Professional Book Nerds

Episode Overview: May 5th marks the start of OverDrive's AudioSYNC program so the OverDrive team is spending this episode talking about all things audiobooks! if you ever visit our Blue Sky Campus and walk around the office you'll see lots of staff members with headphones on -- there's always a good chance that they are listening to an audiobook. It's like being paid to read!  SYNC is a free summer audiobook program designed for teens 13 years of age and over. Each week between May 5th and August 17th, users will be able to download two audiobooks per week and, best part is, after the audiobooks have been downloaded, users get to keep them! Reading in the summer can be challenging with busy schedules and traveling plans, which can lead to a summer slump, but with audiobooks, listeners can maintain their reading habits in a different format. We also feature an interview with Michelle Cobb from AudioFile magazine, OverDrive's partner in the SYNC program. For more information, visit http://www.audiobooksync.com.  If you have a favorite audiobook, let us know at  [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill, Adam, and Sheila   Intro (0:00-2:19)   Recent Listens (2:20-8:21) The Verdict by Nick Stone Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow   Books Written and Read by Comedians (8:22-11:18) Born Standing Up by Steve Martin 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal I Must Say by Martin Short Brain Droppings by George Carlin Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage by Rob Delaney You're Doing It Right by Michael Ian Black Paddle Your Canoe by Nick Offerman Gumption by Nick Offerman Yes, Please by Amy Poehler  America Again by Stephen Colbert Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari Bossypants by Tina Fey Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris Almost Interesting by David Spade The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer    Foodie Listens (11:19-15:05) The Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser   Audiobooks and AudioSYNC (15:06-23:03) As You Wish by Cary Elwes View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman  Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman   Interview with AudioFile's Michelle Cobb (23:04-End) Art Dog by Thacher Hurd Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 28 days by Charles R. Smith, Jr.   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: 400 years ago this month, William Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil but the show must go on, so OverDrive's Professional Book Nerds are discussing the man behind the myth in our latest episode. We also talk about whether or not it really matters if William Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays attributed to him. After all, what's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Regardless of reading choices, remember -- when the question is asked To Read Or Not To Read, the answer should always be to read! Along with doing some Shakespeare fangirling, we cover all of the books we've recently read, some of the upcoming books we are (not so) patiently waiting for, and also offer tips on getting through book ennui.  If you have a favorite Shakespeare play and/or modern adaptation, please feel free to let us know at [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill and Liz   Intro (0:00-1:56)   Recent Reads: (1:57-17:09) Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow A Girl In Pieces by Isabel Quintero Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin George by Alex Gino Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Codex by Lev Grossman Red Rising by Pierce Brown Golden Son by Pierce Brown Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristof Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau Saga by Brian K. Vaughan The Secret History by Donna Tartt   Celebrating #Shakespeare400: (17:10-30:41) William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher Two Gentlemen of Lebowski by Adam Bertocci  Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Fool by Christopher Moore Will's Words by Jane Sutcliffe A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North Macbeth #KillingIt by William Shakespeare and Courtney Carbone   Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (30:42-End) The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen The Shadows of the Dark Crystal by J. M. Lee The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman The Erye Affair by Jasper Fforde, Book 1 in the Thursday Next series A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, Book 1 in the All Souls Trilogy The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde, Book 1 in the Nursery Crimes series Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes Wicked by Gregory Maguire Grendel by John Gardner Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys   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 This week we are back with another author interview, this time with bestselling author Matthew Quick, the man behind the popular The Silver Linings Playbook which was also adapted into the Academy Award nominated film. In his conversation with Adam, Matthew shares how Silver Linings Playbook became both a book and a movie (and not necessarily in the order you might think!) and also talks about his writing process and how he transitioned into writing Young Adult novels. His newest book Every Exquisite Thing will be released in May.   