Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with special guest and local bookfluencer Jasmine Sutton of @JazzysReadingCorner on Tiktok and Instagram. We discuss the wonders of the online reading community, #Booktok drama, and Russell admits to more crimes!

Books we discuss include:

• “The BFG” by Roald Dahl
• “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
• “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London
• “One Day” by David Nicholls
• “1984” by George Orwell
• “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman
• “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home” by Tembi Locke

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our August reading challenge, True Crime novels. We discuss ethical aspects of consuming true crime, what fascinates people about crime, and the wide variety of stories in this genre.

Books we discuss include:

• “Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail” by Andrea Lankford
• “Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West” by Tom Clavin
• “Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws: Incredible True Stories of Wild West Showdowns and Frontier Justice” by William MacLeod Raine
• “The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century” by Kirk Wallace Johnson
• “Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks” by Patrick Radden Keefe
• “Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion” by Tori Telfer
• “The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper” by Hallie Rubenhold
• “The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France” by Eric Jager
• “Crimes of the Centuries: The Cases That Changed Us” by Amber Hunt
• “Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder” by Rachel McCarthy James
• “The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird” by Joshua Hammer
• “American Cult” edited by Robyn Chapman
• “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann
• “A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton” by Deb Miller Landau

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Josh Lineberry, on-air personality for WBTM/WAKG, dubbed by Russell “The Voice of Danville”. We discuss the power of telling your own story, the wonders of audiobooks, and how to foster a love of reading in the next generation.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Indian in the Cupboard” series by Lynne Reid Banks
• “Encyclopedia Brown” series by Donald J. Sobol
• “My Next Breath” by Jeremy Renner
• “Tooth and Claw” by Craig Johnson
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinniman
• “Under the Dome” by Stephen King
• “Jericho Quinn” series by Marc Cameron
• “Ready Player One” series by Ernest Cline
• “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine
• “Ranger’s Apprentice” series by John Flanagan
• “Dogman” series by Dav Pilkey
• “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our July reading challenge, a book that takes place in another world. We discuss how we define ‘another world’, our love of all things cozy, and Russell’s many animal adventures.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Lord of the Rings” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “The Spider Chronicles” series by Tony DiTerlizzi
• “Lightraider Academy” series by James R. Hannibal
• “A Wizard of Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “The Mistborn Saga” series by Brandon Sanderson
• “The Wheel of Time” series by Robert Jordan
• “Tress of the Emerald Sea” by Brandon Sanderson
• “The Wingfeather Saga” series by Andrew Peterson
• “The Spellshop” by Sarah Beth Durst
• “The Tea Dragon Society” by Kay O’Neill
• “The Well” by Jake Wyatt
• “The Infinity Particle” by Wendy Xu
• “Wilderlore” series by Amanda Foody
• “Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic, & Betrayal” by Olivie Blake

Danville Public Library's Youth Services Department, Chrislyn Gardner and Jess McAllister, join Russell to talk all things children's programming, summer reading, and library memories.

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Freja Bridgen, library circulation specialist, about public speaking anxiety, mean college professors, and finding the right books for you.

Books we discuss include:

• “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly
• “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
• “Throne of Glass” by Sarah J. Maas
• “The Book of Doors” by Gareth Brown
• “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our June reading challenge, books with movie adaptations. We discuss the power of nostalgia, the many valid ways art can be interpreted, and why Tippi Hedren keeps falling down.

Books we discuss include:

• “The NeverEnding Story” by Michael Ende
• “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers
• “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
• “Memento Mori” by Johnathan Nolan
• “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier
• “Story of You” by Ted Chiang
• “Jaws” by Peter Benchley
• “Here” by Richard McGuire
• “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace
• “The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
• “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
• “Thrawn” by Timothy Zahn
• “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk
• “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
• “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Grace Mamon, Danville reporter for Cardinal News. We discuss the joys of reading children’s literature, how reading enhances your writing, and Grace surprises us with an interview question of her own.

Books we discuss include:

• “Gregor the Overlander” by Suzanne Collins
• “Harry Potter” series by Joanne Rowling
• “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Series by Rick Riordan
• “Anne of Green Gables” series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• “A Series of Unfortunate Events” by Lemony Snicket
• “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
• “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë
• “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
• “Beowulf” by Unknown
• “Chain of Gold” by Cassandra Clare