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Love, Light & Lit: Black Future Fest

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2026 30:57

LaTasha DeLoach Iowa City Senior Center: https://www.icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/senior-center LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/latasha-deloach-83305b9/ Substack: https://latashadelo.substack.com/ Sound of LaLaLand: https://www.facebook.com/thesoundoflalaland/

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Next Reads: The Genie Game

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2026 14:34

The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko Read Alikes: Rayleigh Mann In the Company Of Monsters by Ciannon Smart Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds by Samira Ahmed Maggie and the Story Shadows by Annabelle Oh

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Next Reads: Someone to Daydream About

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2026 20:09

Someone To Daydream About by Sydney Langford Read Alikes: The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais

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Next Reads: The Millicent Quibb School School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 22:13

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon Read Alikes: The Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton Stewart The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas The Swifts by Beth Lincoln

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Next Reads: The Free Verse Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2026 19:57

The Free Verse Society by Delali Adjoa Read Alikes: Estela, Undrowning by Rene Pena-Govea Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

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Next Reads: Everything We Never Had

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2026 12:24

Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay Read Alikes: Mexikid by Pedro Martin Eighteen Roses by Shannon C.F. Rogers Rez Ball by Byron Graves

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Story Walk: My Shadow is Pink

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 7:34

Author/Illustrator: Scott Stuart

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Next Reads: Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2026 16:58

Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel by Kalynn Bayron Read Alikes: The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie Everybunny Loves Magic by Aaron Reynolds The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage

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Next Reads: The Black Girl Survives in this One

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 34:38

The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell Read Alikes: Man Made Monsters edited by Andrea L. Rogers Black Enough : Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

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Next Reads: Wilderness Hacks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 14:17

Wilderness Hacks by Joslin Brorsen Read Alikes: Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Red Fox Road by Frances Greenslade

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Next Reads: I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026 25:05

I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker Read Alikes: The Lost Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly Murashige Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow

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Next Reads: Queso, Just in Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2026 13:15

Queso, Just in time by Ernesto Cisneros Read Alikes: The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

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Next Reads: Under the Same Stars

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2026 11:48

Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray Read Alikes: The Boy who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Hazelthron by C.G. Drews A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Next Reads: X Marks the Haunt

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 16:19

X Marks the Haunt by Lindsay Currie Read Alikes: Wait till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie

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Next Reads: Twenty-Four Seconds From Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 13:20

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds Read Alikes: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Shut up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay

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Next Reads: Vanya and the Wild Hunt

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 22:57

Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna Read Alikes: Dreamslinger by Graci Kim The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

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Next Reads: The House Saphir

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 20:04

The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer Read Alikes: The Floating World by Axie Oh Little Thieves by Margaret Owen A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

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Next Reads: The Mystery of the Lost Locket

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 17:59

The Mystery of the Lost Locket by Scout Louie Read Alikes: The case of the time-capsule bandit by Octavia Spencer Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick School of the Dead by Avi

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Next Reads: The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 26:25

The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass Read Alikes: Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas So Many Beginnings : A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

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Next Reads: "Xolo: How One Good Dog Saved Humankind"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 8:38

Xolo: How One Good Dog Saved Humankind by Donna Barba Higuera Read Alikes: The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters by Stacey Lee

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Love, Light & Lit: You Don't Need a Gym

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 21:41

Guest: Shuva Rahim LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuva-rahim Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowwithshuva/

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Next Reads: "The Last Bloodcarver"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 28:38

The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le Read Alikes: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

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Next Reads: "Reach"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 13:22

Reach by Celesta Rimington Read Alikes: A Song Called Home by Sara Zarr Those Kids From Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

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Next Reads: "After Life"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 14:08

After Life by Gayle Forman Read Alikes: Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

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Next Reads: "The Winter of the Dollhouse"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 28:09

