Rachel is back from vacation and Laura is getting ready to take one - so this month they're telling you about everything they read or plan to read during their time off. Spoiler Alert: Rachel read multiple books!

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

*also mentioned: Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

Assistant to the Villain and Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

*also mentioned: Nimona by ND Stevenson

The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst

*also mentioned: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Somewhere beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

*also mentioned: The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Veitor

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

The Encyclopedia of Household Hints and Budget Stretches by Michael Gore

The Swifts: a Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln

*also mentioned: The Swifts: a Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

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Rachel and Laura celebrate 3 years of podcasting together and spend some time chatting with their new director, Jon Gaskill!

Find out which books Rachel and Laura look the most forward to this fall season! The mantra of this fall for both of them is "I know it's only temporary."

Keep an eye on our event calendar for upcoming programming. We're in flux with construction, so there may be other locations for programs you're familiar with.

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph Wright

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

UPWORTHY Good People: Stories from the Best of Humanity by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell

Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune

City in Glass Nghi Vo

Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals--a Lifetime of Family Friends and Food by Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George

The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore

Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

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With no guest and no topic in mind, Laura and Rachel set a timer, determined not to edit this month's podcast, and are just as surprised as you may be at how it worked!

This month, we discussed:

Extasia by Claire Legrand

Wilder Girls by Claire Legrand

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Sarah's Scribbles Aging Millennial Humor comic Laura referenced

Seek App--It's free!

The Wabash Carnegie Public Library building will be closed on July 4th! Please join us Saturday, July 6th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM for an Independence Day parade and block party for kids.

Rachel finally gets her wish this month as The Bookmark welcomes one of her absolute dream teams, WCPL's own Leah, Peighton, and Madelyne, to the pod! We're previewing summer reading and bringing you absolute chaos.

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE: Special Guests at the YMCA are Wednesdays at 9:00 AM, except for Jeannie B! Her performance is on Tuesday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM.

This month, we talked about:

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman--Pick up a kit for your child while supplies last!

What Time The Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley (who is 86!)

Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler

Effie Olsen's Summer Special by Rochelle Bilow

Legends and Lattes and Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Three Keys by Laura Pritchett

Sunhead by Alex Assan

A Farewell to Arfs by Spencer Quinn

The Block Party by Jamie Day

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens

Every Time You Go Away by Abigail Johnson

The Scenic Route by Katie Ruggle

The Stardust Grail by Yumi Kitasei

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea and A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis

Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guests, Leah, Peighton, and Madelyne.

This month, Laura and Rachel are joined by Wabash County Museum Director, Teresa Galley, to celebrate the preservation of our local history and the importance of storytelling! They're also giving you historical fiction recommendations.

This month we played Stump the Librarians with your book requests from social media. Have more requests for us? DM us or stop by the library and we'll do our best to find the book you're looking for.

We were joined by former WCPL Technical Services Manager and current Huntington University Library Assistant Bethany for this month's episode.

Chet and Bernie Mysteries by Spencer Quinn

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Book Corner

The Trojan Horse

How to Know a Person by David Brooks

Plato's Republic

Playing the Witch Card by K.J. Dell'Antonia

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Eclipse Information for Indiana

RichLyn Library at Huntington University

Nature Books:

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow

Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Streets

Memoirs:

Running With Scissors and Dry by Augusten Burroughs

Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham

Just Kids by Patti Smith

The Journals of Jim Elliot, edited by Elisabeth Elliot

Novels or Books Set in Wabash County

All American Industrial Hotel and Pig Boy's Wicked Bird by Doug Crandell

White Flag by Gene Stratton Porter

Colleen Coble's early works

Poetry:

Edna St. Vincent Millay's books

Joy Harjo's books

Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff

Bread and Circus by Airea Dee Matthews

Everything that Hurts Us Becomes a Ghost by Sage Ravenwood

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Dame Judi Dench

Crush and War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

Ocean Vuong's books

Elizabeth Acevedo's books

ADHD:

My Brain Is a Racecar by Nell Harris

My Brain Is Magic by Prasha Sooful

Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty

Hank Zipzer and Here's Hank by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt

Joey Pigza books by Jack Gantos

Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan

Books About Emotions:

Ploof by Ben Clanton

My Body Sends a Signal and Dealing with Feelings by Natalia Maguire

Ups and Downs by Mike Wohnoutka

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes

Grab and Go Storytime Kit: Feelings (available only at WCPL)

The Crayons' Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

My Little Box of Emotions boxed set by D.K. Publishing

In My Heart by Jo Witek

The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

Science Fiction Books...with Dragons:

Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

Crazy, Rich, Space Dragons: A Snarky Fated Mates Dragon Shifter Romance, Dragons Guide to Space Dating Book One by Michelle Ziegler

Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon

A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Twelfth Keeper by Belle Malory

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.

A special thank you to Bethany for coming back to talk to us on the podcast again and to the Wabash County Museum for hosting our recording during construction!

Laura never remembered what she was talking about and likely never will.

This month, Laura and Rachel are welcoming their dear friend and former WCPL librarian, Polly Howell, back to the pod for the FOURTH time! Polly is talking about her new job with the Wabash City Schools, her favorite recent children's books, and a lot more (as is usually the case when these three get together to chat).

Chet and Bernie Mysteries by Spencer Quinn

For the knitters: Laura's Eternal Sweater

How to Know a Person

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

Project F by Jeanne DuPrau

The Dark Lord's Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede

The Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons

When Sea Becomes Sky Gillian McDunn

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (and other Desperado Detectives books)

Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Pena

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels Beth Lincoln

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

The One and Only Ivan, The One and Only Ruby, The One and Only Bob AND The One and Only Family, all by Katherine Applegate

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Giver by Lois Lowry

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers

This Bridge Will Not Be Gray by Dave Eggers

The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

(Just read some books by Dave Eggers. He's fantastic and we love his books.)

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Ban this Book by Alan Gratz

Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King

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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Polly Howell.

This February, Rachel and Laura are turning the Month of Love on it's ear, bringing WCPL Library Assistant Savannah Neher in to talk about books where love goes horribly, terribly awry. (They also somehow end up in a heartwarming discussion about personal boundaries and loving yourself before you try to love anyone else.) All of this is in addition to information about our current building closure and more!

This episode, we discussed:

Chet and Bernie books by Spencer Quinn

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

The List by Yomi Adegoke

David Brooks' How to Know a Person: How to See Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Sadie and The Project by Courtney Summers

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw (also published as The 4:50 from Paddington) by Agatha Christie

The September House by Carissa Orlando

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

You by Caroline Kepnes

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge and Murder by Ann Rule

When She Returned by Lucinda Berry

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Louise Penny's books, always.

Board Game Shop Mysteries by C.J. Connor

Library Lovers Mysteries by Jen McKinlay

The Blue Ridge Library Mysteries by Victoria Gilbert

Beyond Obsession: The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly by Richard Hammer

Single on Purpose: Redefine Everything, Find Yourself First. by John Kim

Laura and Rachel are kicking off the new year with new reading goals AND preparing you for Winter Reading by recommending books for all ages, with a little help from former literature and communication teacher, Erin Sapusek. Though she left the classroom in 2023, Erin's passion for reading at all age levels makes her an expert in recommending books for all of your people this winter!

Book Bundles discussed in this episode:

Books by Neil Gaiman

Mystery Books

Connecting to other generations

Human Connection

Puzzle Books

Books by Jason Reynolds

Books About Grief

Books About Dragons

Sportsball Books

Random Space Books

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