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A podcast from the librarians at the Glenview Public Library

Librarians of the Glenview Public Library


    • May 7, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 72 EPISODES


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    E72: Memoirs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 22:01


    Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss memoirs.  Books discussed:  This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison  Patriot by Alexei Navalny  Other titles discussed: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, and All the Beautiful Sinners by Stephen Graham Jones. 

    E71: Grab Bag!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 28:43


    Ethan, Anne, and Ryan discuss books they've read recently.  Books discussed: How to Be Both by Ali Smith God of the Woods by Liz Moore Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Other titles discussed: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, and The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff John Scalzi titles discussed: Zoe's Tale, Starter Villain, and When the Moon Hits Your Eye

    E70: The 70s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 27:09


    Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in, or (roughly) from, the 1970s.  Books Discussed:  The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Crime of Punishment by Karl A Menninger Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Other books mentioned: The Turner House by Angela Flournoy, Patriot by Alexei Navalny, and Wind & Truth by Brandon Sanderson. 

    E69: Chills and Thrills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 26:00


    Ethan, Anne, and Alina discuss books for the Halloween season.  Books discussed:  Pay the Piper by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Other books mentioned: Darkly: Black History and America's Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, Maeve Fly by C. J. Leede, and The Leftovers by Tom Perotta.       

    E68: European Settings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 26:02


    Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in or about Europe.  Books discussed:  Western Lane by Chetna Maroo How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic The Pairing by Casey McQuiston    

    E67: Books We'd Take on Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 19:38


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss eBooks they might take on vacation.  Books discussed:  Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld   Other books mentioned: Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy  

    E66: Books on Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 24:03


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss nonfiction books about food. Books discussed:  The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food, by Mark Kurlansky My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings,  edited by Zosia Mamet The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, by Taras Grescoe Other books mentioned: Enter Ghost by Isabelle Hammad, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, and The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers      

    E65: Books We Loved

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 27:05


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss recent releases they enjoyed.  Books discussed: The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey Absolution by Alice McDermott The Skull by Jon Klassen Other books mentioned: Mister Magic by Kiersten White, Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel, Happiness Falls by Angie Kim.  

    E64: Journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 21:54


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books on journalists and journalism.    Books discussed:  Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil Newsroom Confidential by Margaret Sullivan   Other books mentioned: The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, Absolution by Alex McDermott, Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by Richard Adams, James Sturm, and Joe Sutphin. 

    E63: Books More People Should Read

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 24:14


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they wish more people would read.    Books discussed: Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey  Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke  Other books mentioned: The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang, The Guest List by Lucy Foley, No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen, Drood by Dan Simmons, The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

    E62: A Different Point of View

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 26:06


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books from different perspectives.    Books discussed:  The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid  Horse by Geraldine Brooks Pageboy by Elliot Page    Other books mentioned: The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus 

    E61: Inspired by Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 22:01


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss fiction featuring the natural world.    Books discussed:  The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr The River by Peter Heller Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy   Other books mentioned: Horse by Geraldine Brooks, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

    E60: A Strong Sense of Place

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 21:37


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books with a strong sense of place.  Books discussed:  The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel  Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry    Other books mentioned: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan, The Visitors by Sally Beauman, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.    

    E59: Asian-American Authors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2023 16:48


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss Asian-American authors.  Books discussed:  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Evening Hero by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

    E58: Host Recommendations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 19:24


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books they have recommended to each other.  Book discussed: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab 

    E57: Library Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 18:31


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about libraries and librarians.  Books discussed:  The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai  The Library Book by Susan Orlean  The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

    E56: Library of Things Spotlight: Wingspan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 24:37


    Ethan and Ryan talk about the board game Wingspan, available in our Library of Things.    Join us on the third Tuesday of every month for our Game On! Board Game Night for Adults, at 6:30 in the Library. 

    E55: Magical Realism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 16:43


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books featuring magical realism.  Books discussed:  Eartheater by Dolores Reyes  Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt  The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova 

    E54: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 19:28


    Ethan, Anne, and Katie talk about intellectual freedom and banned books.  Books discussed:  The Color Purple by Alice Walker  Melissa by Alex Gino Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 

    E53: Time Travel Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 18:59


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books about time travel.  Book discussed:  Doomsday Book by Connie Willis  Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel  This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 

    E52: Meet the Staff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 23:51


    Ethan talks to Linda, Carmen, and Ryan about their reading habits.     

    E51: African-American Authors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 16:39


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books by African-American authors.    Books discussed: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar  Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 

    E50: 50th Anniversaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 21:14


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss books published in 1972.   Books discussed:  Watership Down by Richard Adams  The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

    E49: Romance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 21:34


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss romance novels.  Books discussed:  The Love Con by Seressia Glass A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston       

    E48: Memoirs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 18:20


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss memoirs.  Books discussed:  Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 

    E47: Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 19:22


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels about magic.  Books discussed: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor  The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 

    E46: Back to School

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 19:54


    Teri, Anne, and Ethan discuss novels set at schools.  Books discussed:  We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Secret History by Donna Tartt  Bunny by Mona Awad 

    Tiny Book Club: Reading and Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 20:19


    Three librarians at the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Animals Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 22:55


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library talk about books.

    Tiny Book Club: The Immigrant Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 15:28


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Self-Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 18:27


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library talk about books.

    Tiny Book Club: Food Bios

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 20:05


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Microhistories

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 19:22


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books on a theme.

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    Tiny Book Club: Horror Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 21:04


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Other Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 18:19


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books on a theme.

    Tiny Book Club: Short Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 16:49


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books on a theme.

    Tiny Book Club: Armchair Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 19:52


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library talk about books.

    Tiny Book Club: March

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 18:02


    Three librarians at the Glenview Public Library discuss books on a theme.

    Tiny Book Club: Virtual Humor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 18:13


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books

    Tiny Book Club: Virtual Adventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 20:11


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: LGBTQ

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 19:43


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Classics Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 24:57


    Three librarians at the Glenview Public Library discuss books on a theme.

    Tiny Book Club: Decade Retrospective

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 27:24


    We are three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discussing books on a theme.

    Tiny Book Club: American Historical Novels

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 18:57


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss what they've read: Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks, The Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins, and Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.

    Tiny Book Club: Stephen King

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 21:52


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    Tiny Book Club: Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 16:43


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Reading Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 21:16


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Exploration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 17:31


    A podcast on book from three librarians at the Glenview Public Library.

    Tiny Book Club: Space Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 22:33


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss books.

    Tiny Book Club: Native American Authors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 16:22


    Three librarians from the Glenview Public Library discuss good books.

    Tiny Book Club: Plants and Gardening

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 15:53


    Three librarians from Glenview Public Library discuss books 

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