Sibling Library

In this chapter, we go around to ask and answer another round of Lit Questions.

In this chapter of Sibling Library we bring another installment of Murder, Mystery, May-hem and discuss the first installment in the Greer Hogan series by M.E. Hilliard called The Unkindness of Ravens.

Come take a trip down memory lane in this chapter as we revisit Shelley Duval's Faerie Tale Theatre.

In this chapter of Sibling Library we discuss the 2025 Newbery Medal winner: The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly. We also tease our fun chapter for April and revisit the fun world of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we discuss our thoughts on the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Debut Novel: How To End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. There are spoilers in this episode, so consider yourself warned. Until next month: read, share, and repeat.

Happy New Year from Sibling Library! In this chapter we look back at 2024 and our reading accomplishments through our personal Goodreads challenges. We also revisit our literary intentions from last year and look in to 2025 as well. In next month's chapter we will be discussing the Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Debut Novel: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang if you'd like to join us. Until then, let's read, share, and repeat.

Welcome to this chapter of Sibling Library where we are celebrating Jolabokaflod and exchanging books to get ready for a cozy book filled holiday season. This has become our year-end tradition and we look back on what we received last year and look forward to what we will be reading in the new year.

We keep this chapter of Sibling Library because we have a very special announcement. Until next month, let's keep reading, sharing, and repeating.

In this spooky chapter, we discuss the popular Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. We read the first in this series as well as talk about the 2019 movie adaptation of the same name. We also take a moment to talk through our thoughts in the film version of Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us.

In this chapter, we answer literary related questions.

In this chapter we give some appreciation to the movie and the book of the same name: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. Despite this being one of our collective favorite childhood movie, none of us had ever read the book and decided to rectify this while also celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1984 movie classic. Join in on The Neverending Story.

In this chapter, we discuss our summer reading/yearly challenge progress and being in a bit of a reading rut at the same time.

In this chapter, we discuss all things Anne of Green Gables including a trip report to Anne country on Prince Edward Island in Canada. We also revisit the Eyes and the Impossible with a review of a book signing with the author Dave Eggers and illustrator Shawn Harris. We also give you a warning to get ready to read and watch The Never Ending Story for our August episode to celebrate the movie turning 40.

In our continuation of murder, mystery, May-hem we return to the world of Molly the Maid in The Mystery Guest to give our thoughts on the sequel to Nita Prose's The Maid. We also share our love and excitement for a new Nancy Drew mystery game from Her Interactive as well as talk about our picks for Frieda McFadden novels.

In this chapter, we let you know about a newish service at the Oakland International Airport to help with your literary travel needs as well. We also dive back in to the world of Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us with its sequel It Starts with Us. Finally, in honor of the upcoming Free Comic Book day on the first Saturday in May we give our thoughts on Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth and what comics we are hoping to pick up this year.

Back for another fun conversation, we welcome author Emily Waters to the show to discuss her new book Two Is a Pattern from YLVA publishing. We open the show with a review of the 2024 Newbery Medal winner: The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers and get a quick review of the sequel to the 2020 Newbery Medal winner New Kid by Jerry Craft: Class Act from friend of the show, Riley. We end sharing our thoughts and frustrations with the book club app Fable as well as discuss our current selection, Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Let's keep reading, sharing, and repeating.

This month we discuss the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award winner for historical fiction as well as debut novel: Weywardby Emilia Hart. We talk through our thoughts about the genre, the characters, the story. We go deep so be warned there are spoilers ahead if you want to read the book first and come back to this one. First, we take a ⁠quiz⁠ to learn which animal would be our familiar. We also tease a special guest for next month: ⁠Emily Waters⁠. Emily will be joining us to discuss her new book Two is a Pattern available now so go grab a copy!

Happy new year from Sibling Library. In this chapter we take a look back at 2023 with our personal Good Reads stats as well as look in to 2024 and some of our literary related intentions.  Please find us on Fable and read the Secret Garden with us over the next couple of months. Also, pick up a copy of Wayward by Emilia Hart to join in our conversation for next month's episode. Until then, let's read, share, and repeat.

Welcome to another chapter of Sibling Library where we are celebrating all things books - which really are the best gift of all. We participate in our second annual Jolabokaflod as well as look back on last year's exchange. We also reflect on our year of reading and pick some best and worst reads for the year. Please find our new book club on Fable and read Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol to end the year. Happy holidays and we will see you in 2024.

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we revisit the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. We take a deep dive as we get ready for Thanksgiving this year. Thank you for listening and we wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and may the odds be ever in your favor.

This Halloween we go back to our childhoods and go trick or treating! There will be plenty of treats, but also some tricks in store. Come along and join the fun while we read, share and repeat.

