Russell, Rachel, and Rachael welcome guest Jess McAllister, Youth Library Services Specialist, to talk about every book ever written and how to read at light speed.

Books we discuss include:

• “Tracker” by Gary Paulsen
• “Amelia Bedelia” by Peggy Parish
• “Frog and Toad” series by Arnold Lobel
• “Howl’s Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones
• “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by T.J. Klune
• “Legends & Lattes” by Travis Baldree
• “The Great Library” series by Rachel Caine
• “Daisy Jones & the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• “Small Spaces” by Katherine Arden
• “Arlo Finch” series by John August
• “Amari and the Night Brothers” by B.B. Alston
• “Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow” by Jessica Townsend
• “Jurassic Park” and others by Michael Crichton
• “Wolfsong” by T.J. Klune

Russell, Rachel and Rachael discuss our July challenge, books set in another country, and a few extras just for good measure.

Books we discussed include:

• “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
• “Sooley” by John Grisham
• “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
• “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women” by Lisa See
• “Run Me to Earth” by Paul Yoon
• “City of Thieves” by David Benioff
• “A Man Called Ove” by Frederik Backman
• “What the River Knows” by Isabel Ibañez
• “Birnam Wood” by Eleanor Catton
• “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton
• “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba
• “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael welcome guest Jess Austin, Technical Services Librarian, to talk about 'book joy'.

Books we discussed include:

• “Holy City” by Henry Wise
• “Razorblade Tears” by S. A. Cosby
• “The Which Way Tree” by Elizabeth Crook
• “If the Creek Don’t Rise” by Leah Weiss
• “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson
• “Broiler” by Eli Cranor (coming July 2, 2024)
• “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes

P.S. - “Claus: Legend of the Fat Man” by Tony Bertauski - Russell would love if you try it out.