Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing one our favorite genres: Outdoors! Check out our full information page! Introduction 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 … Continue reading Episode 113: Outdoor →

Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Fantasy books! Many of you who like this genre will also be SciFi fans; so check out Episode 102 if you have not already heard it. Check out our full information page here, and get all the great drink recipes along with links to … Continue reading Episode 112: Fantasy →

Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Holidays! We love to celebrate, and take any opportunity to do so; and in this episode we look at all kinds of holidays and an associated book or two. We will all learn about new holidays and some new books – exploration and celebration … Continue reading Episode 111: Holidays →

Check out our full information page to get all the info on this episode. Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Children and YA books! This is definitely not a comprehensive look at all good books for these ages! We are sharing a few we like, and some resources you can … Continue reading Episode 110: Children's and YA books →

Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Graphic Novels! Check our full information page for more information! 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 … Continue reading Episode 109: Graphic Novels →

Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Humor books! Check out our full information page for recipes, drink pictures, and all the books from this episode. We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and we support all types of libraries. This is our book group podcast, where we discuss different … Continue reading Episode 108: Humor →

Introduction Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing LGBTQ books! Check out our full information page for more links, and all our nice beverages! 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 … Continue reading Episode 107: LGBTQ material →

Welcome, everyone, to Books and Beverages! This week we are discussing Occupational Fiction! What is this genre? It is all about people and the jobs they have – with a story unfolding around it. Get all the info, and our beverages, on our full information page! We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and … Continue reading Episode 106: Occupational fiction →

Who is joining us this week? Our regular hosts Angie and Mary are here. This week our guest host is Susan Schleper, from CentraCare Health hospital library in St. Cloud. This week we are discussing British fiction.

Who is joining our reading group this week? This week our guest host is Kelly Groth! This week we are discussing Thrillers! This is a genre that gets made into all kinds of popular movies or TV shows; so if you like pop culture material, and cross-format content – this is a good place to start! And this genre really overlaps well with many other genres, including horror (check back to our episode 103 from last week).