Gwinnett County Public Library

Gwinnett County Public Library uses the Summer Reading Challenge to keep our community engaged with reading over the summer months by encouraging them to set challenging reading goals, attend fun educational programming, and earn awesome badges and prizes! The Ken Scott Comedy Magic Show is the kick-off program for the Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, and in this episode of the podcast, hosts Steve and Melissa welcome both Ken and the Library’s Youth Services Manager Patty Reeber!

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Counselors by Jessica Goodman.  

Email us at [email protected] and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz.  

Email us at [email protected] and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!

Gwinnett County Public Library offers access to Career Online High School, which helps qualified learners looking to earn a high school diploma and advance their careers.

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan.  

Email us at [email protected] and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Click here for more details about the Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Author Talk!

Daniel Immergluck is the author of Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First-Century Atlanta

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey.  

Email us at [email protected] and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Click here for more details about the Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Author Talk!

Planting, tending, and cultivating a garden is a popular pastime in the Gwinnett County community, and the library has offered related programming for many years. In this episode, we talk with a number of staff members who are offering these programs, including this year’s Garden Fest!

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland.  

Email us at [email protected] and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

On today's episode, we welcome Lynn Cullen, national bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain’s End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter.  Her newest book, The Woman with the Cure, follows the life of Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, who paved the way for the polio vaccine.