Professional Book Nerds

Today's episode is sponsored by Sourcebooks. We'll be interviewing children's author Chris Ferrie and if you're looking for more children's books for your library or personal collection be sure to check out these great Sourcebooks selections:   Don't Push the Button! By Bill Cotter Max at Night by Ed Vere The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty   You can find all of Chris Ferrie's children's books here   During our conversation, Chris shares how he decided to write physics books for babies and why he thinks these titles are great for youthful readers. He also explains how he breaks down the building blocks that lead to starting his books and how he creates the images as well.   Additional Authors and books mentioned in intro to this episode   Francine Rivers Mesu Andrews   Jan Karon's Mitford Series In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury The Screwtape letters by CS Lewis If I Run series by Terri Blackstock Where We Belong by Lynn Austin   Martin Luther by Eric Metaxas The C

They have returned! We received a bunch of great feedback last time Kenny, Quinton and Jim were on to discuss comics that we decided we should probably run this back for another hour of good, good comic chat.  Love Comics? Prefer Manga? Never read a comic and don't know where to start? If any of these are true, we've got your back! Titles mentioned in this episode Mouse Guard by David Petersen   Flashpoint by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert   Brandon Sanderson's White Sand by Brandon Sanderson and Julius Gopez   Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda   Blackest Night by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis   The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore   The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and Ibraim Roberson   Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files   Robotech series   Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris   All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka   Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yushi Kawata   Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli   Won

On today's episode, Adam and Jill interview Malu Halasa about her novel Mother of all Pigs, middle eastern literature and taking a look at stories from a different angle than you might expect.  Before that conversation, Christina joins Adam for the intro to hand out book recommendations and discuss audiobook listening.  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our monthly books list episode! In today's episode, Jill and Adam run down their list of February books they can't wait to read.   Books Mentioned In this Episode The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard Educated by Tara Westover A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando Feel Free by Zadie Smith How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones Chicago by David Mamet The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo Woman at 1000 Degrees by Halgrimur Helgason The Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff libraria

Ayobami Adebayo, the latest Book Club Central selection by Sarah Jessica Parker and the American Library Association, joins Adam all the way from Nigeria to discuss her moving novel Stay with Me. They also discuss how she built a character out of her surroundings, studying under legendary authors and that realizing that there is no perfect situation to write... you simply have to do it.  She also offered the following African literary selections: When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola Longthroat Memoirs by Yemisi Aribisala Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creative

Jill is joined by Emma, Rachel, and Kristin to discuss all of the books you should read before their adaptations appear in 2018 (or 2019, in some cases!).  Books Mentioned In this Episode Dumplin' by Julie Murphy Puddin' by Julie Murphy Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The First Man by James R. Hansen  Boy Erased by Garrard Conley Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 11/22/63 by Stephen King Big Little Lies by Liana Moriarty The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews The Sister's Brothers by Patrick deWitt The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson  Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibrarie

Today's podcast is an interview with Ann Leckie, the only author to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award for a single title. Her latest book, Provenance, is out now. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friends over at Book Riot have put out their annual Read Harder Challenge and we're going to help you find some books!  In this episode we offer some recommendations for the following challenge items: A book published posthumously  True Crime A book set in or about a BRICS country Science fiction with a female protagonist written by a female author Books Mentioned In This Episode Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Trial by Franz Kafka The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens A False Report by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Innocent Man by John Grisham American Kingpin by Nick Bilton Breaking Free by Rachel Jeffs Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore Ranger Games by Ben Blum The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Captains of the sands by Jorge Amado Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Dry White Season by An

On today's episode, author Heather Demetrios joins the show to chat about abusive relationships, her new book Bad Romance and the world of theater nerds. They discuss creating a better understanding of emotional abuse and recovering from this difficult relationships. Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with their OverDrive co-workers and former podcast guests to discuss what their reading resolutions for 2018 are! For some, it's a number of books, for others it's the type of books they are reading. We also hear how everyone plans on keeping track of what they read, be it Goodreads, a notebook, and of course there is Jill's classic spreadsheet. Find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds or email us at professionalbooknerds @ overdrive.com to share your own reading resolutions!  Books Mentioned In this Episode Corruption by Jessica Shirvington Bring Me Back by BA Paris Celtic Tales by Kate Forrester The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Relish by Lucy Knisley Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks Gold Dust Woman by Stephen Davis Love, Janis by Laura Joplin A Natural Woman by Carole King Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson Foundation series by Isaac Asimov Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlen Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlen Roma series by Ar

