On The Same Page

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode:  1:20 – Abby’s book chat pick: Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding 7:12 – EJ’s book chat pick: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani 15:17 – Reader’s Advisory Corner: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus  20:19 – Overbooked (podcast … Continue reading S.6 E.6 — Into the Folly →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 2:03 – Summer reading update  4:35 – Louisa library spotlight  21:00 – Coming up at JMRL (6/25-7/8/22)   Little Did You Know: have you seen our “Newly Received Items” lists? Go to jmrl.org → Hover over the “Online Resources” tab → … Continue reading S.6 E.5 — “I call it my salvation” →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 2:00 – Splash into summer reading with book recommendations  15:40 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 7-9 46:37 – Coming up at JMRL (6/11-6/24/22)   Play along with our #PodcastScavengerHunt! This week, check out this summer reading book … Continue reading S.6 E.4 — This is the KISS Chapter →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 2:12 – Abby shares about Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson  Read alike: River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke 6:06 – EJ shares about Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel  Read alike: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 11:00 – … Continue reading S.6 E.3 — Big Fairy Tale Vibes →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 1:27 – EJ shares about Truly, Madly by Stephen Galloway 9:45 – Abby shares about The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 14:02 – Interview with Brianne Kirkpatrick, founder of Watershed DNA 21:49 – Interview with … Continue reading S.6 E.2 — Introducing Our Podcast Book Club, “Overbooked” →

We started our episode by talking about reading:  Abby read Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert  EJ read To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn  Mark your calendars for the 4th Annual How-To Festival at Central Library! The Festival takes place from 10-1 on Saturday, May 14.  In this episode, we talked … Continue reading S.6 Ep.1 — Where New Might Meet You →

Susan shares with our listeners about the book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffin. Find out a ton more about Kevin’s work, and even connect with him directly through free Zoom classes, by visiting his website.  We also talked about our own reading:  Abby read Inferno: a Memoir … Continue reading S.5 Ep.9 — How Should We Be In This Life? →

In this episode, local parenting experts and advocates, and mental health professionals, joined forces to share warmth and wisdom for those of us parenting through the pandemic. Not a parent? No problem. You will still benefit from the discussions on self-care, recognizing ourselves as experts of our own experiences, and what it means for us … Continue reading S.5 Ep.8 — Parenting Through the Pandemic →

In this episode, I talked to YA author Traci Chee about her book We Are Not Free, JMRL’s Same Page selection for 2022. We talked about Traci’s personal connection to the novel and how it was to create, write, and imagine the 14 teens who serve as narrators and protagonists. If you haven’t already read … Continue reading S.5 Ep. 7 — “We Are Not Free.” →

In this episode, we talked to Barbra about her life of reading, from her earliest days, to reading in the midst of our current pandemic and racial reckoning. She shared about a few of her favorite books, and taught us how to answer the age-old question, “what should I read next?”. Barbra’s solution? Networking.  Barbra … Continue reading S. 5 Ep. 6 — “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” →