Readers Advisory: Rochester's Book Club

The gang puts on their sweaters, grabs a bowl of soup, and cozies up to chat about what makes autumn great for reading. Turns out maybe they don't know! They also introduce the November Book Club selection, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. Look for that episode later this month, and follow @ReadersAdvisoryROC on Instagram for updates.

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The gang remains stricken with vampire fever from their Interview With the Vampire Book Club discussion, so they decided they'd each draft a team of vampires in this special Spooky Season bonus episode. What are these teams of vampires doing? Why, they're doing Lestat, Armand, Louis, and the rest of those sad/horny vamps proud by staging a production of a High School Musical. Follow us on Instagram at @ReadersAdvisoryROC

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Spooky Season creeps along as the gang welcomes special guest and Anne Rice enthusiast Lena into their home to help them sink their fangs into the author's Sad and Horny 1976 debut, Interview with the Vampire. Follow us on Instagram at @ReadersAdvisoryROC

Lust for life: How Anne Rice’s alcoholism influenced “Interview with the Vampire”

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Boo! It's Spooky Season and Banned Books week so the gang decided to dig into Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell's legendary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (the most banned books of the 90s!). They chat about what scared them (or didn't) and dig into the banned books subject as only librarians can do. Follow us on Instagram at @ReadersAdvisoryROC

Smithsonian article referenced: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-frightened-so-many-parents-in-the-1990s-180978945/

Most egregious illustration replacements: https://litreactor.com/columns/the-18-most-egregious-art-replacements-from-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark/

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The gang gets together to talk about what they read this summer while putting off reading The Odyssey for the big end of summer Book Club episode.

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Grab a glass of raw milk and join Junebug and the Reader's Advisory gang of librarians as they tackle Caro Claire Burke's scorching hot tradwife novel Yesteryear. Find us on Intstagram at @ReadersAdvisoryRoc

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Meet the four local librarians ready to take listeners on a literary journey with both book club-style and topic du jour episodes. Find us on @readersadvisoryroc

It's the very first episode of Reader's Advisory: Rochester's Book Club! Join our four librarians as they take it all the way back to 1847 and Emily Brontë's classic Wuthering Heights. Stick around for a discussion of the recent film adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Find us on Intstagram at @ReadersAdvisoryRoc

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Tasty, flavorful coffee comes from thriving farms. However, long-held industry standards leave most farmers scraping by, severely limiting their ability to grow quality c...