Books Written By Matthew The Silver Linings Playbook (novel) Silver Linings Playbook (movie) Love May Fail Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock Every Exquisite Thing The Good Luck of Right Now Boy21 Sorta Like a Rock Star   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: April is National Poetry Month and some of the OverDrive staff is celebrating by having a themed episode where we share some of our favorite poems and poets and even read a couple of poems on air. The professional book nerds also share some non-poetry recent reads and forthcoming titles we are looking forward to reading. Feel free to let us know some of your favorite poems by emailing us at [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill, Annie, Todd   Intro (0:00-3:01)   Recent Reads: (3:02-13:59) Gone with the Mind by Mark Leyner My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog by Mark Leyner The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Girl In a Band by Kim Gordon  Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir   Celebrating National Poetry Month: (14:00-31:59) Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker Some Ether by Nick Flynn The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel The Endarkenment by Jeffrey McDaniel Chapel of Inadvertent Joy by Jeffrey McDaniel Bright Dead Things by Ada Lilmon Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur The Spoons In the Grass Are There To Build a Moat by Linda Bruckheimer    Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:00-End) Sex & Love & by Bob Hicok Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Motefiore Certain Magical Acts by Alice Notley   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Overview In our latest author interview, OverDrive's Adam talks to New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson. She shares insights into her writing process, including what it's like working with her sister, fellow author Nancy Bush, and the challenges that come with writing about some really evil characters. Lisa also gives a list of some of her favorite books and recent reads.   Popular Lisa Jackson books:  Afraid to Die Tell Me You Don't Want to Know Running Scared Without Mercy Malice Shiver Deep Freeze   Lisa Jackson's Recent Reads and Favorites: Missing You by Harlan Coben Shock Wave by John Sandford The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand Marley and Me by John Grogan The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick 11/22/63 by Stephen King   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 In today's episode we are talking about two of our favorite non-fiction categories: feminist/women's studies titles and true crime! We also talk about all of the recent non-fiction books of all genres that we've read and the forthcoming books that have us super excited. In our intro, Adam shares some celebrity memoirs that he has recently read and enjoyed. Share your own favorite women's studies and true crime titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff Jill, Cindy, and Rachel K.   Intro (0:00-2:44) You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal Born Standing Up by Steve Martin    Big Library Read (2:45-5:49) American Sniper by Chris Kyle The Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell American Wife by Taya Kyle   Recent Reads (5:50-18:59) Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer Attempting Normal by Marc Maron A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold I Will Find You by Joanna Connors All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister Modern Romance by Aziz Ansarai At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell   Feminist Studies/Women's Issues (19:00-23:09) Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Heartburn by Nora Ephron Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham   True Crime (23:10-32:29) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth Pretty Little Killers by Daleen Berr My Story by Elizabeth Smart A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard Finding Me by Michelle Knight Hope by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis The Innocent Killer by Michael Griesbach Worse than the Devil by Dean A. Strang The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin   Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:30-End) Hunger by Roxane Gay Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West Lust and Wonder by Augusten Burroughs Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Porcelain by Moby Paper by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky Longitude by Dava Sobel Zero by Charles Seife Mauve by Simon Garfield A Mind of its Own by David M. Friedman Grunt by Mary Roach Maximum Security Book Club by Mikita Brottman American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes, and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough The Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt The Arm by Jeff Passan Becoming Grandma by Lesley Stahl   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 Book adaptations on the big and small screen are all the rage and several upcoming films have the OverDrive staff super excited. In this week's episode, Adam and Jill discuss their favorite page to screen titles, share favorites from some OverDrive users, and also talk about the upcoming adaptations they are most anxious to see. Share your own favorite Page to Screen titles by finding OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs or you can email the podcast directly at [email protected]    Featured OverDrive Staff Jill and Adam   Titles Discussed in this episode  Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin The BFG by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Matilda by Roald Dahl Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption from Different Seasons