Beyond the Shelves: Library Lovers Month

Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library

Jes and Sarah are talking about loving your library during this month's episode of Beyond the Shelves! After talking about unique library services and the best ways you can support your library, they talk about some of their favorite books that feature libraries. Then they dig into a busy Book Bulletin segment (starts at 42:51), full of interesting news.

Next month, Jes and Sarah are hosting their first ever Beyond the Shelves Book Club episode! They're reading Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray. That episode is scheduled to be up on Tuesday, March 11. We encourage you to read the book so you can follow along with their discussion next month!

Show Notes

• Show Up for Your Library - ALA Advocacy
• One of the best ways to support the library is using your library!
• What We're Reading
  • The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers
  • Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, by Colette Shade
  • House of Earth and Blood, by Sarah J. Maas
  • Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros
  • A Bad Day for Sunshine, by Darynda Jones
  • The Age of Magical Overthinking, by Amanda Montell
  • Keep Me, by Sara Cate
• To Be Read
  • Sula, by Toni Morrison
  • Voice Like a Hyacinth, by Mallory Pearson
  • Water Moon, by Samantha Sotto Yambao
  • Ana Maria and the Fox, by Liana De la Rosa
  • Deep End, by Ali Hazelwood
• Books About Libraries
  • The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins
  • The Book that Wouldn't Burn, by Mark Lawrence
  • The Parliament, by Aimee Pokwatka
  • The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd
  • Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey
• Library Services
  • Book Club Sets
  • TONS of eMagazines on Libby
  • Comics Plus
  • Community Fridges
• Book Bulletin
  • Children of Blood and Bone Cast Reveal
  • Bookshop.org now sells eBooks
  • Department of Education is ending book ban investigations
  • Simon & Schuster is no longer requiring book blurbs
  • Philadelphia Eagles player AJ Brown helps a book become a bestseller after being spotted reading it on the sidelines during a playoff game
  • Onyx Storm reaction (the headlines - they're bad and misunderstand the book!)
  • Lady Whistlethreads book drama newsletter