Reread, Rewrite, Recommend

Our guest this month is Haley Shaw, the Youth Services Manager at the Muskingum County Library System.

Reread:

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Rewrite:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Recommend: Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers

Our RePod guest for March is Samantha Maxwell, the Human Resources Director at the Muskingum County Library System. She brought us a wide variety of titles and some wonderful stories.

Reread: Max and the Tagalong Moon by Floyd Cooper (Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Ohio registration)

Rewrite: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Recommend: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

Join us for a special episode of RePod as we talk about the commUNITYread book for 2023, A Princess Found by Princess Sarah Culberson, with Susan Straker Holdren, President and Executive Director of the J.W. And M.H. Straker Charitable Foundation. 

This month the RePod is joined by Lana Sauro, a Customer Service Assistant at our South Branch Library here at Muskingum County Library System. We talk about what perfume marketing, quilts, and some of the things that make our South Branch Library special!

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Enchanted Bay cozy mystery series - Esme Addison

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R Tolkien

The Diviners - Libba Bray

Berkley Street - Ron Ripley

Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

Forrest Gump - Winston Groom

The Twilight Series - Stephanie Meyer

Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper

The Watchmaker's Daughter - C. J. Archer

Find Where the Wind Goes - Mae Jemison

Mae Among the Stars - Roda Ahmed

Crafting books at your local library

This month the RePod is joined by Beverly Bell, the secretary of the Muskingum County Library System's Friends of the Library, and president of the Roseville branch of our Friends of the Library. We talk about what being a Friend is, what the Friends do and how they support the library, and what is without a doubt the best Dairy Queen in the state of Ohio.

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

- Savannah Secrets Series (Book 1: The Hidden Gate - Marlene Chase)

- The Lonesome Gods - Louis L'Amour

- Sackett's Land - Louis L'Amour

- The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams Bianco

- Deathwalker - Patrick Whalen

- Bid Time Return - Richard Matheson

- Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

- Witch Slapped - Dakota Cassidy

This month the RePod is joined by Katie Merritt, an Assistant Librarian in our Youth Services Department here at Muskingum County Library System. We talk about how summer reading went this year, hitting 2 MILLION MINUTES read as a community (still so hyped about this!!), and how youth services is organized via age range.

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

- The Cruel Prince - Holly Black

- Finn Family Moomintroll - Tove Jansson

- Red Hood - Elana K. Arnold

- The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St. James

- House of Salt and Sorrow - Erin A. Craig

- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers

Thank you all so much for being patient with me while I took a little break from the podcast. I'm back now, and more excited than ever to bring you readers advisory and information about libraries!

This month the RePod is joined by Kathy Kirkbride, a Customer Service Specialist for our Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library here at Muskingum County Library System. We talk about how branch locations are different from our main location, painting with coffee, and eagles!

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Every Breath - Nicholas Sparks

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Under the Tulip Tree - Michelle Shocklee

Diablo Mesa - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

This month the RePod is joined by Rachel Archeron, a Customer Service Associate here at Muskingum County Library System. We talk about what a CSA is doing in the youth services department, short stories, and camp songs!

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir

Lumberjanes - ND Stevenson

A Touch of Darkness - Scarlett St. Clair

Hang the Moon - Alexandria Bellefleur

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin

We've turned 1, listener! And to celebrate, this month Repod is (re)joined by Sean Fennell, the Marketing and Community Relations Director at Muskingum County Library System. We talk a little about how the year has been, future plans for the podcast, and absolutely no spoilers what-so-ever.

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Lady and the Highwayman - Sarah M. Eden

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls 1) - Deborah Harkness

Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra 1) - Michelle Sagara

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries 1) - Martha Wells

If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio

This month the RePod is joined by Sherry Nicholas, a Customer Service Associate here at Muskingum County Library System. We talk a little bit about what the heck tech services is, how a book get processed and added to the system, and some of Sherry's favorite authors!

For more information about MCLS, please visit us at muskingumlibrary.org

If you'd like to submit your own Reread, Rewrite, Recommend books, or if you have any library questions for our guest hosts, please email Sarah at [email protected]

Books mentioned in this episode:

Magic Hour - Kristin Hannah

The Witch Haven - Sasha Peyton Smith

The Klone and I - Danielle Steel

Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders

Kristin Hannah, Mary Kay Andrews (Hissy Fit), Brenda Novak (Summer on the Island) (Silver Springs series), Emily March, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Danielle Steel

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner