Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about their reading experiences of 2023, and outlining a few reading resolutions for 2024. If you aren’t already familiar with Libby, be sure to check it out. A completely free and user-friendly app (and webpage) for reading eBooks …

Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about what they love about Manga and Anime, there’s even more to the conversation with a part two of this episode dropping with our next episode! Below are several Find It Lists to help you all find your next great Manga read! Manga…

Please participate in the Five Year Survey here! Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features book club members from two of our longstanding book clubs: the Brown Baggers book club and Books on Tap book club. Brown Baggers meets on the third Thursday of every month at noon, at the Central Library, and B…

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. We’re pitching new podcast book club titles! Which book would you like to read along with us in our next Overbooked series? 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg Matrix by Lauren Groff Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh Fuzz: When nature breaks the law by Mary…

Welcome to the 8th Season of On the Same Page! Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. In today’s episode, we talk about a short story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour,” written and first published in 1894. We use the five C’s to dissect this very telling short story: Circumstance Curiosity Characters Conversa…

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. Nedra’s books featured in JMRL Local Voices Collection: Illuminus: the induction Baltimore Imprint The Diary of Janay Wilkerson Nedra’s most highly recommended publishing resources: Fiverr IngramSpark More from the JMRL collection: JMRL Literacy collection Transparent Languag…

Welcome to JMRL’s summer challenge! Find everything you need here. Episode mentions including Reader’s Advisory Corner – Summer Reading Suggestions from Abby & EJ: Ghost Music by An Yu (Choose a new book read to read just by looking at the cover – August) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler; a graphic novel adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Je…

Thanks for joining us for an exciting game of trivia! Check out the JMRL calendar for more information on Summer Reading kickoffs! Here are some of the memorable mentions from today’s segment: During our geography trivia section, we remembered fondly the origins of our podcast book club, Overbooked, which first began with the title The Glass Ocean,…

Want to jump around? 1:45 – Grow, Learn, Connect 4:05 – In ten words… 6:15 – John Teixeira: chess is just as exciting as the Super Bowl 14:32 – Molly Foster: the magic of open-ended process art 23:53 – David Levi: turn your body (or bananas) into a musical instrument 31:00 – Addeane Caelleigh: the camaraderie of book arts 40:30 – Mikaela Deighan: t…

Want to jump around? 00:00 – “The Bronx” by Ogden Nash (read by Steve from Central) 1:14 – “Spring” Original poem by Anne from Scottsville 2:42 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 4:37 – Original poem by Zavia from Northside 6:05 – Poem In Your Pocket Day Information – Celebrate with us on April 27! 8:52 – “Ask” Original poem by Dr. Vi…