Welcome to another chapter of Sibling Library. This month we have a roundtable Q&A about books and the reading lifestyle for which we did not prepare for. We get vulnerable and silly. Until next month, let's read, share, and repeat.

Welcome to another chapter of Sibling Library. This month we talk about historical fiction and what the genre means to us. We also create reading recommendations of historical fiction books that have female protagonists.

This month we take you on a tour of one of our favorite places: Disneyland! We welcome back good friend of the show Jeff Baham of the Mousetalgia and Doombuggies podcasts to help us create a reading list of sorts inspired by our favorite theme park. We also give a list of our summer reads and react to the new trailer for Wonka, a prequel story of Willy Wonka before the chocolate factory. Until next month, let's read, share, and repeat.

In this chapter, we discuss our individual experiences with reading a book and then watching the film adaptation. Did we like the books or the movies better? Guess you'll have to listen to find out.

For the second May in a row, we bring you Murder, Mystery, Mayhem! This year's installment find us in a better mood toward the reading material with "The Good Asian" Volumes 1 and 2. We came for the graphic novels, but stayed for the historical notes at the end.

Welcome to another chapter of Sibling Library. This month, we celebrate our shared birthday month and discuss the types of readers we are. We also tease the return of Murder, Mystery, May-hem next month.

In this chapter, we revisit one of our favorite books of all time: Matilda by Roald Dahl and compare and contrast it to the new Netflix musical adaptation of the same name. We also discuss the news about new printings of Dahl's works being slightly edited for newer generations of readers. To finish, we talk about this year's Newbery Award winner: Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson. And we did all this the morning the Daylight Savings began, so if we sound tired - you'll know why.

In this chapter of Sibling Library we take on the romance genre and discuss It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. We also find out what kind of romance book each of us would be from this quiz. Next month we will be reading Matilda  by Roald Dahl and comparing it to the new Netflix musical of the same name.

Happy New Year from Sibling Library! We start 2023 by looking back at our favorite reads of 2022 and bring back a favorite segment...Oh, word?! Then we dive into our discussion of the book The Maid by Nita Prose, which won Goodreads Choice Award for best Mystery & Thriller for 2022. Have you read it? Until next month, let's continue to read, share, and repeat!

In this episode we look back and forward on some of our favorite episodes, moments within episodes, and what we want to do in the future. Be it a new or old listener, welcome and thanks for being here. Happy holidays and we will see you in the new year! Let's read, share, and repeat.

In this super-sized episode we show our appreciation for authors and the books they create. We first talk about several author talks we attended: Stacy Lee who wrote The Downstairs Girl; Tom Felton (aka Draco Malfoy) who wrote his memoir: Beyond the Wand; and Mo Willems children's author of Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie fame. We are also so excited to welcome to the show, in her media debut, Emily Waters! Emily is the newly published author of Honey in the Marrow from Ylva Publishing. In this month of November we are so thankful for authors and all the characters, worlds, and creativity they bring into the world so that we may read, share, and repeat.

In this bonus episode, we present an abridged dramatic reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving in conjunction with the DoomBuggies Podcast for the 25th anniversary of DoomBuggies.com. Get cozy, cuddle up, hold on to your head and Happy Halloween! Till next month, let's read, share, and repeat.

Boo....sorry, didn't mean to scare you and give you...goosebumps. Oh wait, yes we did! This month we are discussing the legendary children's series: Goosebumps by R.L. Stine. Were you a fan of the series? Would you recommend it to a kid today? These are just a couple of the things we tackle in this month's show. So, sit back and listener beware...you're in for a scare! Check us out at the end of the month as well when we release a special treat in conjunction with the DoomBuggies podcast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Doombuggies.com. Until then, let's read, share, and repeat.

Do you read banned books? We do and we wanted to share our thoughts on the subject this month. Banned Books Week, which was started in 1982, runs from September 18 through the 24, 2022 and remains an important reminder each year of how dangerous banning books can be. The discussion was inspired by the Sacramento Public Library's "Let's Talk About Banned Books" virtual program from June 2022. Until next month, let's read, share, and repeat.

Going in to our third year podcasting, we wanted to get a bit adventurous and revisited our old Choose Your Own Adventure books. We go through our choices and what kind of adventures we ended up taking in three different books from the series. We also discuss a few literary adventures we recently embarked on. Thank you for reading, sharing, and repeating with us.

It's been long awaited, but we finally did a full read through of one of our favorite series The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville. What follows in this episode is our discussion about the publishing history of the series, our thoughts about the books, as well as our casting choices for some of the characters should this series make its way to film. Our new segment, "Oh...word?" makes a return with the word Luster. Whether you are new or returning to Coville's Unicorn Chronicles series, now is a good time to jump in because the series is being re-released (after over a decade of being out of print) in a uniformly sized paperback format that includes some new content spread out between seven books. Check out brucecoville.com to order signed copies of many of his works, including Julia's favorite Sarah's Unicorn. Until next month, let's read, share, and repeat!

