Episodes
During this episode of the Booklovers Podcast, Vic and I discuss Gaslamp Fantasy. We talk about what Gaslamp Fantasy is and share three of our favorite examples of it. Laura: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura, and my guest today is Vic Smith. Vic: Hi! Laura: Today, we’re going to be discussing gaslamp fantasy. And just to give you a quick definition, please, Vic, feel free to jump in and add what you...
Published 10/26/22
Andrea: Welcome to the Clermont county libraries book lovers podcast. I’m Andrea and I’m joined by Laura and Kasey. And for this episode, it’s an offshoot of our previous one. We’re going to talk about the trope of fake relationships, fake dating. And we’re excited to kick it off with Kasey, who knows a ton about this subject in romance books. Table of contents* Fake dating trope explained* 5 romance books with the fake dating trope* Written in the Stars by Alexandria...
Published 03/09/22
During this episode of the Booklovers Podcast, we share some of our favorite romances using the fake dating trope.
Published 03/09/22
Andrea: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m Andrea and I’m joined by Laura and Kasey. And during this episode, we are going to talk about historical romances because we are so excited for the next season of Bridgerton. Kasey, do you want to start us off? To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters B ook Audiobook eBook To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters Kasey: Sure. The first book that I’m...
Published 02/02/22
Andrea: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m Andrea and I’m joined by Laura and Kasey. And during this episode, we are going to talk about historical romances because we are so excited for the next season of Bridgerton. Kasey, do you want to start us off? To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters B ook Audiobook eBook To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters Kasey: Sure. The first book that...
Published 02/02/22
Kristine: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host Kristine and I am joined today by Youth Service Librarian, Cara and Collection Development Librarian, Stacy. Table of contents * Introduction * Recap about previous Newbery podcasts * Who was John Newbery * Start of the Newbery Award * John Newbery’s first children’s book * Newbery trivia * Most Newbery Awards won * Majority of winners are women * Favorite Newbery Award...
Published 01/19/22
Kristine: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host Kristine and I am joined today by Youth Service Librarian, Cara and Collection Development Librarian, Stacy. Table of contents* Introduction* Recap about previous Newbery podcasts* Who was John Newbery* Start of the Newbery Award* John Newbery’s first children’s book* Newbery trivia* Most Newbery Awards won* Majority of winners are women* Favorite Newbery Award winners* Cara’s first pick – The...
Published 01/19/22
Kristine: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers podcast. I’m your host, Kristine. And I’m joined today by youth Service librarian, Cara and Collection Development librarian, Stacy. If you are not aware, January 2022, we’ll mark the 100th anniversary of the Newbery award. So during today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the history of the Newbery, the impact of the award, and some Newbery classics and favorites of ours from the past. Remember that the show notes...
Published 01/05/22
Kristine: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers podcast. I’m your host, Kristine. And I’m joined today by youth Service librarian, Cara and Collection Development librarian, Stacy. If you are not aware, January 2022, we’ll mark the 100th anniversary of the Newbery award. So during today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the history of the Newbery, the impact of the award, and some Newbery classics and favorites of ours from the past. Remember that the show notes...
Published 01/05/22
Stacy: Hello, and welcome to Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host today, Stacy, and I am joined by two youth services librarians, Cara and Kristine. Stacy: During this episode, we’re going to talk about nontraditional winners of past Newbery awards, some predictions of possible nontraditional winners for the 2022 Newbery awards and exactly what we mean by nontraditional. And that’s probably the best place to start. Remember that show notes with...
Published 12/29/21
Stacy: Hello, and welcome to Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host today, Stacy, and I am joined by two youth services librarians, Cara and Kristine. Stacy: During this episode, we’re going to talk about nontraditional winners of past Newbery awards, some predictions of possible nontraditional winners for the 2022 Newbery awards and exactly what we mean by nontraditional. And that’s probably the best place to start. Remember that show notes with...
Published 12/29/21
Stacy: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host today. My name is Stacy and I’m joined by two youth services librarians, Cara and Kristine. Hi guys. During this episode, we’re going to discuss the Newbery award. We’re really excited! We’re going to talk about the criteria used by the Newbery committee and our two guests are going to discuss their predictions for the 2022 Newbery award. Stacy: Remember that show notes with links to all the titles...
Published 12/15/21
Stacy: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host today. My name is Stacy and I’m joined by two youth services librarians, Cara and Kristine. Hi guys. During this episode, we’re going to discuss the Newbery award. We’re really excited! We’re going to talk about the criteria used by the Newbery committee and our two guests are going to discuss their predictions for the 2022 Newbery award. Stacy: Remember that show notes with links to all the titles...
Published 12/15/21
[00:00:00] Laura: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura. And today I’m joined by Jordan and Shayna. Table of contents * The Mary Shelley Club * Summary for The Mary Shelley Club * Jordan’s thoughts about The Mary Shelley Club * The Perfect Daughter * Summary for The Perfect Daughter * Shayna’s thoughts about The Perfect Daughter * House of Hollow * Summary of House of Hollow * So many twists * Not for the...
Published 10/28/21
[00:00:00] Laura: Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura. And today I’m joined by Jordan and Shayna. Table of contents* The Mary Shelley Club* Summary for The Mary Shelley Club* Jordan’s thoughts about The Mary Shelley Club* The Perfect Daughter* Summary for The Perfect Daughter* Shayna’s thoughts about The Perfect Daughter* House of Hollow* Summary of House of Hollow* So many twists* Not for the faint of heart* Survive the Night*...
Published 10/28/21
During this episode of the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast, Shayna and Laura share their four favorite books of the year – so far! Table of contents * All the Murmuring Bones by AG Slatter * Dark but not too dark * The Guncle by Steven Rowley * Summary for The Guncle * Passage from The Guncle * The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton * Laughing out loud * Choosing books by their covers * The Invisible Husband of...
Published 08/30/21
During this episode of the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast, Shayna and Laura share their four favorite books of the year – so far! Table of contents* All the Murmuring Bones by AG Slatter* Dark but not too dark* The Guncle by Steven Rowley* Summary for The Guncle* Passage from The Guncle* The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton* Laughing out loud* Choosing books by their covers* The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley* Summary of The...
Published 08/30/21
During this episode of the Booklovers Podcast, we discuss four books that have diverse authors and characters. Table of contents * Diverse books * Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders * One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London * Body Positivity * Including Tweets and chat room transcripts * Captain America * The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo * Outsider as narrator * The Great Gatsby * Pronouncing names * One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston *...
Published 08/09/21
During this episode of the Booklovers Podcast, we discuss four books that have diverse authors and characters. Table of contents* Diverse books* Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders* One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London* Body Positivity* Including Tweets and chat room transcripts* Captain America* The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo* Outsider as narrator* The Great Gatsby* Pronouncing names* One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston* Red, White & Royal Blue* Back to One...
Published 08/09/21
Summary: During this episode of the Booklovers Podcast, we share six debut authors and summer reads. Summer Reads Suggestions Stacy: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Stacy. And I’m joined today by Shayna and Laura. During this episode, they are going to talk about some of their favorite debut authors. The show notes with links and the books will be available at clermontlibrary.org. Shayna, would you like...
Published 06/16/21
Laura: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura. And today I’m joined by two librarians who are very passionate about audiobooks for kids, Cara and Amy. Table of contents* Favorite audiobooks for kids* Importance of a good narrator* Skunk and Badger* Skunk and Badger premise* Audiobook clip from Skunk and Badger * Story of Classical Music* Premise of Story of Classical Music* Additional resources* Audiobook clip from...
Published 05/10/21
Laura: [00:00:00] Welcome to this episode of the Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura. And today I’m joined by two librarians, Amy and Stacy. We’re going to talk about the best picturebooks to read aloud. So, Amy, you’re going to get us started. Table of contents* Anna Dewdney Read Together Award* Anna Dewdney quote* Picturebooks to read aloud * Everybody Says Meow!* Anna Dewdney and the LLama LLama series* Winner announced in May* More picturebooks...
Published 04/26/21
Laura: [00:00:00] Welcome to Clermont County Public Library’s Booklovers Podcast. I’m your host, Laura. And today I’m joined by Shayna and Jordan. In this episode, we’re going to share some of our favorites of 2020. You’ll find links to all of the books we talk about below. Shayna’s up with our first favorite of 2020. Table of contents* Favorites of 2020* The Midnight Library by Matt Haig* Summary of The Midnight Library* Why Shayna loved The Midnight Library* Mexican Gothic by...
Published 03/25/21