Books

Listen to Barb Gross as she recommends The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.

Making her thriller debut with The Fields, author Erin Young joins Kelsey and Jenn in this episode of The First Fifty Pages.

Emily St. John Mandel--the bestselling author behind the critically acclaimed novels Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel--joins Kelsey and Jenn on this episode of The First Fifty Pages. Emily talks about her love of Science Fiction, the un-romantic process of revision, and about how her latest novel, Sea of Tranquility, moves through time and space. (!) Spoiler -- the future is not a catastrophe...

Alice Hoffman, the spellbinding author behind bestsellers like The Marriage of Opposites and Here on Earth, joins Jenn and Kelsey in this episode of The First Fifty Pages to talk about the magic of books and her much beloved Practical Magic series' final novel, The Book of Magic.

This is Jenn Delperdang, with the Sioux City Public Library and you’re listening to Check It Out.Today, I’m recommending books written by author Jason…

In honor of September being Library Card Sign-up Month, Jenn & Kelsey reflect on the impact library cards has had throughout their lives. As well as the…

In the third episode of The First Fifty Pages, Jenn & Kelsey, along with special guest Jessi Wakefield, discuss the different types of readers, how they…

Rural noir—it’s a thing. Sometimes called country noir, hillbilly noir, or even “hick lit”, these are stories of everyday people and the struggles they…

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