On The Same Page

In this podcast Miranda tells listeners about Henry Brown, Acacia tells listeners about how to get involved in your local community and mutual aid groups, and Miranda and Acacia discuss Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.  Book Recommendations: How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley The … Continue reading S.9.E.4: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder bookclub →

This week, Earl Swift, author of Chesapeake Requiem, joins us to discuss Tangier Island and drops details about the current book he is working on. Listeners can also take a journey to the past as Miranda tells us about little towns that no longer exist. Don't forget to put yourself on the hold list for … Continue reading S.9.E.3: An Interview with author Earl Swift →

This week Miranda and Acacia discuss the On the Same Page community read, Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift, and Miranda tells everyone about a piece of UVA history. Tune in next month as we interview Earl Swift and ask him about his writing style and his time on Tangier Island. Don't forget to put yourself … Continue reading S.9 E.2: Silver Blues and Chesapeake Requiem →

This week JMRL staff share how their 2024 reading year went and talk about their 2025 reading resolutions! On the Same Page's book club, Overbooked is back after a nearly year long hiatus! In January we will be reading Chesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift with a book discussion in February and an author interview in … Continue reading S.9 E.1: Reading Resolutions and Overbooked →

This week we talk about the Greene County Courthouse fire, Libby, and Kanopy. We also have JMRL's periodicals librarian, Eric, on the podcast to talk about the different types of kits that you can check out. Libby is a service that allows you to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and so much more! Kanopy is a … Continue reading S.8 E.8 — Libby, Kanopy, and the Library of Things! →

In this episode we interview Central's Young Adult Librarian, Neda, about YA horror as well as JMRL's Circulation Manager, Brittany, about the Food for Fines food drive. Check out our staff made Young Adult horror find it list for more recommendations.  Know of a haunted place you want to visit? Don't forget to check out … Continue reading S.8 E.7 — Fines, Ghosts, and Young Adult Horror! Oh My! →

This episode features several JMRL staff and patrons talking about their earliest memories when it comes to music and giving recommendations for books written by famous musicians. Don't forget to check out the American Library Association's list of most banned books in the 2000s. Miranda and I are sure going to miss Abby and EJ … Continue reading S.8 E.6 — Banned (and Band) Books 2024 →

Visit JMRL's calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about their reading experiences of 2023, and outlining a few reading resolutions for 2024. If you aren't already familiar with Libby, be sure to check it out. A completely free and user-friendly app (and webpage) for reading eBooks … Continue reading S.8 E.5 — Reading Resolutions for 2024 →

Visit JMRL's calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about what they love about Manga and Anime, there's even more to the conversation with a part two of this episode dropping with our next episode! Below are several Find It Lists to help you all find your … Continue reading S.8. E.4 – Genre Deep Dives – Manga! (Part One) →

Please participate in the Five Year Survey here! Visit JMRL's calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features book club members from two of our longstanding book clubs: the Brown Baggers book club and Books on Tap book club. Brown Baggers meets on the third Thursday of every month at noon, at … Continue reading S.8 E.3 – Book Club Deep Dive & the Five Year Survey →

Visit JMRL's calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. We're pitching new podcast book club titles! Which book would you like to read along with us in our next Overbooked series? 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg  Matrix by Lauren Groff  Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh  Fuzz: When … Continue reading S.8 E.2 – Listening to Audiobooks Always Counts as Reading →

Welcome to the 8th Season of On the Same Page! Visit JMRL's calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. In today's episode, we talk about a short story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour,” written and first published in 1894. We use the five C's to dissect this very telling short … Continue reading S.8 E.1 – Short Story Deep Dive →

Visit JMRL's calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. Nedra's books featured in JMRL Local Voices Collection:  Illuminus: the induction  Baltimore Imprint The Diary of Janay Wilkerson Nedra's most highly recommended publishing resources: Fiverr IngramSpark More from the JMRL collection:  JMRL Literacy collection  Transparent Language Online Healthy Living Workshop Series  Jujutsu Kaisen (an … Continue reading S.7 E.12 – All About Self Publishing with Nedra Brown →

