Reading with Libraries Podcast

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Angie: A Darker Shade of Magic, by V. E. Schwab. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website. Check out this episode!

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Lydia: Deep River, by Shusaku Endo. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website. Check out this episode!

Welcome to a special Election Day episode of Book Bites from the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange! We love voting, and support everyone's right to go vote for the candidates of your choice. And we encourage you to remind your candidates and elected officials how valuable libraries are to your community! All candidates and elected officials should be library supporters; we are an amazing investment for our communities. They just need to know what we need. This election season has been hard on everyone, and we are all tired of hearing the negativity. It's so unnecessary, and we are very suspicious of political candidates who try to win by encouraging us to turn on each other. Their personal short-term gains are detrimental to us all. So today we are going to share a few books on elections and voting – not covering the entire world of elections, which would be impossible in less than five minutes – but to get you started on your own reading and your own thinking. You don't have to read these books, but we encourage you to read some good books. We are an information literacy profession, and always encourage you to not blindly accept information but to dig in and think through ideas with good resources. Never take for granted that you have this precious right and responsibility. If you have not yet voted today, please do so! In Minnesota you can register at the polls on Election Day, and your voice matters. If you are listening after Election Day, no worries the next one is a short two years away. You have plenty of time to get registered, talk to candidates, and make smart, reasoned decisions for yourself. Go Vote!

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Leigh Lenzmeier: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Angie: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Mary: Seven Days of Us, by Francesca Hornak Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Lydia: The Rice Mother, by Rani Manicka. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our library and leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! This week Leigh Lenzmeier shares Walking Point: A Vietnam Memoir, by Robert Kunkel "Bob Kunkel grew up in a large, Catholic family on a dairy farm in central Minnesota. Although he was older than some draftees, at 22, he was still young and relatively innocent. But not for long. Kunkel recounts his experiences with so much detail that the reader can feel and smell the steamy jungle. He brings you right along with him. His story is much more than a collection of details, however. His military experience was largely mundane routine, spiced with dramatic and dangerous moments and anecdotal incidents, recounted with a dry sense of humor. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster of a read."

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Angie: Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.

Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today's book is from Bethany, and is Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our website.