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On this episode we hear from Angie Thomas, author of the award winning young adult novel The Hate U Give. We also talk about what we’re reading.

Erica mentioned listening to Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan (and a podcast by Jen Hatmaker) and Abby discussed Severance by Ling Ma.

As a part of the Cville OneBook initiative, Angie Thomas appeared via Skype to chat with and take questions from community members about her award winning young adult novel, The Hate U Give. This took place on Monday, December 3rd at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Though much of his audio is cut, local children’s book author Marc Boston moderated the visit.

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On this episode we hear a recording of local author Elizabeth Catte’s visit to the Crozet Library. On October 29th We also talk about what we’re reading.

Erica read:

• The Disposessed by Ursula Le Guin (part of the Hainish Cycle, we also mentioned The Left Hand Of Darkness)
• August Town by Kei Miller

Abby discussed:

• About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot
• All the Answers by Michael Kupperman

Elizabeth Catte read from her book What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia. A few other works came up during her talk:

• She mentioned Dopesick by Beth Macy and Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance and After Coal by Tom Hansell (a book and documentary)
• An attendee mentioned the Blood on the Mountain documentary

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

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On this episode we hear from local author Susie McKenna. We also talk about what we’re reading.

Erica and Abby both read I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

Abby also discussed reading We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (who also wrote Horrorstor and My Best Friend’s Exorcism)

Next, we hear a recording of a program featuring local author Susie McKenna. She visited the Northside Library on October 26th to discuss and read from her most recent thriller, Last Tracks. Abby mistakenly says Lost Tracks.

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

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On this episode we hear from Madeline Uraneck, author of How to Make a Life, A Tibetan American Family and the Midwestern Woman They Adopted who stopped by the Northside Library during the summer. We also talk about what we’ve been reading.

Abby mentioned that Election Day is coming up on Tuesday, November 6.

• Find your polling place and ballot information. (Virginia Specific)
• CAT is offering free rides to the polls in the Charlottesville area.
• Acceptable IDs and provisional ballot information

Erica read

• The Golden Tower by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black (we also mentioned Harry Potter and Gregor the Overlander)
• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

Abby read

• One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (which reminded Erica of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba)

Next we heard from visiting author Madeline Uraneck, who stopped by the Northside Library during the summer. She discussed her book, How to Make a Life, A Tibetan American Family and the Midwestern Woman They Adopted, and was joined by members of the local Tibetan American community who shared their inspiring stories.

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. One of the ways they raise money is through the Fall Book Sale, which begins Saturday November, 3 and runs through Sunday, November 11. It is open from 10am – 7pm daily. There is a members only pre-sale on Friday, November 2 from 5-7pm.

If you’d like to learn more or join the friends (which makes you eligible for the November 2 Members only pre-sale) please head to their website.

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On this episode we hear from local historians Miranda Burnett and Martin Violette about the slave families sold away from the Monroe’s Highland Plantation to Casa Bianca Plantation in Florida and the genealogical research they are doing to locate their descendants. We also get you in the Halloween spirit with some spooky reads.

Erica mentioned listening to two books on RBDigital:

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Dracula by Bram Stoker

Abby read:

• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
• The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton

Our program recording this episode is from Northside Library. On September 21st,  two local historians from came to talk about their research on the enslaved families of James Monroe’s Highland who were sold to Casa Bianca Plantation in Florida.

You can view the work they discuss on their website.

During their talk they mention the book Dark Places of Earth by Jonathan M. Bryant and the Weevils in the Wheat compilation of oral histories collected by the WPA between 1936-1938.

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On this episode we hear from local author Terry Samala de Guzman about her immigration journey from the Philippines. We also talk about what we’re reading.

Erica mentioned reading:

• Competence by Gail Carriger (book #3 in the Custard Protocol series)
• Drawn Together by Minh Lê

Abby discussed reading the book When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Life coach and former COO of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Terry Samala de Guzman visited Northside Library on September 14 to discuss her book Here I Am. It shares the story and insights that carried her through a complicated childhood, immigrating from the Philippines, overcoming personal and professional challenges, to build a successful career and a fulfilling life. Her visit was part of ongoing Read Local programming.

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends please head to their website.

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On this episode we were motivated by the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence to round up some emergency information resources for you to use. We also talk about some books.

Books Erica is reading:

• The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
• Give People Money by Annie Lowrey

Books Abby is reading:

• There There by Tommy Orange (was it nominated for something? Yes! Just a couple days after we recorded it was nominated for the National Book Award.)
• The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar

If you are facing a hurricane, or any other storm situation, these resources may be of use.

Local information:

• Charlottesville, Albemarle & UVA joint Emergency Communications and Emergency Management.
• You can also be notified by their Code Red service. It will alert you via phone, text, or email messages once you sign up.
• Greene County emergency preparedness and emergency services
• Nelson County emergency alert system which you can sign up to receive notifications from.
• Louisa County Emergency Communications Department.

