In April’s Library Chat Podcast, we continue our new format where we invite a different library staff members to join us as a special guest. They will choose the topic to be discussed during Library Chat and we will talk about what they do on the library team, as well as books and podcasts around their chosen topic. For April’s Library Chat Leslie Heinzler, Special Services Librarian joins us to talk about the 2022 All Iowa Reads titles. For more information about the library and our podcasts go the library’s blog.
Podcast Discussed:
Unlikable Female Characters Episode 57
Books Discussed: 2022 All Iowa Reads Book Lists
Winners
Adult Title
The Butterfly Effect by Rachel Mans McKenny BRN28392, LT13353, DBC19960
Teen Title
What I Carry by Jennifer Longo YA BR Lon, YA LT Lon, DB103425
Children Title
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy JBR O’Sh, JLT O’Sh, DBC19978
2022 All Iowa Reads Shortlists (other titles considered)
Adult Titles
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang DB99144
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore DB99620
The Monsters We Make by Kali White DBC19959
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth DB98859
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal DB95922
Love, Zac: small-town football and the life and death of an American boy by Reid Forgrave DB101188
Teen Titles
Slay by Brittney Morris DB99185
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
Camp by L.C. Rosen
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore DB93530
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf DB94195
Children Titles
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte BR23598, DB102083
Stand up, Yumi Chung! By Jessica Kim
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez BR22981, DB94118
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks JRB Mar, DB98670
Itch by Polly Farquhar