Welcome to JMRL's summer challenge! Find everything you need here.  Episode mentions including Reader's Advisory Corner – Summer Reading Suggestions from Abby & EJ: Ghost Music by An Yu (Choose a new book read to read just by looking at the cover – August) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler; a graphic novel adaptation … Continue reading S.7. E.11 – Summer Reading Hype →

Thanks for joining us for an exciting game of trivia! Check out the JMRL calendar for more information on Summer Reading kickoffs! Here are some of the memorable mentions from today's segment:  During our geography trivia section, we remembered fondly the origins of our podcast book club, Overbooked, which first began with the title The … Continue reading S.7 E.10 – Are You Smarter than a Librarian? →

Want to jump around? 1:45 – Grow, Learn, Connect  4:05 – In ten words… 6:15 – John Teixeira: chess is just as exciting as the Super Bowl 14:32 – Molly Foster: the magic of open-ended process art 23:53 – David Levi: turn your body (or bananas) into a musical instrument  31:00 – Addeane Caelleigh: the … Continue reading S.7 E.9 — How To Be Awesome →

Want to jump around? 00:00 – “The Bronx” by Ogden Nash (read by Steve from Central) 1:14 – “Spring” Original poem by Anne from Scottsville 2:42 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 4:37 – Original poem by Zavia from Northside  6:05 – Poem In Your Pocket Day Information – Celebrate with us on … Continue reading S.7 E.8 – Poetry Reading Palooza →

Want to jump around? 0:46 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – Abby's book chat: It's Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan  7:12 – EJ's book chat: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 14:21 – Poetry deep dive: EJ chose “Cage” by Josephine Miles 24:33 – Poetry deep dive: Abby chose “It's … Continue reading S.7 E.7 – Take Some Time with a Poem →

Want to jump around? 00:50 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:30 – Interview with Ross Gay 24:15 – The Rundown (also featuring Ross) Upcoming Events: Livestream Ross Gay's Same Page Conversation from Virginia Humanities YouTube Channel Friends of the Library Book Sale: the Spring Book Sale is scheduled for April 1-9 at 300 … Continue reading S.7. E.6. – “That Notebook Might Be Magic”: A Conversation With Ross Gay →

Want to jump around? 1:23 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:45 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 23:50 – The Rundown  It's March! JMRL's Same Page Community Read program is underway! You can participate by reading the book and attending delightfully inspired programming all month long. Tune in next … Continue reading S.7. E.5 – All The Light We Cannot See: Book Characteristics →

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:00 – Reading Resolutions Check-in 11:45 – Abby's book chat: Unbound by Tarana Burke  EJ's book chat: Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color by Sharna Jackson 19:50 – Interview with Meredith Dickens  For … Continue reading S. 7. E. 4 – The Library Collection is a Living Dynamic Thing →

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:10 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 34:50 – The Rundown  For the Same Page Community Read this March we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. For more … Continue reading S.7 E.3 — All The Light We Cannot See: Book Club Questions →

Want to jump around? 1:10 – Spotlight: community journals  3:20 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 5:25 – Abby's book chat: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang 9:45 – EJ's book chat: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 14:50 – a word from Crozet's TAB (more information here) 18:40 … Continue reading S.7 E.2 — Introducing Crozet's Teen Advisory Board →

Want to jump around? 1:15 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – The Rundown (reading, watching, learning, surprise question!) 8:15 – Overbooked –  – characters and plot discussion  41:00 – Same Page Community Read announcement  Abby raved about Jacqueline Woodson as the Same Page Community Read author in 2021; this year, we … Continue reading S.7 E.1 – All The Light We Cannot See: Characters and Plot →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  2:05 — JMRL email newsletters 4:15 — Abby and EJ's favorite reads, most anticipated reads, and reading resolutions 23:00 — JMRL reading resolutions and favorite reads of 2022 This is our last episode of 2022. We hope you enjoyed this … Continue reading S. 6. E. 15 – Reading Resolutions for 2023 →

