Books & Bites

Find a Book You Love (for Books & Bites Bingo) with NoveList Plus

One of the prompts in the Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge is to read a book you found on NoveList.

NoveList Plus helps readers of all ages find books that match their reading levels and interests. Get book recommendations from the experts–librarians!

With NoveList Plus, you can:

  • Find books in a series

  • Browse by mood

  • Look up authors or books you've enjoyed to find other books you may like

  • Find award-winning books

  • Browse Recommended Reads Lists

  • Read reviews

  • And more!

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Travel the World Through Books

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 77

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we discuss books set in or about a place you want to visit, one of the prompts for Books & Bites Bingo. Join us as we travel to Mexico City, Paris, and the English countryside--all with the help of some good books!

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Appalachian Reads

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 76

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we discuss books set in or about Appalachia, one of the prompts for Books & Bites Bingo. Collection Access Associate John David Hurley, who is from Mount Vernon, Kentucky, joins Michael, Carrie, and Jacqueline to share some favorite books about Appalachia.

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Get Lettered with Epistolary Books

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 75

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we discuss epistolary books, one of the prompts for Books & Bites Bingo. According to Dictionary.com, epistolary means "contained in or carried on by letters." In epistolary novels, the stories are told primarily through letters. However, that definition has expanded to include diaries, emails, instant messages, transcripts, and even post-it notes.

Prefer to read nonfiction? Collections of letters count for this prompt, too. Carrie shares some of her favorites.

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Afrofuturism and Afrofantasy

Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 74

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

This month, we discuss the Afrofuturism/Afrofantasy square from Books & Bites Bingo. As Michael pointed out on the podcast, "Afrofuturism and Afrofantasy are sub-genres of science fiction and fantasy that are rooted in African cultures, myth, folklore, and the overall Black experience."

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Books About Books

Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 73

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

We're starting the New Year with a new Books and Bites reading challenge, Books and Bites Bingo! You'll have more prompts to choose from, and more chances to win prizes. Plus, every time you get a bingo, you'll earn a fun, book-themed sticker. Complete a blackout of all the squares, and you'll earn your very own enamel Books and Bites pin!

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Wrap Up Your Reading

Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 72

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

If you're participating in the Books and Bites 2022 Reading Challenge, it's time to wrap up your reading! On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the books we read for the twelfth and final prompt, read whatever you want.

If you've completed ten of the reading challenge prompts, turn your entry forms in at the library or online for a chance to win a Kindle Paperwhite or a $100 gift card to Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

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Discover Manga

Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 70

JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.

On this episode, we discuss the tenth prompt in the Books and Bites 2022 Reading Challenge, read a manga! Manga are comics or graphic novels that began in Japan. Since you read them from right to left instead of left to right, they can be challenging at first. But thanks to the wide variety of subject matter, you should be able to find something you'll enjoy.

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