Off the Books

If you are looking for a supernatural thriller, Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak's book Hidden Pictures may be just what you're looking for! Join Bethann and Samantha as they discuss the sweet and shy five-year-old boy, Teddy, who's art becomes increasingly sinister as the protagonist and babysitter Mallory gets to know him.

What would happen if you took Game of Thrones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Outlander and mashed them all together? Well, Bethann and Samantha are tackling the best selling series and TikTok sensation A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. Is it worth the hype? Find out by listening to this week's Off the Books with B&S!

Bethann and Samantha are back and this time with a very special guest. Award-winning author of novels "None Shall Sleep" and "The Killing Code," Ellie Marney, joins Off the Books with B&S this week to talk all about her books, how she became an author and more!

Colleen Hoover is all over Booktok right now. Here at the Kokomo Howard County Public Library, some of her books have huge waitlists to check out both for physical copies and digital. But are her books worth all of this hype? Don't worry, Bethann and Samantha are here to tell you all about it!

Join us as we look back over 100 episodes of Off the Books with B&S. We talk all about our favorite moments in the podcast, the best books we've read and much more! Thank you for joining us as we celebrate 100 episodes together!

Wren owes everything she has to her hometown, Hollow’s End, a centuries-old, picture-perfect slice of America. Tourists travel miles to marvel at its miracle crops, including the shimmering, iridescent wheat of Wren’s family’s farm. At least, they did. Until five months ago. That’s when the Quicksilver blight first surfaced, poisoning the farms of Hollow’s End one by one. It began by consuming the crops, thick silver sludge bleeding from the earth. Next were the animals. Infected livestock and wild creatures staggered off into the woods by day—only to return at night, their eyes fogged white, leering from the trees. Then the blight came for the neighbors. Wren is among the last locals standing, and the blight has finally come for her, too. Now the only one she can turn to is her ex, Derek, the last person she wants to call. They haven’t spoken in months, but Wren and Derek still have one thing in common: Hollow’s End means everything to them. Only, there’s much they don’t know about their hometown and its celebrated miracle crops. And they’re about to discover that miracles aren’t free. Their ancestors have an awful lot to pay for, and Wren and Derek are the only ones left to settle old debts.

The snow is here and it's the perfect weather to get cozy indoors with a good book. But where do you like to read? In a perfect world, what makes the ideal cozy reading spot? B&S are back with special guest Digital Ben from the Digital Den discussing reading habits and the perfect places to dive into a book.

2023 is here and B&S are back and ready to dive into more books! In this episode of Off the Books with B&S, Bethann and Samantha talk all about their reading goals for the year. Do you have similar goals for the year? Let us know!

Bethann and Samantha are back to tackle the giant Brandon Sanderson book Warbreaker. Along for the Ride are special guests Justin Kingery the Assistant Head of the Adult and Teen Department and Ben Rutz the Head of the Digital Den. If you're looking for a book with a complex magic system, intense world building and incredible characters, check out Warbreaker today!

Welcome to the Centennial. Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial. To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.