The Book Drop

On the latest episode of the New Title Drop Michelle, Angela and Melanie debate the age old autumnal question of apples vs pumpkins and share their picks for titles to check out this month.

Check out this month's titles and place holds here.

Check in with us on the first Tuesday of every month to hear about books we think you should be excited about. 

This week on The Book Drop we talk about best concerts we've been to, check in on the OPL Reading Challenge with books about music and create our personalized fauxchella lineups for query of the week. 

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Mysterious Codes: Passenger Manifest Letters and Numbers (Virtual Program) | Thursday, October 12, 5 – 6PM
• Using Your Known DNA Matches to Further Your Research | Saturday, October 21, 2 – 3PM | Genealogy & Local History Room
• Have a Blast in the Past! | Friday, October 27, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM |Genealogy & Local History Room 

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

See and answer the next query of the week here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

This week on The Book Drop the chapel bells are ringing as we talk about weddings in books. We also share the best food we've had at wedding celebration for query of the week. 

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: A Panel Discussion | Sunday, September 24, 2023 | 3:00PM – 4:00PM | Community Engagement Center @ UNO
• Scary Stories After Dark | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Friday, October 06 | Benson Branch

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

Checkout and share your answer to the next query of the week here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

This week on The Book Drop we challenge ChatGPT to a ref off, talk about uploading our consciousnesses to the cloud and nominate our favorite robots for world leader for query of the week. 

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Omaha Reads kicks off in September. Join OPL and fellow community members for programming around this year's title, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
  • See all the Omaha Reads programming here. 
• DIY Picture Book family program | Multiple locations in September & Octobe

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

Checkout and share your answer to the next query of the week here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

On the latest episode of the New Title Drop Anna, Melanie and Angela talk about getting through the last throes of summer and share their picks for titles to check out this month.
 
Check out this month's titles and place holds here.

Check in with us on the first Tuesday of every month to hear about books we think you should be excited about. 

This week on The Book Drop we discover which Barbie we are based on our reading interests, offer up book recommendations  for your favorite summer movies and talk about the best things we've seen on screen this year for query of the week. 

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Omaha Reads kicks off in September. Join OPL and fellow community members for programming around this year's title, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
  • See all the Omaha Reads programming here. 
• DIY Picture Book family program | Multiple locations in September & October

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

Checkout and share your answer to the next query of the week here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

This week on The Book Drop we moonlight as advice columnists, play a game with some 1-star book reviews and share the best advice we've received for query of the week.

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Seed Saving: San Marzano Tomatoes | Saturday, August 25, 2-4pm | Charles B. Washington Branch 
• Tosca Lee Author Visit | Tuesday, August 29th, 6pm | Willa Cather Branch
• DIY Picture Book family program | Multiple locations in September & October

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

Checkout and share your answer to the next query of the week here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

This week on The Book Drop we discuss the end of summer, check in with the OPL Reading Challenge with books about mental health and talk about things that make our brains happy for query of the week.

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Tosca Lee Author Visit | Tuesday, August 29th, 6pm | Willa Cather Branch

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

The next query of the week is... "What's the best advice you've ever received?"
Share your answer here --> https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

This week on The Book Drop we're joined by OPL's Arts & Culture Librarian Holly to talk about short stories, essays and explore a few literary awakenings from our youth.

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:

• Researching Nebraska Land Records (Virtual) | Thursday, August 17,  5 – 6PM
• Friends of Omaha Public Library  Book Sales | Every Thursday and the first Saturday of every month from 10AM - 3PM, except holidays. 

All the books, movies, TV shows and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here.

Check out the next query of the week here...  https://bit.ly/BookDropQuery

On the latest New Title Drop we talk about our favorite reads of the year (so far) and Melanie and Angela share their picks for titles to look this month.

Check out this month's titles and place holds here.

Check in with us on the first Tuesday of every month to hear about books we think you should be excited about.