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Girl Forgotten by April Henry (Suspense)
Books In the Middle Podcast - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGirl Forgotten by April Henry It all started out as a new podcast on an old unsolved mystery involving a girl who was murdered. But what Piper doesn’t realize is that by digging into the past, some people in the present take notice and don’t like where her digging might lead. Recommended for ...
Bookstore Memories, Seed Libraries, and Earth Day books
Using our Library Voices - April 15, 2024 20:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this podcast episode, we visit memories of bookstores in honor of Independent Bookstore Day, April 27. Let's not forget Earth Day, April 22, with notes about our seed libraries and Earth Day book recommendations. Created by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library. www.hcpl.net ...
Gabbing with Librarians: Gatekeeping
Using our Library Voices - April 15, 2024 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode of "Gabbing with Librarians", Jennifer, Jasmine, Jessica, and Dedra touch on the cultural phenomenon that is Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" and explore the concept of gatekeeping in media. The discussion begins with an exploration of Beyoncé's artistic evolution and her ability to ch...
This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg (Suspense)
Books In the Middle Podcast - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis Golden State by Marit Weisenberg Poppy and her family are on the run, from something, or someone? Maybe the police? Poppy honestly doesn't know. She's never known. All she does know is she and her family have been running since, well, forever. Her whole life at least. So when they pack up ...
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Fantasy)
Books In the Middle Podcast - April 08, 2024 02:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Welcome to the world of the Grisha, where magical powers are real, everyday occurrences, even if some people don't think they should be! Inej is part of the Dreggs, which is a gang that runs part of Ketterdam, but not all of it, since a bunch of other groups are vy...
Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti (Mystery)
Books In the Middle Podcast - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti Five teens went into the woods for an overnight camping experience. But it turns out, one of them has an agenda that hasn't been shared. The night ends in terror for all of them, and a possible death for one of them. As the four who make it out of ...
Our Library Patron Saints
Using our Library Voices - March 18, 2024 17:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe're celebrating Women's History Month by recognizing five ladies whose names grace a few Harris County Public Library locations. These women led extraordinary lives and are forever synonymous with literacy, access and their communities. So let's meet our library patron saints, Barbara Bush, M...
Spring Break 2024!!!!
Books In the Middle Podcast - March 18, 2024 01:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHi Everyone! I'm on break...well, a week ahead of time, because I need to read some more books! I have run out of material and I need the time to read and create more podcasts! If you have a book you would like me to feature on this podcast, please feel free to send me an email at tasquires66@...
The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond (Historical Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - March 11, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond Lucie is a covert op during World War II, stationed in France because she grew up speaking French. Her job is to take out spies and to uncover plots against the Allies. When she and her fellow ops find out about a terrible plot that could endanger the ...
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow (Contemporary Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSimon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Simon, and his parents, are looking for a place where no one knows them or can look them up. And moving the the National Quite Zone in Grin and Bear It, Nebraska. It has a ton of radio telescopes where scientists spend a lot of time listening to space. Hence, ther...
Hands by Torrey Maldonado
Books In the Middle Podcast - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHands by Torrey Maldonado Trevor is worried about what will happen when his stepfather gets out of prison. After all, he told Trevor's mom it was all her fault he was getting locked up and he was going to get her back. Trevor has promised to keep his family safe. But the only way he thinks he c...
Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (Novel in Verse - Historical Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRed, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca Some days, Reha wonders just how she can navigate between her mother's expectations that she hold true to what her mom believes is a true Indian girl, and just being an American kid. In middle school, it seems harder than ever to find the right path, even ...
Your Passions & Choice
Using our Library Voices - February 13, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt's a jam packed episode! Where we're expresses our passion in all sorts of ways in this episode, first with "Heart" book recommendations from our library staff, books that travel with you and definitely worth checking out. We extend our passion for democracy with an interview with Harris Coun...
Dinged by Tommy Greenwald (Sports Contemporary Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDinged by Tommy Greenwald Everyone thinks Caleb has it made. He has a cool girlfriend, a dad who is a former NFL player and he has just made starting quarterback for Varsity as a Freshman! Life is amazing, right? Well, it pretty much is. Except that his girlfriend HATEs football and his dad has...
Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson (Historical Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRemember Us by Jacqueline Woodson Sage remembers that one summer when everything seems to be the same, yet changing. It was the summer she really remembers the fires, all the fires in the neighborhood, and worrying whose house would burn down next. Would it be hers? Would those blankets in the ...
