The Mulberry Book Drop

By City of Mulberry

Checkout the Mulberry Public Library's monthly podcast for library programs, book reviews, and general library information. The Mulberry Public Library is located in Mulberry, Polk County, Florida. We... more

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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.

The Mulberry Book Drop episodes:

October 18, 2022 Is THIS love?
"Read outside of your comfort zone", we said. We took our own advice this year and today Sarah and Bethany tackle contemporary romance.

Gen Z is driving sales of romance books article from NPR.

Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform. Tell us which Colleen Hoover title we should start with!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry

The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas

The Friend Zone Series by Abby Jimenez

No Judgements by Meg Cabot

No Offense by Meg Cabot

The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Movies mentioned in this episode:

Shrek

A Star is Born

What are we reading:

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

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40min
September 20, 2022 A Podcast about Podcasts!
Some of you are podcast pros, while others are new to the space. Several of you keep asking what we like to listen to, so this month we take a moment to share our first listens, our fan favorites, and what we've found lately with you. Tune in to find out, but remember to subscribe to The Mulberry Book Drop while you are here!
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform. Tell us what podcast you think we would try.
Podcasts Mentioned in the Episode:
American History Storytellers
History Unplugged
All Things Considered
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories
Cold
Criminal
The Moth
Serial
Someone Knows Something
Drama Queens
Bad With Money With Gaby Dunn
Wild Things: Siegfried and Roy
Marlon and Jake Read Dead People
Overdue
What Should I Read Next?
You’re Wrong About
Sweet Bobby
Crime Junkie
Counterclock
Strict Scrutiny
Morbid
The Korean Vegan
She Reads Truth
Books Mentioned in the Episode:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Dune by Frank Herbert
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
What We Are Reading Now:
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
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37min
August 16, 2022 Books Explained Badly: Trivia Challenge!
This month Sarah challenges Bethany's book memory with a trivia game she calls, Books Explained Badly! Tune in and see if you can guess them before Bethany does!
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform. We would love to have you challenge us by sending along your own book explained badly.
Books Mentioned in the Episode:
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Best. State. Ever. by Dave Barry
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Safest Lie by Megan Miranda
I’ll Never Tell by Abigail Haas
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon & David Yoon
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What We Are Reading Now:
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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35min
July 19, 2022 Save the Drama for Your Mama
Genre options in literature have grown over the years. We no longer have to choose between classics vs. modern, or mystery vs. romance. It is fun to see all the options available to readers. Tune in and find out what Bethany recently learned her preferred genre is.
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform. We would love to know what your favorite genre is and what book you think we need to add to our reading lists!
Books & Movies Mentioned in the Episode:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Hentai Kamen movie
It’s a Wonderful Life movie
Final Destination movie
Fable by Adrienne Young
Doc Martin TV Series
Elementary TV Series
Yellowstone TV Series
Murder, She Wrote DVD
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
What We Are Reading Now:
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
The Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
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31min
June 21, 2022 Outliers and... Sharknado?
*Sincere apologies for this episodes audio. It sounds like Bethany is on a Zoom call, but we were in the same room! We WILL get this worked out and we thank you for understanding. Enjoy the episode!
Tune in and talk with us about OUTLIERS! We all love things other folks will simply never understand and vice versa. Please let us know what you think about the collection of outliers we selected for todays chat.
Always remember, "Reading is reading. If you like it, read it!"
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform.
Books & Movies Mentioned in the Episode:
Mannix television series
Bosch: Legacy Series
50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Divergent by Veronica Roth
A Christmas Story
The Fast and the Furious franchise
The Lion King
Sharknado franchise
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
The Matrix franchise
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Final Destination franchise
Dawson’s Creek
Beverly Hills 90210 (the original!)
What We Are Reading Now:
Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
The Counselors by Jessica Goodman
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
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38min
May 17, 2022 Classics... Retold
We’re back! Welcome to season 2 of The Mulberry Book Drop! Today we chat about the retelling of classics. Books, movies… we’d love to know what your favorites are.
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
FDR Goes to War by Anita Folsom and Burton W. Folsom Jr.
Author Amy E. Herman
10 Things I Hate About You - Movie
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – Movie
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Dorothy Must Die Series by Danielle Paige
Sherlock – TV series
Lady Sherlock Series – Sherry Thomas
Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
You’re So Dead by Ash Parsons
One by One by Ruth Ware
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
What We Are Reading Now:
Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Downton Abbey – TV Series
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
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29min
April 19, 2022 OUR Favorites of Season One!
We are closing out SEASON ONE with Sarah and Bethany's favorite things! Tune in and find out what COHS is, which national holiday falls on April 19, 2022, what our favorite thing to find IN a book is, and so much more!
To take the 'Are You Ready' survey for COHS, visit fl.careeronlinehs.org
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back Again by Andrea Barber
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Friends: The Official Cookbook by Amanda Yee
What We Are Reading Now:
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
...more
34min
March 15, 2022 Name Your Heroine
Today we struggle with our email address and talk about books that celebrate some amazing women. Happy National Women’s History Month and Happy Reading!
Contact us at [email protected] or on your favorite social media platform.
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Firebird by Misty Copeland
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
It’s Not Supposed to be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Educated by Tara Westover
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
What We Are Reading Now:
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Best. State. Ever. by Dave Barry
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
...more
31min
February 15, 2022 Dear Romance...
Many consider February the month of love. That means Bethany and Sarah get a chance to talk about the genre they understand the least! Join us as we explore the loveable world of romance books!
Contact us at [email protected] or on social media.
Books Mentioned in this Episode Include:
The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1) by Julia Quinn
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Sweet Magnolias Series by Sherryl Woods
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Pachinko Min Jin Lee
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason
The Bradford Sisters Series by Becky Wade
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris
House of Night Series P.C. Cast
Vampire Academy Series by Kristin Cast
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
What We Are Reading Now:
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Will by Will Smith
A Gentle Answer by Scott Sauls
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
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27min
January 18, 2022 New Year, More Books!
Happy New Year readers! Tune in and chat with us about Resolutions vs. Goals AND find out how much money Bethany saved by using the library in 2021!
Contact us at [email protected] or on social media.
Books Mentioned in this Episode Include:
Double Love by Francine Pascal
Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine
Reading People by Anne Bogel
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson
Forgiving What You Can’t Forget by Lysa TerKeurst
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
*Intro/Outro Music: Ketsa-FunkBox
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27min

FAQs about The Mulberry Book Drop:

How many episodes does The Mulberry Book Drop have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.