Read This Book!

Host Lisa Von Drasek and guests review books from various genres: including children’s literature, cookbooks, science, mysteries, and popular literature. This audio podcast also includes episodes from the video podcast, Read This Book!, also hosted by Lis

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Johnson reviews ‘Revenge of the Nerd’

Posted September 4, 2018 • 00:04:38

Tim Johnson reviews Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger by Curtis Armstrong, in this edition of “Read...

‘Dread Nation’ reviewed by Von Drasek

Posted August 1, 2018 • 00:04:39

Dread Nation — a New York Times bestseller — is at once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive. Written by Justina Ireland, Dread Nation...

Breakfast with Beatrice

Posted June 19, 2018 • 00:05:49

Breakfast with Beatrice and Original Scandinavian Recipes were featured on this installment of Read This Book! Megan Kocher, Curator of the Doris Kirschner...

Summer reading tips for kids — Part 3

Posted June 4, 2018 • 00:04:12

Lisa Von Drasek recommends two children's books for writing on Part 3 of Summer Reading for Children on Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota...

‘When Women Didn’t Count’ reviewed by Alicia Kubas

Posted June 1, 2018 • 00:07:38

Alicia Kubas reviewed "When Women Didn't Count: Behind the scenes on data collection and women in the USA" by Robert Lopresti, which details the startling...