Professional Book Nerds

We're 50! Well, we're 50 episodes old anyway. In today's very round numbered episode we sat down (virtually) with debut author Cuyler Overholt to talk about her thrillng novel, A deadly Affection, her award-winning debut, is the first installment in the Dr. Genevieve Summerford historical mystery series. They discuss Cuyler's journey from lawyer to writer and what inspires her stories as well as why she loves the idea of New York City at the turn of the century.  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Overview: Friday September 16, 2016 is Read an eBook Day! As the leading app for eBooks available through libraries, we love celebrating this day of #eBookLove. For this week's episode, Adam and Jill decided to poll previous Professional Book Nerd guests to find out what they'll be reading on the day!    The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict The Witches Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett Mo'Meta Blues by Questlove Plaid & Plagiarism by Molly MacRae In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Vicious by V.E. Schwab News of the World by Paulette Giles Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Adam chats with author Kate Elliott, who has written 25 novels. She is currently working on her first Young Adult titles with the Court of Fives trilogy. The second Court of Fives title, Poisoned Blade, comes out this fall. Kate and Adam spent a lot of time discussing Fantasy world building and the how Kate's fascination with maps plays into the worlds she creates for her stories. They also dive into the books Kate enjoyed growing up that inspired the works she now creates and they even explore some wonderful facts about Hawaii, where Kate lives, and how she spends her free time there.     Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Overview Happy Friday! In today's episode, Jill and Adam hang out in their soon-to-be awesome recording studio and chat. They start by sharing some recent listener emails. They also share some big news about upcoming podcast interviews and give a brief teaser about the upcoming Big Library Read event which starts up in October.    We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated by Natasha Randall The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Hollywood Said No by David Cross and Bob Odenkirk Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt Attempting Normal by Marc Maron Kasher in the Rye by Moshe Kasher The Widow's House by Carol Goodman The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman Troublemaker by Leah Remini Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jonathan Maberry Running with a Police Escort by Jill Grunenwald Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming The Nix by Nathan Hill Carry On by Lisa Fenn And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Overview Adam sits down with Lisa Fenn, ESPN producer and author of the new book CARRY ON which examines the unexpected relationship between two disabled wrestlers living in inner city Cleveland. One of those wrestlers, Leroy Sutton, joins Adam and Lisa as they discuss the book and this incredible story of carrying on under extraordinary circumstances.    Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Jill is joined by newcomer Kristi as they discuss some of their favorite nonfiction titles. They dive into some fascinating conversations about travel, science and much more while also providing some helpful "introductory" titles for people looking to get into nonfiction books for the first time. All titles discussed can be sampled and borrowed by clicking on them in the list below. Nonfiction Reads   Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon   This is Not My Life by Diane Schoemperlen   Dreamland by Sam Quinones   Cracking the Cube by Ian Scheffler   The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz   A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson   In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson   At Home by Bill Bryson   Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon   The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson   Thunderstruck by Erik Larson   Dead Wake by Erik Larson   The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir   The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee   The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee   Stiff by Mary Roach   Grunt by Mary Roach   The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 by Amy Stewart and Tim Folger   The Cabaret of Plants by Richard Mabey   Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! By Richard Feynman   The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot   Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson   Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich   Pistols at Dawn by John Campbell   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our last interview from the American Library Association meetings in Orlando, Adam sits down with debut author, Chelsea Sedoti, author of The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett. Adam and Chelsea discuss a shared love of the Midwest before diving into Chelsea's creative process, her experience with book signings and the Young Adult community as a whole and how she likes to spend her time when she's not writing. She also confesses her love of Sweet Valley High and the books of Christopher Pike.  Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well hello there! Today we have a big ol' list of book recommendations for fans of Young Adult and New Adult titles. Adam is joined by his good friends (and avid readers) Christina, Andrea and Sydney who share their recent reads and chat about the mass appeal of Young Adult and New Adult titles. You can find every title they mention below or by visiting https://www.overdrive.com/collections/9320/the-professional-book-nerds-podcast-reading-list. Reading Recommendations: 99 Days by Katie Cotugno   A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray   The Man in the High Castle   American Girls by Alison Umminger   The Here and Now by Ann Brashares   Rebel Magisters by Shanna Swendson   Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto   Even When You Lie to Me by Jessica Alcott   A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro   Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers   The Paper Princess by M. C. Beaton   The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich   Pivot Point by Kasie West   Lion Heart by A. C. Gaughen   The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood   House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski   The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all heard stories -- real and fictional -- about women kidnapped and held captive for years but what happens after they escape? That's the question Hollie Overton sets out to answer in her book Baby Doll. For her book, Hollie used her real-life experience as a twin and she also talks to Adam about her experiences as a television writer!    Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have two newcomers to the podcast in Sydney and Tiffany who join Adam to chat about what else...books of course! They offer up the books they're excited about and their favorite recent reads. Both Sydney and Tiffany are former teachers so they dive into the books their kids really enjoyed and they even provide their "desert island" recommendations. Strangely neither of them picked a survival book...   Reading Recommendations    Carry On by Rainbow Rowell   Get in Trouble by Kelly Link   Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo   All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr   In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware   The Collectors by Phillip Pullman   Attachments by Rainbow Rowell   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich   Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher   Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton   Dark Matter by Blake Crouch   We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly   The Trespasser by Tana French   Lightless by C. A. Higgins   Baby Doll by Hollie Overton   Mary Shelley's Frankenstein   The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury   Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes   The Princess Bride by William Goldman   Brave New World by Aldous Huxley   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien   Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Tayler   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices