Ep. #5 -- Jill, Sheila, and Adam

Episode Overview In our fifth episode, host Jill is joined by Adam and Sheila as they discuss some of the top award winners to come out of 2016 ALA Midwinter conference as well as some of the titles they've recently finished reading. Our reader recommendations are pulled from some of our Twitter followers and we also spend time remembering the late great David Bowie and Alan Rickman.  Be sure to follow OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter and maybe you'll get a personalized recommendation on the podcast, too!   Featured OverDrive Staff Jill, Sheila, and Adam   Intro (0:00-2:38)   ALA Award Winners (2:39-6:11) Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena, Illustrated by Christian Robinson The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak   Recent Reads (6:12-15:39) Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld A Wild Swan and Other Tales by Michael Cunningham The Gap of Time by Jeannette Winterson William Shakespeare Star Wars by Ian Doescher Evicted by Matthew Desmond Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott   Readers Advisory Recommendations (15:40-23:16)  Readalikes for Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Walking Dead Graphic Novels by Robert Kirkman The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson Bluescreen by Dan Wells Willful Machines by Tim Floreen The Martian by Andy Weir Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke   Readalikes for Moby Dick by Herman Melville In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick The Revenant by Michael Punke The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett   Readalikes for In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson Dead Wake by Erik Larson Hitlerland by Andrew Nagorski The Nazi Hunters by Andrew Nagorski The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt   Pre-Pubs and Other Books (23:17-30:12) Morning Star by Pierce Brown, Book 3 in the Red Rising Trilogy View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman Up From the Sea by Leza Lowitz Pax by Sara Pennypacker, author of the Clementine Series Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell The Oxford Inheritance by Ann A. McDonald The Secret History by Donna Tartt Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates The Likeness by Tana French At the Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell   Remembering Alan Rickman and David Bowie (30:13-End) Their bookish roles include Labyrinth: The Novelization, Harry Potter series, Sense and Sensibility, and The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices