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Ep. #515 - On today's episode, Adam and Jill answer listener questions about their pets, snacks, non-book related life interests, and a whole bunch more. We'll get back to your regularly scheduled book recommendation content on Monday but this felt like a good time to pause for a brief moment and answer your questions!
Jill's campus crime novel blogs mentioned in the podcast:
1st list: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/09/25/10-campus-crime-novels-that-will-thrill-you-all-year-long/
2nd list: https://company.overdrive.com/2020/10/14/8-more-campus-crime-novels-that-will-thrill-you-all-year-long/
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Ep. #514 - On today's episode, Adam sits down with bestselling author Max Brooks. They chat about his latest books Devolution and Minecraft: The Mountain. They also discuss his lifetime love of audiobooks, growing up in a house filled with storytelling, and the importance of teachers.
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Eo. #513 - Everything feels really tough right now so if, like us, you need a distraction consider getting lost in one of these fictional worlds.
Books mentioned in this episode
Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
Oryx and Crake By Margaret Atwood
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Crane Wife By Patrick Ness
Take a Hint, Dani Brown By Talia Hibbert
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Fangirl By Rainbow Rowell
On Stranger Tides By Tim Powers
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Warcross by Marie Lu
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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Ep. #512 - Adam is joined by Robert Jones, Jr., debut author of The Prophets and creator of the popular Son of Baldwin online community and blog. Robert's new book is receiving praise as a potential book of the year for its groundbreaking storytelling, immaculate prose, and shattering the notion of sexuality and love. This conversation was compelling and touched on not just the novel itself, but its connection to the current moment in time in the United States.
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Ep. #511- Jill and Adam are back together sharing their most recent reads before getting into their own reading resolutions for 2021 Then, they offer up book recommendations for one of the tasks on the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge- Read a book published in the 1990s. Take a listen!
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Recent Reads:
Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

1990s books - #PBNread2021

The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien
A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest J. Gaines
Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton
Sabriel By Garth Nix The Witching Hour By Anne Rice
The Sparrow By Mary Doria Russell
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Rose Madder by Stephen King
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

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Ep. #510 - Happy New Year, nerds! We're ushering 2021 with an author and a book that people are sure to be talking about all year long. Ashley Audrain's debut novel, The Push, has been generating buzz since it's massive 9 publishing house auction and now it's about to finally be released. This stunning thriller about motherhood and family is impossible to put down and will genuinely take your breath away.
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