Books for Women’s History Month

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 87

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we celebrate Women's History Month with fiction and nonfiction about women's history, one of the prompts on the Winter-Spring 2024 Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge. From a graphic novel about Soviet women fighter pilots to a page-turning book about the evolution of female bodies, we'll show you that there's nothing dull about women's history. Listen below to find out more about our selections!

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Books You Can Read in One Sitting

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 85

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we ring in the New Year with the Winter-Spring 2024 Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge!

From now through June 30, 2024, keep track of books you read or listen to by writing the title and author in the matching bingo square. Complete all 25 squares for a chance to win a $100 Joseph-Beth gift card or an Amazon Kindle. You’ll also earn an enamel pin (while supplies last).

Ease into the challenge with our suggestions for books you can read in one sitting. Grab a cozy blanket to read under, and you'll be able to check off two prompts on your bingo card!

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Read Even More in 2024 with Books and Bites Bingo

Start the new year with a new Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge!

Reading challenges are a great way to set reading goals for yourself, discover new authors and genres, and have fun while doing it.

We polled the Books & Bites Facebook group to find out how many bingo cards you'd like to play this year. That's why in 2024 we'll bring you two Books & Bites Bingo cards instead of just one.

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Books with Magic

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 84

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

This month, we discuss books with magic, our final prompt from the 2023 Books and Bites Bingo Reading Challenge. Our picks include an anthology of witchy tales; a novel about the magic of sourdough starter, robot arms, and the human who works with both; and a YA fairytale set in contemporary times.

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Books by Indigenous Authors

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 83

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, we discuss books by Indigenous authors, one of the prompts on the Books and Bites Bingo Reading Challenge. Our picks are as varied as ever, with a ghost story set in a bookstore, a teen mystery, and, of course, horror! We also share some of our favorite cookbooks for the "read a cookbook prompt."

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Gothic Fiction

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 82

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

For October, we discuss Gothic fiction, one of the prompts on the Books and Bites Bingo Reading Challenge. Our picks have all the creepy mansions, women in the attic, and brooding characters you could possibly want. Not to mention fungi!

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Adventure Awaits

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 80

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

This month, we discuss adventure stories, one of the prompts on the Books and Bites Bingo Reading Challenge. Choose your own adventure, whether it's with a group of teens on a road trip, on top of Mount Everest, or on a pirate ship!

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Dig Into a Great Book

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 79

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

In honor of this year's summer learning theme, Dig In, we're digging into some authors we already know with the Books and Bites Bingo prompt, read another book by an author you love.

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