Biggest Little Library

119 Fall Releases & Farewell

118 - Goodreads Recommendations

Episode 118: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 8/27     Amie shares 4 great books she found on Jamie and Robs Goodreads’ lists that are 5 star reads!

117 - Re-release of Stephen King

Happy August Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy! Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 43: Our deep dive into Stephen King novels with Jamie and Rob Stone

116 - More Native American Reads

Episode 116: Friday Four from the Circ Desk      Taryn and Tami share 4 more great reads in celebration of Native Americans

115 - Re-release of Native American Reads

Happy August Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy! Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 44 - A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month

114- Writer Reads

113 - Re-release Interview with Ben Rogers

Happy August Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy! Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 38 - Our interview with author Ben Rogers!

112 - Minisode - More Audio Recommendations

Episode 112: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 8/6           Episode 112: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 8/6 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Tami is a HUGE fan of audiobooks and is always listening to one on her Libby app. She also manages her Libby audiobook holds so that she always has one ready as soon as she finishes her current listen. It’s easy with Libby - you can swap turns with the person behind you in line and not lose your place, or, you can suspend it for several weeks - s...

111 - Re-release of Great Audio Books

Happy August Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy!   Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 39 - Audiobooks

110 Minisode - More Women's Reads

Episode 110: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/30           Episode 110: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/30 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Taryn gives you four excellent books about women by women for this weeks’ Friday Four. All four are non-fiction titles sure to entertain you! Taryn’s Recommendations Maiden Voyages: Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel by Sian Evans The Women’s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Reels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the ...

109 - Re-release of Women History Picks

108 - Romance Picks from Amie

107 - Re-release - Romance with Taryn

Happy July Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy! Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 61 - Our Romance Episode with Taryn where she teaches us SO MUCH about the Romance genre!

106 - Minisode - Libby Picks

Episode 106: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/16           Episode 106: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/16 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   This week we re-released Episode 53, our conversation with Debi Stears, Collection Development Manager with the Washoe County Library System, so for your Friday Four, we are sharing four great books we’ve listened to or read on our Libby App. Jamie’s Recommendations Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall Troubles in Paradise (Book #3) by Elin H...

105 - Re-release with Debi Stears

Happy July Listeners! We’re taking every Tuesday off for July and August and re-releasing 8 of our favorite Episodes for you to enjoy! Click the button below to head to the Show Notes for Episode 53 - Our interview with Debi Stears, Collection Development Manager with the Washoe County Library System.

104 - Minisode - Nevada Reads

Episode 104: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/9                 Episode 104: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/9 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   This week on our Tuesday episode we re-released our wonderful interview with Nevada author, Willy Vlautin. What a terrific writer he is and we were so appreciative of his generosity of spirit and his time. For this weeks Friday four, we are celebrating three more Nevada authors: Ellen Hopkins, Robert Laxalt, and Terri Farley. Addition...

103 - Re-release of our Willy Vlautin interview

Episode 077: Interview with author Willy Vlautin The Motel Life Northline Lean on Pete The Free Don’t Skip Out On Me *** The Night Always Comes *** (Latest)       Episode 077: Interview with Willy Vlautin Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   We’d like to thank Willy Vlautin for taking time to talk to us. It’s VERY exciting for these Reno High Grads to talk with such an amazing author and musician! All of the links for Willy’s books go to his website to purchase (and have them perso...

102 - Minisode - Books from our TBR pile

Episode 102: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/2   Tami and Amie each share their next two books on their TBR.             Episode 102: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 7/2 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   This Friday we’re looking ahead to the next four books on our TBR lists. Enjoy these! Tami’s Recommendations Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian The Premonition by Michael Lewis   Amie’s Recommendations The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne Redeployment Phil ...

101 - Half Year Update

100 - More Nonfiction Rec

Episode 100: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/25           Episode 100: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/25 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf       Listener’s it’s our 100th episode!! And we have all of you to thank for our continued success! We love creating content for you and sharing wonderful book ideas you won’t hear about anywhere else - because we aren’t just interested in the newest book on the block! Email us at [email protected] or [email protected] ...

