Cook Memorial Public Library Podcast

It’s time for another episode of Meet the Bookies, where we introduce our library’s Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations. This week we are chatting with Jo Hansen, the editor and mastermind behind the extremely popular Favorite Fiction & Non-Fiction booklets we publish every year. Some of Jo’s recommendations from the episode:…

It's time for another episode of Meet the Bookies, where we introduce our library's Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations.

This week we are chatting with Jo Hansen, the editor and mastermind behind the extremely popular Favorite Fiction & Non-Fiction booklets we publish every year.

Some of Jo's recommendations from the episode:

• The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
• Undateable by Sarah Title
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
• Lincoln in the Bardo (audiobook) by George Saunders
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynne Novick
• Fast Falls the Night by Julia Keller

The library offers several book clubs for you to join, but we wanted to take time with this episode to highlight one of our newer book clubs, Teen Lit for Grownups. We talk with Andrea who runs the book club about teen lit and why adults might want to try reading books.

Our next Teen Lit for Grownups book club is Tuesday, September 26th at 7pm at Cook Park. Email Andrea at [email protected] if you are interested so we can get you a copy of the book.

Books recommended during this episode:

• The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg and her dog Gaby join us on the podcast to talk about her new collection of Facebook posts Make Someone Happy and her upcoming novel The Story of Arthur Truluv. Elizabeth also shares how she became a professional writer, insights on the publishing industry, advice for aspiring writers,…

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg and her dog Gaby join us on the podcast to talk about her new collection of Facebook posts Make Someone Happy and her upcoming novel The Story of Arthur Truluv.

Elizabeth also shares how she became a professional writer, insights on the publishing industry, advice for aspiring writers, and of course, what she's been reading lately.

Get on the waiting list for The Story of Arthur Truluv.

Request My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgard.

Welcome to another edition of Bonus Features where Nate and Becky highlight two movies currently flying under the radar. Becky shares the cultural coming-of-age tale Growing Up Smith, then Nate shares the Nick Cave making-of music documentary One More Time With Feeling. Both titles are new to the library’s collection and shouldn’t be missed. Note: In our…

Welcome to another edition of Bonus Features where Nate and Becky highlight two movies currently flying under the radar.

Becky shares the cultural coming-of-age tale Growing Up Smith, then Nate shares the Nick Cave making-of music documentary One More Time With Feeling. Both titles are new to the library's collection and shouldn't be missed.

Note: In our episode we forgot to mention Growing Up Smith is also available to stream via the library's hoopla app.

Welcome to another episode of our Meet the Bookies podcast, where we introduce you to our library’s Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations. This week we are chatting with Ellen, reader’s advisor in Popular Services, selector for our Young Adult collection, and a fan of, well, all kinds of books!…

Welcome to another episode of our Meet the Bookies podcast, where we introduce you to our library's Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations. This week we are chatting with Ellen, reader's advisor in Popular Services, selector for our Young Adult collection, and a fan of, well, all kinds of books!

Some of Ellen's recommendations from the episode:

• books by author Louise Penny
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• books by Elizabeth Strout, including Olive Kitteridge, Anything is Possible, and My Name is Lucy Barton

Have you ever wondered why the library servicing Libertyville/Vernon Hills is called the Cook Memorial Public Library District? I mean, we’re not even in Cook county! The answers are found in 19th century Libertyville resident Ansel B. Cook. Our local history librarian Jenny Barry returns for another episode of The Past is President. Find out who…