Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with A THIRD RACHEL🎉! Our guest Rachel Holden, Youth Services Librarian for Rockingham County Public Library system, shares with us her great love of all types of literature from children’s to YA, graphic novels, celebrity memoir, the classic canon, and beyond.

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “Little Critter” series by Mercer Meyer
• “American Girl” series by Susan Adler, Valerie Tripp, Connie Rose Porter, and various others
• Dr. Suess
• “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
• “Little House” series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• “Ranma ½” manga series by Rumiko Takahashi
• “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke
• “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy” by Tia Levings
• “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by Bill Bryson
• “Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks” by Mick Foley
• “Hollywood, Ending” by John Green
• David Sedaris
• “Pete the Cat” series by Eric Litwin
• Jory John
• “I’m Sorry You Got Mad” by Kyle Lukoff, illustrator Julie Kwon
• “I Hate Everything” by Sophy Henn
• “Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town” by Richard Scarry
• “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
• “Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes” by Edith Hamilton
• “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas
• “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles
• “Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice” adapted by Stacy King, illustrator Po Tse
• “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith
• “The Twilight Saga” series by Stephenie Meyer
• “The Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series by Ann Brashares
• “Pretty Little Liars” series by Sara Shepard
• “Gossip Girl” by Cecily von Ziegesar
• “Divergent” series by Veronica Roth
• “The Maze Runner” series by James Dashner
• “Curious George Original Adventures” by H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
• “Corduroy” by Don Freeman
• “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum
• “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” by Ben H. Winters
• “Animorphs” series by K.A. Applegate
• “The Saga of Pecos Bill” by Tex O’Reilly

Russell, Rachael, and Rachel discuss the October Reading Challenge, books with a surprising or thrilling twist. No spoilers!

Choose Your Own Library Adventure: (OR CHOOSE BOTH!)
Register for our Board Game Series to survive the “House of Danger”.
Catch “The Mousetrap” at Smokestack Theatre Company October 2-4.

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart
• “The Wife Between Us” by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
• “Verity” by Coleen Hoover
• “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke
• “Remain” by Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan
• “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine
• “Monsterstreet” series by J.H. Reynolds
• “The Everlasting” by Alix E.Harrow
• “Japanese Gothic” by Kylie Lee Baker
• “Monster in the Moonlight” by Annelise Ryan
• “House of Danger: A Choose Your Own Adventure Book” by R.A. Montgomery
• “The Mousetrap: A Play” by Agatha Christie
• “If Something Happens To Me” by Alex Finlay
• “Zoo” by James Patterson
• “The Girl Behind the Red Rope” by Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Josh Cassell, the Dog-Eared Dude, co-owner and social media icon for The Dog-Eared Page bookshop. We discuss all the genres from classics to sci fi to classic sci fi.

Visit the Dude himself at The Dog-Eared Page or catch him in “The Mousetrap” at Smokestack Theatre Company opening Thursday, September 24.

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen
• “Up on Cove Mountain: Adventure, Tragedy, and a Quest for Meaning on the Appalachian Trail” by Earl Swift
• “Tusk Love” by Thea Guanzon
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream” by Hunter S. Thompson, Illustrations Ralph Steadman
• “Bobiverse” series by Dennis E. Taylor
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinnaman
• “Red Rising Saga” series by Pierce Brown
• “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller
• “Swamp thing” series by Alan Moor, Scott Snyder and more
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinnaman
• “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
• “Silo” series by Hugh Howey
• “The Murderbot Diaries” by Martha Wells
• “The Walking Dead” series by Robert Kirkman, Illustrations Tony Moore
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinnaman
• David Baldacci
• Dan Brown
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinnaman
• “The Wandering Inn” series by Pirateaba
• “Discount Dan's Backroom Bargains” series by James A. Hunter
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinnaman