Reading with Libraries Podcast

Welcome back to our book group podcast: Reading with Libraries! This week we are discussing African American Fiction. We discuss different genres of books each week, which is both fun and useful to library people doing Reader's Advisory work. There are so many book genres out there that it's tough to be an expert on all of them. So we pick a new genre each week to chat about and hopefully provide you with some insight into what may be an unfamiliar genre! We want this to be fun – like a book group! And beverages are an important part of any book group. As we start each episode, we will be enjoying our beverages; and as you – the listener – are also members of this book group, you should also have a beverage! Our book group is very inclusive; there are no "right" or "wrong" books here! We just like to read and chat about books, and want you to share what you are reading too! All of us will take away at least a title or two that we want to read at the end of our time together! Stream this episode here! Or, subscribe using any podcast app; search for Reading With Libraries. Check out our full information page here, for all the beverages, resources to find more biography ideas, and books we discussed today. Do you want to be a supporter of the Reading With Libraries book group? Join us on Patreon! Office Office Dog, Lady Grey, appreciates your support for her treats! (We appreciate your support to pay podcast costs!)

Welcome to this week's edition of the book group! This week our Guest Host is Kelly Kraemer, from College of St. Ben's and St. John's University. These books are the ones that touch people's lives, and touch the fears they have. When society seems scary around us, reading dystopian fiction increases because people want to see how things can go wrong. After the 2016 elections, sales of dystopian fiction increased dramatically. Fiction can help us put things into perspective, and hopefully there is a happy ending that we can all aspire to! Check out all our information on our show notes page. Our beverages, book information, and books we share are all here. Grab a beverage, browse for book ideas, and let's talk books! 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.

It's summer time! So you probably miss school, or thinking about school This week we talk about school-based fiction, and all the fun books that take place in schools. Whether you loved school, or barely survived your last semester, there will be something you can relate to and enjoy in the books we share! Check out our full information page here, for all the beverages, resources to find more biography ideas, and books we discussed today. Do you want to be a supporter of the Reading With Libraries book group? Join us on Patreon! Office Office Dog, Lady Grey, appreciates your support for her treats! (We appreciate your support to pay podcast costs!)

Thanks to our Guest Host this week: Lydia, from Great River Public Library system! This week we spend time focusing directly on looking at people, rather than just books. It is always interesting to read a well-done biography, because learning about people's lives can give us so many ideas for ourselves. They can be inspiring; they can be horrifying. They can help us to improve ourselves because we are excited by what the subject did; they can encourage us to improve our own lives by seeing the terrible things some subjects have created or survived. There is always something to take from a biography, so they are going to be interesting to read! Check out our full information page here, for all the beverages, resources to find more biography ideas, and books we discussed today. Do you want to be a supporter of the Reading With Libraries book group? Join us on Patreon! Office Office Dog, Lady Grey, appreciates your support for her treats! (We appreciate your support to pay podcast costs!)

Travel is good for us. We see new places, we meet new people, we try new foods – and in all of it we probably realize how connected we are to everything else. Travel lets you explore and broaden your mind. It lets you fill your brain with good (and bad) memories. This week we explore some new places, read about adventures, and enjoy dreaming about vacations we might take! Check out our full information page here, where you can find all our beverages, links to the books we read, and links to the resources we share to help you find even more travel books. Join our Patreon, and help to support the show! We need your help to keep producing new content each week - and of course, to help keep Lady Grey in treats! (Click on our page to check out our Official Office Dog - she's adorable!) We want to build a nice community of readers, and you can be part of that. For $1 a month, $5 a month, or whatever amount fits the rewards you need, we are ready to welcome you to the community!

There is a lot to know about poetry, but don't be discouraged! We'll quickly share a few tips for beginners interested in getting started reading poetry. This week our guest hosts are Annie and Abby from the Great River Regional Library System. Check out our full page for all the information we discussed, including beverages and links to books. Are you a full book group members? Join our Patreon community, help support the show, and get access to our behind-the-scenes stories!

Mysteries are always fun!! If you like to solve puzzles, and figure it all out before the solution is revealed – these are for you! If you like to just coast along with the story and enjoy the reveal – these are for you too! This week we are discussing Mysteries! We are pleasedto welcome returning Guest Host Ariel Kirst from St Cloud Public Library, Great River Library System. Check out our full page with all the information: themed beverages, books, and suggestions for more recommendations! Have you visited our Patreon page yet? Support the show, join the book group community we are building, and let Lady Grey know you value her contributions! At $1 a month contribution, we will send you a nice postcard signed by Mary, Angie, and Lady Grey. More rewards are available, based on your interests!

Welcome to our podcast Reading with Libraries! It's our first show of Season Two - and our first show with a fun new name, and first one hosted on a fun new server. So there are many fun things happening here!! And we are so excited to be back here chatting about books with you! Have you visited our Patreon page yet? Support the show, join the book group community we are building, and let Lady Grey know you value her contributions! At $1 a month contribution, we will send you a nice postcard signed by Mary, Angie, and Lady Grey. More rewards are available, based on your interests. This week we are discussing Picture Books! We are excited to welcome returning Guest Host Kelly Groth! Check out our full page with all the information: themed beverages, books, and suggestions for more recommendations! Picture Books are children's books that provide a "visual experience" - telling a story with pictures. There may or may not be text with the book. The content of the book, however, can be fully explained or illustrated with pictures. Note that picture books do not even need to tell stories - they might illustrate letters of the alphabet or numbers. A picture book may even tell a story entirely with illustrations. Many times, these books are published in a small size, something that children can actually hold in their small hands - these books are called hand-books. There are fun books for young, non-reading children to play with. Often, they can tell the story based on the illustrations, pretending to "read" the book.

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Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Historical Fiction books! We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and we support all types of libraries. This is our book group podcast, where we discuss different genres of books each week, while we all sit in our comfy chairs and drink our beverages. … Continue reading Episode 114: Historical Fiction →