Episode 15: Becky With the Good Recs

Three Books

Three Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Becky Spratford is back with her best books of 2018, books she’s looking forward to in 2019, and recommendations of how to buy books for gifts!

0:00:23 Welcome Back Becky
0:01:29 How Becky Chose her books

Becky's Best of 2018
0:03:28 Best Horror Book: Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
0:05:57 Best Audio Book: There, There by Tommy Orange
0:08:37 Most Fun I Had Reading a Book All Year: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Becky's Looking Forward to in 2019
0:13:05 Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken [Feb]
0:14:23 The Bird King by G Willow Wilson [March]
0:18:33 Josh Malerman's newest- Inspection [April]

0:20:32 How to gift books
0:34:20 Gifting Poetry
0:46:04 Nobody buys us books as gifts L
0:47:51 Books Becky is Giving Her Kids
0:50:39 Books for Becky’s SO
0:53:11 What Christen is excited to give
0:54:32 What Becca is excited to give
0:56:06 In defense of Graphic Novels
1:00:02 Board Books as Gifts
1:02:48 Ela Book Buzz
Becky’s Three Books:
Best of 2018
Best Horror Book: Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Best Audio Book: There, There by Tommy Orange
Most Fun I Had Reading a Book All Year: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Looking Forward to in 2019:
Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken [Feb]
The Bird King by G Willow Wilson [March]
Josh Malerman's newest- Inspection [April]
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