HeyJaredBeyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library
The official podcast of the Des Moines Public Library, featuring hosts Jes and Sarah!
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Reading Reality, Blending Books and Reality TV (opens the original)
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What We're Reading One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Kitten by Stacey Yu Meet me in the Garden by Nina LaCour The New People by Andrea Uptmor Moby Dick by Herman Melville Names Have Been Changed by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton Upward Bound by Woody Brown Fall Releases Mazywood by Tananarive Due Incarnate by Alma Katsu Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller Reality TV Book Recs Romance One
Special Episode: AViD with Shannon Chakraborty (opens the original)
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Our regularly scheduled episode of Beyond the Shelves is a little bit delayed, but we have a special episode for you while you wait! On May 14, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi and The Tapestry of Fate author Shannon Chakraborty took part in our annual Authors Visiting in Des Moines series. This is a recording of that appearance. The program was moderated by author and library employee Linden Thompson.
Beyond The Shelves: Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim Book Club (opens the original)
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In this episode of Beyond The Shelves Jes and Sarah host a book club for Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim and discuss some book news ranging from a controversial trademark to AI narrations and a rage bait article coming out of the UK. What we're reading Darling Daffodils Farm Brittanée Nicole Crash Test Amy James No Friend to this House Natalie Haynes Take a Chance, Sasha Sinclair Ashley Herring Blake The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones Girl's Girl Sonia Feldman To Be Read (TBR) The Unico
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