Read This Book!
Host Lisa Von Drasek and guests review books from various genres: including children’s literature, cookbooks, science, mysteries, and popular literature. This audio podcast also includes episodes from the video podcast, Read This Book!, also hosted by Lisa Von Drasek.
Episodes
Lisa Von Drasek recommends two books in this installment of Read This Book: “So Cold,” by John Coy, Illustrated by Chris Park, and “You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible,” by Margaret Eby.
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Lisa Von Drasek and Erin McBrien discussed the children's books, "Writing Boxes" and "I'm From" on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Von Drasek is the author of “Writing Boxes” and “I’m From” was written by Gary R. Gray Jr. and illustrated by Oge Mora.
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Erin McBrien and Lisa Von Drasek discuss "First Words" by Joyce Sutphen in this episode of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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Jessica Abbazio and Lisa Von Drasek discuss "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Library.
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Davu Underwood Seru discussed with Lisa Von Drasek the book, "A Darker Wilderness" on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. The book was edited by Erin Sharkey.
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Hairs / Pelitos” was reviewed by Patricia Izek and Lisa Von Drasek on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. “This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros's best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.”: Goodreads
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Jennie Burroughs and Lisa Von Drasek discuss "The Golden Enclaves" by Naomi Novik in this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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Jason Roy and Lisa Von Drasek discussed “The Vinyl Detective” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota!
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“The Revolutionary Samuel Adams” by Stacy Schiff was reviewed on this installment of Read This Book, from the University of Minnesota Libraries, with Bill Pederson from the UMN Music Library Read This Book host, Lisa Von Drasek.
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‘The Searcher’ — A New York Times bestselling thriller — is reviewed on Read This Book by University of Minnesota Dean of Libraries Lisa German and host Lisa Von Drasek.
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Sherlock Holmes curator Tim Johnson's discusses Andrew Lycett's book, "Conan Doyle's Wide World," on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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Science Librarian Megan Kocher, Curator of the University of Minnesota's Kirschner Cookbook Collection, recommends “What's for Dessert” and “Baking School” for those wanting to whip up some holiday baked goods. Kocher is joined on this installment of Read This Book by host Lisa Von Drasek.
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Alee Schmeirer and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “Leave the World Behind,” a novel by Rumaan Alam, about two families — strangers to each other — who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
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Amy Riegelman and host Lisa Von Drasek discussed “The Grieving Brain” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. The author, Mary-Frances O'Connor, a renowned grief expert and neuroscientist, shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.
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Science Librarian Carolyn Bishoff discussed "The Goblin Emperor" and other audio books on this episode of Read This Book! with host Lisa Von Drasek. "The Goblin Emperor" is a 2014 fantasy novel by Katherine Addison.
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Tim Johnson reviewed "Charles Lindbergh: A Religious Biography of America's Most Infamous Pilot" by Christopher Gehrz on this installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. He's joined by host Lisa Von Drasek.
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Megan Kocher and Lisa Von Drasek discussed cookbooks they liked the most for cooking and baking during the pandemic, on this installment of "Read This Book!" from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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Lacie McMillin discusses Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom, with Lisa von Drasek, on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Transcendent Kingdom us a novel about faith, science, religion, and love, centered on a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief. It's Gyasi's followup to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing.
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Science Librarian Carolyn Bishoff discusses "Du Iz Tak" by Carson Ellis with host Lisa Von Drasek on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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Carissa Tomlinson joins host Lisa Von Drasek to discuss Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster, on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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