Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Victoria are in conversation about books that have twisters inside. Titles included in this episode are:

The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana by Janis Thornton

F5: devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century by Mark Levine

Chasing Helicity (series) by Ginger Zee

Into The Storm by Reed Timmer

Jack Vs. The Tornado by Amanda Cleary Eastep

The Mighty Whirlwind by David Wagler

The Man Who Caught The Storm : The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras by Brantley Hargrove

The Rescuer by Dee Henderson

Scream Blue Murder by Susan Page Davis

The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs In Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Cooley

Shatterproof: Three Deadly Tornadoes and the Towns that Survived Them by Katrina Hoover

The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum

What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South’s Tornado Alley by Kim Cross

The Weather Could Be Verse (Poetry) by Gary Sieber, Meteorologist

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Pat are in conversation books with an animal on the cover - an Expand Your Horizons task. Titles included in this episode are:

Coyote Lost & Found by Dan Gemeinhart (Coyote Sunrise #2)

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan

The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (series)

Piglet: The Unexpected Story Of A Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family by Melissa Shapiro

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts

Shark Heart by Emily Habec

The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler (Moose Springs, Alaska series)

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions From Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Sarah are in conversation about books sharing a common topic of gardening. Titles included in this episode are:

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Camille T Dungy

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer

Flower Farming for Profit: The Complete Guide to Growing a Successful Cut Flower Business  by Lennie Larkin

A Garden Called Home by Jessica Lee (picture book)

Garden Wonderland: Create Life-changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy by Leslie Bennett

Gifts From Georgia’s Garden: How Georgia O’Keeffe Nourished Her Art by Lisa Robinson (picture book)

The Girl from Earth's End by Tara Dairman

The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd

The Keeper Of The Bees by Gene Stratton Porter

The Red Garden: Stories by Alice Hoffman

Simply In Season: Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less by Mary Beth Lind & Cathleen Hockman-Wert

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T Dungy

Until The Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

The Words In My Hands by Asphyxia

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Jan are in conversation about the Expand Your Horizons task of watching a movie or reading a book featuring, authored by or narrated by Tom Hanks. Titles included in this episode are:

The Dutch House by Ann Prachett (narrator of audiobook)

Forrest Gump, and Gump & Co. by Winston Groom

Hits & Misses : Stories by Simon Rich

The Making Of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History by Melissa Wagner

Uncommon Type : Some Stories by Tom Hanks

Waiting For Tom Hanks & Not Like The Movies by Kerry Winfrey

The World According To Tom Hanks: The Life, The Obsessions, The Good Deeds Of America's Most Decent Guy by Gavin Edwards

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Cherie are in conversation about books featuring Olympians & Athletes. Highlighted in this episode are:

9 Lives By 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention by Mary Sanders

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Boys of Winter-US hockey team defeats Russians in 1980 Olympics by Wayne Robby and Mike Eruzion

Chariots of Fire. This a movie about track athletes, one Jewish and one a devout Christian, in the 1924 Olympics

Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show UP Fully. By Apolo Ohno

Just Don’t Fall: A Hilariously True Story of Childhood Cancer and Olympic Greatness by Josh Sundquist

Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics 1936 by Jeremy Schapp

We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History by Stephen Guinan

Women in Sports: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played To Win by Rachel Ignotofsky

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Martha are in conversation about books featuring dragons. Highlighted in this episode are:

A Death In Door County by Annelise Ryan

Dragon Masters (series) by Tracey West

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

A Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Regan Barnhill

Eragon (series) by Christopher Paolini

Fourth Wing (series) by Rebecca Yarros

Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

How To Train Your Dragon (series) by Cressida Cowell

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

The Rain Wild Chronicles (series) by Robin Hobb

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons (expected July 2024)

And They Found Dragons (series) by Ted Dekker

The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung (2024 Caldecott Honor)

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, Cherie & Ginette are in conversation about book to screen adaptations. Highlighted in this episode are:

All  Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland

The Maltese Falcon by Samuel Dashiell Hammett

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Sullivan’s Crossing (series) by Robyn Carr

Sweet Magnolias (series) by Sheryl Woods

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

Wool by Hugh Howey

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about our favorite reads in 2023, so far. Highlighted in this episode are:

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails by Camper English

Fourth Wing & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Holly Stephen King

How To Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison

In Waiting (a short story inside Scattered Showers) by Rainbow Rowell

Indigo Isle by T.I. Lowe

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Solito by Javier Zamora 

Spare by Prince Harry

Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan

Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about Cozy Holiday Reads. Highlighted in this episode are:

A Court of Frost & Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

A Royal Christmas Wedding by Rachel Hauck

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

First Christmas on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand

Finding Father Christmas, Engaging Father Christmas, Marrying Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn

Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling

Lease on Love by Falon Ballard

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Library Board President, Julie, are in conversation about books with an investigative journalism theme.

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko

The Girls Who Fought Crime by Mari Eder

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Sadie by Courtney Summers

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor

Slanted: How The News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism by Sharyl Attkisson

The Word Was Murder by Anthony Horowitz

We Carry Their Bones: The Search For Justice At The Dozier School For Boys by Erin Kimmerle

What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of An All-American Teen by Kate Fagan