On The Same Page

This week JMRL staff share how their 2024 reading year went and talk about their 2025 reading resolutions!

On the Same Page’s book club, Overbooked is back after a nearly year long hiatus! In January we will be reading Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift with a book discussion in February and an author interview in March.

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As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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This week we talk about the Greene County Courthouse fire, Libby, and Kanopy. We also have JMRL’s periodicals librarian, Eric, on the podcast to talk about the different types of kits that you can check out.

Libby is a service that allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and so much more!

Kanopy is a streaming service that allows you to stream movies and television shows. It even has a section dedicated to children’s shows.

You can find Libby, Kanopy, and so much more on JMRl’s website under Digital Library.

Check out JMRL’s Library of Things that has everything from a light therapy kit and a telescope to radon monitors and a ghost hunting kit! JMRL even has a toy library for those who spend time with children or who are children at heart.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

List of movies mentioned in the podcast:

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As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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In this episode we interview Central’s Young Adult Librarian, Neda, about YA horror as well as JMRL’s Circulation Manager, Brittany, about the Food for Fines food drive.

Know of a haunted place you want to visit? Don’t forget to check out JMRL’s new Ghost Hunting Kit!

Love reading books set in Charlottesville? Check out Nancy Drew’s Hidden Window Mystery.

Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

Darcy Coates

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

Dead Mall by Adam Cesare

Your Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer

The list of the books mentioned in our Young Adult Horror Book Cover Art segment: 

The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain

Saga of Darren Shaw by Darren Shan

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie

Clown in  a Cornfield Adam Cesare

Gallant V.E. Schwab

Wilder Girls Rory Power

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Here are the books mentioned in this episode’s Readers Advisory Corner:

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefluer

Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events.

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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This episode features several JMRL staff and patrons talking about their earliest memories when it comes to music and giving recommendations for books written by famous musicians. Don’t forget to check out the American Library Association’s list of most banned books in the 2000s. Miranda and I are sure going to miss Abby and EJ but we’re both thrilled to be here!

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Here is a list of books mentioned:

Here is a list of artists mentioned:

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com.

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This episode features several JMRL staff talking about their reading experiences of 2023, and outlining a few reading resolutions for 2024. If you aren’t already familiar with Libby, be sure to check it out. A completely free and user-friendly app (and webpage) for reading eBooks and listening to electronic audio books, Libby is a fan favorite among JMRL librarians. 

Consider the questions posed to JMRL staff, and let us know how you would answer them by emailing [email protected]! 

One way to enhance your reading life is to make use of the What Do I Read Next? service offered by JMRL. After filling out the form with your preferences, JMRL librarians will hand-select titles that we believe you will love! 

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else related to the podcast or JMRL. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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This episode features several JMRL staff talking about what they love about Manga and Anime, there’s even more to the conversation with a part two of this episode dropping with our next episode! Below are several Find It Lists to help you all find your next great Manga read! 

Manga: Young Adult (13-17 yr. old) 

Manga: Adult

Manga: Middle Grade

If you can’t find a particular title that you would love to read, please fill out the Suggest a Purchase form! Or if you would like a specific list crafted just for you please check out the What Do I Read Next? service offered by JMRL. 

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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Please participate in the Five Year Survey here!

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This episode features book club members from two of our longstanding book clubs: the Brown Baggers book club and Books on Tap book club. Brown Baggers meets on the third Thursday of every month at noon, at the Central Library, and Books on Tap meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7 pm, at Beer Run. Both groups are open to all adults, and always happy to welcome new members! 

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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We’re pitching new podcast book club titles! Which book would you like to read along with us in our next Overbooked series?

101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg 

Vote here! 

Book chat titles:

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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Welcome to the 8th Season of On the Same Page!

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In today’s episode, we talk about a short story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour,” written and first published in 1894. We use the five C’s to dissect this very telling short story: 

Circumstance

Find the full of “The Story of an Hour” text here.

Mini book chats:

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

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Nedra’s books featured in JMRL Local Voices Collection: 

Nedra’s most highly recommended publishing resources:

More from the JMRL collection: 

Other episode mentions: 

As always, please email [email protected] with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends, you can head to their website. 

Sound effects & music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com