99 Great Nonfiction

Episode 099: Nonfiction Books   Running With Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero by Christopher McDougall How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor           Episode 099: Nonfiction Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Today’s episode contains 3 Nonfiction titles that Amie, Jamie and Tami have been reading and that we found really interesting - and hope you will too! ...

98 Minisode More Cookbooks

Episode 098: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/18           Episode 098: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/18 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Jamie's Recommendation Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina    Taryn's Recommendations The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Peppers of the Americas by Maricel E. Pressilla   Tami's Recommendation Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elem...

97 Cookbooks

Episode 097: Cookbooks           Episode 097: Cookbooks! Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   This week we did a deep dive into cookbooks - the history of them, the different types available, and our favorites. This is a great episode for foodies - and those of you that want to be foodies! Guaranteed to make you want to look up and cook a new recipe!   Jamie's Cookbook Picks Thug Kitchen 101 (Vegetarian) by Thug Kitchen Beard on Bread by James Beard Forks over Knives - The Cookboo...

96 Minisode - More Movie Books

Episode 096: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/11     Amie, Jamie and Tami bring you four more great books to movie adaptations!           Episode 096: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/11 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   This week Amie, Jamie, and Tami bring you four more great ‘books to movie’ adaptations! Jamie’s Recommendations Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote The Martian by Andy Weir   Tami’s Recommendation The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare ...

95 - Movie Adaptations

Episode 095: Books adapted into Movies Tami - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Jamie - Into the Wild by John Krakauer Amie - I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson           Episode 095: Books Adapted into Movies Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Today we’re exploring books made into movies. Do you like books made into movies? Are you a ‘read the book first’ kind of person and then go see the movie, or are you a ‘see the movie first’ kind of person and then read the boo...

94 - More Location

Episode 094: Friday Four from the Circ desk - 6/4   We’ve got four great books where location is central to the story - 2 fiction, 2 nonfiction.           Episode 094: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 6/4 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   In today’s episode, Tami, Amie and Jamie bring you four more titles with strong ‘locations’. Amie’s Recommendations A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle French Lessons by Ellen Sussman   Jamie’s Recommendation Into Thin Air by Jon Kradauer (...

93 Books -- Location Driven

Episode 093: Books with a strong sense of location / place.     Jamie and Tami share two pic’s with you - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai and In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson           Episode 093: Books with great Locations Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Today’s episode is about two books, one fiction and one nonfiction, that have great locations! Jamie read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai set in Chicago and Paris. Tami listened to In a Sunburned Country by Bil...

92 - Minisode - More TJR Reads

Episode 094: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 4/28           Episode 094: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 4/28 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Today we’re sharing four additional books by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We love her storytelling and have read three of the four highlighted today. These books are so engrossing you might even finish one of them in a day - just like Jamie did with two of them! Tami's Recommendations The Seven Husband's of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid One T...

91 - Malibu Rising & all things Taylor Jenkins Reid

Episode 091: Round Table Discussion of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - publishing June 1           Episode 091: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   Amie, Jamie, and Tami were so excited to get Advanced Reader Copies of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new book Malibu Rising we decided to devote one entire episode to our thoughts about this gem of a book! How did Malibu get its name? Malibu is named for the Ventureño Chumash settlement of Humaliwo, which ...

90 - Minisode - More Summer Reading Guide Recs

Episode 090: The Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 5/21           Episode 090: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 5/21 Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   We all enjoyed putting the summer reading guide together for you - our wonderful listeners! We decided to share four more titles with you today on the Friday Four! Amie, Jamie, Taryn, and Tami each shared another book from our guide that we can’t wait to read next! Amie's Recommendation London's No.1 Dog Walking Agency: A Memoir by Kate ...

89 - Summer Reading Guide

Episode 089: Summer Release Guide - Special Episode!           Episode 089: Summer Release Guide - Special Episode Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   We are so excited to share our Summer New Release Reading Guide with you! We’ve been scouring Kirkus Reviews, Blog Posts, and NetGalley looking for books we think you’ll love this summer. Our episode today is about the guide and Amie, Jamie, Tami, and Taryn all share one book they read and loved. (Listen to our Friday Four this week for four...

