Professional Book Nerds

We're not just book nerds. We're professional book nerds! We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools. It's our job to discuss books all day long so we thought, "Why not share the conversation!" Hear about the best books we've read, get recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. Titles discussed are available to borrow through public libraries. Get started reading at overdrive.com and subscribe to our podcast today!


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Ep. #118 – What Team OverDrive Is Reading

We are an office full of readers and so for today’s episode we decided to poll some of our co-workers and past podcast guests to see what everyone is currently reading or has recently finished. We love doing these episodes because they are always a…

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Ep. #117 – Fierce Reads Tour!

The Fierce Reads tour kicked off May 9, 2017 and Cleveland’s own Cuyahoga County Public Library was the first stop! Adam and I got to moderate a panel discussion with three incredible Young Adult authors: Scott Westerfeld, Erin Beaty, and Taran…

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Ep #116: Short Reads!

On today’s episode we are discussing short reads and quick books! We love big books and we cannot lie but not everyone does or has the time so today’s episode is all about shorter books that can be read over a long weekend (which is perfect for…

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Ep. #115 — Kate Moore

On today’s episode, Adam chats with Kate Moore, author of the incredible book The Radium Girls. This work of nonfiction recounts the story of the women who worked with Radium-based paint, ingesting poison every single day, and their…

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Ep. #114 — Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge, Part II

We’re back with round two of our suggestions! Completing this challenge is a lot of fun and can help broaden your literary scope but it can be tough to find books that fit the categories. That’s where we come in! In ep. 82 we did five different…

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Ep. #113 — Celebrating Children’s Book Week

It’s Children’s Book Week and we are celebrating with a three-in-one author interview episode featuring authors Pat Mora, Cynthia Leitich-Smith, and Don Tate.  Interviews were recorded at the Virginia Hamilton Conference, April 6-7, 2017….

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Ep. #112 – May Books We’re Excited To Read!

May is just around the corner which means it’s time for Adam and Jill to offer up their top picks for books coming out in May 2017! Books Mentioned In This Episode:  by Samantha Irby by Gabourey Sidibe by Anita Shreve by Paula…

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Ep. #111 – Together We Read interview with Denzil Meyrick

In today’s episode, Adam speaks with Scottish author Denzil Meyrick. Denzil’s book, Whisky From Small Glasses was selected as our Digital Book Club choice for our U.K. libraries. Together We Read is a Digital Book Club being featured…

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Ep. #110 – John Scalzi

On Today’s episode, Jill & Adam sit down with John Scalzi, one of the most prolific and success Science Fiction Writers of our time. John provides an introduction to his new book, The Collapsing Empire, and then explains what makes a…

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