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!
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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.
Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode:
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.
Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode:
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.
Susan shares with our listeners about the book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffin. Find out a ton more about Kevin’s work, and even connect with him directly through free Zoom classes, by visiting his website.
Your first clue for #SamePageObject: “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.
Tune in on 4/29/22 for the start of a BRAND NEW SEASON! We will be discussing the 4th annual JMRL How-To Festival.
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.
In this episode, local parenting experts and advocates, and mental health professionals, joined forces to share warmth and wisdom for those of us parenting through the pandemic. Not a parent? No problem. You will still benefit from the discussions on self-care, recognizing ourselves as experts of our own experiences, and what it means for us as a community to be experiencing collective trauma.
Want more of these amazing panelists? Register to join us for our upcoming virtual programming with these same presenters (and plenty of time for discussion, questions, and more): April 21, 7 pm, and May 26, 7 pm.
Jacquelyn Lazo, who spearheaded this event, invites you to check out her book, Comeback Kids, for more information on post-pandemic parenting.
Sarah Lewis, one of our guests, is part of a great podcast: Podcast Therapists.
EJ read The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up by Beatrice Chestnut and Uranio Paes
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, head to their website.
In this episode, I talked to YA author Traci Chee about her book We Are Not Free, JMRL’s Same Page selection for 2022. We talked about Traci’s personal connection to the novel and how it was to create, write, and imagine the 14 teens who serve as narrators and protagonists. If you haven’t already read We Are Not Free, make sure to do so before March 17th, when Traci will be joining us for our mainstage Same Page event.
We Are Not Free read alikes compiled by JMRL staff.
Tune in next time to hear a conversation with Jacquelyn Lazo, local author of Comeback Kids.
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.
