What's the Hype?

Staff Q & A

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780105/fan_mail/new] Curious about the library and the folks who work there? If so, this is the episode for you. Sarah & Bethany created a short questionnaire for their coworkers and are excited to share the results. Book related or not, there are NO silly questions at the library! Do you have a question you've been afraid to ask? Send it to us! Email the podcast at themulberrylibrary@gmail.com [themulberrylibrary@gmail.com] or share them with us on your favorite social media platform: @mulberrypubliclibrary Books mentioned in this episode: A New Kind of Clean by Iain Reid The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion V 9 by Beth Brower Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Ivy Ross & Susan Magsamen The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer Fangs by Sarah Andersen This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV & Desmond Tutu  Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey The Happy Place by Emily Henry Theo of Golden by Allen Levi What are we reading now: Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett's Bookshop by Jeannine A. Cook Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon

Favorite Books Brought to Life

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780105/fan_mail/new] Books and movies are one of our favorite pairings. There is nothing like a perfectly cast and executed movie honoring a book you adore. Send your thoughts, comments, and questions about our list, and let us know which adaptions we are missing! You can email us at themulberrylibrary@gmail.com [themulberrylibrary@gmail.com] or share them with us on your favorite social media platform: @mulberrypubliclibrary Books mentioned in this episode: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt In Pieces by Sally Field Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Dracula by Bram Stoker What are we reading now: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Absolute Power by David Baldacci

WOW! Now THAT Was a Story!

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780105/fan_mail/new] We have each exceeded our reading expectations for 2026 and several books have given us major WOW feelings! This month we decided to celebrate the end of season 5 by sharing 3 WOW books each. Do you have any memorable books we should check out? You can always message us your thoughts & comments by email at themulberrylibrary@gmail.com [themulberrylibrary@gmail.com] or share them with us on your favorite social media platform: @mulberrypubliclibrary Books mentioned in this episode: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Game Changers by Rachel Reid The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford Dating After the End of the World by Jenova Rose Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline What are we reading now: The Astral Library by Kate Quinn You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate

What's the Hype?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780105/fan_mail/new] These days, everywhere we look there are lists filled with the next 'Hot New Thing'. This month, Bethany and Sarah decided to try out 2 super-hyped up books, and try to determine if the book influencers have found something special.  If you have thoughts, comments, and questions for us, you can email them to themulberrylibrary@gmail.com [themulberrylibrary@gmail.com] or share them with us on your favorite social media platform: @mulberrypubliclibrary Books mentioned in this episode: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman The Fault in Our Stars by John Green What are we reading now: A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James Dating After the End of the World by Jenova Rose

Plot Twist

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780105/fan_mail/new] We LOVE an unexpected plot twist. Especially when we are invested in a seriously good book! Tune in and find out which 4 books shocked us enough that we STILL think about them.   If you have thoughts, comments, and questions for us, you can email them to themulberrylibrary@gmail.com [themulberrylibrary@gmail.com] or share them with us on your favorite social media platform: @mulberrypubliclibrary Books mentioned in this episode: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Special plot twist shoutout to Agatha Christie for: Murder on the Orient Express Crooked House Death on the Nile And Then There Were None What are we reading now: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner Better Life Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper