Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Three Books will also feature a wide variety of guests on the show to talk about their own favorite books and why.
Three Books Podcast can be found on iTunes or HERE
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Twitter - @threebookspod
Episode 8 - We Do Not Advocate Setting Books On Fire
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Jen Eberle, talks about the Babysitters Club, transitioning from teacher to school librarian, and her feelings on everything from Summer Reading to foxes.
0:00:25 Introducing Jen Eberle
0:01:15 Why Jen loves books
0:02:27 Jen’s education background
0:04:51 BOOK 1- Life of Pi
0:10:56 BOOK 2- Option B
0:12:43 Why best sellers get a bad rap
0:19:46 BOOK 3- Eleanor and Park
0:27:03 Jen’s first library experience
0:30:34 What Jen is reading now
0:34:51 Jen’s Teacup animal
0:42:46 I hate Holden Caulfield
0:47:57 The Outsiders is not great literature
0:52:49 The right kind of summer reading for kids
1:00:04 Getting kids to be “popcorn” readers
1:15:12 Closing Thoughts
Jen’s Three Books:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Other Titles/Information Discussed:
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Bible
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Selection Series by Kiera Cass
Holding Up The Universe Jennifer Niven
A Step From Heaven by An Na
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (stated as Lost In Translation)
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Still Me by Jojo Moyes
Spliced by Jon McGoran
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
American Panda by Gloria Chao
Good Enough by Paula Yoo
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" a poem by Robert Frost
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Shoe Books Series by Noel Streatfeild
The Baby-Sitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Saving Marty by Paul Griffin
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
V.C. Andrews (author)
Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Listening To -
Stay Gold by Stevie Wonder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjdM5Wd6Kg
Three Books Social Media:
Email: threebookspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter - @threebookspod
Episode 7 - April is the Crulest Month (Part 1)
00:05:13 Lord of The Rings Debate
00:05:51 Children of Blood and Bone
00:06:26 Harry Potter comparison
00:10:05 Why this book is important
00:12:18 Children of Blood & Bone plot discussion
00:21:47 Audiobook info
00:24:12 Literary Fiction Book Buzz
00:24:50 Book One: The Fruit of the Drunken Tree
00:25:11 Why you should judge this book by its cover
00:35:11 Book Two: There, There
00:41:41 Book Three: The Female Persuasion
00:47:47 Better examples of Intersectional feminist fiction
00:48:02 Street by Anne Petrie
00:48:02 Aya
00:50:45 Americanah
00:55:42 The Optimistic Decade
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Intersectional Feminist Fiction
Street by Ann Petry
Aya by Marguerite Abouet & Clement Oubrerie
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Pointe by Brandy Colbert
Also the author of Gut Instincts: Dispatches from the Wide Open Spaces Between Sickness and Health
Episode 7 - April is the Crulest Month (Part 2)
00:00:49 Blood Water Paint Readers guide
00:02:26 Furyborn
00:10:19 The Belles
00:17:44 Dread Nation
00:21:57 Comic & Graphic Novels Book Buzz
00:23:27 Manfried the Man
00:28:32 Bingo Love
00:31:47 I am Alphonso Jones
00:39:17 Sci Fi/ Fantasy Book Buzz
00:39:21 The Power
00:43:48 Spinning Silver
00:53:11 The Book of M
1:01:30 Closing Thoughts
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major and Kelly Bastow - Available May 1, 2018
My Lady's Choosing by Larissa Zageris and Kitty Curran (regency romance choose your own adventure)
The Power - Naomi Alderman
“Zombies, Run!” fitness game
Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik
Epiosode 6 - Yours In Library Love
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Veronda Pitchford, talks about her love of food, reality tv, and (more than anything else) libraries.
