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
Mini Episode | Local Author Susi Amendola
On this mini episode of The Book Drop we welcome local author and yoga therapist Susi Amendola to talk about her new book The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Practices to Stress Less and Im…
155. Good Books, Bad Covers
This week on The Book Drop we talk about good books with bad covers, first impressions and our favorite signs of spring for query of the week.
Happening at the library:
- Voting for Omaha Reads 2024 is …
154. Reading Challenge: Books By or About a Refugee or Immigrant
This week on The Book Drop a friend of the pod stops by with some St. Patrick's Day Trivia, we share titles for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and talk about holiday plans for query of the…
153. What We're Reading (With Bonus Content!)
This week on The Book Drop we chat about what we've been reading lately, talk about library joy and share what listeners are reading for query of the week.
Happening at the library:
- It's planting sea…
New Title Drop: March 2024
On the latest episode of the New Title Drop we share our best books of 2024 so far and Angela and Melanie share their picks for titles to check out this month.
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152. Reading Challenge: Social Justice
This week on The Book Drop we discuss the wealth of books being publish in March, check in on the OPL Reading Challenge with books about social justice and recommend new holidays for query of the wee…
151. Female Creeps, Mean Girls & Unlikeable Femmes
This week on The Book Drop we celebrate Galentine's Day by honoring the complexity of female creeps, mean girls and unlikeable femmes in literature. And we talk about favorite revenge tales for Quer…
150. It's a Sesquicentennial!
This week on The Book Drop it's our sesquicentennial! We celebrate with a discussion of our favorite (and not so favorite) trends, tropes, and automatic TBRs. And we ask, what makes you immediately p…
New Title Drop: February 2024
In the first New Title Drop of the year Anna, Melanie and Angela talk about favorite reading spots and share new titles coming out this month.
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Check…
149. Reading Challenge: Tech & Culture
This week on The Book Drop we learn which of us is the most dependent on technology and check off our first category in the 2024 OPL Reading Challenge with books about Tech & Culture. We also reminis…
148. Cozy Vibes Only
This week on The Book Drop we share our personal reading IN & OUT lists for 2024 and try to stay warm with some cozy reads.
Happening at the library:
- Teen Hangout at the Downtown Branch | Tuesday, Jan…
147. Season 5!
This week it's the season 5 premiere of The Book Drop. We take a look back at our 2023 predictions, take some wild swings at 2024 and talk about reading goals for query of the week.
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New Title Drop: December 2023 & January 2024
On the latest episode of the New Title Drop, Michelle, Angela and Melanie share their favorite books of the year and talk about new titles heading to shelves this season. This is the New Title Drop f…
146. Our Year in Reading
This week, it's the season four finale of The Book Drop. We reflect on our year in reading, share our Spotify Wrapped and talk about best reads of the year for query of the week.
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145. Reading Challenge: Books About Food
This week on The Book Drop we offer up book about food for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and talk about our favorite off the wall flavor combinations of query of the week.
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144. Bookish News Vol. 8
This week on The Book Drop we relish in the latest library survey data, follow a literary conspiracy theory and check in on the Bad Art Friend for the latest edition of Bookish News. We also talk abo…
143. Book Club: Black Candle Women
This week it's the latest edition of The Book Drop Book Club. We revisit our very first book club pick, discuss Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women and conjure up our ideal magical powers for quer…
Mini Episode | Author Theodore Wheeler
On this mini episode of The Book Drop we welcome local author Theodore Wheeler to talk about his latest novel The War Begins in Paris. We also talk about Omaha's growing book community and Dundee Boo…
New Title Drop: November 2023
On the latest episode of the New Title Drop we share our cozy reading habits and Angela and Melanie share their picks for titles to check out this month.
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142. Reading Challenge: Book by a Black Author
This week on The Book Drop we talk about what kind of non-librarian library patrons we might be, share titles by Black authors for the latest OPL Reading Challenge category and talk about our favorit…