Today our prompt is inspired by Becker County! There is a time capsule in a park here, ready to be opened in 2065; read a book with a time capsule or historical monument

Blue Earth county is named for deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the banks of the Blue Earth River. To celebrate this county, this week you can read a book with jewelry.

Usually, for our season finale, we share Minnesota books: stories set in Minnesota and/or books written by MN authors. You can listen to all our past MN book episodes on our website: cmle.org This season though, we’re changing it up just a little! We’re shouting out a few more favorites and talking about the books that the booksellers who work there recommend. Who is joining us today? Friend of our podcast and occasional Minnesotan, Violet Fox!

It’s always better when you are here with us to talk about books. We always enjoy our book group podcast, and we hope you do, too! This week we are sharing a special pop culture episode with you! We are looking at the movie West Side Story. This week we are taking a quick look at some books about music, to celebrate this new movie. Sit back with a beverage, and let’s share some books you might enjoy.

This week on the show we’re learning more about Native American voices and recommending books to read all year round, but particularly around Thanksgiving. You can check out our show notes page here, for all the information we share today and links to the books we are discussion.

This week we are sharing a special pop culture episode with you! We are looking at the movie King Richard. IMDB describes the plot: “A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.” We have more to discuss, so let’s settle in and get to the fun part: the book discussion! This week we are taking a quick look at some books about siblings.

This week we have an interesting development in the book group discussion: Reading, but not reading books! Of course, we love books. But today we want to talk about some other strategies for reading, and writing, that we can promote in libraries. And we have a good Guest Host to help us do this! Noah Lenstra is an Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at University of North Carolina Greensboro. He is also the founder of the Let’s Move in Libraries organization.

And today’s episode is very special: this is our official 100th episode! So while we have been with you for many more than 100 episodes, we have really enjoyed being with you and chatting about 100 genres!  We want to thank you, the listeners, who have been with us since the beginning - special thanks to Chuck and Ralph who have been such good supporters! We want to thank people who drop in for episodes they like. And also to the listeners who are newbies - it’s great to have you join us.

This week we are sharing a special pop culture episode with you! We are looking at the movie Last Night in Soho. We have more to discuss, so let’s settle in and get to the fun part: the book discussion! This week we are taking a quick look at some books about time travel, to celebrate this new movie. Kick back with a beverage you will enjoy, and let’s share some books you might enjoy. We always enjoy these book groups, and want you to have everything you need for the best experience!

This week we are looking at another fun area of work in libraries: citizen science! You could bring in citizen science programs, use it to connect your materials to STEM work in different classes in your school, and of course you can just enjoy some science books! We have a special Guest Host this week: Caroline Nickerson. She is the Senior Program Director at SciStarter.  You can check out our full show notes, with links to the resources we share, beverages we enjoy, and books we discuss!