88 - Minisode - Book of the Month

Episode 087: Book Bag - two books we recently read from our TBR pile!   Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch (Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series)   Join our patreon site for extra fun stuff and gain access to the podcast early.            Episode 087: Book Bag Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   It was really fun to relax and just talk about two books we recently read - kind of from o...

87 - Book Bag - 2 books from our TBR

Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch (Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series)               Episode 087: Book Bag Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf   It was really fun to relax and just talk about two books we recently read - kind of from our TBR pile but definitely books that just crossed our paths and got our attention! Amie and her husband had a drive ahead of them so they listened to Kill...

86 - Minisode - Mom Daughter Recs

Continuing our theme from Tuesday’s Mother / Daughter episode, we have four books for you - one each from Kris, Amie, Tami and Taryn. All four are great reads! Taryn’s Recommendation Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd   Tami’s Recommendation Silent Spring by Rachel Carson   Amie’s Recommendation The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan   Other Books Mentioned China by Edward Rutherfurd

85 - Mother's Day Special

It’s Mother’s Day on May 9th here in the US and we thought it would be the perfect time for Mother / Daughter reads! Amie’s mom, Kris, recommended News of the World by Paulette Jiles and Amie recommended Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan to Kris. Tami read Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver - a book Taryn loves and reads every spring. Tami recommended The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett for Taryn - one of her favorite books! Books From This Episode Counting by 7s by Holly G...

84 - Minisode - Books about Owls

This week we decided to highlight the funniest conversation we had with Josh Hilden, our guest from Episode 03, and give you a selection of books about Owls - or Taxidermy! If you haven’t heard this episode, please click over (Episode 83) and listen - or listen again! That conversation inspired this list - and can you believe Tami’s read the first 3 and Owls of the Eastern Ice in on her TBR??!! Tami’s Recommendations Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett (Tami talks...

83 - Guest Josh Hilden

Josh Hilden joins us today - he's a favorite librarian friend of ours from our school district. You'll love Josh's perspective on life and reading. Books Mentioned Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty Bleach by Kite Kubo Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa Black Butler by Yana Toboso Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy)  - Robin Hobb The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead ...

82 - Minisode - Friday Four - Poetry Recs

Amie and Jamie bring you 4 Great Books themed for National Poetry Month! February is National Poetry month so our Friday Four are four great selections for you to get your poetry reading on! Amie and Jamie (two amazing poetry fans and English teachers!) bring you their selections this week - from poetry anthologies to a book written in verse, these books are so appealing and we hope you add them to your TBR! Support our podcast by contributing to our Patreon page! Don’t forget to sign ...

81 - National Poetry Month with Jamie Stone

Poetry with Jamie Four great books to Celebrate Poetry Month! This week we are celebrating National Poetry month! There are so many wonderful books about poetry that are so much more engaging than the ‘old’ poets! We have Jamie with us this week for a terrific discussion of a variety of poets and their various formats! Enjoy! Support our podcast by contributing to our Patreon page! Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter!!   Episode Books The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur...

80 - Minisode - Friday Four - More Micro-histories

Four Micro-Histories! We really enjoyed our Tuesday Episode looking at Micro Histories or, the histories of one thing. That’s a working definition too! We have four more amazing titles for you to add to your TBR pile! Support our podcast by contributing to our Patreon page! Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter!! Tami’s  Recommendation Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester Taryn’s Recommendation The Address Book: What Street Address...

79 - Microhistories with Tami, Taryn and Rob

In this episode Tami, Taryn, and Rob read 3 different ‘micro-histories’ and geeked out on the idea of what ‘Micro-histories’ are and how much they love them. This is a terrific episode for everyone who likes to take a deep dive every now and then! What is the definition of a Micro-history? Mono-histories Seattle Public Library Article on Mono histories  Deep Dives A History on any single person, place, event, or object. Looking at the world through that one 'thing' and how it influ...

