It's All Greek to Me

John and Rachel recap some YA books and preview their upcoming reads.  They also dive into some library statistics.  Enjoy another book preview from a WHHS student.   Music Credits Block Party by Bad Snacks 64 Sundays by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ - Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Seagull by Everet Almond Additional music by Zen Man on Pixabay ...

John and Rachel celebrate the holiday season by highlighting Christmas books and leaving the library to visit someone who loves all things Christmas in their workshop. Let’s wrap up 2020 with the best books as voted on by readers like you.   Books Mentioned: Pearl S Buck’s Book of Christmas, Christmas Stories (Dickens), Let it Snow, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, The Official Guide to Christmas in the South or, If You Can’t Fry It, Spraypaint It Gold, Catcher in the Rye, The Polar Express, T'was the Night Before Christmas, The Christmas Carol, The Midnight Library, The Guest List, The Vanishing Half, House of Earth and Blood, From Blood and Ash, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Mexican Gothic, Strange Planet, Stamped, A Promised Land, Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, A Life on Our Planet, Heartstopper: Volume Three, Dearly, Such a Fun Age, Clap When You Land, The Queen of Nothing, The Tower of Nero   Music Credits: Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Artist: http://incompetech.com/      Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100368  Artist: http://incompetech.com/   Carol Of The Bells by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Artist: http://audionautix.com/    We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ ...

In this late-to-air episode, John talks about romance novels and Black History Month. Books Mentioned: Not Your #Lovestory, Heartstopper (GN), Instant Karma, The Life of Frederick Douglass (GN), A Promised Land, Courage to Soar, The Mamba Mentality, Track (series), Long Way Down (and GN), Miles Morales, Stamped ...