Big Changes Ahead: End-of-Year Updates from the Professional Book Nerds

Big changes are coming to the Professional Book Nerds podcast! In this special end-of-year episode, we’re sharing important updates about the future of the show that you won’t want to miss. Plus, Joe reflects on the final Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge and how he wrapped up the year of reading. Tune in for all the details and to celebrate the end of this chapter with us!

We hope you enjoy our last episode of the year this Monday, December 23 with drag queen Holly Stars! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and we’ll see you in the new year!

Joe’s Titles:

• A Genre you don’t normally read –
• The Mars House – Natasha Pulley
• A book with MCs a different age than you –
• Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights – Lemony Snicket
• A book on your TBR longer than 1 year –
• Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
• An audiobook (full cast or dramatized) –
• The Golden Spoon – Jessa Maxwell
• A book in translation –
• Marigold Mind Laundry – Jungeun Yun
• Reread a childhood favorite
• Pure Dead Magic – Debi Gliori
• Book with a dual POV
• The Boyfriend – Freida McFadden
• A book out of season
• The Christmas Guest – Peter Swanson
• Read a duology
• The Dreamblood Duology – The Killing Moon & The Shadowed Sun – NK Jemisin
• A book with a one-word title
• Cher – Cher
• A book from any bestseller list
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea – TJ Klune
• A book you heard about first on PBN
• Diavola – Jennifer Thorne

Thank you to every one who participated in the 2024 PBN Reading Challenge and a shout out to the Queer Liberation Library for sending along their completed list! Check out Joe’s episode with Kieran from QLL here.

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

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