Booklist's Shelf Care

The Booklist editors gathered around the fire (JK, we gathered in the sound-proof-ish room in the basement of the ALA office) to dig a little deeper into how the Editors’ Choice lists come together, to call out a few faves, and to talk about what’s coming in 2020. For the shownotes, visit www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Lynette Eason, the award-winning author of over fifty books including the Women of Justice, Deadly Reunions, and Blue Justice series. Her books have appeared on multiple bestseller lists, and the movie, Her Stolen Past, based on Lynette’s novel, premiered in February 2018 on Lifetime. The first book in the Danger Never Sleeps series, Collateral Damage, comes out in January (on January 7th) from Revell.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Revell. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Susan Maguire talks to Irene Hannon, bestselling, RITA award-winning author who has written more than 50 romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and women's fiction novels. Her books have appeared on multiple bestseller lists, and three and a half million copies of her books have been sold worldwide and translated into multiple languages. So, you know, she's kind of a big deal. Dark Ambitions, the final book in the Code of Honor trilogy, was released by Revell in October.

For the shownotes, visit www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care

In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, we get a little otherworldly, to coincide with our August Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror, and also because it’s never not a good time to talk about helping genre-reading patrons. First, Susan talks to RA maven and horror expert Becky Spratford about nostalgia, body horror, and queer Cthulu retellings, and how horror-reading patrons want to be helped. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth refutes the idea that writers shouldn’t narrate their own audiobooks with some fantastic self-narrated famous-person memoirs on audio. Finally, Susan corrals Maggie Reagan, Teen Feelings Expert, about being a grown-up who reads teen books, the undying appeal of vampires, and a few forthcoming books she can’t wait to share. Here’s what we talked about: RA for All The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror Ladies of Horror Fiction Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste Caitlín R. Kiernan, queer, non-binary Lovecraftian updater T

Knowing all about good books before they come out is just one of many rabbits librarians keep in their magic hat. (Another tool: strained metaphors!) In this Very Special Bonus Episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we peel back the curtain on one of the ways librarians get advanced buzz on good books: The Booklist Read n Rave. We are joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Executive Director of Library Reads, who put together Booklist’s first Read n Rave lo those many years ago. She and host Susan Maguire talk about how Read n Rave started and what makes a good Read n Rave pick. Most importantly, they rave about some upcoming titles that they’re real psyched about. The Books About Which Were Raved: Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan Full show notes and more info can be found on www.b

Seems like you can’t swing a weeded book these days without hitting a true crime podcast. But having a large swathe of our communities so engaged with a narrative—that’s good news for libraries, because we traffic in helping folks find their next obsession. But it ain’t all true crime; this episode also touches on another kind of graphic storytelling—the graphic novel, and why they’re so important to libraries. Truly, this episode contains multitudes. You can find the full show notes, with links to Booklist reviews where available, at www.booklistonline.com/shelf-care. Here’s what we talked about: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. By John Carreyrou. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America. By Christian T. Miller and Ken Armstrong. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer. By Michelle McNamara. The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir. By Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. My Friend Dahmer. Written and illustrated by Derf Backderf

Let’s get serious about leisure reading, y’all. Beach reads: What are they. What are patrons looking for. Is a blue cover required. These are the questions addressed in this episode. Host Susan Maguire talks to Andie Paloutzian from the New Orleans Public Library (LA) about great summer books for a wide variety of readers, and how to promote them. Then she talks to Booklist’s Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman about how she relaxes with a good book (she doesn’t), and something she’s recently read and enjoyed. Here’s what we talked about: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (Sept. 2019) The Lost Man by Jane Harper The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett If Cats Disappeared from The World by Genki Kawamura The Lido by Libby Page The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson -and- Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud

This episode of Shelf Care is sponsored by the HarperCollins Library Marketing Team, AKA Library Love Fest. If you’re looking for great reading suggestions, author interviews and behind-the-book insights, check out the Library Love Fest podcast. Their latest episode features the team’s upcoming favorite reads as well as an exclusive interview with author Neal Stephenson talking about his forthcoming book, FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELL. Visit https://soundcloud.com/librarylovefest/shelfcare to listen. Our first episode is here and it's about...Podcasts. Host Susan Maguire talks to Polli Kenn and Kate Gramlich of the Lawrence Public Library (KS) about their super-fun Book Squad Podcast. Then she chats with librarian and Booklist Audio Editor Heather Booth about podcast appeal and talking to your podcast-listening patrons. Finally, she and Associate Editor for Adult Books Annie Bostrom talk about a book that is the perfect combo of light and dark. Books we talked about: Grimm’s Fairy Tales on audio Sadie by Courtn

It's a podcast! Well, it's a preview of a podcast. Give a listen to this sneak peek of Booklist's Shelf Care podcast. Host Susan Maguire talks to Booklist's Audio Editor Heather Booth about podcast/audiobook crossovers. Full episode will be available January 2019.