We conclude our season finale of Bookish Balderish, 2024 The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.

It's the end of the season and Bookish Balderdash is back! This time with special guests Debbie Stanton and Julie Nelson. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

It's that time of year again and Autumn and Chris are making sure you don't miss out on the hot new titles coming out this summer! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Autumn Friedli and Chris Blocker along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list…

Bookmark hosts Chris and Autumn scour the library (and the world) for books that "might be good". The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Ever wonder what kind of lives the people telling you stories are living? Is what you're reading based on something true or wholy out of the blue that is in your favorite author's mind? We brought back Ginger to crack open the vault that is our authors' minds. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers …

On this episode, Autumn, Michelle, and Chris discuss highly anticipated new books releasing this April. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Join us as we welcome back special guest, Michelle Morris, to share some of her favorite reads. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Ginger Park returns to the Bookmark to answer some questions about what she's read, what she's reading, and what she hopes to read. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add t…

Join us while we say goodbye to our beloved Reader's Librarian, Miranda, as she embarks on a new chapter. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Join us while we say goodbye to our beloved Reader's Librarian, Miranda, as she embarks on a new "chapter". The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

The only mythological creature in the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of the dragon. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Today's special guest is the library's AMH check-in machine! Join us as we look over recently returned items. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Join Miranda, Chris, and Autumn, as they recommend love stories from their fictitious "Onesie Twosie machine". This game was inspired by Autumn's favorite PBS show growing up, Once Upon a Time. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other…

We revisit our very loved Once Upon a Time theme, based on a popular Nebraska public television series from the 1980s. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your readin…

Do you have reading plans for 2024? We've got suggested reading challenges for and tons of book suggestions to fit those prompts! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to …

This episode we discuss the books our staff picked as the best books they read in 2023 and those books you, the community, have picked as favorites in 2023. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the b…

Join us as we review Goodreads' best books of the year. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.

Looking for something to read on these chilly days? The Bookmark Team has your back. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

We're going through the rest of these books that will be coming out in 2024. Will you be adding any of these upcoming titles to your to-read list? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’l…

We're unboxing a new selection of Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs). Which of these 2024 reads can we interest you in? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading li…

It's that time again to find out what you, our listeners, are reading. We post the question "What are you reading?" to our social media accounts on a weekly basis and this episode is all about what you answer. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli …

This week, Chris gushes about all things related to the Booker Prize, past and present. Miranda shares about the titles she's read and is excited to read. Despite having read none of the titles, Autumn makes predictions for the winner. And then there's Paul. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Mi…

On this episode, The Bookmark cast shares their sub-genre quiz results. Which Sub-genre should you try next? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

It's time to get snuggly! On this episode we'll talk comfy reads for chilly days. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

The Bookmark Team discusses reads involving moms and houses.....eek. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Our hosts read What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman, and explore other books with similar themes. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Here are our recommendations for spooky reads this season! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.

The Bookmark cast discusses a selection of books that push the boundaries of genre. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

We're back with Lara Avery to discuss books similar to The Year of Second Chances. Listen to find out what books are currently on Lara's nightstand. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add…

On this episode, we're joined by special guest Lara Avery, author of The Year of Second Chances. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Join us as we talk about upcoming book-to-movie adaptations. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.

Are you ready for Season 5?! We're back with books we read during the summer that we can't wait to tell you about! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading li…

Who will be this year's champion of Bookish Balderdash? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.

Bookish Balderdash is back! Debbie Stanton returns for another contest of our favorite game. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

We're getting excited about summer reading. We've got lists of books coming out this summer that we're looking forward to reading. Which of these books are you looking forward to? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as…

Chris, Autumn, and Miranda dig deeper into Richard Bach's bestselling novel from in the 1970s. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Last week, we started talking about the New York Times Bestseller List. This week we continue our timeline by discussing which books hit the top and stayed on the list. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discu…

Once you are on the list, you have lifetime bragging rights. So how does having "New York Times Bestseller" on a cover influence your reading habits? Do you want to read a book with that honor more or less? This episode we delve into the controversies and history that is the New York Times Bestseller list. The Bookmark is your place to find your ne…

If you missed the last episode, you might want to go back and listen because this is *fanfare* Part 2 of our Once Upon a Time tribute. In this episode we continue to take on the roles of the Witch, (who we now know is named "Kerfumbly"), Marian, and Onesie-Twosie to supply additional books for your reading list. As you recall from last time, each h…

Join Miranda, Chris, and Autumn, as they recommend books from their fictitious "Onesie Twosie machine". This game was inspired by Autumn's favorite PBS show growing up, Once Upon a Time. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librar…

We've noticed some pretty popular authors' names on screenplays for film and television. We're talking authors who've adapted their own work, adapted the work of others, as well as those who have written entirely new stories for screen. In this episode, we focus on screenplays written by authors we may not think of when we think of film. The Bookma…

How do you rate books? How many stars do you use? Do you use stars? If so, how does a book earn stars? Everyone has a subjective method. In this episode, our hosts discuss their star-rating methods and then play a game of guessing titles based on starred reviews. Can you guess the book title before our hosts do? The Bookmark is your place to find y…

In honor of Women's History Month, Miranda and special guest, Michelle Morris, discuss warrior women. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Miranda loves the Brontë sisters, so she unsurprisingly has feels about them and their works. Learn about the Brontë family and how their lives influenced their works. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discus…

On this episode we'll be talking about recently returned books. What could go wrong? The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

Today we're playing a game. Autumn will give a title, and Chris and Miranda (and you listeners at home) will try to guess if it's a romance novel title or not. If it is a romance, they have to give a synopsis of what they think the book with that title is about. Get ready for some silliness and lots of laughter. The Bookmark is your place to find y…

This episode we're discussing The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon. Our hosts give you just enough to make you want to read it without giving away the big twist promised at the end. That doesn't mean they don't have strong opinions *about* the twist at the end, though! The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join…

Special guest Michelle Morris joins us as we discuss new book releases for 2023. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…

2023 is the year of the rabbit. To celebrate, we're dedicating an entire episode to these floppy-eared friends. The Bookmark is your place to find your next great book. Each week, join regular readers Miranda Ericsson, Chris Blocker and Autumn Friedli along with other librarians as they discuss all the books you’ll want to add to your reading list.…