Our next Overbooked book is (drumroll please)… All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr  There is no reading schedule for this book club. Just start reading – we have a feeling you won't be able to stop. Tune into our three-part discussion: 1/13 2/10 3/10 If you love this book and want to … Continue reading S.6 E.14 — Teaser: All The Light We Cannot See →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode: 1:13 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (11/12-11/25) (check out even more events here) 3:00 – Reading Recommendations: Fall Into Reading! (FindIt List) 4:47 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 38-30 + epilogue) Join EJ and Abby at Northside Library … Continue reading S.6.E.13 – Searching for More Time →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  1:40 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (10/29-11/11) (find even more here) 3:22 – Abby's book chat: The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey 6:20 – EJ's book chat: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 10:25 – Overbooked (The Glass … Continue reading S.6 E.12 — See You on the Other Side →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  1:12 – Abby's book chat, Flesh and Blood by N. West Moss  4:17 – EJ's book chat, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 10:19 – Jazzy Overbooked Announcement! Check out all of JMRL's book club kits here 13:00 – Overbooked … Continue reading S.6 E.11 — We're Getting Even More Puzzle Pieces →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  3:34 – Abby's book chat, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery  7:10 – EJ's book chat, The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood  10:56 – Overbooked (The Glass Ocean chs. 19-21) 27:27 – Coming up at JMRL (10/1-10/14) … Continue reading S.6 E.10 — The Spies Tell All →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  1:50 – Readers Advisory Corner 6:38 – Book Club Kits  8:31 — Beanstack Reading Challenges  13:48 – Coming up at JMRL (9/17-9/30) We hope you enjoyed learning about our book club kits and JMRL's newest reading challenge, which you can … Continue reading S.6 E.9 — Feeling Bookish →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  1:00 – Abby's book chat pick: Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors; for a secular story about an American living in Africa, try Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk  6:03 – EJ's book chat pick: Time is a … Continue reading S.6 E.8 — Don't Mess With My Rubik's Cube →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  00:56 – Abby's book chat pick: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon  Tips for reading poetry 8:04 – EJ's book chat pick: Tidelands by Phillipa Gregory 17:33 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 13-15 1:00:30 – Coming … Continue reading S.6 E.7 — Predictions Incoming →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode:  1:20 – Abby's book chat pick: Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding 7:12 – EJ's book chat pick: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani 15:17 – Reader's Advisory Corner: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus  20:19 – Overbooked (podcast … Continue reading S.6 E.6 — Into the Folly →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode: 2:03 – Summer reading update  4:35 – Louisa library spotlight  21:00 – Coming up at JMRL (6/25-7/8/22)   Little Did You Know: have you seen our “Newly Received Items” lists? Go to jmrl.org → Hover over the “Online Resources” tab → … Continue reading S.6 E.5 — “I call it my salvation” →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode: 2:00 – Splash into summer reading with book recommendations  15:40 – Overbooked (podcast book club: The Glass Ocean), chapters 7-9 46:37 – Coming up at JMRL (6/11-6/24/22)   Play along with our #PodcastScavengerHunt! This week, check out this summer reading book … Continue reading S.6 E.4 — This is the KISS Chapter →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode: 2:12 – Abby shares about Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson  Read alike: River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke 6:06 – EJ shares about Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel  Read alike: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 11:00 – … Continue reading S.6 E.3 — Big Fairy Tale Vibes →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today's episode: 1:27 – EJ shares about Truly, Madly by Stephen Galloway 9:45 – Abby shares about The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 14:02 – Interview with Brianne Kirkpatrick, founder of Watershed DNA 21:49 – Interview with … Continue reading S.6 E.2 — Introducing Our Podcast Book Club, “Overbooked” →

We started our episode by talking about reading:  Abby read Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert  EJ read To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn  Mark your calendars for the 4th Annual How-To Festival at Central Library! The Festival takes place from 10-1 on Saturday, May 14.  In this episode, we talked … Continue reading S.6 Ep.1 — Where New Might Meet You →

