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Capital Area District Libraries is excited to produce the Book Bound podcast which is hosted by some of CADL's literary experts. Content centers around the library and its collection, book recommendations, events, partnerships and services.

16h ago

Episode 34: Spirits, Craft, and Quirky Characters

We wend from crafting to Gothic horror, through quirky humor and lyrical verse. Cheryl’s Books: Story Telling: A Writing Life—Isabel AllendeBogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life—Meritt TuretskyThe Juniper Tree—Barbara ComynsCloud Runner: Poems—Joy Harjo Mentioned: Other books by Isabel Allende including My Name Is Emilia del Valle and The House of the SpiritsThe Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns Jessica’s Books: Stitched—Eli McCannA Year of Marvelous Ways—Sarah WinmanThe Glowing Hours—Leila SiddiquiWhen We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice —Ilse S. Carter Mentioned: Chirstopher Guest MoviesWorks of Wade Rouse / Viola ShipmanP FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance—Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-RideauThe Keeper of Lost Things—Ruth HoganThe Ferryman and His Wife—Frode Grytten Mari’s Books: La Bandera: Poems of Resistance and Pride—Anika Aldamuy Denise Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimley’s Classroom—Chris PriestleyThe House of Gardenias—Isabel Cañas Mentioned: Where is Puerto Rico?—Tracy Vonder BrinkThe Night—Mariachiara Di GiorgioBog Bodies, Human Sacrifices, and other Natural Mummies—Megan Cooley PetersonThe Hacienda—Isabel Cañas
Sep 16

Episode 33: Legacy, Gathering, and Nature

This month we touch on books that explore heritage, community, and the natural world. One Grand ReadThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: A Fortune for Your Disaster: Poems by Hanif AbdurraqibHannah Coulter by Wendell BerryBees by Wojciech Grajkowski Story Rug by Sophie Blackall Mentioned: OneGrandRead.com and more books by Hanif AbdurraqibBooks written by Wendell BerryThe Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson (discussed in Episode 53 of our Reader's Roundtable podcast)Books written and/or illustrated by Phoebe Wahl Jessica’s Books: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya ParkerThe Birthing Tree by Amanda PetersThe Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie MorrisThe Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman Mentioned: The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian RandallThe Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya ParkerThe Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (discussed in Reader's Roundtable Episode 88)The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman aka Practical Magic 2 Mari’s Books: My Sugar Beet Summer by Rachael Elisa MorenoShook by Julian RandallA Riddle of Eels by Nicholas DayStone by Stone: A Rock’s Journey Through Time by Melissa Koch Mentioned: Love and Basketball written and directed by Gina Prince-BythewoodThe Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Aug 10

Episode 32: End of Summer Reads

Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari discuss selections from their summer reading adventures. One Grand ReadThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: Python’s Kiss: Stories by Louise ErdrichRiding Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E.B. LewisAt the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay Mentioned: The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise ErdrichThe Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise ErdrichThe Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichThe Black Cowgirl website – Catlin GoochWorks written and/or illustrated by Floyd CooperWorks by Nina Mingya Powles, Jessica J. Lee, Deborah Moggach, Margaret Drabble, Esther Freud, and Katherine MayPicnic at Hanging Rock (1975 film) Jessica’s Books: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. EnglandThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettNot Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary by Nina SankovitchCountry People by Daniel Mason Mentioned: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville Mari’s Books: Holloway by Elana K. ArnoldThe Rare Bird by Elisha CooperOh Brother: A Graphic Memoir by Georgina Chadderton Mentioned: Bat series by Elana K. ArnoldWhat Girls are Made Of by Elana K. ArnoldRiver by Elisha Cooper
Jul 10

Episode 31: Dinosaurs and Compelling Fiction

We’re joined by Mark N., from our Tech Services department, to talk fun finds and fascinating reads. Cheryl’s Books: Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter by Ada FerrerMare: A Novel by Emily Haworth-Booth Mentioned: Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer Books by Stephen “Steve” BrussatteThese Precious Days: Essays by Ann PatchettThe Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. BroomeRising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush Jessica’s Books: The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present by Steve BrusatteWhistler by Ann Patchett Mentioned: Mother Tongue by Sara NovićJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonTom Lake by Ann PatchettTrash!: A Garbageman's Story by Simon Pare-Poupart Mari’s Books: Landslide by Betty CulleyChickens and Other Dinosaurs: How Dinosaurs Became the Birds We Know Today by Ben Lerwill Mentioned: I Used to Be a Dinosaur by Casey Lyall and Laurie Keller Lena the Chicken: (But Really a Dinosaur!) by Linda BaileyChickens Aren’t the Only Ones: A Book about Animals that Lay Eggs by Ruth Heller Mark N.’s Books:Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress by Lorissa RinehartA Good Animal by Sara MaurerThe Monuments of Paris by Violaine HuismanThe Palm House by Gwendoline Riley Mentioned:The Book of Mother by Violaine HuismanMy Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
Jun 9

