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Professional Book Nerds

We're not just book nerds. We're professional book nerds! We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools. It's our job to di... Read more

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Ep. #393 - We're basically just a Pagemaster fan podcast now

Ep. #393 - We're basically just a Pagemaster fan podcast now

This episode is all about the books we've been reading lately but we also dive into some truly crazy true-life murder st... Read more

14 Nov 2019

35mins

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Ep. #322 - April's Biggest Books!

Ep. #322 - April's Biggest Books!

April is around the corner, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to return with their picks of books being published ... Read more

28 Mar 2019

40mins

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Ep. #196 - February's Biggest Books

Ep. #196 - February's Biggest Books

It's our monthly books list episode! In today's episode, Jill and Adam run down their list of February books they can't ... Read more

1 Feb 2018

28mins

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Ep. #278 - Madeline Miller, author of CIRCE

Ep. #278 - Madeline Miller, author of CIRCE

On today's episode, Adam sits down with Madeline Miller about her instant bestselling novel CIRCE. The title was selecte... Read more

27 Oct 2018

29mins

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Ep. #350 - July's Biggest Books

Ep. #350 - July's Biggest Books

It's almost July, which means it's time for Jill and Adam to discuss the books coming out next month they can't wait to ... Read more

27 Jun 2019

33mins

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Ep. 283: Fiona Davis, author of The Masterpiece

Ep. 283: Fiona Davis, author of The Masterpiece

Former guest and friend of the podcast Fiona Davis returns to talk about her latest book, The Masterpiece  Say Hello! ... Read more

12 Nov 2018

23mins

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Ep. #240 - July's Biggest Books

Ep. #240 - July's Biggest Books

It's our July books episode! Adam and Jill is here with their monthly picks for July and Jill also talks a little bit ab... Read more

28 Jun 2018

28mins

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Ep. #313 - Samantha Shannon, Author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

Ep. #313 - Samantha Shannon, Author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

On today's episode, Adam chats with Samantha Shannon, internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season series to di... Read more

25 Feb 2019

43mins

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Ep. #390 - The book that reminded me why I love reading

Ep. #390 - The book that reminded me why I love reading

On today's quick episode, Adam discusses why Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea affected him so much and why he hopes e... Read more

4 Nov 2019

16mins

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Ep. #227 - Historical Fiction

Ep. #227 - Historical Fiction

You asked and we listened! On our website professionalbooknerds.com, Historical Fiction was overwhelmingly the genre our... Read more

17 May 2018

27mins

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Ep. #206 - Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone!

Ep. #206 - Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone!

On today's episode we FINALLY share our interview with Tomi Adeyemi, author of the YA Fantasy phenomenon, Children of Bl... Read more

5 Mar 2018

45mins

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Ep. #263 - Melissa Hartwig, Co-Founder of Whole30

Ep. #263 - Melissa Hartwig, Co-Founder of Whole30

On today's episode, we sit down with Melissa Hartwig, co-founder of Whole30 and author of the new Whole30 Slow Cooker. W... Read more

10 Sep 2018

34mins

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Ep. #252 - Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Ep. #252 - Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Today's episode is an interview Jill did with Gail Honeyman, author of the bestselling book Eleanor Oliphant is Complet... Read more

6 Aug 2018

31mins

Ranked #14

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Ep. #349 - Christine Riccio, author of Again, But Better

Ep. #349 - Christine Riccio, author of Again, But Better

Adam sat down with Christine Riccio, debut author of Again, but Better and created of the immensely popular PolandBanana... Read more

24 Jun 2019

29mins

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Ep. #268 - October new books and BIG Fantastic Beasts feelings...

Ep. #268 - October new books and BIG Fantastic Beasts feelings...

On today's episode, Jill and Adam share the books coming out in October they are most excited for. BUT FIRST... We are i... Read more

27 Sep 2018

47mins

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Ep. #267 - Hank Green! Author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Ep. #267 - Hank Green! Author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

On today's episode, Adam sits down with Hank Green, one half of the VlogBrothers and just so many other amazing things o... Read more

24 Sep 2018

29mins

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Ep. #422 - March's Biggest Books

Ep. #422 - March's Biggest Books

Spring has... just kidding, it's dark and dreary here in Nerd land but thankfully March is jampacked with a ton of amazi... Read more

27 Feb 2020

35mins

Ranked #18

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Ep. #331 - May's Biggest new books!

Ep. #331 - May's Biggest new books!

~It's gonna be MAYYYY~ Sorry, Justin. Today we're talking about the books we're most excited about that are coming out i... Read more

25 Apr 2019

32mins

Ranked #19

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Ep. #205 - March's Biggest Books

Ep. #205 - March's Biggest Books

It's our monthly book round up episode! Adam and Jill discuss the March books they can't wait to read and also offer som... Read more

1 Mar 2018

37mins

Ranked #20

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Ep. #341 - June's Biggest Books

Ep. #341 - June's Biggest Books

It's almost June which means it's time for Adam and Jill's monthly roundup of books to read this month. Books Mentioned ... Read more

30 May 2019

22mins

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