The Checkout Stack

Maria Skogen
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The Checkout Stack is for library lovers and bookworms everywhere. Each episode Maria interviews a new librarian to discuss their recent reads, get book recommendations, and learn how their library impacts the community it serves. This podcast is a celebration of the reading life, join us to make sure your library checkout stack is always piled sky high.

  1. 14 APR · VIDEO

    A Different Kind of Romance With Jenny in HI

    Recent Reads Maria: Maisie Dobbs by Jacquiline Winspear Jenny: So Late in the Day by Claire KeeganRecommendations New: First-Time Caller by B.K Borison Backlist: When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal Local Author: Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei KakmitoBook End: A Different Kind of Romance: Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly The Stolen Child by Ann Hoodhttps://www.librarieshawaii.org/

    37 min

  2. 31 MAR · VIDEO

    Boost Your Mental Health With Kris Hickey in OH

    Recent Reads: Maria: Liars by Sarah Manguso Kris: Sirens by Emilia HeartReccommendations: New: Witchcraft For Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Backlist: Terrace Story by Hilary Leitcter Local: There's Always This Year by Hanif AbdurraqipBook End: Boost Your Mental Health Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson 10% Happier by Dan Harris The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutuhttps://www.columbuslibrary.org/school-help/

    35 min

  3. 17 MAR · VIDEO

    Appalachian Fiction with Natalie Seabolt in WV

    Recent Reads: Maria: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Natalie: The Bear by Andrew KrivakReccommendations: New: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich Backlist: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Local: Night Watch by Jayne Ann PhillipsBook End - Appalachian fiction that connects the people, landscape, and mountain culture: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Given Ground by Ann Pancake

    56 min

  4. 3 MAR · VIDEO

    BL Manga with Kelley in FL

    Recent Reads: Maria: Family Family by Laurie Frankel Kelley: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRecommendations: New Book: Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews Backlist Book: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Local Author: Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed by Jose Pablo IrarteBook End: BL Manga Go For It, Nakamura! story and art by Syundei, translated by Amber Tamosaitis Seven Days, Monday-Sunday, art by Venio Tachibana, story by Rihito Takarai, translated by Adrien Beck Our Dining Table, story and art by Mita Ori, translated by Amber TamosaitisOrange County Library Website Orange County Book Clubs 18th Annual SouthWest Author Series

    34 min

  5. 17 FEB · VIDEO

    Sci-Fi For People Who Don't Read Sci-Fi With John Alford in TX

    Recent Reads Maria: Sandwich by Catherine Newman John: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltReccommendations: New: The Women by Kristen Hannah Backlist: Circe by Madeline Miller Local Author: Loren by Jessica HardenBook End - Sci-Fi For People Who Don't Read Sci-Fi All Systems Red by Martha Wells Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

    28 min

  6. 3 FEB · VIDEO

    Dark Romances With Tara in MT

    Recent Reads: Maria - Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne Tara - Cash by Jessica PetersonRecommendations: New - Quicksilver by Callie Hart Backlist - Book Lovers by Emily Henry Local - Wildest Dreams by Kristen Proby Local - Pursuit of Innocence by Bethany RosaBook End: Dark Romance Lights Out by Navessa Allen Phantasma by Kaylie Smith PenPal by JT GeissingerFMC Books Website - https://www.fmcbooks.com/ FMC Books Insta - https://www.instagram.com/fmc.books/ How to reach Tara - tara@fmcbooks.com How to reach Mara - thecheckoutstack@gmail.com

    30 min

  7. 20 JAN · VIDEO

    Jukebox Heroines with Kaite in MO

    Recent Reads: Maria - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Kaite: This Is Why We Lied by Karin SlaughterReccommendations: New - My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past,Present, and Future by Alice Randall Backlist - Infinitum by Tim Fielder Local - Secrets of the Tsil Cafe by Thomas Fox AverillBook End - Jukebox Heroines: Novels of Women in the Music Industry The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie WaltonShow Links: YouTube: Kansas City Public Library Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale  Author event with Tim FielderMy Black Country  Author event with Alice RandallMy Black Country: The Songs of Alice RandallKaite Also made an extended book list on her Jukebox Heroines theme, check it out for more titles!

    43 min

  8. 6 JAN · VIDEO

    Celebrity Memoirs with Carla in UT

    Recent Reads: Maria - Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Carla - The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory by Thomas FullerRecommendations: New Title - The Small and Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil rights Movement by Sharon McMahon Backlist Title - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Local Author - The Unwedding by Ally CondieBook End: Celebrity Memoir Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

    31 min
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The Checkout Stack is for library lovers and bookworms everywhere. Each episode Maria interviews a new librarian to discuss their recent reads, get book recommendations, and learn how their library impacts the community it serves. This podcast is a celebration of the reading life, join us to make sure your library checkout stack is always piled sky high.

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  • Creator
    Maria Skogen
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The Checkout Stack