0:00 Show begins
0:37 Guest Introduction
1:17 Veronda talks about Veronda
3:27 How she chose her three books & the theme
5:10 Book One
7:42 Book Two
13:41 Book Three
18:51 First Library Memory
23:47 The hosts recommend a book to Veronda
34:00 Using electronic resources in the library
38:33 The Goodreads challenge/Indy Press books
38:50 How to get Biblioboard
44:55 ShoutMouse
50:02 Book recommendation- Rad Dad
54:21 Favorite Quotes
1:02:41 Recap of Veronda’s three books
Veronda’s Three Books:
Off the Menu by Stacey Ballis
Article about her kitchen:
Chicago Food Writer Creates A Home Kitchen For Serious Entertaining
Love, Loss and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Being made into a tv series – premiering May 6
Stephanie Danler’s Twitter (for great books/New Yorker articles)
Other Titles/Information Discussed:
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Audio read by Lin-Manuel Miranda
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Bingo Love by Genevieve FT, Jenn St-Onge, and Tee Franklin
Super Sikh by Eileen Kaur Alden, Supreet Singh Manchanda, and Amit Tayal - “Loves Elvis. Hates bad guys.”
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler (illustrated by David Lee Csicsko)
Kids Only collection (Including Shout Mouse Press)
One Lonely Camel by Rashaan Edwards, Sejal Mobley DaQuan Smith and Zorita Workman
Rad Dad - Contributors include: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cory Doctorow
Watching -
Top Chef
The Good Place
Eating -
Listening To -
Entry Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. This month, Becca and Christen talk with Brenda Gornick about her three book choices.
0:09 Intro
0:21 Guest Intro
2:55 Three Books- tough to choose just 3
3:34 Book One
7:18 Book Two
10:05 Book Three
14:57 How all three books relate to each other
17:32 Sharing Books with her teens
28:45 Choosing appropriate books to share with your kids
32:39 Brenda talks about her writing
37:37 Choosing books for the “to read” pile
44:09 What she is reading now
46:14 First library memories
51:04 Quotes
Brenda’s Three Books:
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Additional Titles Discussed:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (Zabuza)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger
Murder At The Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Brenda's Writing:
Additional Sources:
Twitter - @threebookspod
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. This month, Becca and Christen talk with Catherine Knight about her three book choices.
Introduction 0:00 to 0:30
Guest Introduction 0:30 to 2:26
Hipster Chickens 2:26 to 3:36
Catherine’s Three Books 3:36 to 20:40 Book 1 3:36 to 8:14
Book 2 8:14 to 13:30
Book 3 13:30 to 20:40
Fun with Language 18:24 to 20:40
Reading and ADHD 20:40 to 30:33
The Impacts of Reading 30:33 to 35:16
Connecting to the World 35:16 to 39:49
New Traditions and Poetry 39:49 to 48:55
Reading Out Loud 48:55 to 56:00
Quotes and Conclusion 56:00 to 58:31
Catherine’s Three:
Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery
All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
Bone Season series by Samantha Shannon
Additional Sources:
Why Everyone Should Read Harry Potter: Tales of the Young Wizard Install Empathy A Study Finds
Twitter - @threebookspod
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. This month, Becca and Christen sit down with Ela Library's very own Business Librarian, Melissa Keegan, to discuss her three book choices and other cool projects she's working on.
Introduction 0:00 to 0:25
Guest Introduction 0:25 to 1:30
Melissa’s Three Books 1:30 to 8:34
Book 1 1:30 to 3:42
Book 2 3:42 to 5:40
Book 3 5:40 to 8:34
Why these three books? 8:34 to 9:11
Were there others on your list? 9:11 to 10:36
Melissa’s Top 3 Books 10:36 to 10:49
The Beauty of Books 10:49 to 13:54
Roses are Read Bookstagram 13:54 to 19:40
Hygge 19:40 to 21:01
Word Wrap 21:01 to 24:36
Deciding What’s Next 24:36 to 29:06
This Year’s Challenge 29:06 to 30:20
Quotes and Conclusion 30:20 to 33:56
Melissa’s Three:
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
Artemis by Andy Weir
Additional Sources:
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Melissa Keegan’s Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roses.are.read/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thewordwrap
Social Media: threebookspodcast@gmail.com
Episode 2 - Booksgiving (Part 2 - Teen, Childrend, Babies, & Literary Themed Gifts)
Young Adult
Diviners Series by Libba Bray
The Reckoners Series (Steelheart is Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Words in Deep Blue by Catherine Crowley
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
Theodore Gray - The Elements, Molecules and Reactions
3-5 Grade Fiction and Comics
HiLo by Judd Winick
