Podcast
1) Episode 27: March is Reading Month!
Read anything and everything—picture books, memoirs, poetry, novellas or dense, but fascinating history. Cheryl’s Books: Rumpelstiltskin retold by Mac Barnett and Illustrated by Carson EllisThe Com...Show More
2) Episode 26: America 250, Picture Books, and Popular Reads
This episode highlights CADL’s America 250 Reading Challenge, a round up of great picture books, and a mix of extremely popular and under the radar picks. Cheryl’s Books: Bottom of the Pyramid: A M...Show More
3) Episode 25: Winter Reading and... Dogs?
Okemos Library Assistant Laura joins the group to talk Mysteries, winter reading, enthralling history and dogs. Cheryl’s Books: Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca...Show More
4) 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
5) 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
Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena
51:25 | Nov 3rd, 2025
6) 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
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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