Episodes

Love, Light & Lit: New Year, New Boundaries 31.12.2025 26:32

Guest: Natalie Benway Website: https://www.welllivedlife.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.livedlife/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Well-Lived-Life/100087409642027/

Next Reads: Aetherbound 30.12.2025 23:30

Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston Read Alikes: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

Next Reads: Will's Race for Home 23.12.2025 12:38

Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes Read Alikes: One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis

Next Reads: Dragonfruit 16.12.2025 21:33

Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier Read Alikes: A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Next Reads: The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls 09.12.2025 15:46

The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Read Alikes: The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln The Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton Stewart

Next Reads: My Fairy God Somebody 02.12.2025 23:07

My Fairy God Somebody by Charlene Allen Read Alikes: Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo Me (Moth) by Amber McBride Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe

Love, Light & Lit: What's Happening in the City of Lit? 26.11.2025 19:09

Guest: John Kenyon Website: www.iowacityofliterature.org One Book Two Book (February 21-22, 2026): https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/onebooktwobook/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IowaCityofLit/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iowacityoflit/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/iowacityoflit.bsky.social

Next Reads: Family Week 25.11.2025 19:27

Family Week by Sarah Moon Read Alikes: Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbaila Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson

Next Reads: The Reappearance of Rachel Price 18.11.2025 22:24

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson Read Alikes: Kill Creatures by Rory Power Nothing More To Tell by Karen M. McManus Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Next Reads: Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting 11.11.2025 21:23

Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown Read Alikes: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day by Kelly J. Baptist Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Next Reads: Bittersweet in the Hollow 04.11.2025 25:11

Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall Read Alikes: Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst All That's Left to Say by Emery Lord

Love, Light & Lit: Meet Me at the Library 29.10.2025 21:06

Guest: Shamichael Hallman Website: https://northlibertylibrary.org/digital-history/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shamichael Substack: https://shamichael.substack.com/

Next Reads: Weird Sad and Silent 28.10.2025 13:50

Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGhee Read Alikes: Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

Next Reads: Bad Creek 21.10.2025 31:07

Bad Creek by Peyton June Read Alikes: Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran The Haunted by Danielle Vega

Next Reads: Aarzu all Around 14.10.2025 13:03

Aarzu All Around by Marzieh Abbas Read Alikes: Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Next Reads: Artifice 07.10.2025 16:02

Artifice by Sharon Cameron Read Alikes: This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed Rez Ball by Byron Graves They Went Left by Monica Hesse

Next Reads: Dreamslinger 30.09.2025 17:23

Dreamslinger by Graci Kim Read Alikes: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B Alston Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa by Julian Randall The Dragon's Apprentice by James Riley

Next Reads: Invisible Son 23.09.2025 23:58

Invisible Son by Kim Johnson Read Alikes: Chaos Theory by Nic Stone We are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Next Reads: Just Keep Walking 16.09.2025 21:20

Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing Read Alikes: The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt Tumble by Celia C. Perez

Next Reads: What the River Knows 09.09.2025 29:53

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez Read Alikes: Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Next Reads: A Place at the Table 02.09.2025 18:09

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi Read Alikes: Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron

Love, Light & Lit: Digitizing North Liberty's History 27.08.2025 16:37

Guest: Nick Shimmin North Liberty Digital History Collection (NLDHC): https://northlibertylibrary.org/digital-history/ NLDHC Deed of Gift Form: https://northlibertylibrary.org/deed-of-gift-digital-history-collection/ Nick's Email: nshimmin@northlibertyiowa.org

Next Reads: Rez Ball 26.08.2025 15:40

Rez Ball by Byron Graves Read alikes: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Looking For Smoke by K.A. Cobell We Still Belong by Christine Day

Next Reads: The Queen Bees of Tybee County 19.08.2025 17:14

The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu Read alikes: Martin McLean, Middle School Queen by Alyssa Zaczek Eli Over Easy by Phil Stamper Ava on the Edge by A.J. Sass

Next Reads: Divine Rivals 12.08.2025 25:30

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Read alikes: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson Lovely War by Julie Berry A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid