Not Your Mother's Library

Leah discusses one of her favorite books, "The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson. Also included are read-alikes, TV shows, and movies with a similar theme. Here's everything we talked about in the episode: Books mentioned: "The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson. "The Emperor of All Maladies" and "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee. "Rabid" by Bill Wasik. "Pale Rider" by Laura Spinney. "Dr. Mütter's Marvels" by Cristin O'keefe Aptowicz. "Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott. TV shows and movies mentioned: Botched, E! Entertainment Nip/Tuck, FX Scrubs, NBC / ABC Grey’s Anatomy, ABC The Good Doctor, ABC Chicago Med, NBC Carriers (2009), Director David Pastor Contagion (2011), Director Steven Sonderbergh 12 Monkeys (1995), Director Terry Gilliam Pandemic (2016), Director John Suits Outbreak (1995), Director Wolfgang Petersen Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org www.hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org

Rachel and new co-host Leah welcome a special guest to recommend all of their favorite podcasts. Check out what we talked about: "This American Life" from Chicago Public Media; "Heavyweight" from Gimlet; "99% Invisible" by Roman Mars; "Radiolab," "Dolly Parton's America," "Nancy," and "Sooo Many White Guys" from WNYC; and "How I Built This" from NPR. Also: "WTF with Marc Maron," "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend," "Bad with Money with Gaby Dunn," and "Queery with Cameron Esposito." "King Falls AM" from The Make Believe Picture Company; "Dreamboy," "Within the Wires," "It Makes a Sound," and "Adventures in New America" from Night Vale Presents; "The Big Loop" from QRX; and "Homecoming" from Gimlet. The "Jenna & Julian Podcast" by Jenna Marbles and Julien Solomita, as well as "Morbid: A True Crime Podcast" by Ash and Alaina. Find all of these podcasts online or listen to them using your favorite podcast app! Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: cou

Rachel introduces a new special guest to discuss musical movies and television shows as well as OCPL’s monthly Musical Sing-along Nights program. Check out what we talked about: “Mamma Mia!” and the supergroup ABBA. “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Three Smart Girls,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Silk Stockings,” and “Mulan.” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Across the Universe” and the band The Beatles, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog,” “Matilda the Musical,” the NBC show “Galavant,” and the Fox show “Bob’s Burgers.” Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org www.hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org

Rachel hosts the first episode of 2020 with returning guest Jill Lininger to talk about books that they will never, ever read. Check out what we talked about: "Girl, Wash Your Face" by Rachel Hollis "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin The "Animorphs" series by K. A. Applegate The "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter "The Host" and the "Twilight" series by Stephanie Meyer "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett "The Lord of the Rings" series by J.R.R. Tolkien "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James "It" by Stephen King Authors Janet Evanovich, Clive Cussler, Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, and Shakespeare. Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org www.hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org

Melody and Rachel host their last episode of 2019, discussing comic books as well as superhero-centric shows and movies. Rachel takes over the reins as Melody moves on: here's hoping things don't go totally off the rails! Check out what we talked about: "The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes" by Neil Gaiman with readalike "The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House" by the same author. Also, the BBC Radio full-cast dramatization of "Neverwhere" based on the book by Neil Gaiman. The comic book series "Preacher" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon with readalikes "Hellblazer" by Jamie Delano and "Lucifer" by Mike Carey. Also, the AMC show "Preacher" and the FX show "Legion." (Rachel would also like to note that she misspoke during the recording: the character John Constantine was originally created by Alan Moore, not Neil Gaiman.) "Captain America Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z" by Rick Remender and John Romita, Jr. with readalikes "Captain America Vol. 2: Castaway in Dimension Z" by the same team as well as "New

Melody and Rachel welcome collaborators Alyssa, Lizzie, and Sam from the podcast Book Chat at North Shore Library to tell each other scary stories! Check out what we talked about: "Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History” by Tori Telfer with readalike "I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Search for the Golden State Killer” by Michelle McNamara, the podcast “Broken Harts,” and the film “Crimson Peak.” "The Invited" by Jennifer McMahon. "Stationary Bike" by Stephen King and “The Dunwich Horror” by H.P. Lovecraft with readalikes “Just After Sunset” by Stephen King and “The Call of the Cthulhu” by H. P. Lovecraft. Podcasts “Welcome to Night Vale” and “Alice Isn’t Dead” from Night Vale Presents; “The Black Tapes,” “Tanis,” “The Last Movie,” “Rabbits,” and “The Leap Year Society” from Minnow Beats Whale; “The White Vault” and “Dark Dice” from Fool & Scholar Productions; and “Lore” by Aaron Mahnke. Also, "Limetown" by Two-Up productions. “The Essential Edgar Allan Poe” by Edgar Allan Poe featuring shor

Rachel and Melody welcome special guest, Maria, to discuss narrative nonfiction reads this month! Check out what we talked about: "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer with readalikes "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster" by the same author, "The Wild Truth" by Carine McCandless, and the film "Into the Wild." "The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia" by Candace Fleming with readalikes "Victoria: Portrait of a Queen" by Catherine Reef, "Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad" by M.T. Anderson, "Titanic: Voices from the Disaster" by Deborah Hopkinson, and "Blizzard of Glass: the Halifax Explosion of 1917" by Sally Walker. "The Monster of Florence" by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi as well as the podcast/television show "Dirty John." Check out books, movies, and and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: https://countycat.mcfls.org/ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ https://wplc.overd

In this episode—not for the faint of heart—Rachel and Melody discuss deep questions about death, dying, and decomposition! Check out what we talked about: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory" by Caitlin Doughty with readalike "From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death" by the same author. Also, Caitlin's YouTube channel Ask a Mortician, website OrderoftheGoodDeath.com, Ted Talk "A Burial Practice That Nourishes the Planet", and podcast Death in the Afternoon. "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach with readalike "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal" by the same author, as well as podcast This Podcast Will Kill You by Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke. 2010 film "Third Star" featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (also known as Benedryl Cabbagepatch, Bandicoot Crashington, Buttercup Catapult . . . you get the idea). Netflix show "Endgame" with watchalikes "Extremis" and BJ Miller's Ted Talk "What Really Matters at the End of Life." Check

Rachel and Melody welcome special guests Sarah and Jill to discuss the art of happiness! Check out what we talked about: "You Are a Badass" by Jen Sincero with readalike "The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck" by Sarah Knight. "The Book of Joy" by Dalai Lama XIV and Desmond Tutu with readalikes "The Art of Happiness" by Dalai Lama XIV and "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan. "10% Happier" by Dan Harris with Harris's readalike "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" and the readalike “A Simple Act of Gratitude” by John Kralik. Netflix show "Rilakkuma and Kaoru" with readalike series Cozy Classics by Jack and Holman Wang. Netflix show "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" with Kondo's readalikes "Spark Joy" and "The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up." Interested in self-help? Try this booklist: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/adult-booklists/#tableid=75 Want to earn prizes for reading? Sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge here: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/src/ Check out books, movies, and other mater

Rachel and Melody welcome special guest, Sarah, to discuss LGBTQ reads this month! Check out what we talked about: "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz with readalike "The Inexplicable Logic of My Life" by the same author. "The Paying Guests" by Sarah Waters with readalike "Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932" by Francine Prose. "The House of Impossible Beauties" by Joseph Cassara based on the 1990 documentary film, "Paris is Burning." Also, "Sketchtacy" by Matilda Bernstein Sycamore. Sarah's Recommended Reads: "Stone Butch Blues" and "Drag King Dreams" by Leslie Feinberg "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel "Mean" by Myriam Gurba "For Today I Am a Boy" by Kim Fu "Dryland" by Sara Jaffe "Boy Meets Boy" and "Two Boys Kissing" by David Levithan Interested in more LGBTQ reads? Check out our LGBTQ booklist: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/adult-booklists/#tableid=78 Looking to earn prizes for reading? Sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge here: https://oakcreeklibr

Rachel and Melody talk about their favorite disaster novels and discuss whether they'd survive an apocalypse! Check out what we talked about: "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen with "One Year After" and "The Final Day," the remaining books in the After series. Also, the 2018 films "A Quiet Place" and Netflix's "Bird Box." "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel with readalike "The Gracekeepers" by Kirsty Logan. "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood with "The Year of the Flood" and "MaddAddam," the remaining books in the MaddAddam series. Also, Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale." "Dry" by Neal Shusterman with readalike "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson and the Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman. TV shows "Doomsday Preppers" and "Jericho." Interested in Disaster reads? Try our Dystopian booklist: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/adult-booklists/#tableid=76. Wondering about your survival chances? Take this quiz: https://zomboid.com/zombie/ Check out books, movies, and and othe

Rachel and Melody discuss their latest steampunk reads, as well as two TV and film adaptations based on graphic novels! Check out what we talked about: "Soulless" by Gail Carriger with readalike "The Dark Days Club" by Alison Goodman. "Mortal Engines" by Philip Reeve with his other works including the Fever Crumb series and "Night Flights" as well as readalike "Worldshaker" by Richard Harland. Also, the 2018 film "Mortal Engines." "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman with readalike series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The Battle Angel Alita series by Yukito Kishiro as well as the 2019 film "Alita: Battle Angel." TV show "The Umbrella Academy" based on The Umbrella Academy series by Gerard Way. Interested in Steampunk? Try this booklist: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/adult-booklists/#tableid=98. Check out books, movies, and and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: https://countycat.mcfls.org/ https://www.hoopladigital.com/ https://wplc.overdrive.com/ https://

Join Melody and Rachel as they discuss what they've been reading. This month, we chat about "Girl, Wash Your Face" by Rachel Hollis, "Descender" Volumes 1-3 by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, and "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple. Check out these books and more at the Oak Creek Public Library, hoopladigital.com, wplc.overdrive.com, or the Hoopla Digital and Libby apps!