Continuing our story, we examine what's in a word with a new segment that looks at the history of a word. This month's word is: Pride. In keeping with the theme, we also discuss Walt Wittman's work Live Oak, With Moss. To end the show we talk about a recent author talk we attended at the Charles Schulz Museum with Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris who are the talented duo behind The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza. To find out more about their book visit: https://www.thefirstcatinspace.com/ We also tease what is in store for next month in case you want to join us. We will be completing a complete read through of Bruce Coville's The Unicorn Chronicles series. Until next time, let's continue to read, share, and repeat.

This month we are bringing the mystery to the podcast. In honor of Free Comic Book Day and our alliterative theme, we read Birds of Prey: Murder & Mystery by Gail Simone and Ed Benes. We also came up with our own mystery plot with this fun Mad Lib type generator.

In this chapter, we talk about a recent author talk we attended with Amy Tan thanks to the Solano County Library. Make sure to keep an eye on your local library to see what kinds of amazing programs they are doing. We discuss her works, her life, and our impressions of it all. We kick off our show with a roundup of what items from books we would like to receive as gifts (as we celebrate all of our birthdays this month as well) and we end with bookends and what we have been reading lately.

To celebrate Women's History Month we invited two of our favorite women to join us on the show. We read and discussed Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairytales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life by Jane Gould. Did we like it? Did we hate it? Did we agree with it? You'll have to listen to this super sized episode to find out. Let's read, share, repeat!

This month we discuss some of our favorite literary couples, host our own National African American Read In event with the book Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson, and what we have been reading. We also introduce our read for next month Spinning Straw into Gold by Jane Gould. Let's keep reading, sharing, and repeating.

As we enter into our third calendar year of recording this show we welcome 2022 with some literary would you rather questions, books that will help us reach a goal this year, a Jolabokaflod review, and some of our favorite reads of 2021. Until next episode, let's read, share, and repeat!

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we all give our recommendations to celebrate Jolabokaflod - an Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve. We also each discuss the history and significance of some of our favorite Christmas books for children, which include: How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss; The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg; and The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (or was it?). Let's continue to read, share, and repeat leading into the new year. Happy holidays!

This month we talk about what literary meals we would want to be a part of, celebrate Native American History Month by reading and reporting on novels written by Native American authors, and wrap up with some picture book appreciation for National Picture Book Month.

This month we get a little spooky for the Halloween season. First we discuss some of our favorite literary witches, not including any witches from Harry Potter. Then we talk to friend of the show, Jeff Baham, Disneyland Haunted Mansion expert and author of the book: The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion. We end with bookends and talk about what we have been reading and what we are planning to read this month. We also mention which books we each will be reading for our episode next month and our choices of titles written by indigenous authors.

In this chapter of Sibling Library, we will be celebrating the birth month of one of our collective favorite authors: Roald Dahl. We will talk about his life and some of our favorite experiences with his works. Then, we will be ending this summer season by going through some of our favorite summer reads. Special announcement for next month, we are welcoming great friend of the show Jeff Baham. To get ready for his visit please consider reading his book: The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney's Haunted Mansion. Till next month, let's read, share, and repeat!

In this chapter, we celebrate Free Comic Book Day and welcome to the show our favorite neighborhood comic book slinger, Natasha Curtis. Natasha is the owner of Zeppelin Comics in Benicia, California. She gives us her expert knowledge about staying current with comics and how one may find themselves becoming a comic book reader, they aren't just for kids! Visit them online to find out more about them, their merchandise, and how to follow them on social media. Free Comic Book Day is on August 14th this year, so we are releasing our episode early so more people can check it out this year! Let's continue to read, share, and repeat.

This month we welcome our parents to the show and discuss how they helped create three lifelong readers. There's laughter, some good natured ribbing, and even some tears. Next month we will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day with our favorite comic book expert and amazing store owner, Natasha Curtis of Zeppelin Comics, one of the 2021 Eisner Retailer Award finalists. Make sure you celebrate at your favorite comic book store (or local library) on Saturday, August 14.

In chapter 11, we celebrate audiobook month by discussing what makes an enjoyable listening experience. We go on to try our hand at creating an audio version of Hans Christian Andersen's story called "Soup from a Sausage Skewer." A big thank you to friend of the show, Jeff Baham, of the Doombuggies and Mousetalgia podcasts for helping plus our story with sound effects. Let's read, share, and repeat.

In this chapter we celebrate Short Story Month by first using story dice to create a short story and then discussing Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper."