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Book Bound

Book Bound

Written by: Capital Area District Libraries
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 Capital Area District Libraries is excited to produce the Book Bound podcast which is hosted by some of CADL's literary experts. Content centers around the library and its collection, book recommendations, events, partnerships and services.





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  • Episode 25: Winter Reading and... Dogs?

    Episode 25: Winter Reading and... Dogs?
    Jan 14 2026
    Okemos Library Assistant Laura joins the group to talk Mysteries, winter reading, enthralling history and dogs. Cheryl’s Books: Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca WadeNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Mentioned:Never Let Me Go movie The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (book)The Remains of the Day movieThe Secret History by Donna TarttJessica’s Books: All of Us Murderers by KJ CharlesWater Moon by Samantha Sotto YambaoQueer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers Lawbreakers, and Homemakers by Anthony DelaneyMentioned: Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Jan 20th release)Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Mari’s Books: Whodonut? : A Holiday Mystery by Josh FunkAgatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Marci Kay MonsonWhy Did the Chicken Cross the Road? A Hard-Boiled Mystery by Brianna Caplan SayresBeth Is Dead by Katie BernetMentioned:The Case of Old MacDonald and His Farm by Mark Teague (coming soon)Lauras’s Books: The Finders by Jeffrey B. BurtonAt First Light by Barbara NicklessNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherMentioned:The Dead Years by Jeffrey B. BurtonDark of Night by Barbara NicklessThe Twisted Ones by T. KingfisherA House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
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    42 mins
  • Episode 24: Year End Wrap Up

    Episode 24: Year End Wrap Up
    Dec 8 2025
    Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari talk CADL Best Books of 2025 (our staff voted picks) and their last reads for 2025.

    Cheryl’s Books:
    Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith
    Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith
    Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa

    Mentioned:
    White Teeth by Zadie Smith
    Just Kids by Patti Smith
    M. Train by Patti Smith

    Jessica’s Books:
    One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
    Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegal Spratford
    Cinder House by Freya Marske
    Christmas at the Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

    Mentioned:
    Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
    Last Binding series by Freya Marske

    Mari’s Books:
    The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri
    Hunger’s Bite by Taylor Robin
    How To Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares
    Wind Watchers by Micha Archer

    Mentioned:
    Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
    Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
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    38 mins
  • Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena

    Episode 23: Indigenous Stories, Character Studies, and Unexplained Phenomena
    Nov 3 2025
    This month Cheryl, Mari and Jessica talk fiction and non-fiction picks touching on Native American Heritage, our relationships with food and the kitchen, writing featuring deep character studies, as well as a few unexplained mysteries.

    Cheryl’s Books:
    Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo
    The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Bee Wilson
    Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell
    Love Forms: A Novel by Claire Adam

    Mentioned:
    Nomadland (film)
    Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
    2025 Booker Prize Longlist

    Jessica’s Books:
    Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu
    Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
    Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas
    Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung

    Mentioned:
    Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans,
    Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
    Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
    Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

    Mari’s Books:
    Why We Dance A Story Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock
    Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels by Lindsey Fitzharris
    Is it Real? The Loch Ness Monster by Candace Fleming
    Nessie by Ilse De Keyzer

    Mentioned:
    Plague Busters! Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases by Lindsey Fitzharris
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    51 mins
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