Episode 30: Summer Reading, Pride, and Audiobooks

June brings the start of CADL’s summer reading program, plus we talk Pride picks and listens for Audiobook Month. Cheryl’s Books: Lolly Willowes: Or, the Loving Huntsmen—Sylvia Townsend WarnerMother Tongue: A Memoir—Sara NovićPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane SatrapiMarch Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women—Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado and Jane Smiley Mentioned: A Room of One’s Own—Virginia WoolfCatherine, Called Birdy—Karen CushmanTrue Biz—Sara Nović Persepolis (Film)Persepolis 2—Marjane Satrapi Jessica’s Books: Dearly Departed—Chip PonsPicky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History—Helen Zoe VeitLet Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes—Harrison Browne & Rachel Browne Mentioned: Heated Rivalry—Rachel ReidUnder the Whispering Door—TJ KluneIn the Lives of Puppets—TJ KluneDeaf Utopia—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life—Nyle DiMarcoThe Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound: A Memoir—Raymond AntrobusAvi has a few medieval titles including: The Book Without Words and the Crispin series. Mari’s Books: Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites—Sandra Neil WallaceThe Queen’s Granddaughter—Diane ZahlerThe Mystery of the Stolen World Cup Trophy—Angela Cervantes Mentioned: The Silent Child—Chris Overton Give Me a Sign—Anna Sortino
May 1

Episode 29: The Romance Genre and More

Special guest Meccah from the Lansing Libraries joins us for a dive into favorite romance picks and the romance genre in general, along with our regular diverse range of picks for the month. Cheryl’s Books: Nothing Compares to you: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us edited by Sonya Huber and Martha BayneRed Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather ClarkLondon Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden KeefeBeatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell Mentioned: Hanif Abdurraqib writing about Sinéad O’Connor (Instagram post) InstagramSay Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden KeefeEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden KeefeRecollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca SolnitEmily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plants & Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell Jessica’s Books: Archangel’s Eternity by Nalini SinghGet a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit Mentioned: Angel’s Blood (first book in series) by Nalini SinghNalini Singh’s wide range of titles.Talia Hibbert titles, “The Brown Sisters” trilogy.The author I blanked on was Jasmine Guillory.Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Mari’s Books: Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath by R.L. ToalsonThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy NoveskyNavigating Night by Julie LeungOur Lake by Angie Kang Meccah’s Books: Before I Let Go by Kennedy RyanMore titles by Kennedy RyanTia Williams titlesTwenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Love Story by Jason ReynoldsWe Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Apr 14

Episode 28: Teen Books and American History for All

Special guest Kat from CADL Holt joins our hosts to chat about great teen book reads, more America 250 titles, and some other recent gems. Cheryl’s Books: Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and The Fight to Save America’s Soul by Matthew F. Delmont Mentioned: The War Within a War: The Black Struggle at Vietnam and at Home by Wil HaygoodHalf American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont Jessica’s Books: Vigil by George SaundersDefiant: The Story of Robert Smalls by Rob EdwardsP FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau Mentioned: Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersAmerica 250: https://www.cadl.org/america250Bad Bunny syllabus: https://www.badbunnysyllabus.com/home Mari’s Books: Hail Mariam by Huda Al-MarashiBing’s Cherries by Livia BlackburneMy Bicentennial Summer: True Adventures from the Most Epic Family Road Trip of All Time by G. Neri Kat’s Books: Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon HaleCatfish Rolling by Clara KumagaiI’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker Mentioned:Switch by A. S. KingCostumes for Time Travelers by A. R. CapettaSong For You and I by Kay O’Neill
Mar 6

Episode 27: March is Reading Month!

Read anything and everything—picture books, memoirs, poetry, novellas or dense, but fascinating history. Cheryl’s Books: Rumpelstiltskin retold by Mac Barnett and Illustrated by Carson EllisThe Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly AtkinNight Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People by Tiya MilesEvery Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah by Charles King Mentioned: Extra Yarn by Mac BarnettAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya MilesWild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles (Jessica discussed in Episode 3)Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King Jessica’s Books: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children series)Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (Bk 11)The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza GriffithsDanger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam MorganCustodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive by Eliot Stein Mentioned: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman RushdieSquare Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade (Cheryl discussed in Episode 25)Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon Mari’s Books: Words with Wings and Magic Things by Matthew BurgessThe Dream Builder’s Blueprint: Dr. King’s Message to Young People by Alice Faye DuncanA Year Without Home by V.T. Bidania Mentioned:Shel Silverstein PoetryDoug Salati BooksThe Astrid and Apollo series by V.T. BidaniaThe Extraordinary Eliana series by V.T. Bidania He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox

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Capital Area District Libraries is excited to produce the Book Bound podcast which is hosted by some of CADL's literary experts. Content centers around the library and its collection, book recommendations, events, partnerships and services.

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Capital Area District Libraries
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2017 - 2026
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