Maggie's Book Bites

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Pat are in conversation books with an animal on the cover - an Expand Your Horizons task. Titles included in this episode are: Coyote Lost & Found by Dan Gemeinhart (Coyote Sunrise #2) Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski The Line Tender by Kate Allen Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan The One And Only...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Sarah are in conversation about books sharing a common topic of gardening. Titles included in this episode are: A Bit of Earth: A Year In The Garden With God by Andrea G. Burke (July publication) The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Camille T Dungy Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer Flower Farming for Profit: The...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Jan are in conversation about the Expand Your Horizons task of watching a movie or reading a book featuring, authored by or narrated by Tom Hanks. Titles included in this episode are: The Dutch House by Ann Prachett (narrator of audiobook) Forrest Gump, and Gump & Co. by Winston Groom Hits & Misses : Stories by Simon Rich The Making Of...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Cherie are in conversation about books featuring Olympians & Athletes. Highlighted in this episode are: 9 Lives By 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention by Mary Sanders The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Boys of Winter-US hockey team defeats...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Martha are in conversation about books featuring dragons. Highlighted in this episode are: The Book of Dragons (short stories) compiled by Jonathan Strahan A Death In Door County by Annelise Ryan Dragon Masters (series) by Tracey West Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin A Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Regan Barnhill Eragon (series) by Christoph...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, Cherie & Ginette are in conversation about book to screen adaptations. Highlighted in this episode are: All  Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by D...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about our favorite reads in 2023, so far. Highlighted in this episode are: The Devil’s Highway by Luis Albert Urrea Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails by Camper English Fourth Wing & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Happy Place b...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about Cozy Holiday Reads. Highlighted in this episode are: A Court of Frost & Starlight by Sarah J. Maas A Royal Christmas Wedding by Rachel Hauck A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan First Christmas on Hucklebe...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Library Board President, Julie, are in conversation about books with an investigative journalism theme. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko Th...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Frontliner, Cherie, are in conversation about books that feature characters tackling censorship. Answers In The Pages by David Levithan Attack of Black Rectangles by A.S. King Ban This Book by Alan Gratz Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook Banned Books: The Controversy Over What Students Read by Meryl Loonin Banned Bo...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Business Manager, Garrett, are in conversation about books that set on the high seas. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer    The Daughter of the Pirate King by Trishia Levenseller    The Daughter of the Siren Queen by Trishia Levenseller    Deep As The Sky, Red As The Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig    The Faceless Old Woman Who Secr...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Stephenie, the Youth Services Manager, are in conversation about books that have and are red, white, and new. Happy Place by Emily Henry Yours Truly by Abby Jiminez Hello Stranger by Katherine Center   The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff   The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese  Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Micheala, the Communications Manager, are in conversation about books that have and are trending on BookTok & Bookstagram. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (series)    Bergman Brothers by Chloe Liese (series) Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney     Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid     Every Sum...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Sandi, a local paramedic and avid reader, are in conversation about books with a medical theme. Anatomy & Immortality (Duology): A Love Story by Dana Schwartz     When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi     Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky  ...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Sarah, former library staff and avid reader, highlight books featuring road trips or traveling. -Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women’s Cross-Country Road Trip by sarah Glenn Marsh     -Between Two Kingdoms by Sukeika Jouad     -A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti     -Into the Wild by John K...

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Victoria, the Technology Specialist, highlight books featuring remarkable women. -Barbizon: the Hotel That Set Women Free, The by Paulina Bren - Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World, The  by Shelley Puhak -Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage and Justice, The by Gayle Tze...

Join Maggie and Sarah in conversation about books with a theme of unique histories. These aren't just your typical text books and our hope is that we'll encourage listeners to give non-fiction a try thanks to the topics in these books.   Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story Of The Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke   Fight like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly  ...

Join Maggie and Brittney from the Nappanee Public Library as they discuss the annual reading challenge called Expand Your Horizons. The goal is to introduce new authors, new genres, new places, and things through various tasks. One such task is to read a book or watch a movie starring, about, or written by Dolly Parton.   9 To 5: The Musical by Dolly Parton   A Little Bit Country by...

Nappanee Public Library is excited to announce a new podcast that is being added to our monthly programs. Maggie's Book Bites, hosted by Maggie, is all about books and reading. New episodes will air monthly. This teaser is an excerpt from an interview with Martha from Evie's History Bytes.