78 ASK US ANYTHING episode

We had a great time answering some questions from you, our listeners! We tried to get all the details here but definitely take a listen to get all the answers! Support our podcast by contributing to our Patreon page! Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter!! Book that most changed your life East of Eden by John Steinbedk - Jamie The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay - Tami Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison -Taryn The Stand by Stephen King & Into Thin Air by Jon Krakau...

77 - Author Interview - Willy Vlautin

77 - Interview with author Willy Vlautin Author of *** The Night Always Comes *** (available TODAY), The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, The Free, Don’t Skip Out on Me We’d like to thank Willy Vlautin for taking time to talk to us. It’s VERY exciting for these Reno High Grads to talk with such an amazing author and musician (and former Huskie)! All of the links for Willy’s books go to his website to purchase (and have them personally signed by the author too) directly from him - mus...

76 - Minisode - Friday Four - Oprah's Back List

4 Pick’s from Oprah’s Book Club Backlist! This week we decided to continue our picks from Oprah’s Book Club list. Here are four past picks that are sure to please every reader! Support our podcast by contributing to our Patreon page! Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter!! Tami’s Recommendations Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Kingsbridge Trilogy) Night by Elie Wiesel  Amie’s Recommendations Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts Wild by Cheryl Strayed Books Mention...

75 - Book Bag - Picks from Oprah's List

Episode 075: 2 Picks from Oprah Magazine’s list of the most anticipated books of 2021! The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray and Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead We were talking about celebrity book clubs and how Oprah Winfrey really revitalized the idea of having Book Clubs when she had the Oprah Winfrey Show. This became such a huge success in getting people interested in reading and discussing books again. We looked at her master list starting in September of 1996 and she h...

74 - Minisode - Friday Four - Barnes Order

Episode 74: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 3/26 3 Barnes & Noble Picks and an old favorite by Ariel Lawhon   Today we have 3 new titles for you that Amie picked up at Barnes & Noble and a 4th title she loved by the same author!   Don’t forget to check out our patreon site this month.    And subscribe to our weekly newsletter here!   Tami’s Recommendations Girl A by Abigail Dean Think Again by Adam Grant Amie’s Recommendations I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon Code...

Episode 73 - Book Bag - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold & Leave the World Behind

Episode 73: Book Bag The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré and Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam   This week we read two books that will go on our 21 for 21 Reading Challenge! Tami’s book, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carré was published in 1963 - her birth year - oh boy! Amie’s book Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam was a Read With Jenna Book Club Selection from October of 2020! This week we talked a lot about several television series or movies th...

72 - Minisode - The Friday Four - Spy-guy Books!

Episode 072: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 3/19 4 great Spy Books   This Friday we are continuing our look at Spy-Guy reads! We’ve chosen four books we think you’ll love by 3 authors known for their spy / international intrigue writing.   Check out our patreon page and become a supporter—early access to all episodes, fun videos, polls, exclusives…it’s all on patreon.   Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter here.   Tami’s Recommendations Cardinal of the Kremlin by ...

71 - Spy Guy Reads with special guest, Principal Kris Hackbusch

Episode 071: Special Guest, Kris Hackbusch, Principal Reno High School Check out our patreon page and become a supporter—early access to all episodes, fun videos, polls, exclusives…it’s all on patreon.   Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter here. Questions we asked Principal Hackbusch What do you love about being Principal of this School?  How does coaching inform your leadership style?  You had a big reading year last year - how many books?  What kinds of books did you read ...

70 - Minisode - The Friday Four - Books by women!

Episode 70: Friday Four from the Circ Desk - 3/12 4 Fabulous books by Women! We are celebrating Women’s History Month this week (all year too!) by providing four books written by women. Super excited to add these to our TBR - hope you are too! Check out our patreon page and become a supporter—early access to all episodes, fun videos, polls, exclusives…it’s all on patreon.   Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter here.   Tami’s Recommendations Memorial Drive: A Daughter's ...