Professional Book Nerds

We're back with a bunch more recommendations to help you tackle the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge! Here's what we're chatting about today:   Book About Nature Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett Shark Drunk by Morten Strøksnes Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson   Western True Grit by Charles Portis The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark World, Chase Me Down by Andrew Hilleman Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx The Assassination Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen The Pinks by Chris Enss   Celebrity Memoir Vacationland by John Hodgman Troublemaker by Leah Remini Ginger Kid by Steve Hoffstetter This is Me by Chrissy Metz You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer   Children's Classic published before 1980 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Fr

Today Adam is sitting down with author Katie Ganshert, a wonderful woman who writes Christian inspired titles for both adults and young readers. Her latest novel No One Ever Asked, is inspired by real world events, this is a riveting tale about the way we see one another, the lies we tell ourselves, the questions and stories that go unexplored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big Library Read is back! This time, readers voted on Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams, a historical western version of Pride & Prejudice.  From July 9th until July 23rd, you can borrow Lacy's book from participating libraries without waitlists or holds. After reading, visit BigLibraryRead.com to participate in the discussion board with other readers!   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is the best Harry Potter character? What's the worst side plot. Is Snape actually good. We tackle these and so many other important topics on today's episode!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Adam sits down with debut author Malcolm Hansen about his novel They Come in All Colors. This story touches on growing up a multicultural child in the tense societal times of the 60s and 70s in both NYC and the deep south. They also talk about Malcolm's Hunter S. Thompson like travels and the fascinating life he's led. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our July books episode! Adam and Jill is here with their monthly picks for July and Jill also talks a little bit about her time in New Orleans for ALA.   Books Mentioned In This Episode:  Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce The Incendiaries by Ro Kwon Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S Dawson Believe Me by JP Delaney Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James Don't You Ever by Mary Carter Bishop Northland by Porter Fox Suicide Club by Rachel Heng From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey Stein Scream and Scream Again! ed., RL Stine   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff l

Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice. Her latest book, Every Note Played, is out now.   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is quite spicy! Get it? Bayou? New Orleans? Cajun? Sorry... ANYWAY! Jill is going to New Orleans for ALA so we're handing out book recs set in the Big Easy. We then dive into a very important conversation about our own personal book rules. Have book rules of your own? Join our Reading Community on Viber and let us know about them! https://vb.me/pbn Books mentioned in this episode: Interview with the Vampire & The Witching Hour by Anne Rice A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Awakening by Kate Chopin Preacher by Garth Ennis Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Pelican Brief by John Grisham A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's interview episode is one we've been waiting months to share with you! Fatima Farheen Mirza sat down with Adam in Philadelphia for the first interview she ever had about her debut novel A Place for Us. The story she has crafted is beautiful and moving and we're so fortunate to have had her join us. Her book is the first release of Sarah Jessica Parker's new publishing house SJP for Hogarth and it is a must read.    Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Got something to say? Please feel free to contact us or join us on Viber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

It's Pride Month! For today's episode, Jill and Adam discuss some of the Lambda Literary Award recent winners along with some other LGBTQ+ related books. They also discuss some of their recent reads. For more information on the award, visit https://www.lambdaliterary.org   Books Mentioned In this Episode Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado After the Blue Hour by John Rechy The Gift by Barbara Browning Hunger by Roxane Gay How We Get Free, ed. by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Autonomous by Annalee Newitz The Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt George by Alex Gino The Pants Project by Cat Clark  Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness  A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we'r

On today's episode, Adam is joined by author Elisabeth Cohen, whose new novel The Glitch, highlights the life of a highly successful female CEO of a tech company and her insanely time managed life. Elisabeth touches on the common misconceptions we all have about not only high powered business women but also the misconceptions we have when we think about the majestic craft of writing.    Visit our website at https://professionalbooknerds.com/ to find us on social media and join our reading community! https://vb.me/pbn We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast, Jill offers some of her favorite tips & tricks for getting the most out of your library's OverDrive collection! Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Adam interviews Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club about his new book The Dante Chamber. They talk about expanding on real life literary characters and turning them into historical fiction. They have a fascinating chat about classic literature and much more!    Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Got something to say? Please feel free to contact us or join us on Viber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam and Jill are back with their monthly list of books they can't wait to read in June!  Books mentioned in this episode:  The Mermaid by Christina Henry There There by Tommy Orange The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Florida by Lauren Groff My Plain Jain by Cynthia Hand Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Sex and the City and Us by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong The Book of M by Peng Shepherd Sick by Prochista Khakpour A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, ed. by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates Court of Shadows by Madeleine Roux   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at

AHHHH! Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Ruth Ware, one of her absolute favorite mystery authors! Her latest book, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, is out tomorrow.   Say Hello! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com and join our Viber community for more great book recommendations!   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have news! We've partnered with Viber, a global messaging app, to launch a reading community for our listeners! Think of this as a Professional Book Nerds Digital Book Club! This community will be an ongoing conversation between us, our fellow book nerds at OverDrive AND all of you! You can download Viber and join the community by clicking this link:   https://vb.me/pbn   Once there, feel free to introduce yourselves, share what you're reading and join the conversation!   Book Recommendations in this episode: Wildcard by Marie Lu Uprooted by Naomi Novik Agent of Chaos by Kami Garcia Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Pachinko by Min Jin Lee   Visit our website: https://professionalbooknerds.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is an interview Jill did with YA author Claire Legrand about her new fantasy novel Furyborn. Claire discusses the long history of this book, the music that inspired her writing, and offers some book recommendations for our listeners.   Interview was recorded at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference     Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi

The wildly talented and all-around wonderful Jessica Knoll took some time out of her post-pub day celebrations to chat with Adam on today's episode! They discuss how writing The Favorite Sister was different from her debut, what it feels like writing with newfound expectations, the truth behind her fiction and why you women shouldn't ever have to apologize for their success.  The Favorite Sister is now available and sure to be on every bestseller list so go borrow it today! Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You asked and we listened! On our website professionalbooknerds.com, Historical Fiction was overwhelmingly the genre our listeners wanted us to talk about next, so on today's episode Adam and Jill offer up some historical fiction picks. They also talk about all of the non-historical fiction titles they've been reading recently.  Books Mentioned in This Episode Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Varina by Charles Frazier Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Shadow Child by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto The Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Enid Shomer The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams White Houses by Amy Bloom    Allegedly by Tiffany D Jackson Pushout by Monique W Morris The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overvie

On today's episode, Adam sits down with award winning authors Rebecca Mass and Wendy Stead, who have co-written the middle-grade novel, BOB! They discuss their different writing styles and how important having an open mind is when co-writing a book. We had an absolute blast chatting in Philly! Click Here to read a sample of BOB and borrow it from your library. Music: Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview: We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices