In this episode, Rachel and Laura interpret the concept of books about 'gratitude' VERY differently!
It's the podcast that even tech issues wanted to BAN! Rachel and Laura dive into the controversial world of book banning and censorship. Get ready for discussions on the importance of reading freedom, surprising banned book titles, and hilarious laws against books you will not believe!
They also share how you can support your local library and stand up for your right to read. Plus, find out which banned book you are with a fun quiz!
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https://www.wabash.lib.in.us/jointhefriends
Laura and Rachel plan their ideal meal using upcoming cookbook releases you should look out for! Want to see the cookbooks they recommend and sign up to get next month's recommendations in your inbox?
This month, Laura and Rachel welcome Sarah Smith back to the pod and discuss all the books they didn't finish! Join the conversation on social media and let them know which books you had no trouble putting down.
Join Rachel and Laura as they celebrate July, Laura's birthday month, and discuss the excitement of the summer reading program at the Wabash Carnegie Public Library.
Check out everything we have in store for this year's summer reading program, Color Our World.
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Laura and Rachel dive into the books that made them fall in love with reading and where you can help others fall in love with it, too!
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*REPOST* This episode originally dropped on April 1 & then some editing mistakes were noticed. We've fixed it, we think, and we're reposting for an easier listening experience!
Laura and Rachel are talking about books about gardens and growing things, and also about Lyme disease. Rachel also quizzes Laura and Circulation Assistant Sarah about plants!
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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Sarah Smith!
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. This month we're talking readalikes and Laura gets destroyed in another trivia contest by our special guest, Sierra Garlits!
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This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guest, Sierra Garlits!
Welcome to The Bookmark, a podcast of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library, hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle. This month we're talking genre mashups and playing a trivia game with Leah and M!
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guests, Leah and M!
New Year, New Goals. Join Laura and Rachel in the WCPL's Winter Reading Program, going on now through February 15th! Sign up now for upcoming programming going on in our new program rooms.
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.
Recorded in front of a live studio audience, Laura and Rachel celebrate a new, post-construction era with gift ideas for all the Bookish readers on your holiday list!
Laura and Rachel discuss the things that feel the most FALL to them and the books you should read to feel autumnal this year. Our building is closed when this podcast drops, so check out our website for ebooks and audiobooks from Libby and Hoopla (and don't forget to sign up for text alerts to know about our upcoming programming before it fills up)!
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
"Hands Are for Clapping" by Jim Gill
Rachel's Fall Words: apples, football, haunted houses, corn mazes, and dark academia
Laura's Fall Cozy Things: a blanket, a candle, a hot beverage, a yummy snack, and most definitely a craft.
Rachel is back from vacation and Laura is getting ready to take one - so this month they're telling you about everything they read or plan to read during their time off. Spoiler Alert: Rachel read multiple books!
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
*also mentioned: Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
Assistant to the Villain and Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
*also mentioned: Nimona by ND Stevenson
The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst
*also mentioned: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Somewhere beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
*also mentioned: The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Veitor
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
The Encyclopedia of Household Hints and Budget Stretches by Michael Gore
The Swifts: a Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln
*also mentioned: The Swifts: a Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.
Rachel and Laura celebrate 3 years of podcasting together and spend some time chatting with their new director, Jon Gaskill!
Find out which books Rachel and Laura look the most forward to this fall season! The mantra of this fall for both of them is "I know it's only temporary."
Keep an eye on our event calendar for upcoming programming. We're in flux with construction, so there may be other locations for programs you're familiar with.
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph Wright
Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
UPWORTHY Good People: Stories from the Best of Humanity by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell
Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune
City in Glass Nghi Vo
Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals--a Lifetime of Family Friends and Food by Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George
The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.
With no guest and no topic in mind, Laura and Rachel set a timer, determined not to edit this month's podcast, and are just as surprised as you may be at how it worked!
This month, we discussed:
Extasia by Claire Legrand
Wilder Girls by Claire Legrand
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Sarah's Scribbles Aging Millennial Humor comic Laura referenced
Seek App--It's free!
The Wabash Carnegie Public Library building will be closed on July 4th! Please join us Saturday, July 6th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM for an Independence Day parade and block party for kids.
Rachel finally gets her wish this month as The Bookmark welcomes one of her absolute dream teams, WCPL's own Leah, Peighton, and Madelyne, to the pod! We're previewing summer reading and bringing you absolute chaos.
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE: Special Guests at the YMCA are Wednesdays at 9:00 AM, except for Jeannie B! Her performance is on Tuesday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM.
This month, we talked about:
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman--Pick up a kit for your child while supplies last!
What Time The Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley (who is 86!)
Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
Effie Olsen's Summer Special by Rochelle Bilow
Legends and Lattes and Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Three Keys by Laura Pritchett
Sunhead by Alex Assan
A Farewell to Arfs by Spencer Quinn
The Block Party by Jamie Day
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
Every Time You Go Away by Abigail Johnson
The Scenic Route by Katie Ruggle
The Stardust Grail by Yumi Kitasei
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea and A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis
Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle. Special thanks to this month's guests, Leah, Peighton, and Madelyne.
This month, Laura and Rachel are joined by Wabash County Museum Director, Teresa Galley, to celebrate the preservation of our local history and the importance of storytelling! They're also giving you historical fiction recommendations.
This month we played Stump the Librarians with your book requests from social media. Have more requests for us? DM us or stop by the library and we'll do our best to find the book you're looking for.
We were joined by former WCPL Technical Services Manager and current Huntington University Library Assistant Bethany for this month's episode.
Chet and Bernie Mysteries by Spencer Quinn
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
How to Know a Person by David Brooks
Plato's Republic
Playing the Witch Card by K.J. Dell'Antonia
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Eclipse Information for Indiana
RichLyn Library at Huntington University
Nature Books:
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Streets
Memoirs:
Running With Scissors and Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Journals of Jim Elliot, edited by Elisabeth Elliot
Novels or Books Set in Wabash County
All American Industrial Hotel and Pig Boy's Wicked Bird by Doug Crandell
White Flag by Gene Stratton Porter
Colleen Coble's early works
Poetry:
Edna St. Vincent Millay's books
Joy Harjo's books
Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff
Bread and Circus by Airea Dee Matthews
Everything that Hurts Us Becomes a Ghost by Sage Ravenwood
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Dame Judi Dench
Crush and War of the Foxes by Richard Siken
Ocean Vuong's books
Elizabeth Acevedo's books
ADHD:
My Brain Is a Racecar by Nell Harris
My Brain Is Magic by Prasha Sooful
Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding
Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
Hank Zipzer and Here's Hank by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
Joey Pigza books by Jack Gantos
Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan
Books About Emotions:
Ploof by Ben Clanton
My Body Sends a Signal and Dealing with Feelings by Natalia Maguire
Ups and Downs by Mike Wohnoutka
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes
Grab and Go Storytime Kit: Feelings (available only at WCPL)
The Crayons' Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
My Little Box of Emotions boxed set by D.K. Publishing
In My Heart by Jo Witek
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Science Fiction Books...with Dragons:
Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker
Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
Crazy, Rich, Space Dragons: A Snarky Fated Mates Dragon Shifter Romance, Dragons Guide to Space Dating Book One by Michelle Ziegler
Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon
A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Twelfth Keeper by Belle Malory
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
This episode of The Bookmark podcast is hosted by Laura Beutler and Rachel Castle and was edited and produced by Rachel Castle.
A special thank you to Bethany for coming back to talk to us on the podcast again and to the Wabash County Museum for hosting our recording during construction!
Laura never remembered what she was talking about and likely never will.