The Book Drop
The Book Drop is a weekly podcast from Omaha Public Library about books, our community and the joy of reading.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
170. Classics We Escaped K-12 Without Reading
This week on The Book Drop, we're confessing to the classic books that slipped through the cracks during our school days and exploring what else we should add to our to-be-read lists.
All the books a…
169. Reading Challenge: Read a book with color in the title
This week on The Book Drop, we offer up books with a color in the title for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and discuss which colors reflect our personalities.
All the books and resources we…
168. Book Lovers
This week on the Book Drop, we discuss fun facts for book lovers day, our book loves, and the New York Times list of top books from the 21st century.
All the books and resources we talk about in this…
New Title Drop | August 2024
On the latest episode of the new title drop, Angela and Melanie discuss their favorite summer activities and highlight their picks for titles to check out this month.
Check out this month's titles and…
167. Libby and Flipster Tour: Magazines
This week on The Book Drop, we talk about our favorite magazines over the years and the ways you can access more magazine content at OPL.
All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can…
166. Reading Challenge: Read a book by, about, or featuring a person with a disability
This week on The Book Drop, we offer up books written by or about a person with a disability for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and discuss representation in media.
All the books and resour…
165. Happy Birthday, Omaha!
This week on The Book Drop, we celebrate Omaha's 170th birthday, quiz ourselves on state facts, and discuss our favorite Nebraska reads. This is The Book Drop.
All the books and resources we talk abou…
New Title Drop | July 2024
On the latest episode of the new title drop, Angela and Melanie discuss their favorite summer activities and highlight their picks for titles to check out this month.
Check out this month's titles and…
164. American Girl Books (and Dolls)
This week on The Book Drop, we bring on a special guest to talk about the history of the American Girl dolls and books, and imagine the American Girl stories we wish existed.
All the books and resourc…
163. Reading Challenge: Books About/Featuring LGBTQIA+ Families
This week on The Book Drop, we offer up books featuring LGBTQIA+ families for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and we drag Amy into the world of Bridgerton.
All the books and resources we tal…
162. Reading for Your Myers-Briggs Type
We talk about reading for your Myers-Briggs Type and discuss the personality tests — or Buzzfeed quizzes — we love most.
Happening at the library:
Summer Reading
Pete the Cat Storytimes
Do You Believe …
New Title Drop: June 2024
On the latest episode of the New Title Drop, Angela and Melanie discuss the genre-specific podcasts they'd love to host and share their picks for titles to check out this month.
Check out this month'…
161. You Can't Protect Ketchup
This week on The Book Drop, we discuss food and cooking through the lens of the James Beard Award and share some of our favorite culinary reads with special guest Brian O'Malley.
Happening at the libr…
160. Reading Challenge: Books About or Featuring Mythology
This week on The Book Drop, we offer up books featuring mythology for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and share which mythological characters we'd want to embody.
Happening at the library:
Pa…
159. The Next Chapter
This week on The Book Drop, meet new hosts Maggie and Amy as they share their reading origin stories, discuss pivotal books and provide insights into the podcast's next chapter.
Happening at the libra…
New Title Drop: May 2024
On the latest episode of the new title drop, Angela and Melanie discuss the graphic novels that got them interested in the format and share their picks for titles to check out this month.
Check out t…
158. Passing the Mic
This week on The Book Drop it's our longest episode ever as Michelle, Anna, Erin, David and Elly get ready to pass on the hosting mics. We test our own TBD knowledge, share some of our favorite memor…
157. Book Club: Shark Heart
This week on The Book Drop we find out what kind of sharks we are, talk about Shark Heart by Emily Habeck for the latest TBD Book Club and choose an animal we'd like to turn into for query of the wee…
156. Books That Fooled Us
This week on The Book Drop we make an announcement, talk about books that fooled us and confront our feelings about April Fool's Day for query of the week.
New Title Drop: April 2024
On the latest episode of the New Title Drop the team becomes anxiety-ridden by the idea of spring cleaning their phone app usage and Angela and Melanie share their picks for titles to check out this …