Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Josh Lineberry, on-air personality for WBTM/WAKG, dubbed by Russell “The Voice of Danville”. We discuss the power of telling your own story, the wonders of audiobooks, and how to foster a love of reading in the next generation.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Indian in the Cupboard” series by Lynne Reid Banks
• “Encyclopedia Brown” series by Donald J. Sobol
• “My Next Breath” by Jeremy Renner
• “Tooth and Claw” by Craig Johnson
• “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series by Matt Dinniman
• “Under the Dome” by Stephen King
• “Jericho Quinn” series by Marc Cameron
• “Ready Player One” series by Ernest Cline
• “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine
• “Ranger’s Apprentice” series by John Flanagan
• “Dogman” series by Dav Pilkey
• “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our July reading challenge, a book that takes place in another world. We discuss how we define ‘another world’, our love of all things cozy, and Russell’s many animal adventures.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Lord of the Rings” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “The Spider Chronicles” series by Tony DiTerlizzi
• “Lightraider Academy” series by James R. Hannibal
• “A Wizard of Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “The Mistborn Saga” series by Brandon Sanderson
• “The Wheel of Time” series by Robert Jordan
• “Tress of the Emerald Sea” by Brandon Sanderson
• “The Wingfeather Saga” series by Andrew Peterson
• “The Spellshop” by Sarah Beth Durst
• “The Tea Dragon Society” by Kay O’Neill
• “The Well” by Jake Wyatt
• “The Infinity Particle” by Wendy Xu
• “Wilderlore” series by Amanda Foody
• “Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic, & Betrayal” by Olivie Blake

Danville Public Library's Youth Services Department, Chrislyn Gardner and Jess McAllister, join Russell to talk all things children's programming, summer reading, and library memories.