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”!
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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:
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Chemistryby Bonnie Garmus has a hold list of over 100 people! Check out these readalikes while you wait for your turn:
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.
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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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!
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.
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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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!
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.
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.
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.
32:30 – Podcast book club Overbooked, chapters 1-3
Your third clue for #SamePageObject: “Perhaps you have played a part in penning this object’s poesy.” Your previous two clues were:
Located near where new might meet you, and,
This object honors one of April’s monthly celebrations
What’s your guess? Tag us on social media, or email us at podcast@jmrl.org. Join us in two weeks for the big reveal, and to begin our next round of guessing game fun!
Be sure to read chapters 4-6 of The Glass Ocean before our next episode on May 27. Don’t have time to listen to the whole podcast but still want to participate in Overbooked? Check out our Overbooked video, premiering Tuesday, May 17, 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.
Your second clue for #SamePageObject: “Located near where new might meet you.” What’s your guess? Tag us on social media, or email us at podcast@jmrl.org.
Our podcast book club, Overbooked, has officially launched! Join us in reading The Glass Ocean by Williams, Willig, and White. The story follows three women Sarah, Caroline and Tess as they all wrestle with family secrets, mystery, and the unfortunate situation they find themselves in – on board the doomed Lusitania. Join us every episode through September for our “Overbooked” discussion! You can find the book at the library in traditional print, large print, as a book on CD, or as an eBook on Freading (no holds, no wait time – ever). Get involved in the conversation on social media using #Overbooked.
Our reading schedule is as follows:
Episode Air Date
Chapter Discussion
May 13, 2022
Ch. 1-3
May 27, 2022
Ch. 4-6
June 10, 2022
Ch. 7-9
June 24, 2022
Ch. 10-12
July 8, 2022
Ch. 13-15
July 22, 2022
Ch. 16-18
August 5, 2022
Ch.19-21
August 19, 2022
Ch. 22-24
September 2, 2022
Ch. 25-27
September 16, 2022
Ch. 28-30
September 30, 2022
Epilogue, General Review
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.