Maddie's Ghost by Carol Fisher Saller (Mystery)
Books In the Middle Podcast - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMaddie's Ghost by Carol Fisher Saller (Mystery) Lainie is looking for something that she might not ever be able to find. After all, her own mother wasn't able to find it. The "it" is proof of her (Lainie's ) great grandmother's innocence in a murder she was hanged for back in the 1930s. Lainie ...
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (Contemporary Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum Class can be boring, or interesting, depending on what comes out of Hoodie's (yes, like the sweatshirt) friend's mouth. Because his best friend, Moshe Tzvi could make some interesting arguments with the Rabbi during halacha class where they were...
Building on 2023 for a great 2024!
Using our Library Voices - January 17, 2024 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIt’s a new year, and re-cap episodes are so 2023. Are we going to talk about resolutions? No, instead, we’re so excited about things coming in 2024. Topics include HCPL getting sanctuary status, as well as interviews with staff from Baldwin Boettcher and Atascocita as they discuss their jour...
The Order of Things by Kaija Langley ( Novel in Verse - Contemporary Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - January 15, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Order of Things by Kaija Langley April really, really, REALLY wants to learn to play the drums. Problem is, her mother would pick that as the very LAST instrument she would like her daughter to learn. Still, April is detemined and has help from her best friend Zee, and his dad, both who lov...
Rez Ball By Byron Graves (Sports and Contemporary Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRez Ball by Byron Graves Tre is living in the shadow of his older brother, who was a basketball star to their Indian Reservation - after their own father. But his brother Jaxon is dead, killed in a car accident before he could lead the high school team to a state championship. Tre is hoping tha...
Winter Break Announcement!!!
Books In the Middle Podcast - December 18, 2023 21:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHi Everyone! I hope you had a great year and were able to read some of the books that I booktalked on this podcast. Please share, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you think might enjoy it. I'll be taking a break for the next couple of weeks to catch up on my reading and to recor...
Modern Christmas Stories
Using our Library Voices - December 11, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWinter stories to keep you warm and chill your bones, following the tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas eve...the Harris County Public Library's podcast team present to you 3 stories as we take a nod to the history of storytelling to connect with those around you. So gather 'round th...
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
Books In the Middle Podcast - December 11, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen As a young child, Gary Paulsen was often placed in situations that were not safe or healthy. At one point, he was sent off on a two day trail ride to live with people he really didn't know well. But that was where he learned his appreciation of the woods and al...
Crash From Outer Space by Candace Fleming (Nonfiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - December 04, 2023 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCrash From Outer Space by Candace Fleming It happened on a hot summer night in New Mexico, just outside of Roswell, a strange storm and an even stranger thing falling from the sky. Just what had Brazell seen and what did he and his kids pick up from the desert. Was it a bunch of sticks and tape...
The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond (Adventure and Alternative History)
Books In the Middle Podcast - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond Jo can't believe that her big break just might have arrived! She is a mecha machine fighter, and because one of the United States' best fighters has gotten injured, she has been asked to fill in for him. What Jo can't know though, is that before s...
The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond (Adventure)
Books In the Middle Podcast - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond Jo can't believe that her big break just might have arrived! She is a mecha machine fighter, and because one of the United States' best fighters has gotten injured, she has been asked to fill in for him. What Jo can't know though, is that before s...
Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell (Novel in Verse)
Books In the Middle Podcast - November 20, 2023 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell Cassie is really struggling in her new school, mostly because of the mascot. She feels it is offensive and while many of her classmates see it as tradition and a point of pride, she believes it is anything but. Her year in 8th grade gets taken over by t...
Titan's Clash by Sigmund Brouwer (Contemporary Sports)
Books In the Middle Podcast - November 13, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTitans Clash by Sigmund Brouwer Jack loves to play basketball, and while he isn't the best, he is pretty good. He knows he has to work for everything, but he is willing to put in the time. He does wish that his dad would be a bit happier though, when he does do well. But for the last few weeks...
Making a Family: Adoption Stories and Family Place Library Spaces
Using our Library Voices - November 06, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis month, we shine light on National Adoption Month by sharing stories from three family on the adoption process and how they grew their families. We also talk with our Early Literacy program manager, Anjela Martinez, about Family Place Libraries and how the library provides different resource...
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Historical Fiction)
Books In the Middle Podcast - November 06, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsI Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys Everyday things are getting worse. Everyday, some new restrictions are happening. Less food, more time waiting in line for little to nothing, school isn’t safe, home doesn’t feel safe, and now Christian has been targeted - targeted to spy. To spy on everyone in...
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