A podcast from the librarians at the Glenview Public Library
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Ethan, Anne, and Alina discuss books for the Halloween season. Books discussed: Pay the Piper by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Other books mentioned: Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Maeve Fly by C. J. Lee…
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Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in or about Europe. Books discussed: Western Lane by Chetna Maroo How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss eBooks they might take on vacation. Books discussed: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Other books mentioned: Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about food. Books discussed: The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, by Mark Kurlansky My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings, edited by Zosia Mamet The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, by Taras Grescoe Other books mentioned: Enter Gh…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss recent releases they enjoyed. Books discussed: The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey Absolution by Alice McDermott The Skull by Jon Klassen Other books mentioned: Mister Magic by Kiersten White, Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel, Happiness Falls by Angie K…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on journalists and journalism. Books discussed: Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan Other books mentioned: The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, Abs…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they wish more people would read. Books discussed: Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Other books mentioned: The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, The Guest List by Lucy Foley, No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen, Drood by…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books from different perspectives. Books discussed: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid Horse by Geraldine Brooks Pageboy by Elliot Page Other books mentioned: The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss fiction featuring the natural world. Books discussed: The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr The River by Peter Heller Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Other books mentioned: Horse by Geraldine Brooks, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books with a strong sense of place. Books discussed: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry Other books mentioned: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan, The Visitors by Sally Beauman, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe…
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss Asian-American authors. Books discussed: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they have recommended to each other. Book discussed: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about libraries and librarians. Books discussed: The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai The Library Book by Susan Orlean The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
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Ethan and Ryan talk about the board game Wingspan, available in our Library of Things. Join us on the third Tuesday of every month for our Game On! Board Game Night for Adults, at 6:30 in the Library.
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books featuring magical realism. Books discussed: Eartheater by Dolores Reyes Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
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Ethan, Anne, and Katie talk about intellectual freedom and banned books. Books discussed: The Color Purple by Alice Walker Melissa by Alex Gino Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about time travel. Books discussed: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
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Ethan talks to Linda, Carmen, and Ryan about their reading habits.
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books by African-American authors. Books discussed: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books published in 1972. Books discussed: Watership Down by Richard Adams The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss romance novels. Books discussed: The Love Con by Seressia Glass A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss memoirs. Books discussed: Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels about magic. Books discussed: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels set at schools. Books discussed: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Secret History by Donna Tartt Bunny by Mona Awad
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on reading and writing. Books discussed: On Writing by Stephen King Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret Atwood A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more books about animals. Books discussed: The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about the immigrant experience. Books discussed: Threads by Kate Evans The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui The Abundance by Amit Majmudar
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss self-help books. Books discussed: The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss food-related biographies. Books discussed: Relish by Lucy Knisley Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss microhistories. Books discussed: Zero by Charles Seife Spook by Mary Roach Salt by Mark Kurlansky
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss short form horror. Books discussed: Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link Books of Blood, volume 1 by Clive Barker Full Throttle by Joe Hill
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books set on other worlds. Books discussed: All Systems Red by Martha Wells To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss shorter titles. Books discussed: Frying Plaintain by Zalika Reid-Benta You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames Pastoralia by George Saunders
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss armchair travel titles. Books discussed: Our Towns by James and Deborah Fallows American Gods by Neil Gaiman Here is Where by Andrew Carroll
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss the three volumes of March, by John Lewis.
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more humorous books. Books discussed: Less by Andrew Sean Greer Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss adventure books in the public domain. Books discussed: White Fang by Jack London 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss LGBTQ+ reads. Books discussed: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon The Last Place you Look by Kristen Lepionka
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss more classics. Books discussed: Orlando by Virginia Woolf The Forever war by Joe Haldeman The Crucible by Arthur Miller
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan look back at some of their favorite books they read this decade. Books discussed: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss historical fiction set in America. Books discussed: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books written by Stephen King. Books discussed: Salem's Lot Pet Sematary Needful Things
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about space for Glenview Reads Together 2019. Books discussed: Rocket Men by Robert Kurson Moonbound by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm Packing for Mars by Mary Roach Apollo by Matt Fitch
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books set in Chicago. Books discussed: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels American Summer by Alex Kotlowitz
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about exploration. Books discussed: I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong The Terror by Dan Simmons The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss titles in the space opera genre. Books discussed: Saga by Brian K. Vaughan The Player of Games by Iain Banks The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books by Native American authors. Books discussed: The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich There, There by Tommy Orange Winter in the Blood by James Welch
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about plants. Books discussed: Grow the Good Life by Michele Owens The $64 Tomato by William Alexander The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss "band" books: books about musicians. Books discussed: Petty by Warren Zanes Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Gold Dust Woman by Stephen Davis
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Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books based on fairy tales. Books discussed: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale Through the Woods by Emily Carroll Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
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