The Library Laura Podcast

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura shares the dozen books she read in September! From middle grade graphic novels to stranger-than-fiction historical non-fiction, from romance to sci-fi fantasy there's a lot of good books here!

Come tell me what you read and enjoyed in September at @library.laura!

Check out the book list (affiliate link) and bonus content & photos in the podcast blog post.

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura shares the dozen books she read in September! From middle grade graphic novels to stranger-than-fiction historical non-fiction, from romance to sci-fi fantasy there's a lot of good books here!

Come tell me what you read and enjoyed in September at @library.laura!

Check out the book list (affiliate link) and bonus content & photos in the podcast blog post.

A short reflection on my year of being on bookstagram and starting the podcast 6 months ago. Visit the giveaway post on @library.laura between now and October 4th at 9 p.m. central for your change to win a book!

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is my local friend and book enthusiast, Josiah Duff. Josiah's hard to put in a box and wears many hats, everything from project manager to hip hop artist. He's driven, creative, and deep. He enjoys reading and writing non-fiction, especially about faith and personal development. I love how his reading style is so different from mine! and I'm excited to share with you his thoughts and ideas today.

Josiah on instagram @brosiah_duff

KingdomWired Blog

Laura on Instagram @library.laura

Bookshop.org book list (affiliate link)

Podcast Blog (with book links and bonus content)

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is Ruth Mitchell, the author of Deleted, which is YA science fiction. We met through Instagram, then she sent me copy of her book to read and review. Today we swap book recommendations, discuss the publishing process, and talk about her life as a reader and a writer. She even gives me a "what Jane Austen book should you read next" quiz!

Ruth @literally.ruth.mitchell

Ruth's website

Buy Deleted on Bookshop or Amazon (affiliate link)

Laura @library.laura

Book list (affiliate link)

Podcast Blog

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura interviews AJ Vanderhorst, the author of The Mostly Invisible Boy (Casey Grimes series #1), which is a middle grade fantasy adventure. Tune in for book recommendations and more about AJ's reading and writing life.

Bookshop.org episode book list (affiliate link)

AJ's website/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

The Mostly Invisible Boy book

@Library.Laura

Podcast Blog

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura shares the 19 books she read in August! From middle grade graphic novels to ya sports stories, historical fiction, to poetry and romance, there's a lot of good books here. So let's dive right in!

@Library.Laura on Instagram

Bookshop.org book list (affiliate link)

The Library Laura Podcast Blog

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, we talk with Kris Dersch. She's a librarian and mom, reader and writer from the Seattle area. Find her on instagram @noextrawords, which is how we became friends. There are so many good books I've discovered because of her! I am so excited to share her behind-the-scenes stories and great book recommendations with you. We had a lot to talk about, so buckle up and let's dive right in.

@noextrawords

Kris's blog

No Extra Words podcast

Seatbelts Everyone podcast

@library.laura

Library Laura Podcast blog

Bookshop.org booklist (affiliate link)

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, I interviewed Kaitlyn Krauss, a 13-year-old avid reader and the creator of Novelann. Novelann is a Christian book review website for kids and middle grade books that Kaitlyn started after she and her mom experienced difficulty finding good books for her to read. We swap book recommendations, and it's a great time!

Library Laura Podcast Blog

Novelann website

Novelann Bookshop

Laura's Bookshop - books from today's episode

Laura on Instagram

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, I talked with my dear friend Jewel Gilbert. This is the second part of our conversation, so if you missed part one, go back to episode 18 to catch up. We'll wait!

One of the things I love about Jewel is how much of a good listener she is, asking good questions and being supportive as I work things out verbally. You'll get a little taste of that today. We talk about my little free library, instagram and this podcast, reading diversely, and our shared struggles of learning about systemic racism and what to do about it. I found this conversation so hopeful, and it's an important dialog.

Podcast Blog

Booklist

Laura on Instagram

Jewel on Instagram