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Between The Stacks Odell Public Library
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Spend some time Between The Stacks... a podcast created and produced by the Odell Public Library in Morrison, IL. Host Victoria Horn recommends books based on monthly themes, interviews authors and community members, discusses Odell happenings, and reads original poetry on her segment V's Verses. Cover art by Victoria Horn.
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Poetry as Play: The V's Verses Special, Volume II
In this special episode celebrating host Victoria Horn's one-year anniversary of producing "Between the Stacks," it's the V's Verses Special, Volume II! Once again, Victoria pulls out all the stops to demystify the poetry genre and help you get the jitters out so that you, too, can confidently approach poetry as a reader and a writer. Victoria discusses Kwame Alexander's How to Write a Poem; reads and breaks down several of the original poems she wrote during National Poetry Month; and brings you the voices of three fantastic poets: @oliviasnowdrop, Kelly Pitt @blushing_poetry, and Bri Mullaney @briwrites26.
Victoria Horn's website
Victoria Horn's poetry Instagram @verses.with.v
Odell Public Library website
Odell Public Library Facebook page
Odell Outreach newsletter
Google Form Sign-up for Summer Reading Club 2023
Summer Reading Club 2023: Camp Odell!
Kwame Alexander's website
How to Write a Poem by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido, with illustrations by Melissa Sweet
Amy Kay's Instagram @amykaypoetry
Amy Kay's website
@oliviasnowdrop's Instagram
@oliviasnowdrop's website
Bri Mullaney's Instagram @briwrites26
Bri Mullaney's Facebook page
Kelly Pitt's Instagram @blushing_poetry
Kelly Pitt's Facebook page
40 Love Letters by Jeanann Verlee
United Way's Let's Feed Our Children locations
Volunteer for Let's Feed Our Children: 815-625-7973 or mybarra@uwwhiteside.org
Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA: American Red Cross Babysitting Training course, 815-535-9622 -
Between the Stacks Season 4 Trailer
Victoria Horn's website
Victoria Horn's Instagram @verses.with.v
Odell Public Library website
Odell Public Library Facebook page
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A Conversation with Margot Douaihy, Renowned Author of Scorched Grace!
On this very special episode of Between the Stacks, host Victoria Horn is joined in conversation with renowned author, poet, editor, and educator Margot Douaihy! Margot gives Victoria the skinny on her February 2023 lyrical crime novel Scorched Grace, the first in her Sister Holiday Mystery series and the inaugural title published under Gillian Flynn Books. Margot and Victoria discuss the importance of humanizing crime fiction, the trust required to put your heart in readers' hands, and the value in creating narratives that speak to both the damage and the healing queer folks experience in the church. Victoria also reads "Sacrament," the original poem she wrote for Margot.
Margot Douaihy's website
Margot Douaihy's Instagram @neonmargot
Scorched Grace
Odell Public Library Facebook page
Odell Public Library website
Odell Outreach Newsletter sign up
Victoria Horn's poetry Instagram @verses.with.v
Log in to PrairieCat
List of PrairieCat member libraries
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Kid Lit, Coming-of-Age & Stories of Black Womanhood: What I Read in February 2023
Host Victoria Horn discusses the books she read in February 2023, from bedtime stories and YA graphic novels to Ashley C. Ford's powerful memoir Somebody's Daughter and Toni Morrison's Recitatif. On V's Verses, Victoria recommends love poems and reads her original poem, "A Lifetime."
Email us at ask.odell.library@gmail.com!
Odell Public Library Facebook page
Odell Public Library website and Friends
Odell Outreach newsletter sign-up
PrairieCat Library Catalog
List of PrairieCat libraries
Libby App FAQ
Sound the Alarm event: sign up or call 815-963-8471 ext. 7
Volunteer for Sound the Alarm: sign up or email NWILalarminstall@redcross.org
Scorched Grace by Margo Douaihy (coming soon to Adult Fiction!)
Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld (Odell owns)
Bear is a Bear by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Dan Sandat (Odell owns)
There’s a Mouse in My House by Ross Collins (Odell owns)
It's So Quiet by Sherri Duskey Rinker, illustrated by Tony Fucile (Odell owns)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander (Odell owns)
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Crumbs by Danie Stirling
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford (Odell owns)
Recitatif by Toni Morrison (Odell owns)
The New Oil Painting by Kimberly Brooks
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
I’m A Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz
Victoria Horn's poetry Instagram @verses.with.v
“In Trust” and “The Hug” by Thom Gunn
“Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)” by Emily Dickinson
“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare
“Poem for My Love” by June Jordan -
Most-Anticipated 2023 Books & "Real or Fake Book Release" with Miss Katie!
Host Victoria Horn is joined for a second time by special guest Katie Rider, Odell's Youth Programming Coordinator! Katie and Victoria discuss their most-anticipated 2023 book releases and play a round of "Real or Fake Book Release." On V's Verses, Victoria recommends poetry about everyday experiences and reads her original poem, "Making Library Books." As always, listen 'til the end for behind-the-scenes antics!
Odell Outreach Newsletter
Odell Public Library Facebook page
Odell Public Library website
Victoria Horn's poetry
Katie's Most-Anticipated
Make Way for Butterfly by Ross Burach (4/18/23)
Happy Place by Emily Henry (4/25/23)
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (5/31/23)
Tap, Tap, Tap! Dance, Dance, Dance! by Herve Tullet (5/16/23)
Victoria's Most-Anticipated
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (2/21/23)
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy (2/21/23)
One Smart Cookie by Mika Song (8/15/23)
We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins (3/28/2023)
Y/N by Esther Yi (3/21/23)
"Real or Fake Book Release"
Wizkit: An Adventure Overdue by Tanya J. Scott (4/4/23)
The Dogs Who Play Baseball by Thomas Louis Carroll
The Dare by Cynthea Liu
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins (1/3/23)
August Blue by Deborah Levy (6/6/23)
Chlorine by Jade Song (3/28/23)
Pageboy by Elliot Page (6/6/23)
Poems about Everyday Experiences
“Fund Drive” by Terri Kirby Erickson
“The Chairs That No One Sits On” and “Cheerios” by Billy Collins
“At the Student Poetry Reading” by Kim Stafford
“To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year” by Philip Appleman -
Little Saint Vic's Personalized Book Recommendations
Listen till the end to hear another side of Little Saint Vic... On this month's episode, host Victoria Horn answers listener requests for personalized book recommendations, shares Odell happenings, highlights the December book order, and reads her original poem, "Portrait of Christmas Eve."
Parody of "Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys: written, performed, and produced by Victoria Horn
Victoria's poetry Instagram
Odell Public Library website
Odell Kids' Area Amazon Wishlist
Books mentioned:
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
The King of Infinite Space by Lindsay Faye
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham
Claiming Her Legacy by Linda Goodnight
The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
The Island of Missing Trees by Elik Shafak
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrows
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Pig and Fox series by Jonathan Fenske
Archie and Reddie series by Candy James
Narwhal and Jelly series by Ben Clanton
Jack Book series by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Norma and Belly series by Mika Song
Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies and Deborah Hocking
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
The Terminal List by Jack Carr
The Force and City on Fire by Don Winslow
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Life is Meals by James and Kay Salter
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton
Kurland St. Mary Mystery series by Catherine Lloyd
Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny
Holiday/winter poems:
“White-Eyes” and “The Storm” by Mary Oliver
“December 26” by Kenn Nesbitt
“Christmas Tree Lots” by Chris Green
“Taking Down the Tree” by Jane Kenyon
“Chicago and December” by W.S. Di Piero
“Christmas Mail” by Ted Kooser
"Portrait of Christmas Eve" by Victoria Horn
Customer Reviews
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We don’t eat our classmates is about a female t-Rex, Penelope — not that it matters overall but if you’re reviewing it I think it does.👍🏻 Okay and fangirl: kath's roommate had a FRIEND that hangs around all the time. Not a boyfriend. And the reason I emphasizes friend is, the book would’ve been very different if Cath had stole her roommates boyfriend. She did not, she started dating her roommates friend and I won’t get anything else because that would be spoilers. Details matter when you’re reviewing books. And yes I’ve read both. Library media specialist in training here.