In this special edition of Why Did You Read That?, we answer a question: If you could read one book again, for the first time, which book would you pick?

If you don't want the surprise ruined, give it a listen!

If you are ready to have the surprise ruined, the selected books were:

Peter: Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk

Meagan: Code name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon https://bit.ly/413Od9G

But even if you just read the book titles, you'll want to know why! WHY!?

Prepare to be amazed!

We had quite a month of reading, and we blaze through 8 books in record time in this month's Why Did You Read That? podcast!

Meagan talks about:

Dark is Better by Gemma Files https://bit.ly/411hVfy

Bone of the Bone by Sarah Smarsh https://bit.ly/4hHtLko

Seducing a Stranger by Kerrigan Byrne https://bit.ly/4gvgOsQ

Take a Hint, Danni Brown by Talia Hibbert https://bit.ly/4jXeEp4

Peter talks about:

Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk https://bit.ly/4jKGF2Y

Draw it With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment

Hulk: Grand Design by Jim Rugg https://bit.ly/4hHtI8c

What's the Furthest Place from Here by Matthew Rosenberg: https://bit.ly/4jOg3Om

In this month's newsletter, we have an interview with ReadCon guest Erika Krouse, a listing of just SOME of the great things a library offers beyond the books, and an article that asks the question: Are we born readers, or do we become readers?

In this 2025 kick-er-off-er, we have a little motivation to read and get started with the All-New ARO, an interview with local author Dan Jorgensen, and a look at the movie Hundreds of Beavers PLUS some discussion of why movies sometimes look TERRIBLE on streaming.

In this edition, we have an interview with the fine folks at the Colorado Talking Book Library, a deep dive into the renovations that'll have some of our branches offering limited services for a few weeks, and our Cult Movie Vault brings you Holiday in Handcuffs!

On THIS thrill-packed episode, we bring you 8 books. That's so many!

Peter has for you:

Stillwater by Chip Zdarsky: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/stillwater-by-zdarsky-and-perez-vol-1-rage-rage-chip-zdarsky/14017913

Maniac of New York by Elliott Kalan: https://encore.coalliance.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb45915289

8 Billion Genies by Charles Soule: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/eight-billion-genies-deluxe-edition-book-one-charles-soule/16091071

Beneath the Tress Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2364500

Meagan brings to the table:

Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/her-pretend-christmas-date-jackie-lau/16739363

Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2320658

Worst Journey in the World by Sarah Airriess: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367204

Get a Clue Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2235405

On THIS episode of everyone's favorite book podcast, we cover:

1. Alexandra Petri's US history : important American documents (I made up) by Alexandra Petri: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2321339

2. Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout / Cal Newport: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2350607

3. The ministry of time : a novel by Kaliane Bradley: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2356405

4. Her knight at the museum by Bryn Donovan: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2367152

5. Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2361259

6. On Fire by Larry Brown

7. Cryptozooic Man by Bryan Johnson and Walter Flanagan: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/cryptozoic-man-vol-1-decapitation-strike-bryan-johnson/12208182

8. [another book that we're just going to leave off the description because...I fear for my own safety to a small extent]

Our newsletter has gone audio! We're bringing you the contents of this month's newsletter in an easily-digested audio format, perfect for a commute or a walk or a run or to listen to while you break the world's record in...curling? Is that a sport that would be do-able while listening to a podcast?

This time, just in time for Black Friday, we bring you 8 amazing titles! Amazing!

Peter talks about:

The Change by Whoopi Goldberg: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2363826

Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat by R.D. Creekmore

Meagan talks about:

How to write an autobiographical novel : essays by Alexander Chee: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2144516

Alien: Thaw by Declan Shalvey, writer ; Andrea Broccardo, artist ; Tríona Farrell & Ruth Redmond, color artists ; VC's Clayton Cowles, letterer: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2357888

We also briefly discuss:

Kids Shenanigans by Klutz Press

From Below by John Grover: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/from-below-a-short-story-john-grover/17123378

Lackadaisy by author & artist Tracy J. Butler: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351399

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2365728

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