On today's episode, we FINALLY can share our interview with Kelly Corrigan that took place back in August at Digipalooza. Kelly joined us in front of a room of 500 librarians to discuss her new book Tell Me More for the first time ever. In this hilarious chat, you'll hear about her writing process, being a memoirist and dealing with her kids' friends reading about her life and so much more. We had a blast with Kelly and her new book is a must read!  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive

On today's episode, Jill and (an under the weather) Adam offer up some helpful ways to keep your reading goals on track in 2018. They also provide a few book recommendations, talk about the David Bowie Book Club and get excited about some Page to Screen movies coming in the next few months.  Books mentioned in this episode Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Iron Gold by Pierce Brown  Thornhill by Pam Smy House of Furies by Madeleine Roux (Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown) Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about t

Happy New Year! We welcome in 2018 with an interview with middle grade author MarcyKate Connolly, discussing her new book Shadow Weaver. Hear Adam chat with MarcyKate about magic, world building, ideas coming to her at the most inconvenient time and her adorable pugs!  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ringing in a new year with the books coming out in January we're most excited for. Take a listen and then let us know what books you can't wait to read in 2018! Books mentioned in this episode Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jenkins Gnomon by Nick Harkaway The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette Grist Mill Road by Christopher J Yates The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Red Clocks by Leni Zumas Iron Gold by Pierce Brown A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell The English Wife by Lauren Willig Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Robots vs. Fairies   Even more January book releases to check out Everless by Sara Holland Mee

On today's episode, Adam and Jill sit down with some of their OverDrive coworkers and former podcast guests to find out what their favorite books of 2017 were!   Books Mentioned in this Episode: Hunger by Roxane Gay Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Interview with George Saunders available here A Court of Wings and Roses by Sarah J. Maas You by Caroline Kepnis Beard in Mind by Penny Reid The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter DC The New Frontier by Darwin Cooke Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly The Secret Wife by Gill Paul Big Mushy Happy Lumps by Sarah Andersen Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Pachinko by Min Jee Lee The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from w

Adam and Jill's Best Books of 2017: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Hunger by Roxane Gay American War by Omar El Akkad The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Bad Romance by Heather Demitrios  Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Caraval by Stephanie Warcross by Marie Lu   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your

Today's episode is an interview with Cleveland native, Susan Orlean, author of the New York Times Bestselling book The Orchid Thief. She discusses the writing process behind the book and the movie adaptation, as well as gives us a sneak peek of the book she's currently working on.   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Today's Episode, Jill and Adam welcome back their good friend and romance writing treasure, Penny Reid! Penny talks about her latest books, offers some cozy mystery book recommendations and tells us about possibly the best holiday tradition ever. She also chats up her wonderful fan club/ reader group which you can join below. Adam and Jill also provide some classic book recommendations and offer a reminder to keep tagging us in your Cat and Dog social media posts for a chance to win a Kobo Aura One from us on our 200th episode! Join Penny Reid's reader club here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SharksofAwesome/   Books Mentioned in this episode Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid   Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid   The Miss Fortune Mystery Series by Jana DeLeon   The Secret Seal Isle Mystery series by Lucy Quinn   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided roya

Today's episode is an interview with debut young adult author FC Yee. His book The Epic Crush of Genie Lo draws from Chinese folklore and features an incredible heroine.    Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Jill and Adam are joined by Madeline McIntosh, the President of Penguin Publishing, to talk about their wonderful Penguin Hotline. During the holiday season, you can get book recommendations for yourself or those you're shopping for by visiting penguinhotline.com and filling out a short list of questions. Recently, we had our listeners send in their interests and Madeline provides a list of recommendations for them! Take a listen to see if yours made the list and to get some great suggested reads!   Books mentioned in this episode: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry The Midnight Line by Lee Child The Drifter by Nick Petrie Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre The Spy who came in from the cold by John Le Carre Open Season by CJ Box I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami Draw Down by Paul Hawkin Gulp by Mary Roach The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Chicagoland Vampire