The Bookmark

The Bookmark Team discusses reads involving moms and houses.....eek. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Our hosts read What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman, and explore other books with similar themes. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Here are our recommendations for spooky reads this season! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

The Bookmark cast discusses a selection of books that push the boundaries of genre. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

We're back with Lara Avery to discuss books similar to The Year of Second Chances . Listen to find out what books are currently on Lara's nightstand. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

On this episode, we're joined by special guest Lara Avery, author of The Year of Second Chances . The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Join us as we talk about upcoming book-to-movie adaptations. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Are you ready for Season 5?! We're back with books we read during the summer that we can't wait to tell you about! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Who will be this year's champion of Bookish Balderdash?  The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Bookish Balderdash is back! Debbie Stanton returns for another contest of our favorite game. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

We're getting excited about summer reading.  We've got lists of books coming out this summer that we're looking forward to reading. Which of these books are you looking forward to? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to...

Chris, Autumn, and Miranda dig deeper into Richard Bach's bestselling novel from in the 1970s. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Last week, we started talking about the New York Times Bestseller List.  This week we continue our timeline by discussing which books hit the top and stayed on the list.  The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your read...

Once you are on the list, you have lifetime bragging rights.  So how does having "New York Times Bestseller" on a cover influence your reading habits?  Do you want to read a book with that honor more or less? This episode we delve into the controversies and history that is the New York Times Bestseller list. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers M...

If you missed the last episode, you might want to go back and listen because this is *fanfare* Part 2 of our Once Upon a Time tribute.  In this episode we continue to take on the roles of the Witch, (who we now know is named "Kerfumbly"), Marian, and Onesie-Twosie to supply additional books for your reading list.  As you recall from last time, each host plays the Witch and will supply Onesie-Twosi...

Join Miranda, Chris, and Autumn, as they recommend books from their fictitious "Onesie Twosie machine". This game was inspired by Autumn's favorite PBS show growing up, Once Upon a Time. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to...

We've noticed some pretty popular authors' names on screenplays for film and television. We're talking authors who've adapted their own work, adapted the work of others, as well as those who have written entirely new stories for screen. In this episode, we focus on screenplays written by authors we may not think of when we think of film. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Eac...

How do you rate books?  How many stars do you use? Do you use stars?  If so, how does a book earn stars?  Everyone has a subjective method. In this episode, our hosts discuss their star-rating methods and then play a game of guessing titles based on starred reviews.  Can you guess the book title before our hosts do? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular r...

In honor of Women's History Month, Miranda and special guest, Michelle Morris, discuss warrior women. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Miranda loves the Brontë sisters, so she unsurprisingly has feels about them and their works.  Learn about the Brontë family and how their lives influenced their works. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your readin...

On this episode we'll be talking about recently returned books.  What could go wrong?  The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

Today we're playing a game.  Autumn will give a title, and Chris and Miranda (and you listeners at home) will try to guess if it's a romance novel title or not.  If it is a romance, they have to give a synopsis of what they think the book with that title is about.  Get ready for some silliness and lots of laughter. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular re...

This episode we're discussing The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon.  Our hosts give you just enough to make you want to read it without giving away the big twist promised at the end.  That doesn't mean they don't have strong opinions *about* the twist at the end, though! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker...

Special guest Michelle Morris joins us as we discuss new book releases for 2023. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.

2023 is the year of the rabbit. To celebrate, we're dedicating an entire episode to these floppy-eared friends. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you'll want to add to your reading list.