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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...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down and chat with Lynn Hans, our library's full-time Administrative Assistant. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Cat in the Hat Where the Wild Things Are The Little House on the Prairie Series It's a Long Story: My Life The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty Helter...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Emily Edmisten, who works part-time in our youth services department, and get to know more about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: Junie B. Jones series The Hunger Games trilogy Coraline Harry Potter series The Haunting of Hill House The Probability of Everything My Hero Academia series Frankenstein The River of the Gods Cloistered http...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Amy Okamoto, our full time marketing director, and get to know about her reading life. *Disclaimer: Danae misspoke in this episode. The marketing position was not created for Amy, she just applied for the advertised position and is the first to hold it! Titles mentioned in this episode: Fox in Socks Charlotte's Web On the Road 1984 The Time Traveler&...

Join Danae and Anneka as they sit down with Emily Hilkemann, who works full-time in our patron services department, and get to know about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: Berenstain Bear series American Girl series: Kit and Josefina I Must Betray You Legends and Lattes Last House on Needless Street The House of the Cerulean Sea Flash Fire Nettle and Bone Mr. and Mrs. Smith (TV s...

Join Danae and Anneka as we have a conversation with Allie Zuberbier, who works part-time in our circulation department, and get to know more about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: American Girl series Harry Potter series Hunger Games series Twilight series Bridgerton series James Huckleberry Finn Middlemarch I Cheerfully Refuse No Two Persons River of the Gods Destiny of the Re...

Join Danae and Anneka as they chat with Jessica Chamberlain, the director of the Norfolk Public Library, and learn more about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: A Gentleman in Moscow The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry The Book of Two Ways Joyfull Parks and Recreation Monk Murder She Wrote Columbo The Princess Bride Frankenstein The Lincoln Highway Table for Two https://www.theguardian...

Join Danae as she sits down with Whitney Porn and Jessie Roberts from the Youth Services department as they talk about "The Adventure Begins" 2024 Summer Reading Program and recommend a lot of titles to get you excited about reading! Titles mentioned in this episode: More Than Peach A Rover's Story Roxie Loves Adventure Book's Big Adventure Zelda's Big Adventure Adventure Ann...

Join Danae as she sits down with Anneka Ramirez and Emily Hilkemann from the Patron Services department as they talk about "The Adventure Begins" 2024 Summer Reading Program and recommend a lot of titles to get you excited about reading! Titles mentioned in this episode: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone The Guncle Abroad The Guncle Just For the...

Welcome to Season One, Episode One of Check This Out! Danae Henkel and Anneka Ramirez will be chatting with full time Youth Services supervisor, Whitney Porn and getting to know all about her reading life. Titles mentioned in this episode: The Circle The Snowy Day The Warehouse Digital Minimalism Slow Productivity The Witches Walden Slow Down: the Degrowth Manifesto The Murderbot Diaries series Th...