52-Chatting with Rockstar Librarian Jessie Wakefield: How to be a librarian, using library resources, and her favorite books

Book Fare: Book Club Fun, Wholesome Recommendations, Deep Discussions

Today we are joined by Jessie Wakefield, a librarian in the Chicago area, and she's answering all our many library questions! We talk about her training, her job, ALL the things libraries do, and how to take advantage of them. This was SUCH a fun conversation and we learned so much! And, of course, we talked books :)

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro

Babel by RF Kuang

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

River of the Gods by Candace Millard

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by M Bannen

The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

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Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble?

Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family.

We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that!

We’re not academics or scholars. We’re just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you.

That’s why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty!

So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.

Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time!

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