The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz Read Alikes: The Doll People Book by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin The Tale of Despereaux Book by Kate DiCamillo The Doll's Eye by Marina Cohen

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Next Reads: "Persephone's Curse"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 12:15

Persephone's Curse by Katrina Leno Read Alikes: The Everneath by Brodi Ashton House Saphir by Marissa Meyer Abandon by Meg Cabot

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Next Reads: "Memory Spinner"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 12:43

Memory Spinner by C. M. Cornwell Read Alikes: The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger The Edge of In Between by Lorelei Savaryn

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Story Walk: "Big"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 7:22

Written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison

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Next Reads: "You've Goth My Heart"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 16:22

You've Goth My Heart by L.C. Rosen. Read Alikes: Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

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Next Reads: "Safe Harbor"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 11:51

Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman Read Alikes: The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

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Love, Light & Lit: The Black Superwoman

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 28:31

Dr. Venise T. Berry https://veniseberry.com/ North Liberty Library https://northlibertylibrary.org/

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Next Reads: "Girls of Dark Divine"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2026 17:48

Girls of Dark Divine by E. V. Woods Read Alikes: The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia Wicked Darlings by Jordyn Taylor

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Next Reads: "Graciela in the Abyss"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 19:45

Graciela In the Abyss by Meg Medina Read Alikes: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood

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Next Reads: "Queen of the Tiles"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 13:28

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf Read Alikes: The Underwood Tapes by Amanda DeWitt Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

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Next Reads: "The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 15:47

The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes Read Alikes: Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste How the Word Is Passed by Sonja Cherry-Paul Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan

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Love, Light & Lit: New Year, New Boundaries

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 26:32

Guest: Natalie Benway Website: https://www.welllivedlife.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.livedlife/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Well-Lived-Life/100087409642027/

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Next Reads: "Aetherbound"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2025 23:30

Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston Read Alikes: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

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Next Reads: "Will's Race for Home"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 12:38

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes Read Alikes: One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis

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Next Reads: "Dragonfruit"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 21:33

Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier Read Alikes: A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

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Next Reads: "The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 15:46

The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Read Alikes: The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln The Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton Stewart

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Next Reads: "My Fairy God Somebody"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 23:07

My Fairy God Somebody by Charlene Allen Read Alikes: Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo Me (Moth) by Amber McBride Finding Jupiter by Kelis Rowe

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Love, Light & Lit: What's Happening in the City of Lit?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 19:09

Guest: John Kenyon Website: www.iowacityofliterature.org One Book Two Book (February 21-22, 2026): https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/onebooktwobook/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IowaCityofLit/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iowacityoflit/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/iowacityoflit.bsky.social

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Next Reads: "Family Week"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 19:27

Family Week by Sarah Moon Read Alikes: Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbaila Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson

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Next Reads: "The Reappearance of Rachel Price"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 22:24

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson Read Alikes: Kill Creatures by Rory Power Nothing More To Tell by Karen M. McManus Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

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Next Reads: "Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 21:23

Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown Read Alikes: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day by Kelly J. Baptist Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

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Next Reads: "Bittersweet in the Hollow"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 25:11

Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall Read Alikes: Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst All That's Left to Say by Emery Lord

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Love, Light & Lit: Meet Me at the Library

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 21:06

Guest: Shamichael Hallman Website: https://northlibertylibrary.org/digital-history/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shamichael Substack: https://shamichael.substack.com/

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Next Reads: "Weird Sad and Silent"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 13:50

Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGhee Read Alikes: Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

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Next Reads: "Bad Creek"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 31:07

Bad Creek by Peyton June Read Alikes: Prelude for Lost Souls by Helene Dunbar She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran The Haunted by Danielle Vega

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Next Reads: "Aarzu all Around"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 13:03

Aarzu All Around by Marzieh Abbas Read Alikes: Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

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Story Walk: "We are Water Protectors"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 6:32

Author: Carole Lindstrom Illustrator: Michaela Goade Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100394 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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