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New year, new retrospective! We are back with another deep-dive into a favorite series of the past, starting with Book 1 of the Hunger Games trilogy. Joe, Emma, and Jill answer important questions such as Where would Cleveland be located in Panem? and, of course, Who would you choose: Gale versus Peeta? They discuss differences between the book and movie, favorite scenes, and more.
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Today on the pod, Joe talks with Mike Albo about his new book Another Dimension of Us (out January 17). They dive into Mike's process, what it was like growing up in the 80s, feedback from his authenticity readers, the excitement around his audiobook, and of course- curating a new age bookshelf.

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
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Emma, Joe, and Jill are back for the monthly round up of books they're most excited for coming out this month! In this episode, they also chat about gothic ghost stories, an obsession with the tv show, Supernatural, the 90s, Uggs vs. Crocs, preview some upcoming author interviews, and talk about their favorite tropes.
Emma’s Picks:  


Radiant Sin by Katee Robert  


The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz  


Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth  


Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft  


Immortality by Dana Schwartz  


The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan 


This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang 

Jill’s Picks:  


The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi 


B.F.F. by Christie Tate 


Cold People by Tom Rob Smith 


Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez 


The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill 


Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones 


Bookworm by Robin Yeatman 

Joe’s Picks:  


The Angel Maker by Alex North 


Bad Mormon by Heather Gay 


The Long Run by James Acker 


Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith 


Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi 


Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns 


Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela 


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Emma chats with Monica Heisey about her novel, Really Good, Actually. They also discuss divorce at a young age, the triumph of oat milk, writing for television versus writing fiction, the best advice, Toronto Public Library's reading challenge, and how to find the funny in writing and life.

Books mentioned:
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Garbielle Zevin
Georgia Nicolson series
How Should a Person Be? By Sheila Heti 

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Starting the new year off right with our MOST anticipated books of 2023! This list was so hard to narrow down and we're surely missing a lot of releases, but here are some of the titles we cannot wait to read this year. Emma, Joe, and Jill also chat about our undying love for Santino Fontana, the struggle in pronouncing character names from fantasy books aloud, a term we're coining "murder-coms," Joe's chat with Grady Hendrix, MLMs, gothic stories and manifesting the release of the next Crescent City book from Sarah J. Maas.

Jill’s Picks 


The Teachers by Alexandra Robbins 


I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai 


Reckoning by V (formally Eve Ensler) 


Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer 


How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix 


The Golden Frog Games by Claribel A Ortega 


She is a haunting by Trang Thanh Tran 


The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor 


VenCo by Cherie Dimaline 


Kiss me in the Coral Lounge by Helen Ellis 

 
Emma’s Picks 


Happy Place by Emily Henry  


A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon 


Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken  


A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing  


Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong  


Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey (and Unfortunately Yours)  


A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand  


Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison  


Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffen  


The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes  

 
Joe’s Picks 


In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune 


For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes 


The Only One Left by Riley Sager  


The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro


Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto 


Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood 


Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby 


The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt 


The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz 


Zero Days by Ruth Ware 


Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace here.
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Join Joe for a conversation with Grady Hendrix! They talk about his new book, How to Sell a Haunted House, writing structure, Lemony Snicket, and just what it takes to empty out the clutter of a life gone by.

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse).
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