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Join Danae, Emily H, and Jessica as they discuss parts 7-9 of "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H., and Jessica as they discuss parts 4-6 of "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJh4qrynJH8 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50465/thanatopsis Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H, and Jessica as they sit down and discuss parts 1-3 of "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. Trigger warning: there are many sensitive topics that are in this book and that we will be discussing throughout the rest of this series. Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they discuss Part 5 and the wrap up of "My Antonia". Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they discuss Part Four of My Antonia. Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they discuss Part 3 of My Antonia. Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Emily H. and Allie as they discuss Part Two of My Antonia for the Norfolk Public Library Winter Reading Challenge. Rachel Olsen, the Director of Education and Engagement at the National Willa Cather Center, sent us this link where you can go and take a virtual tour of the Institute and see the native prairie as it was in Willa Cather's time: https://www.willacather.org/visit/willa-cath...

Join Danae, Emily Hilkemann, and Allie Zuberbier as they discuss Part One of My Antonia for the Winter Reading Challenge. (We had some trouble with crackling in the audio towards the beginning and end of the podcast, just FYI.) Let us know if you have any comments or questions about Part One. Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Jessica, Emily H., Whitney, and Allie as we talk about our favorite reads of 2024! *edited to add that Huck Finn is NOT by Tom Sawyer. (Insert eye roll!) Music provided by Pixabay. Books mentioned: Verity Black River Orchard The Boys Lanny The Road The Midnight Feast The Book of Ichigo Ichie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Comfort Crisis Cloistered: My Years as a...

Get a preview of what is coming to Season Three beginning on January 6th, 2025. If you love reading and discussing books, you won't want to miss out on what is next!

Join Danae and Anneka as they talk about how their recommendations were received and also make an announcement about the podcast going forward. Titles mentioned in this episode: Ordinary Monsters Once There Were Wolves Want Migrations The Girl Who Drank the Moon An Immense World Immune Music provided by Pixabay

Join us for the last regular episode of the season as Danae and Anneka do Custom Reads picks for each other with the help of Emily Hilkemann. Titles mentioned in this episode: Song of Achilles The Disenchantment The Heart of Winter The Night Boat to Tangier Mirrored Heavens *The Family Fang *The Survivalists *Faebound *The Priory of the Orange Tree *The Final Revival of Opal and Nev *The Water Dan...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Sue Burns, a member of our Library Foundation, to talk about books and give her some new title suggestions. Titles mentioned in this episode: The House of Doors *The Lion Women of Tehran The Stationery Shop *The Children's Crusade *The Paris Wife A Moveable Feast *The Great Believers *Braiding Sweetgrass A Man Called Ove *Barbara Isn't Dying Comm...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Don Polodna, member of the Library Foundation, and his wife Nancy. Titles mentioned in this episode: *How to Read a Book *The Frozen River *The Nature of Fragile Things *Summer Romance *Cape Refuge *The Maid The Housemaid Remarkably Bright Creatures *denotes Custom Reads recommendations Music provided by Pixabay

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Brian Porn, member of the Library Board, to give him some new book recommendations. Titles mentioned in this episode: The River We Remember This Tender Land Bird Box *Gabriel's Story No Country for Old Men The Road *The End of the World Running Club *Sleepwalk *The River *The Passage The Girl with All the Gifts The Ferryman *Plum Rains The Murder Bot...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Jazmin Goeden, a new member of the Library Foundation. Titles mentioned in this episode: Firefly Lane True Colors The Four Winds The Nightingale The Winter Garden The Women *The Story of Arthur Truluv A Man Called Ove *When Twilight Breaks *Lizzy and Jane The London House The Berlin Letters *The Edge of Belonging *Stay With Me *The Help The Time Traveler...

Join Danae, and special co-host Whitney, as they sit down with Whitney Sunderman, member of our Library Foundation, and her 10-year-old daughter Daphne. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Heroes of Olympus series Eragon series The Land of Stories series Roswell Johnson Saves the World! After Annie The Glassmaker Ordinary Monsters *The Isle of the Lost Desendants series Alex and Eliza series *Th...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Gina Lindsay, the treasurer for the Library Foundation. Titles mentioned in this episode: *Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter The Greatest Generation *The Last Bookshop in London *Just Another Love Song *26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career *The Holiday Swap *Me and Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: my fr...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Kurt Bogner, the president of the Library Board. Titles mentioned in this episode: *Sharpe's Tiger *The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero *The Blue Zones *12 Rules for Life *Destiny of the Republic The Heart Mender *2034 *denotes Custom Reads recommendations Music provided b...

Join Danae and Jessica Chamberlain as they sit down and chat with Susan Warneke about serving on the Library Foundation and reading books from the bottom shelf. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Great Halifax Explosion Tall Grass The Women To Kill a Mockingbird Wish You Well *The American Queen *Absolution *The Great Passion *Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club *The Curse of Pietro Houd...

Join us for the first episode of Season Two as we sit down with Library Board member, Libby McKay, and choose some books for her to read. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Cemetery Club Sherlock Holmes series Interview with a Vampire Twilight series Harry Potter series Percy Jackson series *The Thursday Murder Club *Dearborn *Hamnet *The Art Thief *Thirst *Loved and Missed *denotes Custom Read...

Join us for a special Bonus Episode where Danae talks to Anneka about their reading lives. This is the last episode for Season One. Titles mentioned: Frankenstein The River of the Gods Cascade Failure Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Funny Story Happy Place New Girl tv series Trust Demon Copperhead The Other Valley: a novel The Village movie The Giver https://norfolkne.gov/government/departments/libr...

Join Danae and Anneka as they unbox Lisa Peters, our full-time Circulation Supervisor, and get to know more about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Wednesday Wars Okay For Now The Song of Achilles The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes The Summer Book Sandwich The Ministry of Time Long Island You Are Here The Bear Succession The Quiet Place The Boxcar Children The Women's Mur...

Join Danae and Anneka as they unbox Mike Dittmer, the full time Tech Services Supervisor for our library. Titles mentioned in this episode: Green Lantern comic series Iron Man comic series Marvel movies Star Wars movies Call the Midwife series on PBS Jack Ryan series (Tom Clancy) Raise the Titanic (Clive Cussler) 1984 The Hunt for Red October The Shawshank Redemption https://norfolkne.gov/governme...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Amy Fuxa, who works full time in our Patron Services department, and learn about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: Little House on the Prairie series The Long Winter The Walk series Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud The Woman in Me Dateline Criminal Minds Dream Like a Champion The Help A Beautiful Mind The Sound of Music Twilight The Bea...