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Rachel joins the show to discuss three popular nonfiction titles by Bill O'Reilly: Killing Jesus, Killing Lincoln, and Killing Kennedy. 

Jake joins us to discuss a graphic memoir about working in the oil and gas industry named Ducks by Kate Beaton.

There are no book reviews in this episode... instead, we gathered a few library staff members to talk about how many books we plan to read in 2023 as well as how we plan to choose those reads. 

Chazley reviews 22 books she read that were published in 2022... all in under 22 minutes!

Jamie joins the podcast to test out her "box of chocolates" book review game and reviews six books in total: A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel; Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick; The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran; Book Lovers by Emily Henry; Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (again!) by Anonymous; and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. 

Sabrina reviews a graphic novel that is an uplifting and humorous examination of the universal experiences of moms with small kids. 

Sam and Chazley review V. E. Schwab's latest book that features an "other side of the gate" that may feel familiar to some readers. 

Lesley and Rachel discuss motherhood, midlife, and Jessi Klein's memoir I'll Show Myself Out. 

Sam delivers a less than glowing review of a dark fantasy title that didn't land quite right for him. 

Cherie reviews a book by a Texan author who happened to be featured at an Evening With the Author event several years ago!

Erline, Donald, Katie, and Lesley wrap up their tour of the library's graphic novel collections with a sampling of adult graphic novels. They selected Fluorescent Mud, Ice Cream Man, Saga, and Wicked + Divine for their discussion. 

Erline, Donald, Katie, and Lesley are back to talk about teen graphic novels and all the feels in part two of this three part series about graphic novels.

Join Donald, Erline, Katie, and Lesley in their review some of our graphic novels. In this episode, they discuss picks from the kid's section: Camp, My Own World, Ghosts, and Cucumber Quest. Tune in for part two, the review of our teen graphic novel selections! 

Cherie and Katie give an overview of Ali Hazelwood's romance and science infused books and novellas in our latest episode!

Introducing our first ever crossover episode with the Baytown Engage Podcast! We hosted employees from a number of other city departments to show them around the library. Little did they know that they would also serve as guests on the two podcasts we host! You can check out other Baytown Engage episodes here: https://baytownengage.podbean.com/ 

Kevin reviews five different books by A. J. Jacobs... and listen to the end to hear a few words from the author himself!

Sci-fi lovers Erline and Donald have some differing opinions about singer Janelle Monáe's new science fiction anthology The Memory Librarian. 

Jamie reviews a book about triplets who couldn't be more different from each other in a book that is stylistically very different from the author's other works. 

Brandy and Diana join the show to review an award winning title from the kid's collection that is currently receiving praise and attention from readers of all ages!

Ash joins the show to review a book that developed a cult following over the years due to its unique formatting and disorienting storytelling style.