This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! This week we look at Olmsted county. It is one of four counties in Minnesota that does not have any natural lakes; read a book about deserts. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! This week we look at one of our very lovely counties: Lake! This county contains the unincorporated area of Castle Danger. Experience the fun yourself when you read a book with a castle or a big building this week. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! Today our prompt is inspired by Cass County! This county is located in north-central Minnesota and includes Leech Lake. This prompt is inspired by Lewis Cass (1782–1866), senator from Michigan (1845–1857) and United States Secretary of State (1831–1836); read a book set in Michigan or with a Michigander character. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! Today our prompt is inspired by Carlton County! This county is located in the northeast part of the state and includes Moose Lake and Cloquet. In October 1918, an immense forest fire occurred, known as the Cloquet Fire, started here; read a book about fires of any sort. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! This week we look at Nobles county. This county contains the unincorporated area Reading; so we suggest you read a book about books or libraries. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! Today our prompt is inspired by Mahnomen County! This county is located north of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and near Itasca State Park. This county is named from the Ojibwe word meaning "wild rice" Read a book that mentions rice, or another comfort food. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! Today our prompt is inspired by Lincoln County! This county is located on Minnesota's southwestern border, and is named after Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865). We want you to read a book that involves honesty (or a lack of it). We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This week we look at Freeborn county. This county has the H. A. Paine House, a 1898 Queen Anne house; to celebrate that we suggest you read a book about royalty. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all – including a nice book – Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are taking a small detour from our usual book group structure to look at some of the pop culture going on around us. And of course: we share related books! As we always do: grab your book, grab a beverage, and maybe get your streaming subscription warmed up because you are going to want to see this! We are going to share some books about interesting women, as well as chatting about the movie and other interesting things! Check our full show notes here, for links to the books we share today. Thanks so much for joining us today! We like pop culture, we like movies, and we really like to talk about books. We'll be back next week with another summer movie, to help you get ready with all the best books!

We are taking a small detour from our usual book group structure to look at some of the pop culture going on around us. And of course: we share related books! As we always do: grab your book, grab a beverage, and maybe get your streaming subscription warmed up because you are going to want to see this! Whether you are a fan of LeBron James, basketball, Loony Tunes, or just fun summertime movies, this is your week! Join us as we chat about space books. You can find our full show notes page here, with assorted information and links to the books we share this week.