Susan shares with our listeners about the book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps by Kevin Griffin. Find out a ton more about Kevin's work, and even connect with him directly through free Zoom classes, by visiting his website.  We also talked about our own reading:  Abby read Inferno: a Memoir … Continue reading S.5 Ep.8 — How Should We Be In This Life? →

In this episode, local parenting experts and advocates, and mental health professionals, joined forces to share warmth and wisdom for those of us parenting through the pandemic. Not a parent? No problem. You will still benefit from the discussions on self-care, recognizing ourselves as experts of our own experiences, and what it means for us … Continue reading S.5 Ep.8 — Parenting Through the Pandemic →

In this episode, I talked to YA author Traci Chee about her book We Are Not Free, JMRL's Same Page selection for 2022. We talked about Traci's personal connection to the novel and how it was to create, write, and imagine the 14 teens who serve as narrators and protagonists. If you haven't already read … Continue reading S.5 Ep. 7 — “We Are Not Free.” →

In this episode, we talked to Barbra about her life of reading, from her earliest days, to reading in the midst of our current pandemic and racial reckoning. She shared about a few of her favorite books, and taught us how to answer the age-old question, “what should I read next?”. Barbra's solution? Networking.  Barbra … Continue reading S. 5 Ep. 6 — “Manuscripts Don't Burn” →

In this episode, I talked to Proal, president of the JMRL Friends, about reading, writing, learning, and living – at the Village School, as a member of the JMRL Friends, and as a citizen of this vibrant community we call home. We hope you'll join us for the Friends' very special trivia night. Prizes are … Continue reading S.5 E. 5 — Literary Love Trivia Night →

Thank you to JMRL staff members who agreed to be guest stars on today's podcast! In order of appearance, they are:  David Plunkett Jess Moore Andrew Grimm Kayla Payne Heather Pehnec  Tish Colvin Jennifer MacAdam-Miller   We talked about the following titles:  Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon … Continue reading S.5 Ep. 4 — Reading Resolutions →

In this episode, we talked to Hayley about what it's like to be in charge of an entire library location (spoiler alert: it sounds awesome). We also talked about what we've been reading. In this episode, Abby and Catherine talked about reading: The Listening Path by Julia Cameron  My Accidental Jihad by Krista Bremer  Hayley … Continue reading S.5 Ep.3 – Running the Crozet Branch →

In this episode, we talked to Tasha about life as a children's librarian at the Central Library. Abby and Abby also talked about reading: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Tasha also shared what she's been reading:  Ghost Patrol by Andres Miedoso Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Bringing Down … Continue reading S.5 Ep.2 – Tasha Talks Dinovember (and more) →

In this episode, we give you a peek into the work we do in the Central Library's Reference Department. We also talk about what we've been reading. In this episode, Abby and Abby talked about reading: Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker (and the first in the series, Pax) The Joy of Sweat: The Strange … Continue reading S.5 Ep.1 – Meet the Abbys →

In this episode, we hear a recording of a virtual event called Automated and Connected Vehicles: A Glimpse at the Vehicle of the Future. We also talk about what we've been reading. In this episode, Abby and Abby talked about reading: The Mountains Sing by Ngyuễn Phan Qué Mai , who has a new book … Continue reading S.4 Ep.17- Automated and Connected Vehicles: A Glimpse at the Vehicle of the Future →

In this episode, we hear a recording of a virtual event called It Has Been a Tough 17 Months: Managing Stress and Mental Health in a Pandemic. We also talk about what we've been reading. In this episode, Abby and Abby talked about reading: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Boyfriend Project … Continue reading S.4 Ep.16 – Managing Stress and Mental Health in a Pandemic →

In this episode, we hear a recording of a virtual event from last month that focused on The History of Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S. We also talk about what we've been reading. In this episode, Abby and Abby talked about reading: The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper (also mentioned plans to read This … Continue reading S.4 Ep.15 – The History of Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S →