The Library Laura Podcast

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura shares the books she read in April 2021. From graphic novels to middle grade books, murder mysteries to YA to historical fiction, we've got a lot to talk about today! I'd love to hear if you had a stand-out book from April, or if one of the books that I talked about today struck your fancy.

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Hello and welcome to a special Mother's Day episode of The Library Laura Podcast, your week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm. Today's guest is author Jodi Meltzer, here to talk about her precious children's book, "When You Lived in My Belly." When I found out this book, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to talk about it with you all today. We have a great chat about the delights and dilemmas of motherhood, as well as swapping some book recommendations for both Jodi and her 11-year-old son!

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On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is Laura Hyppolite, the author of a poetry anthology about culture, immigration, and identity called "Ordinary." Laura and her family immigrated from Haiti to America when she was eight years old and that experience helped inspire the poetry she finally gets to share with readers! She and I discuss poetry, writing, language learning, and swap some great book recommendations.

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One year ago I bought a microphone and decided to launch an experimental project called The Library Laura Podcast. We were about a month into the pandemic and I was unemployed and searching for what God would have me do next. Twelve months later, I've shared 52+ episodes, given and received tons of book recommendations, and talked to plenty of amazing people.

Today's episode is a little bit different and lots of fun. My husband, Ryan, kindly agreed to come on as a co-host and interview me. Podcast listeners and guests submitted question for me to answer. Tune in for the answers to all the questions below, and check out the booklist for all the books I talked about in the process!

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Today's guest is Author Reyna Marder Gentin, and we'll be talking about her book, "My Name is Layla" which is a story about a middle schooler who discovers she has dyslexia. Reyna also writes women's fiction legal thrillers; her first book is Unreasonable Doubts and her upcoming book is called Both Are True. Reyna enjoys reading books that have emotional pull and resonance, so we enjoyed swapping some middle grade and adult book recommendations.

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Welcome to this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm. Have you ever wondered who narrates your audiobooks? Well, today we get to talk to Paul Gewuerz about his experience doing just that. Then, a few years ago, Paul took his experience as a freelance audiobook narrator to start telling personalized stories through his business Made To Order Audio. We talked about audiobook narration, character voicing, telling stories, what non-fiction and historical fiction have to teach us, and what Paul enjoys listening to while renovating their 100-year-old home into an Airbnb.

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On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, your host Laura shares the books she read in March 2021. They include #middlegrademarch, mysteries, recommendations from friends, books with Persian and Scheherazade-style storytelling, and some thought-provoking non-fiction. I'd love to hear about what you've been reading!

Big Kid Book Club Episodes: March 2021 Monthly Chat and Mid-Week Review of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

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Welcome to this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm! You may remember my sister, Rachel, who was our guest on Episodes 8 and 9. Rachel is currently in graduate school at Notre Dame pursuing her doctorate in analytical chemistry. She's the perfect co-host today for this great interview with Dr. Stephanie Ryan. Dr. Ryan the author of "Let's Learn About Chemistry" which is a board book designed to help parents introduce basic chemistry concepts to their children through the "one of these things is not like the other" game. She is on Instagram @letslearnaboutscience. Stephanie has a strong background in chemistry and biology and enjoys applying her background to develop superior educational products. She is also interested in how mathematics and science intertwine. She earned her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences with a focus on Chemistry Education.

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Here to join us on this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm is Marcus Henson. Marcus is the host and producer of the Big Kids Book Club Podcast, where they are adults who talk about Middle Grade and YA books they love to read. We are so excited to be doing some collaboration between our two podcasts. He'll share how the podcast got started and we'll swap some great book recommendations. You can also tune into the March 17th episode to hear me give a guest mid-week review on The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and then March 26th I get to join Marcus, Rab and Emma for their end of the month bookish chat about Fantasy books.

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On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Library Laura Podcast host, Laura, breaks down the books she read in February 2021. From recommendations from friends and book club books, to ALAYMA award winners and books popular on Instagram, we've got a lot of books to chat about today.

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