Lexivore

Join Melanie and Mary for a chat about the buzz-worthy memoir by Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter, and how it relates to this year's theme.

Join Mary and Megha as we introduce our new co-host, Melanie. We will also be reviewing this year's theme, "By Me, For Me". This year plan to hear a new episode every month covering a variety of topics from mental health representation and women's voices.

Join Renee and Megha with special guest Nancy as they discuss their favorite books of the year as well as the most circulated items from this past year. This is our last episode of the year and we look forward to reading more with you next year!

On this episode of Lexivore, Megha and Mary are joined by Emily, the Adult Program Coordinator. Together they will discuss what they've been reading and what they recommend for the fall. This episode will leave with a stack of books to read and movies to watch as we settle into the spookiest season of the year. Make sure to listen for a little known RL Stine fact and stay until the end to hear what the last episode of the year will be.

In this episode of Lexivore, Mary and Renee discuss literary festivals, awards and pilgrimages. We discuss our favorite awards and book lists, some of the biggest literary festivals in the world as well as those close to home, and our own personal literary (wish list) pilgrimages.  We enjoyed chatting about our favorite awards and which books we don't think award worthy. 

We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including the county-wide Summer Quest program and which programs we are most excited for.  We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, our new plan for rotating podcast recording now that there's three of us (Megha and Mary next, and we will go from there). And we also include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing spooky reads for fall with a special guest.  Join us, jooiiin us, we'll be waaaaiiting... Mwahahahaha!! 

We enjoyed making this podcast and hope you enjoy it as well!  Thanks for Listening!

In episode 21 of Lexivore, Renee and Megha are joined by a guest, Mary Graham, in discussing 'The Midnight Library', a New York Times Best Seller by Matt Haig.  It's an exploration of the lives one could have lived, the things that shape us and the possibilities that open up or close behind us.  We discuss the book itself, including the work as a whole and in depth look at several sections - including one section in the middle that included a polar bear (everyone's favorite!), and the ending with a little bit about how we expected the story to go.  We had a lot of fun during that discussion!

We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including our new subscription boxes and kits like mental health, antiracism, and even baking, as well as discussing the possibility of in person programming this summer.  We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, and include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing literary culture, including literary trips, festivals, and prizes.  We hope you will join us for that one, too!

We enjoyed making this podcast and hope you enjoy it as well!  Thanks for Listening!

Welcome to Episode 20, All Things Digital, in which Renee and Megha explore and explain some of the digital resources available to us - including from our own lovely Abington Community Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Libby the library app and the digital collections available through that, and some that are just generally available online.

We also talk about digital reading in general, from ebooks to audiobooks, to reading newspaper or magazine articles online through websites, to some of the interesting options available with ebooks that may not be available in print books - like using a special font that helps readers with dyslexia or works that incorporate technology more deeply - like using links to cleverly present a "choose your own adventure" story, or including pictures, playlists or videoclips for a multimedia approach to storytelling, or the fun little stories or discussions that can pop up in comments on a work between the readers and with the authors.

Also our next episode will be reading and discussing Matt Haig's Midnight Library - Get excited, it sounds so interesting :)

We hope you enjoy our podcast. Thanks for Listening!

In episode 19 of Lexivore, the first episode of 2021, Renee and Megha tackle the genre of Romance, discussing a few different subgenres and various topics including representation and the meaning of love and romance. We also talk in depth about three books - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory; Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev; and Lets Talk About Love by Claire Kann.

We also briefly talk about our library's winter challenge and include a teaser for next time, when we will be tackling digital book technologies - including ebooks, eaudio and evideo, as well as playaways and our libby app. Get excited!

We hope you enjoy our podcast! Thanks for listening!

We're featuring local educator and Civil War expert EJ Murphy on this special mini episode. Hear EJ share about his favorite Civil War books,

his current research, and more! Connect with him on social media to find out about him and his work.

Instagram: @e_joseph_murphy or @destinationfreedomwaverly

Twitter: @e_joseph_murphy

In the 18th episode of Lexivore, the last of this year, Megha and Renee cover the mystery genre, including talking about the books from authors from various styles of mystery like cozy mysteries, or suspense, intricately written ones and a few darker, crime-novel style mysteries.

We include some widely read authors, like Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark, and some that are a bit less well known. We also cover some YA mystery series and even a few well read children's mysteries like Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown, stories that we read when we were younger and that are still read today,

We also briefly discuss what might draw us to the mystery genre, or related genres like true crime. And there is a brief teaser included, for the episode beginning our next season, which will be Romance - get excited!

We hope you enjoy our podcast! Thanks for Listening!