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.

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Freja Bridgen, library circulation specialist, about public speaking anxiety, mean college professors, and finding the right books for you.

Books we discuss include:

• “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly
• “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
• “Throne of Glass” by Sarah J. Maas
• “The Book of Doors” by Gareth Brown
• “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our June reading challenge, books with movie adaptations. We discuss the power of nostalgia, the many valid ways art can be interpreted, and why Tippi Hedren keeps falling down.

Books we discuss include:

• “The NeverEnding Story” by Michael Ende
• “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers
• “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
• “Memento Mori” by Johnathan Nolan
• “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier
• “Story of You” by Ted Chiang
• “Jaws” by Peter Benchley
• “Here” by Richard McGuire
• “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace
• “The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
• “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
• “Thrawn” by Timothy Zahn
• “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk
• “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
• “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest Grace Mamon, Danville reporter for Cardinal News. We discuss the joys of reading children’s literature, how reading enhances your writing, and Grace surprises us with an interview question of her own.

Books we discuss include:

• “Gregor the Overlander” by Suzanne Collins
• “Harry Potter” series by Joanne Rowling
• “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Series by Rick Riordan
• “Anne of Green Gables” series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• “A Series of Unfortunate Events” by Lemony Snicket
• “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
• “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë
• “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
• “Beowulf” by Unknown
• “Chain of Gold” by Cassandra Clare

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our May reading challenge, Short Story Collections. We discuss life, the universe, and of course baseball. Let us know how many letters a woodchuck could write if a woodchuck could write letters.

Books we discuss include:

• “Haunted Maine” by Charles Stanfield
• “Something Rich and Strange” by Ron Rash (“Three AM and the Stars Were Out”)
• “The Illustrated Man” by Ray Bradbury (“The Veldt”)
• “The Amazing Mr. Morality” by Jacob M. Appel (“Burrowing in Exile”)
• “One More Thing” by B.J. Novak (“The Rematch”)
• “Classic American Short Stories” by Various (“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain)
• “The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories” by Penelope Lively
• “Life Ceremony” by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori (“The Hatchling”)
• “Uncommon Type” by Tom Hanks
• “Normal Rules Don’t Apply” by Kate Atkinson (“The Void”)
• “When a Stranger Comes To Town” Anthology by Mystery Writers of America (“A Six Letter Word for Neighbor” by Lisa Unger)
• “Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks” by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Alexander Nabaum
• “The Brooklyn Nine” by Alan Gratz

On this special edition of Russell Reads with the Rach(a)els, Russell and Rachel get the opportunity to sit down with National Bestselling Author Alencia Johnson to discuss "Flip the Tables; The Everyday Disruptor's Guide to Finding Courage and Making Change," now available for purchase or at your Danville Public Library.

For more information, visit www.alenciajohnson.com.

Click the link to view the library's copy of Flip the Tables