Overdue

Rachel gives thoughts on a recent read and picks a challenged book. BDP Library launches something new!

Music Credits

Block Party by Bad Snacks

64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Seagull by Everet Almond

John reviews another book and provides multiple updates from the library.

 

Music Credits

Block Party by Bad Snacks

64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Seagull by Everet Almond

To begin the second season of Overdue, John and Rachel share the highlights of their summer and plans for the library in the upcoming year. Listen in to see if they held up on the summer reading challenge!

 

Music Credits

Block Party by Bad Snacks

64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Seagull by Everet Almond

John and Rachel close out the first season of Overdue with what they enjoyed about the podcast and plans for next season along with a summer challenge.

John and Rachel offer up personal recommendations of books that twist and thrill and celebrate Money Smart Week with a local entrepreneur. They finish the episode with various titles on money.

 

Books Mentioned: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, One of Us is Lying, Where the Crawdads Sing, Those Who Wish Me Dead, City of Saints and Thieves, Confessions of a Scholarship Winner, How to Graduate Debt-Free, 1001 Ways to Pay for College, Personal and Public Debt, Jackpot, The Perfect Escape, Living Well: Spending Less

John and Rachel discuss a genre of fiction that’s not quite as boring as it may often seem and sit down with one of the most intriguing guests to date as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month with a distinguished, published poet.

 

Books Mentioned: Salt to the Sea, Valiant, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Dangerous Alliance, Like a Love Story, Lord of the Flies, Jane Eyre, Villette, Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers, Honeybee, Pillow Thoughts, Forever Words

In this episode, John and Rachel highlight titles that resemble the top of their spring bucket list and speak with a guest who has played the role of White House student, teacher, administrator, and more. Listen in for books selected in honor of a founding father. 

 

Books Mentioned: The Sun and Her Flowers, Grass (GN), Woven in Moonlight, Hamilton, Fault Lines in the Constitution (GN), You Call This Democracy?

In this episode, John reconnects with a familiar friend and chats with the team that keeps the library running. Listen in for the books that will get you geared up for testing season. 

 

Books Mentioned

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed (GN), Where the Crawdads Sing, The Vanishing Half, Kite Runner, Skyhunter

In this late-to-air episode, John talks about romance novels and Black History Month.

Books Mentioned:

Not Your #Lovestory, Heartstopper (GN), Instant Karma, The Life of Frederick Douglass (GN), A Promised Land, Courage to Soar, The Mamba Mentality, Track (series), Long Way Down (and GN), Miles Morales, Stamped

John tries to figure out if he’s in a mid-life crisis while he highlights books about hair and recognizes some award-winning titles.  He also learns a little about what it means to be a school librarian.

 

Check out the ALA Youth Media Awards!

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/booklovers/youth-media-awards

 

Books Mentioned

Hairspray (DVD), The Hairdresser of Harare, Hot Comb, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, Sad is Untrue (a true story), Apple: Skin to the Core, Dragon Hoops, We Are Not Free, If These Wings Could Fly, The Black Kids, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh