Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Jayna McDaniel-Browning with guest Chris Baker, President and CEO of the Delaware County Foundation.

This week we chat about funds that were granted to DCDL earlier this year, and made a big announcement that the Delaware County Foundation will be providing our Friends with a $25,000 gift in 2025 to give to DCDL for youth programming!! WAHOO!!  And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson, and Nicole talks about DCDL Wrapped Books & Playlist. Read more about today's episode here. 

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This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson with Mark Bingman.

This week we chat about the most checked-out items of 2024! And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson, Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey, and The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on December 13, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly LaBadie and with guest Mandy Henning, Branch Manager of the Ostrander Branch. 

This week we chat about what we did on our Thanksgiving holiday, delicious food, the Imagination Library, and Christmas in the Village in the town of Ostrander! 

Recommendations include The Art Thief by Michael Finkle, Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly Parton, and The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon. Read more about today's episode here. 

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This episode originally aired on December 6, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly LaBadie. 

This week we chat about hobbies and how the library can help with CreativeBug! 

Recommendations include The September House by Carissa Orlando and A Letter to Three Witches (first of A Cupcake Coven Romance series) by Elizabeth Bass. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 22, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and (update to co-host  and guest.) 

This week we chat about Holiday Stress Management and PBS's The Great American Read! 

Recommendations include Another Country by James Baldwin and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Read more about today's episode here. 

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This episode originally aired on November 15, 2024

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Kiana Hardy-Butler and Melissa Daugherty from the Orange Branch.

This week we chat about the Orange Branch internet being back online, meeting Kiana, and the Fairytale Bash! 

Recommendations include No Cure For Being Human by Kate Bowler, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo, Circe by Madeline Miller, and I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis. Read more about today's episode here.

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on November 8, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie and guest Matt Betts.

This week we chat about National Novel Writing Month and, of course, what we've been reading! 

Recommendations include My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, The United States of Cryptids by J.W. Ocker, Freaky Folklore by Darkness Prevails, and Cackle by Rachel Harrison. Read more about today's episode here.

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This episode originally aired on November 1, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers-LaBadie and guest Carol Swinger from the Delaware County Genealogical Society.

Recommendations include Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest, His Truth is Marching On by Jon Meacham, and The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. Read more about today's episode here. 

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This episode originally aired on October 18, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers-LaBadie with guests Penny Mong and Nichole Klatte from Friends of the Delaware County Library!

This week we chat about their upcoming author visit with Kenn Kaufman, a birding nature walk with Kenn a Deer Haven Park, the members only Friends book club, the upcoming book and media sale at the Main Branch, and the Young Writers Workshop. 

Recommendations include The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, and Safe by S. K. Barnett! Read more about today's episode here.

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This episode originally aired on October 11, 2024.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson, with Guest Ben Coy, executive director of The Central Ohio Symphony. 

This week we chat with Ben Coy about the upcoming symphony season, the Dali Quartet at the Liberty Library, and culture passes. And, of course, what we're reading!! 

Recommendations include Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter, The September House by Carissa Orlando, and Savvy by Ingrid Law. Read more about today's episode here. 

Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ 

This episode originally aired on October 4, 2024.