Step inside the busy mind of award-winning fantasy author Darcie Little Badger, whose debut novel, Elatsoe, landed on Time Magazine's list of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Darcie's second effort, A Snake Falls to Earth, won Nebula and Ignyte awards and a Newbery Honor. Sheine Lende, the Elatsoe prequel, drops in 2024.

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This new short sequence will provide you with brief conversations of what is happening at Ocean County Library. It can be about books, digital materials, programs and events, or exciting news we want to share with you! Tune in to learn more about the Ocean County Library and what we have to offer!

Trigger Warning: This episode touches on controversial topics central to the content of Mindy McGinnis's book A Long Stretch of Bad Days. Some listeners might experience emotional triggers.

Join our librarians Kristen and Rachel for a sit-down with Mindy McGinnis, author of the sensational YA novel A Long Stretch of Bad Days. Get ready for some straight talk about tough topics, the unique characteristics of small-town life, and being brave enough to live unapologetically.

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This new short sequence will provide you with brief conversations of what is happening at Ocean County Library. It can be about books, digital materials, programs and events, or exciting news we want to share with you! Tune in to learn more about the Ocean County Library and what we have to offer!

Ah, romance. Ahhhhh, boy bands! Join our YA librarians, grab a pumpkin spice latte and snuggle into a discussion of modern love and music with special guest Crystal Maldonado, author of the perfect cozy autumn read, the side-splitting and poignant romcomThe Fall of Whit Rivera. Cue up your internal soundtrack, the bands are getting back together! Who's got your loyalty? NSYNC? One Direction? 98 Degrees? Find out what gets our motors moving!

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Which game brought you into the world of alternate realities? Which ones are keeping you in it? Which operating systems are your faves? What's your idea of a perfect game? How do you feel about games that become movies? Join our gamer librarians as they discuss these and lots of other topics, and visit any Ocean County Library branch for regularly-scheduled game sessions and games for borrowing.

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Join us on a daring mission to solve a Candle Keep Mystery! In this "Dungeons & Dragons" actual play, librarians of the Ocean County Library become bold adventurers seeking out the truth about a small mining town - what happened to it, the fates of those who lived there, and the significance of an underground excavation site.

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Our librarians can't exactly hop aboard the TARDIS, but they'll whisk you through time and space as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of this classic sci-fi series. Which are your favorite characters? Scariest? Take a ride with our members of the Whoniverse.

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Get fantastic! In this Fandom Friday Episode, we librarians discuss what got us started in the fantasy genre, what we think

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