We're back, we're back! The Book Squad Podcast is back! Kate Gramlich, our longtime cohost, has brazenly left the library for another job. (Everyone wave to Kate at her new job!)  So along with starting back recording, Book Squad member Kimberly Lopez has taken up the mantle of shenaniganizing about books with Polli Kenn and we had a great time starting again and starting afresh together! We're so glad to be back and we hope you're ready to come along for the ride as we reboot and bring the bookish banter back to your ears! 

In this episode, we talk about... struggling to read and what we’re doing instead: Yoga, Niall Horan, Sweet Tooth, Farmer’s Marketing, Reading Challenges, podcasts and more!

Find the show notes at: https://lplks.org/blogs/post/055-the-reading-struggle-is-real/

055: The (Reading) Struggle is Real

Listen to an excerpt from SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward, read by Kelvin Harrison, Jr. Audiobook also read by Chris Chalk and Rutina Wesley

SING, UNBURIED, SING Audiobook Excerpt 2 - Jojo

I was commissioned to arrange and record a version of the Kansas anthem, Home On The Range. I'm sharing it here today on Kansas day 2018.

Home On The Range

This episode of Shelf Care is sponsored by the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team, AKA Library Love Fest. If you’re looking for great reading suggestions, author interviews and behind-the-book insights, check out the Library Love Fest podcast. Their latest episode features the team’s upcoming favorite reads as well as an exclusive interview with author Neal Stephenson talking about his forthcoming book, FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELL. Visit https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/shelfcare to listen.

Our first episode is here and it's about...Podcasts. Host Susan Maguire talks to Polli Kenn and Kate Gramlich of the Lawrence Public Library (KS) about their super-fun Book Squad Podcast. Then she chats with librarian and Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about podcast appeal and talking to your podcast-listening patrons. Finally, she and Associate Editor for Adult Books Annie Bostrom talk about a book that is the perfect combo of light and dark.

Books we talked about:
 
Grimm’s Fairy Tales on audio
Sadie by Courtney Summers on audio
Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally on audio

Readalikes for Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams:

The Assistants by Camille Perri 
The Bucket List by Georgia Clark 
Stray City by Chelsea Johnson

Episode #1: It's a Podcast!

Twice a month, the librarians are in! Join Lawrence Public Librarians and Book Squad members Polli Kenn and Adam Lopez for some bookish banter straight into your ears.

055: The (Reading) Struggle is Real

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