The Book Jam

Marisa Hicking & Mary Richardson

The Book Jam

An Arts and Books podcast

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The Book Jam

Marisa Hicking & Mary Richardson

The Book Jam

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The Book Jam

Marisa Hicking & Mary Richardson

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Marisa and Mary are back-again! We have a new season and a new episode of The Book Jam!  Today’s books are books that we’d recommend to Wednesday Addams herself. A middle grade horror book for the tricky to recommend for advanced reader who cou
Marisa and Mary are back! We have a new season and a new episode of The Book Jam!  Today’s books are books to read not just during Black History Month, but to read all year long. But we don’t just want to focus on reading black authors and blac
Marisa and Mary are back! Today we’re talking about the books that got us through the dumpster fire that was 2021. Not all of the books talked about were published in 2021. There are a million reasons to read: sometimes you might read to dive d
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! Winter has just begun and it makes us want to read historical fiction books-but these aren’t your typical historical fiction titles. Both titles we talk about today give voice and fre
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam!  We love to highlight LGBTQIA+ voices and authors and today’s books are all about non-binary and gender non-conforming characters. Marisa’s book, Both Can Be True by Jules Machias, is
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! Today we are talking about teen spooky and horror books-but not your typical horror books; these books feature BIPOC main characters (one LGBTQIA+) and they are NOT going to be the fi
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! Today we are talking about teen mystery books-but not your typical teen mysteries; today’s books we discuss are also action, adventure, and thrillers that are ‘locked room mystery’ bo
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We have a special guest today, Samatha Lee, she is Head of Reference Services at the Enfield Public Library AND serves as chair of the CT Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Co
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam!This month’s book theme is all about mental health. Our mental health affects how we think, feel, and act-and how we handle stress, relate to others, and how we make choices. It is no
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We have been busy with summer reading, starting new library jobs, and doing tons of reader’s advisory. It is summer...and that means we’re going to talk about summer camp: bugs, s'mor
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! June is Pride Month and celebrating by talking about a plethora of LGBTQIAP+ books! Hawke and Grayson flee a political coup of their noble house, to stay alive they must hide and assu
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We are closing out May with an episode celebrating two titles by Asian American authors. Luck of the Titanic, Stacey Lee’s latest historical fiction, follows British Chinese twins on
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! New format: we will talk about 2 books on a theme. Let us know if you like it! Both books are all about one of our favorite things: Comic Cons! The meet ups, the cosplay, the fandoms!
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! New format: we will talk about 2 books on a theme. Let us know if you like it! Both of the books we talk about are about LGBTQ characters, one contemporary setting and the other set i
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! All of the books we are talking about today are about families and mysteries. These books have it all: sibling disappearances, secrets, and supernatural mysteries.Check out the Books
Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We are excited to have our second guest to come jam with us, Jennifer R., a Youth Services Librarian at Cragin Memorial Library.  It is February and Jennifer is the queen of romance b
Marisa and Mary are back with a new season of The Book Jam! We are excited to have our first guest to come jam with us, Kym P., a Library Specialist and Children and YA Consultant. Today, Kym gets to pick 2 books and Mary and Marisa each pick a
Marisa and Mary are back! Today we’re talking about the books that got us through the dumpster fire that is 2020. Not all of the books talked about were published in 2020. There are a million reasons to read: sometimes you might read to dive de
Marisa and Mary are back! Today we’re talking books about Middle School problems and Dystopian horrors. It is a mood. In lieu of a listener question, we talk about book world news of: BookExpo being retired and Penguin Random House buying Simon
Marisa and Mary are back! We had to re-record Episode 13 (we blame recording the first time on Friday 13th). We have a listener question asking for teen book recommendations with not so super hero powers. Check out the Books Mentioned below! M
Episode 12:Marisa and Mary are back and this time we are talking about Middle Grade Mysteries and werewolves. We also discuss print vs ebook, which is better? What about for advance reader copies? As always, if you need to add more books to y
Episode 11:Marisa and Mary return! This month we are all about FACTS and SPOOPY books. What is a spoopy book? A book that is fun and spooky at the same time.  We also ask the eternal question, original cover vs movie cover...and we have THOUGH
Episode 10 Marisa and Mary return this time and we declare it SPOOKY BOOK SEASON, and we discuss LGBTQIA+ books that make you feel seen. We also answer a question from a teen who asks "why does therapy get a bad rap in young adult literature?"
Marisa and Mary are back! This time to talk about middle grade and teen books that are varying levels of spooky, scary, thriller, and horror. We also talk about graphic novels: format vs genre debate, where should they go?As always, if you nee
Marisa and Mary return this time to talk about middle grade and teen books that feature strong female characters-no matter what happened to them, they choose their fate. We also give teen book recommendations to a mom & 7th grader who read and
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