Professional Book Nerds

On this episode, Adam is joined by frequent Nerds Emma, Maria, and Kristin. They go around the virtual table and hand out book recommendations ranging from sad to fun to scary to thrilling. There is truly something for everyone here. Books mentioned in this episode She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones False Witness by Karin Slaughter The Night the Lights Went Out by Drew Magary Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Jill is joined by comedy-horror author Grady Hendrix to discuss his new book The Final Group Support Group. Jill and Grady discuss horror movies, horror novels, and other spooky scary things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill and Adam interview S.F. Kosa about her psychological thriller, The Quiet Girl. The title was selected as the latest Big Library Read and will keep you guessing until the very end. The nerds and the author discuss writing about trauma, her career in clinical psychology, her inspiration and writing process, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Jill is joined by the hilarious Helen Ellis to discuss her new book Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light. They discussing long-term friendships, growing older, and keeping busy during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, the Nerds are sharing the books that they are planning to read in the near future. That's right. We're taking a look at their TBR lists! Join the Big Library Read and sign up for our live interview with the author Books mentioned in this episode Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach Cultish by Amanda Montell Madam by Phoebe Wynne Luster by Raven Leilani The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Way Back by Gavriel Savit Yoke by Jessamyn Stanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam chats with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about their debut bestseller, Ace of Spades! They discuss representation, planning vs. pantsing, and Faridah being a suspicious person by nature. Big Library Read kicks off today and you can join OverDrive's discussion board and sign up for our live Zoom event at https://biglibraryread.com/. Follow us on TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July has arrived which means we're sharing the books coming out we're most excited to read! Also, we're on TikTok now! Books mentioned in this episode Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers The Tiger Mom's Tale by Lyn Liao Butler The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin The Rules of Arrangement by Anisha Bhatia The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching Appleseed by Matt Bell The Therapist by B. A. Paris Small Favors by Erin A. Craig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam chats with Nghi Vo about their new book The Chosen and the Beautiful, their respective experiences with Gatsby, and Adam expresses his angst over naming his dog Holden a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam chats with Mallory O'Meara, bestselling author and cohost of the wildly popular Reading Glasses podcast, about her upcoming book, Girly Drinks, before doing what they do best - swapping book recommendations! Pre order Mallory's book right here!   Books mentioned in this episode Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw Footnotes by Caseen Gaines Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez Switch by A.S. King The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson Second Place by Rachel Cusk Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam interviews instant New York Times bestselling author and Good Morning America Book Club pick for June, Zakiya Dalila Harris about her debut novel, The Other Black Girl! They get nerdy about the publishing world, how readers from different cultural backgrounds will approach her book, and so much more. Register for our virtual event on 6/17 with Kate Moore Get your own Libby PRIDE t-shirt Librarians: sign up for Digipalooza where we’ll be interviewing Andy Weir live! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lights up on Washington Heights! On this bonus episode, Adam chats with Quiara Alegría Hudes, the iconic Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and co-creator of In The Heights. They discuss Quiara's memoir My Broken Language, the women in her life, the books that shaped them as children, and remembrance. There is so much joy in this conversation. Register for our virtual event on 6/17 with Kate Moore Get your own Libby PRIDE t-shirt Librarians: sign up for Digipalooza where we’ll be interviewing Andy Weir live! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nerds are sharing a few books to celebrate PRIDE Month! These books, authors, and stories are, of course, valid and essential all year round but we want to spread the PRIDE joy and love so here you go! Register for our virtual event on 6/17 with Kate Moore Get your own Libby PRIDE t-shirt Librarians: sign up for Digipalooza where we’ll be interviewing Andy Weir live! Books mentioned in this episode The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.  Fat and Queer edited by Miguel M. Morales, Bruce Owens Grimm and Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Burn It All Down by Nicolas DiDomizio The Secret to Superhuman Strength bBy Alison Bechdel Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor With Teeth by Kristen Arnett Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier The 2000s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry Transmutation by Alex DiFrancesco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Jill is joined by author Emiko Jean to discuss her new book Tokyo Ever After. The pair discuss the importance of writing a character she wanted to see growing up, the interesting nuances of the Imperial Family of Japan, and stories from Emiko's time working with bugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Nerds! We'll be doing PRIDE episodes all month long and we'll have fresh episodes coming next week. For now, enjoy our 2020 episode in support of Trans authors. If you're looking for ways to support the LGBTQIA+ community you can visit the Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project, two organizations we adore. Books mentioned in this episode All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya Amateur by Thomas Page McBee Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Little Fish by Casey Plett Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Dreadnought by April Daniels The Pants Project by Cat Clarke The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes an author comes on and instantly hits it off with one of the nerds. Adam and Josh discuss Goblin, Bird Box, his writing process, building out a creepy world, and the fact that they BOTH have a Weimaraner and a Vizsla! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time again, Y'all! let's celebrate June's big book releases! Books mentioned in this episode: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Animal by Lisa Taddeo For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Neon Gods by Katee Robert The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Weiner is back on the Professional Book Nerds podcast, this time to talk about her newest book THAT SUMMER. She and Jill discuss cottagecore, writing a book in the pandemic, and getting emails meant for someone with the same name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Past guests Maria and Quinton join Adam to share a massive grab bag of science fiction and fantasy book recommendations that you will love no matter what your level of exploration into those genres has been. We have something for everyone here. Books mentioned in this episode Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots One More Last Time by Eric Ugland The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Head On by John Scalzi The Expanse by James S.A. Corey The Murderbot Diaries series Peace Talks by Jim Butcher Curses by Lish McBride Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten The Last Emperox by John Scalzi Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rena Rossner is back to discuss her new novel, The Light of the Midnight Stars. Rena and Adam chat about fairy tale retellings, gazing upon the stars, her life in Israel, and her career as a literary agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every book nerd and library lover adores books about books! On today's episode, Adam and Jill share a number of books about books to help you tackle another task on the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge. Check out Umberto Eco's personal library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEuvgT1wBs Books mentioned in this episode: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Absolute book by Elizabeth Knox The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler Codex by Lev Grossman The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Being Lolita by Alisson Wood The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices