Professional Book Nerds
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We're not just book nerds. We're professional book nerds! We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools. It's our job to discuss books all day long so we thought, "Why not share the conversation!" Hear about the best books we've read, get recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Every title discussed is available to borrow through public libraries. Get started reading at overdrive.com and subscribe to our podcast today!
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Worldbuilding and Writing with Saara El-Arifi
22/01/2024 Duración: 46minEmma chats with Saara El-Arifi about her new book, Faebound. They also chat about world-building, writing sex scenes, the book's original title, the plan for this new trilogy, fated mates, enemies to lovers, and so much more! Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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PBN's Most Anticipated Books of 2024
18/01/2024 Duración: 01h11minEmma and Joe are back for their first recorded episode of 2024 and it's a BIG one. They share their most anticipated books of the year (as they know it so far). Grab a drink, a snack, and get your reading tracker of choice ready to write down some amazing releases coming out this year. Emma’s picks: Faebound by Saara El-Arifi Funny Story by Emily Henry This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas The Book of Love by Kelly Link So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison The Hunter by Tana French Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft Joe’s picks: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Middle of the Night by Riley Sager House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega T
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Surviving Capitalism with Madeline Pendleton
15/01/2024 Duración: 01h03minToday Joe chats with Madeline Pendleton about her new book I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt (out Jan. 16)! They chat about how Madeline's life experiences shaped her path forward, the importance of found family, releasing grief and odd relationships with money and forging a unique company like Tunnel Vision. They also chat about living full on a small grocery budget, spray painting found furniture, and the importance of a sturdy board in an old couch. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@ov
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Joe Reads Emily Henry
11/01/2024 Duración: 38minFollowing the fun of Joe Reads a Big Romance and Emma Reads a Horror, on this episode Joe reads Book Lovers by Emily Henry! Emma and Joe talk about their loves in the genre, misconceptions Joe had to break down when thinking romance, and so much more. Have a suggestion for our next installment? Send your suggestions to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or comment on the post for this episode on Instagram @probooknerds. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in
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The Nerds Talk About Fantastical Fandoms
04/01/2024 Duración: 56minEmma and Joe talk with fellow OverDrive book lovers about which bookish fandoms they love to love! Morgan, Sydney, Christina, Laura, Sarah, and Andrea share their passion for Sherlock, Emily Henry, Fourth Wing, Star Wars, Serpent & Dove, and more in this very chatty episode. Books mentioned in this episode: Sherlock Holmes series Emily Henry Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Star Wars series Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas The Remnant Chronicles series by Mary E. Pearson Dance of Thieves series by Mary E. Pearson Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Ins
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New Year, New Reads - January 2024 Book Picks!
21/12/2023 Duración: 47minNew Year, New Reads! Join Joe and Emma as they discuss the books they're most looking forward to in January 2024
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Finding a Home Inside Stories with Rebecca Ross
18/12/2023 Duración: 48minEmma is joined by author, Rebecca Ross, to chat about the epic conclusion to her Letters of Enchantment duology, Ruthless Vows. They also discuss symmetry in duologies, the book's original title, finding inspiration from Bronte, Austen, and Tolkien, and more. For more info on Rebecca's book tour, check out her website. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your
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Introducing the 2024 PBN Reading Challenge!
14/12/2023 Duración: 39minCome and join Emma and Joe as they share results from the 2023 PBN Reading Challenge and introduce the prompts for 2024! You can download the PDF version of our challenge here and the social sharing size here. This year's challenge includes: A genre you don’t normally read The Humans – Matt Haig A book with main characters that are a different age than you The Marlow Murder Club – Robert Thorogood A book on your TBR longer than 1 year To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell An audiobook (full cast or dramatized!) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev – Dawnie Walton A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson One of Us is Dead – Jeneva Rose Sadie – Courtney Summers A book in translation Shoko’s Smile – Choi Eunyoung The Dinner – Herman Koch The Good Son – You-Jeong Jeong Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One – Raphaelle Giordano Reread a childhood favorite Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series - Louise Rennison
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Talking to Gen Z’s Carrie Bradshaw – Eli Rallo
11/12/2023 Duración: 42minIn this episode, Eli Rallo spills the ink on essay escapades, spills the tea on meeting Sarah Jessica Parker, and spills some wisdom on finding your people. Join Eli and Joe, as they talk about all this, Eli's new book (I Didn't Know I Needed This - out December 12), and more! Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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PBN's Best Books of 2023
07/12/2023 Duración: 01h09minEmma and Joe share their favorite books of 2023! Emma’s picks: For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams None of This is True by Lisa Jewell Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The Woman in Me by Britney Spears The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth The September House by Carissa Orlando The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Happy Place by Emily Henry Joe’s picks: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell (narrated by Daniel Henning) Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson Pageboy by Elliot Page Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward With My LIttle Eye by Joshilyn Jackson Behind the Seams by Dolly Parton The Big Reveal by Sasha Velour Bonus pick: Meet me at the Lake by Carley Fortune For our favorite YA picks of 2023, be sure to listen to our episode here. If you want to go back and listen
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December Book Picks
30/11/2023 Duración: 43minEmma and Joe chat about their most anticipated book releases for December! The final book picks episode featuring 2023 releases is here. Grab your hot cocoa and get ready to add a few more things to your TBR as we close out another great year. Books mentioned in this episode: December Author Interviews: I Didn’t Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross Emma’s Picks: Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson #CrimeTime by Jeneva Rose & Drew Pyne Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] Graphic Audio Gilded Youth by Tom Quinn Never by Jessa Hastings Joe’s Picks: When I Was Your Age by Kenan Thompson Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadowns Where There’s Smoke by EB Vickers Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman Murder Crossed Her Mind by Stephen Spotswood Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day
