Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about their reading experiences of 2023, and outlining a few reading resolutions for 2024. If you aren’t already familiar with

S.8. E.4 – Genre Deep Dives – Manga! (Part One)

Nov 4th, 2023 31m 48s

Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about what they love about Manga and Anime, there’s even more to the conversation with a part two of this episode dropping wit

S.8.E.4 – Genre Deep Dives – Manga! (Part One)

Nov 4th, 2023 31m 48s

S.8 E.3 – Book Club Deep Dive & the Five Year Survey

Sep 29th, 2023 19m 28s

Please participate in the Five Year Survey here! Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features book club members from two of our longstanding book clubs: the Brown Baggers book club and Books on Tap

S.8 E.2 – Listening to Audiobooks Always Counts as Reading

Jul 14th, 2023 36m 29s

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. We’re pitching new podcast book club titles! Which book would you like to read along with us in our next Overbooked series? 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg

S.8 E.1 – Short Story Deep Dive

Jun 30th, 2023 34m 37s

Welcome to the 8th Season of On the Same Page! Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. In today’s episode, we talk about a short story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour,” written and first published in 1894

S.7 E.12 – All About Self Publishing with Nedra Brown

Jun 16th, 2023 29m 40s

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. Nedra’s books featured in JMRL Local Voices Collection: Illuminus: the induction Baltimore Imprint The Diary of Janay Wilkerson Nedra’s most highly recommended publishi

S.7. E.11 – Summer Reading Hype

Jun 2nd, 2023 34m 15s

Welcome to JMRL’s summer challenge! Find everything you need here. Episode mentions including Reader’s Advisory Corner – Summer Reading Suggestions from Abby & EJ: Ghost Music by An Yu (Choose a new book read to read just by looking at the cov

S.7 E.10 – Are You Smarter than a Librarian?

May 19th, 2023 22m 4s

Thanks for joining us for an exciting game of trivia! Check out the JMRL calendar for more information on Summer Reading kickoffs! Here are some of the memorable mentions from today’s segment: During our geography trivia section, we remembered

S.7 E.9 — How To Be Awesome

May 5th, 2023 49m 44s

Want to jump around? 1:45 – Grow, Learn, Connect 4:05 – In ten words… 6:15 – John Teixeira: chess is just as exciting as the Super Bowl 14:32 – Molly Foster: the magic of open-ended process art 23:53 – David Levi: turn your body (or bananas) i

S.7 E.8 – Poetry Reading Palooza

Apr 20th, 2023 40m 26s

Want to jump around? 00:00 – “The Bronx” by Ogden Nash (read by Steve from Central) 1:14 – “Spring” Original poem by Anne from Scottsville 2:42 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 4:37 – Original poem by Zavia from Northside 6:05

S.7 E.7 – Take Some Time with a Poem

Apr 7th, 2023 36m 47s

Want to jump around? 0:46 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – Abby’s book chat: It’s Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan 7:12 – EJ’s book chat: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 14:21 – Poetry deep dive: EJ chose “Cage”

S.7. E.6. – “That Notebook Might Be Magic”: A Conversation With Ross Gay

Mar 24th, 2023 37m 22s

Want to jump around? 00:50 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:30 – Interview with Ross Gay 24:15 – The Rundown (also featuring Ross) Upcoming Events: Livestream Ross Gay’s Same Page Conversation from Virginia Humanities YouTube

S.7. E.5 – All The Light We Cannot See: Book Characteristics

Mar 9th, 2023 30m 8s

Want to jump around? 1:23 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:45 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 23:50 – The Rundown It’s March! JMRL’s Same Page Community Read program is underway! You can participate by re

S.7. E.4 – The Library Collection is a Living Dynamic Thing

Feb 24th, 2023 37m 46s

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:00 – Reading Resolutions Check-in 11:45 – Abby’s book chat: Unbound by Tarana Burke EJ’s book chat: Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Faith Ringgold: Narrating the Wo

S.7 E.3 — All The Light We Cannot See: Book Club Questions

Feb 9th, 2023 40m 24s

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:10 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 34:50 – The Rundown For the Same Page Community Read this March we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featu

S.7 E.2 — Introducing Crozet’s Teen Advisory Board

Jan 27th, 2023 26m 3s

Want to jump around? 1:10 – Spotlight: community journals 3:20 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 5:25 – Abby’s book chat: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang 9:45 – EJ’s book chat: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garc

S.7 E.1 – All The Light We Cannot See: Characters and Plot

Jan 13th, 2023 42m 35s

Want to jump around? 1:15 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – The Rundown (reading, watching, learning, surprise question!) 8:15 – Overbooked – – characters and plot discussion 41:00 – Same Page Community Read announcement

S.6. E.15 – Reading Resolutions for 2023

Dec 8th, 2022 47m

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 2:05 — JMRL email newsletters 4:15 — Abby and EJ’s favorite reads, most anticipated reads, and reading resolutions 23:00 — JMRL reading resolutions and f

S.6 E.14 — Teaser: All The Light We Cannot See

Nov 18th, 2022 7m 29s

Our next Overbooked book is (drumroll please)… All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr There is no reading schedule for this book club. Just start reading – we have a feeling you won’t be able to stop. Tune into our three-part discussion:

S.6.E.13 – Searching for More Time

Nov 10th, 2022 27m 13s

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 1:13 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (11/12-11/25) (check out even more events here) 3:00 – Reading Recommendations: Fall Into Reading! (FindIt List) 4:47

S.6 E.12 — See You on the Other Side

Oct 28th, 2022 27m 24s

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 1:40 – Grow, learn, connect at JMRL (10/29-11/11) (find even more here) 3:22 – Abby’s book chat: The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey 6:20 –

S.6 E.11 — We’re Getting Even More Puzzle Pieces

Oct 14th, 2022 41m 54s

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 1:12 – Abby’s book chat, Flesh and Blood by N. West Moss 4:17 – EJ’s book chat, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 10:19 – Jazzy Overbooked Announcement!

S.6 E.10 — The Spies Tell All

Sep 30th, 2022 29m 50s

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 3:34 – Abby’s book chat, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery 7:10 – EJ’s book chat, The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood 10:56 – Overbooked (

S.6 E.9 — Feeling Bookish

Sep 16th, 2022 16m 16s

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 1:50 – Readers Advisory Corner 6:38 – Book Club Kits 8:31 — Beanstack Reading Challenges 13:48 – Coming up at JMRL (9/17-9/30) We hope you enjoyed lear