Checked Out

#CheckedOut, Episode 7This month, Amanda interviews our Manager of Children and Teen Services, Christine Landis, to discuss the joys of youth literacy, the bridge between children's librarianship and adult readers, and her favorite children's literature.Check out the links below to see the books discussed in episode 6 and request them from Lancaster Public Library.Herculine by Grace Byron - https://tinyurl.com/3rfrvuhnWhale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor - https://tinyurl.com/yr444zcdThe Great Secret by Jennet Conant - https://tinyurl.com/4mnmdzkyRaising Hare by Chloe Dalton - https://tinyurl.com/4y7a4uukTow Truck Joe Makes a Splash by June Sobel - https://tinyurl.com/5xk64x9h2:48 - What We're Reading Now13:15 - Interview with Christine Landis38:55 - Outro*This month's episode does not have video due to a technical error of Theodore not pressing the record button on his phone.

#CheckedOut, Episode 6This month, Amanda and Theodore catch bracket fever and pit eight iconic book characters against each other in a bid to find out who the best character in literature really is! The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davis - https://tinyurl.com/25sza5u9Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield - https://tinyurl.com/247etykxRuin Their Crops on the Ground by Andrea Freeman - https://tinyurl.com/2embcrk2Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - https://tinyurl.com/mvp6pam3Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - https://tinyurl.com/2xf6u22uI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - https://tinyurl.com/7424ap4rSmall Things Like These by Claire Keegan - https://tinyurl.com/yrw8b2esMacbeth by William Shakespeare - https://tinyurl.com/36dkavv4Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - https://tinyurl.com/wtw3mtcfThe Giver by Lois Lowry - https://tinyurl.com/nf66advvHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - https://tinyurl.com/yy62vd3r3:30 - What We're Reading Now8:42 - The Character Bracket38:55 - Outro

#CheckedOut, Episode 5In the fifth episode of Checked Out, Amanda and Theodore discuss their current reads and break down their buddy read of "Book Lovers" by Emily Henry.

#CheckedOut, Episode 4In the fourth episode of Checked Out, Amanda and Theodore discuss their current reads and interview a very special guest, Kathy Leader. During her 50 years of service at Lancaster Public Library, Kathy has an almost unlimited supply of fantastic stories, and she shares a few of them with us!Check out the links below to see the books discussed in episode 4 and request them from Lancaster Public Library.⁠0:00⁠-Intro⁠2:23⁠-What We're Reading⁠12:57⁠-Interview With Kathy Leader⁠36:02⁠-Outro/EndOrbital by Samantha Harvey - https://tinyurl.com/4f5y7sp8The Merge by Grace Walker - https://tinyurl.com/ys9nuc5y

#CheckedOut, Episode 3In the third episode of Checked Out, Amanda and Theodore discuss their current reads, cope with the holiday blues while breaking down their buddy read of "The Dead" by James Joyce, and "gift" each other some reading recommendations. Check out the links below to see the books discussed in episode 3 and request them from Lancaster Public Library.0:00 - Intro/What We're Reading Now9:41 - Discussion of The Dead by James Joyce25:12 - Giving the Gift of Reading...To Each Other!40:34 - Outro/EndThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - https://tinyurl.com/5ftnjhvbThe Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson - https://tinyurl.com/465c3cafYour Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine - https://tinyurl.com/3nm9waykDubliners by James Joyce - https://tinyurl.com/4ayemx8sTime of the Child by Niall Williams - https://tinyurl.com/56tr5hxcThe Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski - https://tinyurl.com/2nzea7kbIntimacies by Katie Kitamura - https://tinyurl.com/ycxy4z38Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - https://tinyurl.com/2pruh99eScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz - https://tinyurl.com/y8bzt5k2

In the second episode of Checked Out, Amanda and Theodore are excited to introduce you to Lissa Holland, Lancaster Public Library's Executive Director.Check out the links below to see the books discussed in episode 2 and request them from Lancaster Public Library.0:00-Intro2:09-What We're Reading16:04-Interview With Lissa Holland35:17-Wrapping It Up!The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer - https://tinyurl.com/7ay93fykThe Five : The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold - https://tinyurl.com/28ezbxasStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - https://tinyurl.com/yv5vun3uA Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings - https://tinyurl.com/ye29pn4mThis Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud - https://tinyurl.com/2ecu8r9rCheck out https://www.hoopladigital.com/ for all of your audiobook needs, injury-related or otherwise!

Amanda and Theodore discuss their current reads, get into a spooky mood while breaking down their buddy read of The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, and take a look at some visually disturbing book covers...from a graphic design perspective. Check out the links below to see the books discussed in episode 1 and request them from Lancaster Public Library.The Secret Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen BakerMuppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance RogoffThe Hounding by Xenobe PurvisThe Unworthy by Agustina BazterricaIn the Lonely Hours by Shannon MorganWe Came to Welcome You by Vincent TiradoTimestamps(00:00) - Intro(03:40) - What We're Reading(09:42) - Introduction to Discussion on The Unworthy(12:21) - Synopsis of The Unworthy(13:16) - Main Discussion of The Unworthy(29:29) - Final Thoughts on The Unworthy(36:32) - Covers Only a Publisher Could Love(45:20) - Wrapping It Up!