Rita Meade is a public library manager (and children's librarian at heart) who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Here at Book Riot, she hosts the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly bookish advice show. She reads as much as she possibly can (and it's still never enough), reviews children's books for "School Library Journal," and is the author of a forthcoming picture book called Edward Gets Messy (Simon & Schuster Young Readers, 2016). She also occasionally writes about funny library stuff over on her blog, and even less occasionally sings in a librarian band. Blog: Screwy Decimal Twitter: @screwydecimal
While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers YOUR questions about life, love, and literature! My special guest co-host this week is the wonderful Alexander London. Alex and I answer three listener-submitted questions and discuss topics including: what it's REALLY like to be a librarian, how to become a librarian in the first place, what a writer "should" read to help his/her writing career, and much more. Don't miss it!
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers YOUR questions about life, love, and literature! My guest co-host this week is the sparkling Maris Kreizman. Maris gives some great book recommendations and we discuss breaking out of a "book bubble" and how to find your next interesting read. Don't miss it!
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Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers YOUR questions about life, love, and literature! My guest this week is the wonderful Saeed Jones. We talk about many bookish topics that deal with things such as how to read with an open mind, what place classics have in our reading lives, how to talk to people who don't like reading, and much, much more.
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers your questions about life, love, and literature! My special guest host this week is the wonderful and informative Swapna Krishna. Swapna is a veritable book club expert, so I recruited her to discuss four listener-submitted questions about how to start a book club, how to maintain peace among members, how to pick books for meetings (scroll down for some of Swapna's suggestions!), and much, much more. We get into the real nitty-gritty of book clubs, so don't miss it!
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers your questions about life, love, and literature! My special guest co-host this week is the great Sam Sykes. Sam and I discuss three listener-submitted questions and (try to) give advice about topics such as: how do I, an introvert, approach someone who I want to be bookish friends with? Where are some places to meet people who love to read? How do I make talking about books in mixed company NOT awkward? And much, much more. Have a listen!
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers your questions about life, love, and literature! My special guest co-host this week is the luminous and wise Dagmara Dominczyk. Dag and I discuss three listener-submitted questions and provide advice on topics like: what do I do when a long-lost friend has written a book and I hate it? How do I avoid a friend's poorly thought-out book recommendations? And much, much more. Don't miss it!
Welcome to the Dear Book Nerd podcast, a bi-weekly show that answers your questions about life, love, and literature! My special guest co-host this week is the great and powerful Chuck Wendig. Chuck and I discuss three listener submitted questions and try to give advice on some interesting topics, including: what do I do when someone interprets a book differently than I do? How do I avoid a pack of roaming self-published authors? And, should I buy an author's book if he acts like a...non-gentlemanly person? It gets intense, people. Have a listen!
When I started putting together this post (a mere four months ago), I was going to do a “Top 10 ...