by Stephen King IT by Stephen King The Green Mile by Stephen King Cujo by Stephen King The Tommyknockers by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King Carrie by Stephen King The Princess Bride by William Goldman Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Let the Right One In (book) by John Ajvide Lindqvist Let the Right One In (foreign film) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Ready Player One by Ernest Cline A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Martian by Andy Weir Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Giver (book) by Lois Lowry  The Giver (movie) The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett  American Gods by Neil Gaiman The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Allegiant by Veronica Roth Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas   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

Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Episode Overview   Recently, local Cleveland author Dr. Lisa Damour stopped by the OverDrive offices to chat with Adam about her latest book Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood. She and Adam discuss the difficulties of raising young girls in the social media age and offers advice to parents concerned about their own daughters. But even if you aren't a parent of a teenage girl, we've all been teenagers and the book's subject matter is relevant for readers of all ages.  Lisa's own personal book recommendation is My Early Life by Winston Churchill.   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

Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at facebook.com/OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter @OverDriveLibs and email the podcast directly at [email protected]    Episode Overview In today's episode we are talking all things Mystery! From cozy mysteries to suspense thrillers to everything in between, the Mystery genre features a multitude of sub-genres and the OverDrive staff librarians all have their favorite titles. Like our Romance episode, we also discuss clever punny titles that come out of this genre. Our intro includes some emails in response to our recent Science Fiction and Fantasy episode with additional recommendations for our listeners. Email us at [email protected] with your own comments and recommendations.    Featured OverDrive Staff Jill, Emma, Meghan, and Kristin    Intro (0:00-6:14) Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Red Mars, Blue Mars, and Green Mars  by Kim Stanley Robinson The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross, Book 1 of the The Steampunk Chronicles The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason, Book 1 of the The Stoker and Holmes series   Recent Reads (6:15-15:49) The Siren by Kiera Cass Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco by Laura DiSilverio Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott  The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell A Doubter's Almanac by Ethan Canin What Remains of Me by Ann Marie Lee Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed by Bruce Coville   Cozy Mysteries and Favorite Punny Titles (15:50-25:50) Murder She Wrote by Jessica Fletcher Purl Up and Die by Maggie Sefton Silence of the Lamps by Karen Rose Smith Caught Bread Handed by Ellie Alexander Gourdfellas by Maggie Bruce A Killer in the Rye by Delia Rosen Fry Me a Liver by Delia Rosen From Herring to Eternity by Delia Rosen As Gouda as Dead by Avery Aames For Chedder or Worse by Avery Aames To Brie or Not to Brie by Avery Aames Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames The Diva Runs out of Thyme by Krista Davis One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun Wish You Were Here by Rita May Brown   Suspense and Thrillers (25:51-32:34) The Likeness by Tana French In the Woods by Tana French The Secret Place by Tana French Blood on the Snow by Jo Nesbo Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, Book 1 in the Millennium series  The Bat by Jo Nesbo, Book 1 in the Harry Hole series   Unreliable Narrators (32:35-40:55) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll The Good Girl by Mary Kubica  The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, Book 1 of Cormoran Strike series Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, Book 3 of Cormoran Strike series   Books Coming Soon (40:56-End) The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight The Girls by Emma Cline The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund End of Watch by Stephen King   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

Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at [email protected]    Episode Overview Today's podcast is a special episode related to the first Big Library Read pick of 2016. A couple of times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global book club through their library and this time the book choice is American Sniper by Chris Kyle, the man regarded as the most lethal sniper in United States Military History. Big Library Read officially kicks off March 17th and in anticipation of the event, Adam sat down with Chris Kyle's widow Taya Kyle, who has written her own memoir, American Wife. Taya shares stories about her experiences as a military wife and what prompted Chris to write his book. She also discusses the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, which assists service members, first responders, and their families. For more information about Big Library Read visit www.BigLibraryRead.com  For more information about Chris Kyle Frog Foundation visit www.ChrisKyleFrogFoundation.org      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