide to Film and TV Cosplay

Level up! Creative Cosplay

1000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas

The Art of Cosplay and Creative Makeup

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Join Danae as she sits down with special guests Sierra Steinhauser and Charlie Henkel as we talk about two aspects of our Norfolk Library Comicon: RPGs and LARPing! Say what? Tune in for a great rundown of these two events!

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Join Danae, Whitney, and Amy O. as they sit down to talk about graphic novels vs comic books and why graphic novels are such an important part of our library's collection. This is a continuation of our series on our Norfolk Library Comicon.

Graphic novels mentioned in this episode:

A Contract with God

The Road

One Piece series

Max Axiom

Babysitters Club

Magic Treehouse

Hello Kitty

Pokemon

Sweet Valley Twins

Percy Jackson

Artemis Fowl

Graphic Novel Suggestions:

Adult:

Macbeth

Dune series

Jujutsu Kaisen manga series

The Three-Body Problem series

YA:

My Hero Academia manga series

Hakumei and Mikochi manga series

Othello

Heartstopper series

JF:

Yokai Cats series

Cupcake Diaries series

Nathan Hale History series

Smile

Dog Man series

The Bad Guys series

Narwhal series

El Deafo

Invisible

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Welcome to Season Four of Check This Out! Join Danae, Whitney, and Amy O. as they discuss Norfolk Public Library's first ever Comicon!

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https://lydiakang.com/

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Join Danae and Allie in this special bonus episode where we unbox our new Patron Services supervisor, Andrew McClemens. Next week we will begin Season Four of our podcast all about our first ever Norfolk Library Comicon!

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Drummer Hoff

Goosebumps series

American Girl Series

Wicked

Elphie

Berlin graphic novel

Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle

The Perfect Couple

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Dune

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily H., as they discuss their opinions of the latest Hunger Games book, "Sunrise on the Reaping".

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We are ACTUALLY wrapping up Season 3 by talking about all of the categories of the Winter Reading Challenge and what we thought of this year's challenge.

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle

Accidentally Engaged

What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking

The Track the Whales Make

Whale Day and other Poems

A Tale of Two Cities

This is a Love Story

The Thursday Murder Club

Leonard and Hungry Paul

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Three Holidays and a Wedding

Some Desperate Glory

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

You Know Her

The Friend

Deaf Utopia

Interabled: true stories about love and disability

The Night Circus

Headshot

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Enchantment

The Human Factor

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Join Danae, Emily H., and Jessica as we discuss parts 10-12 of "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. This completes our podcast book club discussions for the Winter Reading Challenge.

Link to the article mentioned in this episode:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/13/an-a-list-animal-trainer-prepares-a-great-dane-for-his-film-debut

Also, the Winter Reading Challenge ends on March 14th, NOT March 16th.

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