Check This Out

Join Danae, Allie, and Emily H. as they re-read or read the first book in The Babysitters Club series by Ann M Martin. Emily and Danae recommend six novels for adult read-alikes if you loved The Babysitters Club. Titles Mentioned in this Episode: The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes The Guncle Steven Rowley The Confession Club Elizabeth Berg The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaf...

Welcome to Season Five of Check This Out where we will be reading nostalgic grade school classics and pairing them with grownup read alikes. Join Danae, Allie, Emily H., and Andy as they sit down to discuss one of the American Girl books: "Meet Molly" by Valerie Tripp. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Kitchen Front Jennifer Ryan The Call of the Wrens Jenni L Walsh The Last Year of t...

Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they sit down and discuss the books that they have loved reading this summer. This is the last episode for the summer and Check This Out will be back in September with a whole new season! Books mentioned in this episode: The Heartbeat Library The Four Loves The Correspondent The Nickel Boys In the Likely Event What Kind of Paradise James Wicked Before Dorothy The...

Join Danae and Allie as they "unbox" Teagan Debban who works part-time in our circulation department. Books mentioned in this episode: A Tale of Two Cities The Wedding Planner's Daughter The Housemaid series The Chronicles of Narnia Do Not Disturb The Soul of Shame music provided by Pixabay

Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they discuss "My Friends" by Fredrik Backman and discover why Allie says, "This book made me feel things." Other books mentioned in this episode: A Man Called Ove Anxious People Beartown music provided by Pixabay

Join us for a special bonus episode with Danae and Allie as they unbox Jennifer Olson, our library's administrative assistant. Titles mentioned in this episode: Watership Down The Star Thrower Finding Me Green Lights The Earth Sea series We Used to Live Here Doppelganger Gwenhwyfar Home Before Dark Black Woods, Blue Sky Heartwood Ordinary Time Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae as she sits down with prolific author Dr. Lydia Kang who will be coming to the Norfolk Public Library on June 17th* at 6:30pm as part of our Norfolk Library Comicon. *edited to say that Dr. Kang will be coming on Monday June 16th at 6:30pm. Titles mentioned in this episode: Dick and Jane books The Secret Kitten Mr. Pine's Purple House Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the...

Join Danae, Whitney, and Jessica as they sit down and talk about cosplay, how it will be utilized in our Norfolk Library Comicon, and how you can use our library resources to help you make a great costume! Books on cosplay from our library: A Guide to Film and TV Cosplay Level up! Creative Cosplay 1000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas The Art of Cosplay and Creative Makeup Music provided by Pi...

Join Danae as she sits down with special guests Sierra Steinhauser and Charlie Henkel as we talk about two aspects of our Norfolk Library Comicon: RPGs and LARPing! Say what? Tune in for a great rundown of these two events! jchobby.com Music provided by Pixabay.

Join Danae, Whitney, and Amy O. as they sit down to talk about graphic novels vs comic books and why graphic novels are such an important part of our library's collection. This is a continuation of our series on our Norfolk Library Comicon. Graphic novels mentioned in this episode: A Contract with God The Road One Piece series Max Axiom Babysitters Club Magic Treehouse Hello Kitty Pokemon Sweet Va...

Welcome to Season Four of Check This Out! Join Danae, Whitney, and Amy O. as they discuss Norfolk Public Library's first ever Comicon! https://doartproductions.org/ https://bobhall.com/ https://lydiakang.com/ Music provided by Pixabay.com

Join Danae and Allie in this special bonus episode where we unbox our new Patron Services supervisor, Andrew McClemens. Next week we will begin Season Four of our podcast all about our first ever Norfolk Library Comicon! Titles mentioned in this episode: Drummer Hoff Goosebumps series American Girl Series Wicked Elphie Berlin graphic novel Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle The Perfect Couple...

Join Danae, Allie, and Emily H., as they discuss their opinions of the latest Hunger Games book, "Sunrise on the Reaping". Music provided by Pixabay.

We are ACTUALLY wrapping up Season 3 by talking about all of the categories of the Winter Reading Challenge and what we thought of this year's challenge. Books mentioned in this episode: The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle Accidentally Engaged What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking The Track the Whales Make Whale Day and other Poems A Tale of Two Cities This is a Love Stor...

Join Danae, Emily H., and Jessica as we discuss parts 10-12 of "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez. This completes our podcast book club discussions for the Winter Reading Challenge. Link to the article mentioned in this episode: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/13/an-a-list-animal-trainer-prepares-a-great-dane-for-his-film-debut Also, the Winter Reading Challenge ends on March 14th, NOT March...

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!