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The Best Juvenile and Young Adult Titles of 2023
16/11/2023 Duración: 48minOn this episode of PBN Joe and Emma are starting to wrap up the year by sharing their favorite juvenile and young adult titles published in 2023. Come and hear what made the cut and why these nerds enjoyed it so much. Titles mentioned in this episode: Emma’s Titles: Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood Betting on You by Lynn Painter House of Marionne by J. Elle The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert Just Because by Matthew McConaughey Joe’s Titles: Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington (July 2023 S&S) The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosko Jackson (October 2023 Harper) Beholder by Ryan La Sala (October 2023 Scholastic) Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (April 2023 Tor) Totally Psychic by Brigid Martin In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune The G
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Dystopian Futures with Naomi Alderman
13/11/2023 Duración: 43minOn this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, Joe chats with author Naomi Alderman about her new book The Future (out November 7). Joe and Naomi talk about how an actual pandemic happening can really change how you write about a pandemic, buying $23 hand sanitizer, and what exactly would happen if the elite had private bunkers to escape to. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearin
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Witchy Reads
09/11/2023 Duración: 01h09minGrab your crystal ball, fire up the cauldron, and get ready to get witchy! Today, Joe, Kristin, and Claire share some recommended picks for the witching season. There's something magical in the air as you transition from Halloween horrors but before you get too cozy for the winter season. Titles mentioned in this episode: Kristin’s Titles: Hex Life edited by Rachel Autumn Deering In the House in the Dark of the Wood by Laird Hunt The Witchery by Sophie Isabelle The Witching Year by Diana Helmuth Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin The Good House by Tananarieve Due Claire’s Titles: The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman Steeped to Death by Gretchen Rue The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec A Season with the Witch by J.W. Ocker Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Slewfoot by Brom Into the Forest edited by Lindy Ryan Joe’s Titles: Cackle by Rachel Harrison Acts of Violet by Margarita Montimore After the Forest by Kell Woods Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch
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Rebecca Yarros Believes in Happily Ever Afters
06/11/2023 Duración: 50minEmma spends roughly an hour fangirling at bestselling author, Rebecca Yarros, and chats about the highly-anticipated release of Iron Flame. They also discuss work-life balance, the biggest obstacles facing Xaden and Violet, Rebecca's favorite dragon and go-to coffee order, being a Dain apologist, and so much more in this casual, chatty interview. Books mentioned in this episode: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros Undelivered by Jeff Nussbaum Kindred by Octavia Butler Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spo
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Romancelandia Chat with Librarian, Robin Bradford!
02/11/2023 Duración: 51minEmma is joined by librarian, Robin Bradford, to chat about her book, The Reader's Advisory Guide to Romance. They also chat all things Romancelandia, how to talk about spice levels, the cyclical nature of romance trends and tropes, libraries, and a bunch of recommendations! You can find Robin on Twitter @Tuphlos. Authors mentioned in this episode: Katee Robert Jill Shalvis Tasha Harrison D.L. White Naima Simone Tracey Livesay Eva Leigh Rosie Danan Samantha Chase Dylan Allen Rachel Howzell Hall Books mentioned in this episode: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall Bride by Ali Hazelwood The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of t
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Reality and Romantic Tropes with Penny Reid
30/10/2023 Duración: 01h06minEmma catches up with Penny Reid to discuss the ways Penny innovates in self-publishing/indie publishing, her amazing Kickstarter campaign, the Smarty Pants Romance imprint, what happens when you add reality to romance tropes, and the Charles Dickens retelling you didn't know you needed. Plus, hear some scoop on what books you can expect next, news about the Winston Brothers tv show, and which characters still speak to Penny the loudest, even after their books are "done." Books mentioned in this episode: Truth or Beard Prom King (coming soon) Drama King Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend Marriage and Murder Beard Science Beard in Hiding Totally Folked Folk Around and Find Out Marriage of Inconvenience All Folked Up (coming July 2024) Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review
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November Book Picks
26/10/2023 Duración: 52minEmma and Joe's favorite episode of the month is here with a roundup of November book releases! Grab a warm beverage and your TBR list! Author Interviews this month: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The Future by Naomi Alderman Emma’s Picks Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood Betting on You by Lynn Painter Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan Powerless by Lauren Roberts Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy Endgame by Omid Scobie Welcome to the O.C. by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Alan Sepinwall Wish of the Wicked by Danielle Paige Joe’s Picks The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan Only She Came Back by Margot Harrison No One Left But You by Tash McAdam Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda DeWitt Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney (audio only currently) Data Baby by S
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A Guide to Haunted Houses
19/10/2023 Duración: 40minHalloween is fast-approaching, so what better way to get into the spirit
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No-Brainer Book Buys
12/10/2023 Duración: 58minEmma is joined by Sydney and Tiffany to talk about what makes an author an "always buy." They also discuss the different ways they interact with an author or their titles, including placing holds at the library, using Libby tags, reading in print versus digital versus audiobook, personal connections to books, and go on a slight tangent to recommend some horror reads. It's a grab bag book-ish chat with a very long list of recommended authors and titles! Books mentioned: The Korean Vegan Cookbook by Joanne Lee Molinaro Joshua Weissman Molly Wizenberg Happy Place by Emily Henry Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison The Return by Rachel Harrison Yellowface by RF Kuang Babel by RF Kuang The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Laura Vanderkam Jenny Odell Cackle by Rachel Harrison 11/22/6