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This week on the KPL Podcast we have New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean telling us all about her new book The Return of Ellie Black.  A fast paced thriller about a young girl who returns two years after her disappearance.

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This week on the KPL Podcast we have author and book lover Shannon Reed.  Her latest book is, Why We Read, On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out. This a collection of laugh-out-loud-funny stories from her life as a reader and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students.

Author Recommendations
1. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
2. Plainsong by Kent Haruf
3. Egg A Dozen Ovatures by Lizzie Stark
4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

This week on the podcast we have award winning author Jessie Rosen.  We discussed her debut adult novel, The Heirloom.  If you have superstitions about engagement rings then this is the book.  The main character sets on a mission to find the ring's previous owners and the fate of those marriages.  This is a light-hearted book about self-discovery,  Listen to learn more.

Author recommendations:
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

Welcome back to another episode of the KPL Podcast.  This week we spoke with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb about road ecology.  Ben is an award winning author and his latest book, Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet was named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times.

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Fire weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Morningside by Tea Obreht
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

This week on the KPL podcast, we have bestselling author Ramona Ausubel.  She tells us all about her new book, The Last Animal.  The novel covers a range of topics from, mother-daughter relationships, careers in science, wooly mammoths, and climate change. All the various topics are woven together into a fun exciting story.
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This week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling author Abbi Waxman.  We spoke to her about her new novel Christa Comes Out of Her Shell.  This is a light hearted rom com about a woman happily studying snails in the Indian Ocean and she learns that her father is supposedly died 25 years ago is actually still alive. Listen to learn more.