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Episodes
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Love, Light & Lit: Changing the Subject – How Library Classifications Impact You
29/06/2022 Duration: 12minDarmouth Library – Change The Subject https://www.library.dartmouth.edu/digital/digital-collections/change-the-subject New York Public Library – Change the Subject LibGuide https://libguides.nypl.org/Change_the_Subject New York Public Library – Doc Chat with Jelicia Jimenez https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/10/25/doc-chat-episode-thirty-two-identity-anti-bias-practices-library-catalog
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"Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land" Toni Jensen
28/06/2022 Duration: 27minA powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author’s encounters with gun violence. Toni Jensen is a Metis woman born and raised in rural Iowa. Looking for another collection of life stories check out Black Futures - a multimedia anthology of what it means to be black in America. Edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham.
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Next Reads: "My Sisters Big Fat Indian Wedding"
24/06/2022 Duration: 16minThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book My sister's big fat Indian wedding by Sajni Patel. Read-alikes include: Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi There's something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon More than just a pretty face by Syed Masood
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Next Reads: "The Best Liars In Riverview"
17/06/2022 Duration: 06minThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson. Read-alikes include: Jennifer Chan is not alon by Tae Keller Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly The ship we built by Lexie Bean (Content Warning for substance and sexual abuse, racism and homophobia)
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Next Reads: "Golden Boys"
11/06/2022 Duration: 10minThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Golden Boys by Phil Stamper. Read-alikes include: You Know me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
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Next Reads: "Healer and Witch"
03/06/2022 Duration: 09minThis week, Erin reads from The Healer and Witch by Nancy Werlin. Read-alikes include: Savvy by Ingrid Law Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin Cinders and Sparrows by Stefan Bachmann The Bookwanderers by Anna James
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"The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir" Roman Dial
31/05/2022 Duration: 15min"The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir" Roman Dial by North Liberty Library
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Next Reads: "Air"
27/05/2022 Duration: 09minThis week, Erin reads from the book Air by Monica Roe. Read-alikes include: I funny: a middle school story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Insignificant events in the life of a cactus by Dusti Bowling Roll with it by Jami Sumner WCMX Daredevil by Jake Maddox
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Love, Light & Lit: A Natural Education
25/05/2022 Duration: 38minWebsite https://thegood.earth/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodEarthLLC/ Email brydie@thegood.earth brent@thegood.earth Library Website https://northlibertylibrary.org/ Library Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NLibertyLibrary/
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Next Reads: "The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary"
20/05/2022 Duration: 10minThis week, Erin reads from the book The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos. Read-alikes include: Gabi, a girl in pieces by Isabel Quintero I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika Sanchez The poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The surprising power of a good dumpling by Wai Chim
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Next Reads: "Trouble Maker"
13/05/2022 Duration: 13minThis week, Erin reads from Troublemaker by John Cho. Read-alikes include: When Winter Robeson came by Brenda Woods Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Clean Getaway by Nic Stone Blended by Sharon Draper For Black girls like me by Mariama Lockington
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Next Reads: "HopePunk"
06/05/2022 Duration: 36minThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads the first chapter of HopePunk by Preston Norton. Read-alikes include: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver Darius the Great is not okay by Adib Khorram
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Next Reads: "The Anti-Book"
29/04/2022 Duration: 13minThis week, Erin reads from the book The Anti-Book by Raphael Simon (Pseudonymous Bosch). Read-alikes include: The Insiders by Mark Oshiro The House that Wasn't There by Elana Arnold The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S by David Levithan
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Love, Light & Lit: First and Only
27/04/2022 Duration: 28minWanda's Website: www.atyourservicecorridorcommunity.com Wanda's Blog: www.wandastidbits.com Wanda's #FirstAndOnly Fact Sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pXizMGaJu7AVl2cO1n-34uf2MmlWcNSl/view North Liberty Library's Website: www.northlibertylibrary.org North Liberty Library's Facebook: www.facebook.com/NLibertyLibrary/
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"How Much of These Hills is Gold" C. Pam Zhang
26/04/2022 Duration: 29minThis month Amy and Kayla discuss "How Much of These Hills Is Gold" by C. Pam Zhang. Join us if you're looking for a historical fiction that challenges history.
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Next Reads: "Did I Mention I Love You"
22/04/2022 Duration: 20minThis week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Did I Mention I Love You? by Estelle Maskame. Read-alikes include: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Sunkissedby Kasie West Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
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Next Reads: "The Supernatural Society"
15/04/2022 Duration: 22minThis week, Erin reads from the book "The Supernatural Society" Read-alikes include: Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
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Next Reads: "Big Boned"
08/04/2022 Duration: 15minThis week, Erin reads from the book Big Boned by Jo Watson. Read-alikes include Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson I’ll be the One by Lyla Lee If it makes you happy by Claire Kann . . Just for funsies, the Spider-Man comics for M.J.'s red hair
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Next Reads: "The View From The Very Best House In Town"
01/04/2022 Duration: 18minThis week, Erin reads from the first (few) chapters of The View from the Very Best House in Town by Meeran Trehan. Read-alikes include Can you see me? by Libby Scott Let’s pretend we never met by Melissa Walker Forget me not by Ellie Terry Howl’s moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones This one is a bit of a stretch, BUT Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola. (The house is basically alive)
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Love, Light & Lit: Healing After Harassment
30/03/2022 Duration: 22minTrisha Cornwall on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishacornwell/ Women Against Abuse https://womenagainstabuse.org/ North Liberty Library www.northlibertylibrary.org Facebook www.facebook.com/NLibertyLibrary/