Podcast
1) Episode 24: Year End Wrap Up
Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari talk CADL Best Books of 2025 (our staff voted picks) and their last reads for 2025. Cheryl’s Books: Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Pa...Show More
2) Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena
This month Cheryl, Mari and Jessica talk fiction and non-fiction picks touching on Native American Heritage, our relationships with food and the kitchen, writing featuring deep character studies, as w...Show More
3) Episode 22: Resilience and Humor
Gaming, memoirs, and weathering storms with special guest Christine Martin-Resoko from the CADL Mason. Cheryl’s Books: Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The House of the Spirits by Isabel ...Show More
4) Episode 21: Force of Nature
Blue Spaces, Green Spaces, and the State of Publishing with special guest Elisha Miranda from the Lansing Libraries. Cheryl’s Books: A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Ship...Show More
5) Episode 20: Some Grand Reads
Where we talk One Grand Read, birding, murder mysteries, and stillness. Cheryl’s Books: The Yield by Tara June Winch The Place of Tides by James Rebanks Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on ...Show More
6) Episode 19: Summer Reading Journeys
A wide range of titles with special guest and CADL staff member, Mark Neese. Cheryl’s Books: The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson (ebook) A Northern Ga...Show More
7) Episode 18: Pride and Listening
Book Bound Episode 18: Pride, audiobooks, and representation matters (read both ways). Cheryl’s Books: On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnnie Tsui My Autobiography of C...Show More
8) Episode 17: Summer Reading and the Art of Community
Our hosts talk with summer reading and books with Kate Newcombe - CADL's Youth Services Specialist. Cheryl’s Books: My Friends: A Novel by Hisham Matar Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Mentioned: Th...Show More
9) Episode 16: Deep Dives and Beloved Reads
Histories, memoir, historical fiction, Richard Scarry…. and serial killers? Cheryl’s Books: Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford Men...Show More
10) Episode 15: Her Story, Her Voice
Summary: Women’s history, women’s voices… and murder ballads? Cheryl’s Books: A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma by Noreen Masud How to Share an Egg: A True Stor...Show More