It's our 40th episode! Co-hosts Kristi Cates and Mari McKeeth celebrate the return of Check It Out! by highlighting staff favorites from 2018. Some of our library staff have provided an eclectic list of books, music, and films—and all are available for checkout or streaming from Normal Public Library.   Some of the items discussed in this podcast:

• Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• On Writing by Stephen King
• Sweetener by Ariana Grande
• Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
• The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
• Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Juliet, Naked
• Broadchurch: Season 1