Bone Series by Jeff Smith
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Pedro & Me by Judd Winick
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey
The Big Sparkly Box of Unicorn Magic: Phoebe and Her Unicorn Box Set Volume 1-4 by Dana Simpson
Science Comics published by MacMillan
Science Comics: Rockets (Defying Gravity) by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded by DK Books
LEGO DC Comics Superheroes Character Encyclopedia by DK Books
LEGO Batman: Visual Dictionary by DK Books
Batman Character Encyclopedia by DK Books
Fish Girl by Donna Jo Napoli and illustrated by David Wiesner
Beginning Chapter Books 1-2nd Grade
Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
Junie B Jones by Barbara Park
Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Elephant and Piggie Series by Mo Willems
Ballet Cat by Bob Shea
Dance! Dance! Underpants! by Bob Shea
Narwhal Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt by Ben Clanton
Picture Books
Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals
First Stories: A Fairytale Board Book Series, Illustrated by Dan Taylor
Sleep Tight Farm: A farm Prepares for Winter by Eugenie Doyle, Illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano
Du Iz Tak by Carson Ellis
Leave Me Alone! By Vera Brosgol
Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro
Cate’s Magic Garden by Betsey Coffeen and Samantha Smith
Bookish Gift Ideas
Ex Libris Board Game
StoryCubes
Paperback Board Game
Out of Print - website with delightful literary-themed goods
Ideal Bookshelf - pins, totes, mugs and prints. Bookshelves include things like “Jane Austen” or “Harry Potter” (US and UK), cookbooks, design, kids and more. Or request a custom bookshelf for the book lover in your life!
Book Box Subscriptions! - Owl Crate, Bookish Box -- design your own!
Episode 2 - Booksgiving! (Part 1 - Adult Fiction & Nonfiction - November 2017)
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. This month is a two part special to celebrate Booksgiving! Part one features book recommendations and gift experiences for adult fiction and non-fiction.
Introduction 0:00 to 0:24
Booksgiving Explanation 0:24 to 3:30
Adult Fiction 3:30 to 15:54
Adult Non-fiction 15:54 to 49:18
Wrapping Up 49:18 to 49:59
Conclusion 49.59 to 50:58
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
Amanda Wakes Up by Alyson Camerota
Devotions by Mary Oliver (We mentoned the concept of Hygge - you can read more about it HERE)
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer
The Long Haul by Finn Murphy
Unique Eats and Eateries Chicago by Matt Kirouac
Smitten Kitchen Every Day
Craft Coffee: A Manual by Jessica Easto
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
Killlers of the Flower Moon
Born A Crime by Trever Noah
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore by Jared Yates Sexton
Unbelievable by Katy Tur
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying-Up by Marie Kondo
The Gentle Are of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
National Geographic The Photo Ark
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson by Joel Sartore and Douglas H. Chadwick
Playing with Super Power by Sebastian Haley and Megan Marie
Episode 1 - The Horror! - October 2017
Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. In episode one, the library world's horror maven, Becky Spratford, talks about why we need horror and her three horror book choices.
Introduction 0:00 to 0:35
Guest Introduction 0:36 to 2:02
Learning About Horror and Why We Need It 2:03 to 6:43
Approaching Horror 6:44 to 10:38
Becky’s Three Books 10:39 to 25:28
Book 1 11:06 to 13:02
Book 2 16:56 to 20:39
Book 3 20:44 to 25:12
What Becky is Reading Now 25:29 to 33:09
A Gateway Book to Horror 33:10 to 38:55
Library Origin Story 38:56 to 43:51
Where to Find Becky 43:52 to 45:47
Featured Books Review 45:48 to 46:20
Conclusion 46:21 to 47:40
Becky Spratford’s Three Books:
Bird Box and Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
Additional Books Discussed:
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Becky Spratford’s Social Media:
RA For All : http://raforall.blogspot.com/
RA For All Horror: http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/
Email the pod: threebookspodcast@gmail.com
Introduction 0:00 to 0:20
How did Three Books start? 0:32 to 2:42
Type of guests to expect 2:43 to 3:32
Timeline of the show 3:33 to 4:22
Becca’s three books 4:23 to 6:38
Christen’s three books 6:39 to 7:36
Re-reading books 7:37 to 8:23
Featured books review 8:24 to 9:04
Conclusion 9:05 to 10:04
Becca’s Three:
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Christen’s Three:
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Additional Books Discussed:
My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
Step Aside Pops by Kate Beaton