Your Shelf or Mine

A Book Set in College

Where we talk about: 

Youth Summer Reading report: 881 readers logged 12,151 days of reading; 
Small Business kits; 
Giant Days by John Allison; 
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio; 
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi; 

and more!

A Book With Pirates Or Robots In It

Where we talk about:

Summer Reading Picnic; 
Gardening; 
Smells; 
Small Business theme boxes for checkout; 
No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lous by Rhonda Gowler Greene; 
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara; 
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie; 
our planned Pet Sematary reread;

and more!

A Nebula Award Winner

Where we talk about: 

Elizabeth's trip to Quito and the Galapagos; 
Waterfall hikes; 
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg; 
Oval by Elvia Wilk; 
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller; 
Veronica Mars; 
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted; 
Apollo 8 by Martin W. Sandler; 
space programs; 

and more!

Summer Reading

Where we talk about:

Dog fitbits; 
Summer events; 
Elizabeth's trip to the Galapagos; 
The Weight of Our Sky by Hannah Alkaf; 
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; 
Author's Notes; 
The Outsider by Stephen King; 
Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan; 

and more!

A Historical Novel Set in a Non-English Speaking Country

with special guest Jennifer King!

In which we talk about: 

Booker being a bad dog (he came back!); 
July events; 
Summer Reading; 
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris; 
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan; 
the nature of historical fiction; 
and more!

A Book with a Color in the Title

Where we talk about: 

Lady Gaga; 
Summer Reading; 
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell; 
Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa; 
The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes; 
White Rose by Kip Wilson; 

and more! 

A Book Set In or Near Your Hometown

Where we talk about: 

Summer Reading; 
New library catalog; 
Is Truth Dead in America? presentation; 
Chamber of Commerce Boot Camp; 
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo; 
Brainstorm by Daniel J. Siegel; 
Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg; 
Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick; 

and more!

A Book With An Animal in the Title

with special guest Josh Carter!

Where we talk about: 
Working in libraries; 
Community involvement; 
Humanities Washington program: "Is Truth Really Dead in America?"; 
Cosplay; 
Summer Reading & Fire It Up; 
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; 
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green; 
Once A Wolf by Bryan Sykes; 
and more!

A Book With A Main Character Who Is an Immigrant

Where we talk about:

French Fries; 
Yurting; 
Jerry's Retirement; 
Fire It Up!; 
Summer Reading; 
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by May-lee Chai; 
My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero; 

and more!

A Book Set in Scandinavia

Where we talk about:

special guest Jennifer King! 
X-Files; 
The Public; 
Fried Potatoes; 
Messy Art Day; 
Polaris; 
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; 
Deep River by Karl Marlantes; 
There, There by Tommy Orange; 
The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir; 
Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson; 
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst by Anne Holt; 
John Ajvide Lindqist; 
Jo Nesbo; 

and so much more!