Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Veronda Pitchford, talks about her love of food, reality tv, and (more than anything else) libraries.
0:00 Show begins
0:37 Guest Introduction
1:17 Veronda talks about Veronda
3:27 How she chose her three books & the theme
5:10 Book One
7:42 Book Two
13:41 Book Three
18:51 First Library Memory
23:47 The hosts recommend a book to Veronda
34:00 Using electronic resources in the library
38:33 The Goodreads challenge/Indy Press books
38:50 How to get Biblioboard
44:55 ShoutMouse
50:02 Book recommendation- Rad Dad
54:21 Favorite Quotes
1:02:41 Recap of Veronda’s three books
Veronda’s Three Books:
Off the Menu by Stacey Ballis
Love, Loss and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Additional Titles Discussed:
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Audio read by Lin-Manuel Miranda
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Bingo Love by Genevieve FT, Jenn St-Onge, and Tee Franklin
Bibliboboard books
Super Sikh by Eileen Kaur Alden, Supreet Singh Manchanda, and Amit Tayal
“Loves Elvis. Hates bad guys.”
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler (illustrated by David Lee Csicsko)
One Lonely Camel by Rashaan Edwards, Sejal Mobley DaQuan Smith and Zorita Workman
Rad Dad - Contributors include: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cory Doctorow
Watching -
Top Chef
The Good Place
Eating -
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
Listening To -
Entry Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik
