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0:46 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here)

2:45 – Abby’s book chat: It’s Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan 

7:12 – EJ’s book chat: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

14:21 – Poetry deep dive: EJ chose “Cage” by Josephine Miles

24:33 – Poetry deep dive: Abby chose “It’s nice to think of tears” by Gerald Stern

April is National Poetry Month! Stay tuned for more poetry in our next episode in two weeks. 

Helpful Resources: 

African American Poetry for Adults

In case you missed it: our interview with the wonderful Ross Gay, author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy

Other mentions: 

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendon Slocumb 

Paradise Poems by Gerald Stern

Collected Poems, 1930-83 by Josephine Miles

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00:50 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here)

2:30 – Interview with Ross Gay

24:15 – The Rundown (also featuring Ross)

Upcoming Events:

Livestream Ross Gay’s Same Page Conversation from Virginia Humanities YouTube Channel

Friends of the Library Book Sale: the Spring Book Sale is scheduled for April 1-9 at 300 Albemarle Square Shopping Center

This episode’s mentions:

New Era Band

Day La Soul

Observational Writing article from WritersDigest

Paul Goodman

Susan Sontag

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1:23 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here)

3:45 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See)

23:50 – The Rundown 

It’s March! JMRL’s Same Page Community Read program is underway! You can participate by reading the book and attending delightfully inspired programming all month long. Tune in next episode when Abby and EJ have a conversation with The Book of Delights author, Ross Gay.  

Helpful Resources: 

Our first (S.7 E.1) and second (S.7 E.3) Overbooked discussions 

Thank you for reading All The Light We Cannot See alongside us! Want more? Try one of these readalike options: 

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Other mentions: 

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Counterfeit by Kristin Chen

“Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone” article

Capitol Reef National Park 

Daniel Tiger

Dinosaur Train

House of the Dragon

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1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here)

3:00 – Reading Resolutions Check-in

11:45 – Abby’s book chat: Unbound by Tarana Burke 

EJ’s book chat: Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color by Sharna Jackson

19:50 – Interview with Meredith Dickens 

For the Same Page Community Read this March we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. For more information on this year’s Same Page events visit https://jmrl.org/samepage.htm. 

Helpful Resources: 

What Do I Read Next?

Abby and EJ’s reading resolutions FindIt List (book titles you’ll love!) 

JMRL’s reading challenge, “For the Love of Reading”

Help getting set up on beanstack 

Suggest a purchase

Buying a book in memory or in honor of someone 

BookLetters newsletters

Other mentions: 

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch

Four Treasures in the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Unbound by Tarana Burke

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews; illustrated by Bryan Collier

Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color by Sharna Jackson; illustrated by Andrea Pippins

Series: What the Artist Saw from the Met

Baking By Feel by Becca Rea-Tucker

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

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1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here)

3:10 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See)

34:50 – The Rundown 

For the Same Page Community Read this March we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. For more information on this year’s Same Page events visit https://jmrl.org/samepage.htm.

Find more discussion questions for All The Light here:

• https://bookclubchat.com/books/book-club-questions-for-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-by-anthony-doerr/
• https://libromaniacs.com/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-book-club-questions/
• https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/9734-all-light-we-cannot-see-doerr?start=3 

Helpful Resources: 

• Our first Overbooked discussion (S.7 E.1)
• JMRL’s “For the Love of Reading” challenge 
• Learn to type with Abby: typingclub.com 

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1:10 – Spotlight: community journals 

3:20 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here)

5:25 – Abby’s book chat: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

9:45 – EJ’s book chat: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

14:50 – a word from Crozet’s TAB (more information here)

18:40 – Reader’s Advisory Corner

For the Same Page Community Read we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. For more information on this year’s Same Page events visit https://jmrl.org/samepage.htm. 

Book Chat: 

• Abby – Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
• EJ – Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Reader’s Advisory Corner: 

• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
  • Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 
• Foster by Claire Keegan 
  • The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson 
  • The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

Other mentions in this episode: 

• The Good Left Undone Book Chat by EJ – Season 6, Episode 6

Helpful Resources: 

• Community Journals in the FindIt Catalog
• Teen Volunteer Page 
• Adult Volunteer Page (there are openings!)

As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

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1:15 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here)
2:45 – The Rundown (reading, watching, learning, surprise question!)
8:15 – Overbooked –  – characters and plot discussion 
41:00 – Same Page Community Read announcement 

Abby raved about Jacqueline Woodson as the Same Page Community Read author in 2021; this year, we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. 

Other mentions in this episode: 

• • Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang 
• The Rewind by Alison Winn Scotch
• The Great Festive Baking Show
• Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell 

Helpful Resources: 

• Language Learning including ASL: Transparent Languages 
• Information on countries around the world: CultureGrams database

As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. 

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2:05 — JMRL email newsletters

4:15 — Abby and EJ’s favorite reads, most anticipated reads, and reading resolutions

23:00 — JMRL reading resolutions and favorite reads of 2022

This is our last episode of 2022. We hope you enjoyed this podcasting year as much as we did! Our Reading Resolutions episode is full of book recommendations from librarians and library staff around the region. 

Click here for a complete list of titles mentioned in this episode. Books arriving in 2023 may not be available in our catalog yet, so remember to check back often to get on those holds lists! 

Get inspired with more staff favorites – these change every month: 

JMRL staff picks

Or find the BookLetters box on the jmrl.org to sign up for more bookish newsletters!

Mentioned in this episode: 

JMRL Newsletter Sign-Up

Transparent Languages Database

Resources to track your reading: 

Goodreads

StoryGraph

As always, please email podcast@jmrl.org with comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else. We’d love to hear from you. See you in 2023!

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Our next Overbooked book is (drumroll please)…

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

There is no reading schedule for this book club. Just start reading – we have a feeling you won’t be able to stop. Tune into our three-part discussion:

1/13

2/10

3/10

If you love this book and want to share your impressions, takeaways, memories, lessons learned, favorite moments, etc., please email us! We can set up a short meeting virtually or in person, or you can submit your thoughts through writing. Email podcast@jmrl.org for more information. 

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1:13 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (11/12-11/25) (check out even more events here)

3:00 – Reading Recommendations: Fall Into Reading! (FindIt List)

4:47 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 38-30 + epilogue)

Join EJ and Abby at Northside Library for a live event: Podcasting: A Day in the Life on Tuesday, November 15, from 1-2 pm. Register here!

Don’t forget to register your participation in this November’s Fall Into Reading Challenge on Beanstack! Sign up and find out more information here. 

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