State information:

• Virginia Dept of Emergency Management on the web and on Twitter.
• VDOT VA511 traffic and road closure information website and map. Also good to follow them on Twitter.
• Statewide electrical outage map from Dominion Power.

Service numbers:

• 2-1-1: health and human services
• 5-1-1: traffic information
• 8-1-1: Call before you dig
• 9-1-1: general emergencies

National Information:

• The National Weather Service, from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Handy to follow on Twitter as well.
• The National Hurricane Center also from NOAA.
• The federal Disaster Assistance site.

If you have non-emergency information requests you can also contact the library at reference@jmrl.org. Don’t forget that if you are without power, and it is safe to travel, the library has charging stations, wifi, and computers to assist you during open hours.

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

This podcast is made possible through generous support from the Friends of the Library. If you’d like to learn more or join the friends please head to their website.

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Welcome back to Season Two of On The Same Page, a podcast from Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. In this episode we hear about one woman’s experience hiking the Appalachian Trail and briefly talk about books.

Erica is reading The Prodigal Tongue by Lynne Murphy (which reminded her of Eat, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss and The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth as well as this article on Appalachia)

Abby is reading Brown a collection of poems by Kevin Young. We also discussed his other works.

Lauralee Bliss has hiked the Appalachian Trail in both directions, traveling over 4000 miles. She joined us at Northside Library in August to tell about her journey and talk about her book detailing it, Mountains, Madness & Miracles. She’ll be appearing again at Louisa County Library on Saturday, October 27 at 10am.

During her talk Bliss mentioned Ed Garvey’s book Appalachian Hiker: Adventure of a Lifetime and works by and about Grandma Gatewood, like this one.

She recommends using the annual AT guides by David “Awol” Miller. And also talked about the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

If you have books you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

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On The Same Page is a podcast from the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library to keep you in the loop and on the same page about what’s happening at your library.

In this episode, we hear from author Dr. Bert Ashe and chat about what we’ve read recently.

Book chat we talked about:

Erica

• The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley (latest Flavia de Luce book)
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Newbery Award winner, which beat Honor Book Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds)

Abby

• The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn (similar to The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins and The Good House by Ann Leary)
• The Hunger by Alma Katsu (NOT Hunger by Roxane Gay, which is also good)

University of Richmond professor Bert Ashe spoke at Northside Library on July 31 about his experience growing and wearing dreadlocks, and the book he wrote chronicling that experience, Twisted.

During his talk, Ashe or audience members also mentioned Albert Murray’s works, especially South To a Very Old Place.

The podcast will be on a brief hiatus until September 1 when we will launch Season Two! See you then.

If you have an idea for podcast guests or topics or titles you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

This podcast is made possible with generous support from the Friends of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Find out more about the Friends, what they do, and how to support them at the following link.

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On The Same Page is a podcast from the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library to keep you in the loop and on the same page about what’s happening at your library.

In this episode we hear from Nelson County Supervisor Ernie Reed and check our progress toward our reading resolutions.

For this episode of book chat we checked in our on Reading Resolutions from January, just a couple weeks over the six month point. Erica is over halfway to her (admittedly outlandish) goal of reading 200 books and has finished the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan like she planned. Abby wanted to read five romance novels, westerns, and historical fiction (each), and dive more deeply into the work of Octavia Butler – her progress is below. She also wanted to read more books set outside the US, and finish 175 books.

Book chat titles mentioned were:

Erica –

The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

• The Lightning Thief  
• The Sea of Monsters
• The Titan’s Curse
• The Battle of the Labyrinth
• The Last Olympian

Abby –

• Romances
  • The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
  • Cowboy Heaven by Sheryl Brooks
  • Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
  • The Corner of Forever and Always by Lia Riley
  • A Gift of Grace by Amy Clipston
• Westerns
  • Louis L’amour
  • The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt
• Historical Fiction
  • Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
  • At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen (author of Water for Elephants and Ape House)
• Outside the US
  • Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander
  • Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin
• No Octavia Butler yet, but we did discuss the Kindred graphic novel.

If you need help with your reading resolutions ask us for suggestions through our What Do I Read Next? form.

It was great to talk to supervisor Ernie Reed, from Nelson County. When talking about reading when younger, he remembered reading:

• Hardy Boys stories by Franklin Dixon
• Tom Swift Jr books by Victor Appleton
• Nancy Drew stories by Carolyn Keene
• Arthur C Clarke books
• Ray Bradbury books
• Robert Heinlein books
• Theodore Sturgeon books
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

Currently reading:

• The Art of Loading Brush by Wendell Berry
• Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition by Jeff Biggers
• Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change by Mary Beth Pfeiffer
• How Music Works by David Byrne
• The Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
• Devotions by Mary Oliver
• Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast by Mark Wojtech  

If you have an idea for podcast guests or topics or titles you’d like to recommend we read and discuss please email us at podcast@jmrl.org.

This podcast is made possible with generous support from the Friends of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Find out more about the Friends, what they do, and how to support them at the following link.

Friends of the Library