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1:40 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (10/29-11/11) (find even more here)

3:22 – Abby’s book chat: The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey

6:20 – EJ’s book chat: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

10:25 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 22-24)

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!

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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1:12 – Abby’s book chat, Flesh and Blood by N. West Moss 

4:17 – EJ’s book chat, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

10:19 – Jazzy Overbooked Announcement! Check out all of JMRL’s book club kits here

13:00 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 22-24)

39:10 – Coming up at JMRL (10/15-10/28) (find even more here)

Don’t forget about the JMRL Fall Book Sale, which opens to the general public tomorrow! Open daily, 10 am – 7 pm, at 300 Albemarle Square Shopping Center. 

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

Anyone can enter our poetry contest – you don’t have to be a “poet”! 

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3:34 – Abby’s book chat, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 

7:10 – EJ’s book chat, The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 

10:56 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 19-21)

27:27 – Coming up at JMRL (10/1-10/14) (find even more here)

Anyone can enter our poetry contest – you don’t have to be a “poet”! 

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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1:50 – Readers Advisory Corner

6:38 – Book Club Kits 

8:31 — Beanstack Reading Challenges 

13:48 – Coming up at JMRL (9/17-9/30)

We hope you enjoyed learning about our book club kits and JMRL’s newest reading challenge, which you can participate in through beanstack, during today’s episode! 

Missing Overbooked? Never fear! Our podcast book club will resume in two short weeks, on Friday, September 30. 

In the meantime, check out these books mentioned on today’s podcast: 

Atomic Habits by James Clear 

Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg 

Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg 

David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell 

Give and Take by Adam Grant 

Drive by Daniel Pink 

Get it Done by Sam Bennett 

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore 

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

Faye, Faraway by Helen Fisher 

The Space Barons by Christian Davenport 

Fighting for Space by Amy Teitel 

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 

Wally Funk’s Race for Space by Sue Nelson 

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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1:00 – Abby’s book chat pick: Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors; for a secular story about an American living in Africa, try Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk 

6:03 – EJ’s book chat pick: Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 

13:30 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 16-18

38:17 – Coming up at JMRL (8/6-8/19)

JMRL’s Summer Reading Challenge Page – it’s not too late to begin! 

There will be no Overbooked content on our next episode, which means you have time to catch up! Be sure to read chapters 19-21 of The Glass Ocean before we resume our book club on September 2. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked videos for visuals and audio from previous discussions on JMRL’s YouTube!

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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00:56 – Abby’s book chat pick: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon 

Tips for reading poetry

8:04 – EJ’s book chat pick: Tidelands by Phillipa Gregory

17:33 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 13-15

1:00:30 – Coming up at JMRL (7/23-8/5)

JMRL’s Summer Reading Challenge Page – it’s not too late to begin! 

Be sure to read chapters 16-18 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on August 5. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video for visuals and audio from previous discussions on JMRL’s YouTube!

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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1:20 – Abby’s book chat pick: Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding

7:12 – EJ’s book chat pick: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

15:17 – Reader’s Advisory Corner: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 

20:19 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 10-12

44:30 – Coming up at JMRL (7/9-7/22)

It’s not too late to start our summer reading challenge! Check out our instructions page here. 

Reader’s Advisory Corner – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus has a hold list of over 100 people! Check out these readalikes while you wait for your turn: 

• Where’d you go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
• Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
• Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel (on order)
• Dearie by Bob Spitz 
• The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha (on order)
• Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen
• Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
• Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel 
• How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway 

Be sure to read chapters 13-15 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on July 22. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video for visuals and audio from previous discussions on JMRL’s YouTube!

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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2:03 – Summer reading update 

4:35 – Louisa library spotlight 

21:00 – Coming up at JMRL (6/25-7/8/22)  

Little Did You Know: have you seen our “Newly Received Items” lists?

Go to jmrl.org → Hover over the “Online Resources” tab → Select “Newly Received Items”

Check out our comprehensive list of items that have just been added to your local library collection! 

Summer reading update! Abby found these delicious, naturally sweetened cookies – you can even eat them for breakfast. Find the “Cook” challenge under the “Create” category. EJ enjoyed a virtual tour of the National Aquarium to fulfill an activity under “Oceans of Fun.” click the links below to get 2 points on your Summer Reading Challenge. Don’t forget to log your progress on Beanstack!

• National Aquarium
• Virtual Reality Wild Dolphin Experience

Be sure to read chapters 10-12 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on July 8. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video for visuals and audio from previous discussions on JMRL’s YouTube!

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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2:00 – Splash into summer reading with book recommendations 

15:40 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 7-9

46:37 – Coming up at JMRL (6/11-6/24/22)  

Play along with our #PodcastScavengerHunt! This week, check out this summer reading book list – you may find where you need to search by reading closely….

Email podcast@jmrl.org with a photo of yourself searching the stacks, and you could win a prize! 

Sign up for summer reading at jmrl.beanstack.org! 

Don’t miss these library links mentioned in today’s episode: 

JMRL’s blog

What Do I Read Next?

Kanopy 

Be sure to read chapters 10-12 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on June 24. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video for visuals and audio from today’s discussion on JMRL’s YouTube!

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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2:12 – Abby shares about Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson 

Read alike: River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke

6:06 – EJ shares about Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 

Read alike: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

11:00 – Interview with Anne Lindberg, branch manager of the Scottsville Library

24:41 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 4-6 

Pizza from Amici’s at the Scottsville Summer Kickoff (Thursday, June 9, 4-6 pm)

Our first #SamePageObject was JMRL’s poetry community journal. Check out the community journals here! 

You have two weeks to decipher the identity of our next mystery, #SamePagePlant. Your clue is: “This beautiful plant looks heavenly, but some associate it with Satan, because it’s impossible to kill! But if you see these leaves growing pale, it’s time for the sun to chill.” If you’d like to submit a guess, or a photo of you with this special plant, to podcast@jmrl.org, you could win a prize! 

Be sure to read chapters 7-9 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on June 10. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video for visuals and the audio from today’s discussion on JMRL’s YouTube!

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

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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