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Episode 75: Unearth a Story
Jun 1, 2026
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Episode 73: Just a Bunch of Beatniks
Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
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| 6/1/26 |  Episode 75: Unearth a Story | Unearth a Story during this year's dino-themed Summer Reading Challenge! Registration opens June 13 at oakcreeklibrary.org/src. See what events we have on offer for all ages by visiting oakcreeklibrary.org/events. Learn more about our collection of Tonies at oakcreeklibrary.org/library-of-things. Check out what we talked about: “Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time" by James Gurne with its sequels as readalikes. The "National Geographic Kids: Dinosaur Tonie” character with readalike graphic novel “Dinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers” by M.K. Reed and Joe Flood. "Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life" published by the Smithsonian Institute with readalike "Prehistoric Life" by DK Publishing, Inc. "The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions" by Peter Brannen with readalike "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" by Elizabeth Kolbert. Also mentioned were the TV miniseries "Dinotopia" as well as the video game "Death Stranding" by Hideo Kojima. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | Episode 74: Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors | This time on Not Your Mother’s Library, we recommend authors whose books are perfect for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month...or any time of the year! Check out what we talked about: “On Such a Full Sea” written by Chang-rae Lee with readalike “Native Speaker” by the same author. “The Fortunes of Jaded Women” by Carolyn Huynh with readalike “The Original Daughter” by Jemimah Wei. “The Vagrants” by Yiyun Li with readalike “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” by the same author. “The Faceless” by Vanda Symon with readalike “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia P. Manansala. “Poūkahangatus” by Tayi Tibble with readalike “Rangikura” by the same author. “The Tiger Mom’s Tale” by Lyn Liao Butler with readalike “The Bone People” by Keri Hulme. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 4/1/26 |  Episode 73: Just a Bunch of Beatniks✨ | poetryNational Poetry Month+1 | — | Beautiful Chaos: On Motherhood, Finding Yourself and Overwhelming LovePaper Flowers: Poetry on the Mother Wound+22 | — | poemspoets+1 | — | 15m 36s | |
| 3/1/26 | Episode 72: Farming Fiction✨ | FarmingFiction+2 | — | The Golden HourEssex County+14 | — | Golden HourEssex County+5 | — | 14m 13s | |
| 2/1/26 | Episode 71: Cozy & Creepy✨ | cozy readscreepy reads+4 | — | A Christmas CarolThe Turn of the Screw+19 | — | A Christmas CarolThe Turn of the Screw+15 | — | 17m 29s | |
| 12/1/25 | Episode 70: Bloopers 4, Ghost Protocol✨ | blooperspodcast+1 | — | the Milwaukee County Federated Library SystemGhost Protocol | — | — | — | 5m 10s | |
| 11/1/25 |  Episode 69: Graphic Novels Galore✨ | graphic novelsliterature+2 | Audrey | ClementineLittle Monsters+28 | — | ClementineLittle Monsters+15 | — | 44m 58s | |
| 10/1/25 |  Episode 68: Continuing the Conversation✨ | ghostsreal-life ghost stories+1 | Special Guest | Not Your Mother's Libraryincompetech.com+3 | — | Halloweenghost stories | — | 11m 20s | |
| 9/1/25 | Episode 67: Spooky Reads✨ | spooky readsfall season+1 | Audrey | Lost HeartsThe Haunting of Hill House+18 | — | M.R. JamesShirley Jackson+8 | — | 48m 00s | |
| 7/1/25 |  Episode 66: Color Our World✨ | Summer Reading ChallengeYouth Services+2 | Amanda | Instructional drawing books by Ed EmberleyInstructional drawing books by Ralph Masiello+21 | — | Color Our Worldreading+2 | — | 10m 56s | |
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| 6/1/25 | Episode 65: Faraway Fantasies✨ | fantasybook club+1 | — | One Dark WindowThe Serpent and the Wings of Night+13 | — | One Dark WindowThe Serpent and the Wings of Night+8 | — | 14m 06s | |
| 5/1/25 | Episode 64: Yeehaw!✨ | westernsbooks+1 | — | Bad CountryInland+11 | — | Bad CountryInland+4 | — | 14m 28s | |
| 3/31/25 | Episode 63: Break-ing Eggs | With Easter *break* on the horizon, we discuss books that are perfect to read when you have a few days off. Check out what we talked about: "The Twilight Garden" by Sara Nisha Adams with readalike "The Last Garden in England" by Julia Kelly. "A First Time for Everything" by Dan Santat with readalike "Merry-Go-Round" by Sergio Rossi. "The Suite Spot" by Trish Doller” with readalike "One Night on the Island" by Josie Silver. "This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America" by Navied Mahdavian with readalike "Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam" by Thien Pham. "Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home" by Shira Gill with readalike "Call It Home: The Details that Matter" by Amber Lewis. “The Human Target" series by Tom King with readalike series "Powers" by Brian Michael Bendis. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 3/1/25 |  Episode 62: Books We Love | Following "I Love My Library!" Month, we discuss some books we *love* to continue the trend. Check out what we talked about: The "Griffin & Sabine" series by Nick Bantock with readalikes including the "Cathy Vickers Trilogy" by Sean Stewart and the "Ologies" series by various authors. "The Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins with readalike series "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld, "City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Tanith Lee’s "Tales from the Flat Earth" series with Tamora Pierce's "Tortall" universe and "The Queen’s Thief" series by Megan Whalen Turner as readalikes. "Henry VIII: The King and His Court" by Allison Weir with readalike "On This Day in Tudor History" by Claire Ridgeway. "The Way of the Househusband" by Kousuke Oono with readalike "Spy x Family" by Tatsuya Endo. "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 2/1/25 | Episode 61: Easy Readin' | Our librarians suggest some 'easy' reads to 'ease' you into the new year. Check out what we talked about: "Undertow: A Short Story" by Marlena Frank with readalike "The Deep" by Nick Cutter. "Everything Is OK" by Debbie Tung as well as "Happily Ever After and Everything In Between," "Book Love," and "Quiet Girl in a Noisy World" by the same author. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman with readalike "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. "Rabbits" by Terry Miles and its sequel "The Quiet Room" by the same author. "What Moves the Dead" by T. Kingfisher with watchalike series "The Fall of the House of Usher" from Netflix. "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall, likened to the series "Doctor Who" from BBC and the film "Memento" directed by Christopher Nolan. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 12/1/24 | Episode 60: Bloopers 3, Beyond Thunderdome | The Return of the King. Rise of the Machines. The Last Crusade. Good things come in threes, and our end-of-year blooper reels are no exception. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 10/31/24 | Episode 59: Oh My Gourd, It’s Fall! | Your local pumpkin patch might be closed for the season, but you can still enjoy crisp, cool evenings and the crunch of fallen leaves with these autumnal reading recommendations. Check out what we talked about: "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen with readalike "Pride and Premeditation: A Jane Austen Murder Mystery" by Tirzah Price. "The Night Country" by Stewart O’Nan with readalike "Dark Tides" by Chris Ewan. "The Chandler Legacies" by Abdi Nazemian with readalike "The Maidens" by Alex Michaelides. "Nine Liars" from the "Truly Devious" series by Maureen Johnson. "Sweetbitter" by Stephanie Danler with readalike "This Tender Land" by William Kent Krueger. "The October Country" by Ray Bradbury with watchalike cartoon miniseries "Over the Garden Wall" from Cartoon Network. Briefly mentioned were the television series "Inspector Morse," "Midsomer Murders," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and "The Twilight Zone." To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 9/30/24 | Episode 58: Oh So Spooky | It's October, and you know what that means... 👻 Check out what we talked about: The podcasts "Scare You To Sleep," "A Darker Tale," "Caledonian Gothic," "The Lurking Transmission," "The Secret of St. Kilda," and "Don't Mind Cruxmont." The book "Crimson Peak" by Nancy Holder with readalikes "A House of Bells" by J.T. Croft, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, and "The Woman in Black" by Susan Hill. The graphic novels "Harrow County" and "Tales of Harrow County" by Cullen Bunn, "Something is Killing the Children," "The House of Slaughter," and "Book of Butcher" by James Tynion IV, and "The Silver Coin' by Chip Zdarsky. The book "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson with the Netflix series of the same name, as well as the movies "Malum" and "Last Shift" directed by Anthony DiBlasi. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Music: "Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Gathering Darkness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Dark Walk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Dark Fog" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Night of Chaos" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "SCP-x7x (6th Floor)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Classic Horror 3" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 9/1/24 | Episode 57: Celebration of Culture | Get in the spirit for the City of Oak Creek's upcoming cultural festival with these great reading recommendations featuring books by authors from all over the world. Learn more about C.A.F.E. - A Celebration of Culture: https://www.oakcreekwi.gov/visitor/events/farmers-market/cafe-a-cultural-event Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Shehan Karunatilaka with readalike "Someone Else’s Bucket List" by Amy T. Matthews. "A Wild Sheep Chase" by Haruki Murakami with readalike "The Elephant Vanishes" by the same author. "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch with readalike "The Bee Sting" by Paul Murray. "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy with readalike "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" by the same author. "Between Shades of Grey" AKA "Ashes in the Snow" by Ruta Sepetys with readalike "Only the Beautiful" by Susan Meissner. "The Sound of Things Falling" by Juan Gabriel Vásquez with readalikes "Retrospective" and "The Shape of the Ruins" by the same author. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 7/1/24 | Episode 56: Adventure Begins at Your Library | Youth Services Librarian Meagan joins us once again to promote the 'Adventure Begins at Your Library' Summer Reading Challenge. This Challenge opened on June 8th and goes through August 10th! Learn more and register by visiting oakcreeklibrary.org/src. Or, visit our events calendar to stay up to date on all of the fun activities that will keep you and your family busy this summer: oakcreeklibrary.org/events. Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne with readalike "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. The "Throne of Glass" series by Sarah J. Maas with readalike series "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir. "Grandad’s Camper" by Harry Woodgate with readalike "On the Trapline" by David Robertson. "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac with readalike "Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg" by Carolyn Cassady. The "Dragon Rider" series by Cornelia Funke with readalike series "The Inheritance Cycle" by Christopher Paolini. "You Are Here: Connecting Flights" edited by Ellen Oh with readalike "Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks" by Jason Reynolds. The "Uglies" series by Scott Westerfeld with spinoff series "Imposters" by the same author. "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau with readalike "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. "Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds" by Samira Ahmed with readalike "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 6/1/24 | Episode 55: Last Three | Rachel and Mary discuss the last three books they've read. Spoiler free! Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Starling House" by Alix E. Harrow with readalikes "The Twisted Ones" by T. Kingfisher and "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" also by Alix E. Harrow. "Good Bad Girl" by Alice Feeney with readalike "His and Hers" by the same author. "The Hurricane Wars" by Thea Guanzon. "The Kamogawa Food Detectives" by Hisashi Kashiwai and its sequel "The Restaurant of Lost Recipes." "Divine Rivals" by Rebecca Ross and its sequel "Ruthless Vows." "A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker’s View" by Angela Harding with readalike "Wild Light: A Printmaker’s Day and Night" by the same author. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | Episode 54: Adopt-a-Character | May is National Foster Care month! To encourage adoption, we're highlighting some of the most famous fictional orphans from English & French literature. Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë with readalike "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. The series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket with readalike "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. "Matilda" by Roald Dahl. "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine with readalike "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux. "The Lord of the Rings" series by J.R.R. Tolkien with readalike series "Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson. Visit dcf.wisconsin.gov/fostercare/become to get more information about becoming a foster parent. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 4/1/24 |  Episode 53: Books about Bookshops | Celebrate Community Service Month & National Volunteer Week with us this April. Volunteers are integral to the library—they even run our Book Nook! Hmm...are there any good books ABOUT second-hand bookshops? 🤔 Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "The Lost Bookshop" by Evie Woods with readalike "Small Town, Big Magic" by Hazel Beck. "Bookshops & Bonedust" from the "Legends & Lattes" series by Travis Baldree. "The Paris Bookseller" by Keri Maher with readalike "Little Bookshop of Murder" by Maggie Blackburn. "Confessions of a Curious Bookseller" by Elizabeth Green with readalike "The Lending Library" by Aliza Fogelson. "The Bookish Life of Nina Hill" by Abbi Waxman with readalike "Zora Books Her Happy Ever After" by Taj McCoy. "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin with readalike "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by the same author. Learn more about the Friends of the Oak Creek Public Library: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/friends To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 3/1/24 | Episode 52: Character Championship | Who are some of your favorite book characters? Find out about Mary and Rachel's top 'fighters' to see who will come out on top! Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen. The "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series by Sarah J. Maas and the "Empyrean" series by Rebecca Yarros. The "Millennium" series by Stieg Larsson and "Daisy Darker" by Alice Feeney. "The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue" by V.E. Schwab and "Haunting Adeline" by H.D. Carlton. "The Witcher" series by Andrzej Sapkowski and "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King. "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks and "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. Movies mentioned: Persuasion, Director Adrian Shergold Northanger Abbey, Director Jon Jones Participate in Oak Creek Public Library's 'Character Championship' this March: https://oakcreeklibrary.org/character-championship To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
| 2/1/24 | Episode 51: Library Lovers of Wisconsin | It's Library Lovers' Month! Let's celebrate with books written by Wisconsin authors. Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "Siren Queen" by Nghi Vo with readalike "The Chosen and the Beautiful" by the same author. "American Dervish" by Ayad Akhtar with readalike "Homeland Elegies" by the same author. "Hello, Transcriber" of the "Dark Harbor" series by Hannah Morrisey with readalike "Figure 8" of the "Northern Lakes Mystery" series by Jeff Nania. "The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations" by Chad Lewis with readalikes "The Wisconsin Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures" and "The Wisconsin Road Guide to Gangster Hostpots" by the same author. "The Goblin Emperor" by Katherine Addison with readalike "Nettle and Bone" by T. Kingfisher. "Worse than the Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and Justice in a Time of Terror" by Dean A. Strang. To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org | — | ||||||
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