Library Nerds with Words

In this episode, Tiina Morin, Manager of the City of Marquette's Office of Arts and Culture, drops by to talk about blue-spotted salamanders, prodigy composers, walking on the fringe with Bigfoot, and painter Andrew Wyeth.

Tiina's book recommendations:

A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Klein.

In this episode, Anne Donohue, President of Peter White Public Library's Board of Trustees, dishes about Two Books/Two Communities doings, her struggles with loss and grief, and her hidden passion for sailing.  

Anne's book recommendations:

Loving Someone Who Has Dementia by Pauline Boss.

It's Okay that You're Not Okay:  Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Divine.

The Living Great Lakes:  Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas by Jerry Dennis.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Circulation Department Head Amy Salminen stops by to get nerdy about her fellow library nerds, Library Card Sign-Up Month, and historical fiction.

Amy's book recommendations:

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Youth Services Department Head Sarah Rehborg reveals her inner geek about fall Youth Services programming, her love of fractured fairy tales, and a new YA book series.

Heather's book recommendations:

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Development Director Heather Steltenpohl stops by to talk about passion projects, book festivals, and special libations to put you in the library spirit.

Heather's book recommendations:

The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam.

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave.

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Adult Services Director Samantha Ashby returns to wrestle with some big questions about God, the universe, and personal finances/estate planning.

Sam's book recommendations:

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.

I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi.

The Family Firm:  A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library Adult Programming Coordinator Marty Achatz talks about his love of all things poetry, the NEA Big Read, and murder in the mitten state.

Marty's book recommendation:

Dark Side of the Mitten:  Crimes of Power & Powerful Criminals in Michigan's Past and Present by Tom Carr.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library reference librarian Lynette Suckow returns to talk about judging books, all things memoir, and Sinead O'Connor.

Lynette's audiobook recommendation:

The Woman They Could Not Silence:  One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore.

In this episode, Peter White Public Library reference librarian Madeline Bitter returns as the guest nerd to talk about her detective work and obsessions with true crime and cults.

Madeline's audiobook recommendation:

Cultish:  The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

In this episode, Peter White Public Library's Communications Coordinator Jeni Kilpela returns to talk about book lovers, e-secrets, and hidden figures.

Jeni's book recommendation:

My Remarkable Life:  A Memoir by Katherine Johnson